Woefull 3dMark2K1Se Scores...

[DaSinical1]

No matter what I do...I can only get 3631 on 3dMark2K1Se. I currently have a xp2000+ on a k7s5a with 256mb of pc133 and a mx400 using the 72.20 dets. I know that my video card is my bottleneck...so my question is if I upgrade to the gts-v that is posted on the hotdeals...what kinda improvement can I expect to see?

 

[scoobydooby]

You shouldn't be basing the reason to upgrade because you don't like your scores. If you card can handle the games you play then you should upgrade. But a gts-v isn't that big a step up if I'm not mistaken.
Scoob

 

[cmaMath13]

I don't think your score is that low, considering.

With my system (see rig link below), I get just at 5000. 3Dmark2001 is heavy dependent on your video card.

 

[LuDaCriS66]

Your PC133 memory is also pulling you back

 

[jiffylube1024]

It's pretty much all the video card holding you back at that point. If you get a GTS-V, it won't be that much of an improvement (they're slower than even regular GTSes). If you get a GF3 Ti200, on the other hand, your scores would go to 6500-7000+.

Again, 3dmark2k1 shouldn't be the basis for getting a new card, speed in games/programs should be.

 

[Maxpane]

The geforce3 cards are dropping in price due to the release of geforce4. Upgrading to one of those cards would make more sense, they are more money then the gts you are looking at but you will geet direct x8 support on the gf3 cards and a lot more speed to run games. Besides it would be a shame to run such a fast processor with anything less.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Yeah go for a GF3 Ti200 ... You got the highest possible AMD CPU right now, may as well get a pretty good video card to go with it.