WTF - 3DMark03 score of 702!

[CheesePoofs]

On prime95, click on options => torture test. Select Small FFTs and hit OK. Let it run for about 10 hours to make sure you are 100% stable.

On a different note ... my Radeon 9100 got about 2000 in 3DMark03 if my memory serves me correctly. It was and AGP card, but I wouldnt' think that would make that big of a difference.

 

[clarkkent333]

See that's what I was thinking. I thought 1000 would be the low bar but when it came back 700 I was a bit taken aback. I guess you can't polish a turd.

I've been reading about the Nvidia IDE driver. Is this a real problem or should I be ok? Because I installed the driver package from the Nvidia website, not the ones on the CD. Did I screw that up?

 

[coomar]

3dmark01 will tell you if your computer is running wack or ifs just the videocard

 

[Avalon]

Well, the Radeon 9100(8500) was a better card than the 9200, and the 9250 is just a revision of the of the 9200, I believe. Add the fact that it's a PCI card, and it makes perfect sense that you're getting about 700 in 3dmark03 while Cheesepoofs is getting about 2000.

 

[thegimp03]

Yes, run 3dmark01 asap. I'm really surprised that card ran 03.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: thegimp03
Yes, run 3dmark01 asap. I'm really surprised that card ran 03.

I'm pretty sure that that card can't run like 75% of the tests in 03, hence partially wy it has such an abysmal score.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: aka1nas

Originally posted by: thegimp03
Yes, run 3dmark01 asap. I'm really surprised that card ran 03.

I'm pretty sure that that card can't run like 75% of the tests in 03, hence partially wy it has such an abysmal score.

This might explain a few things as well. I looked the card up, and it's a DX8.1 part, has a core/mem clock of 240mhz/400mhz on a 4 pipe pixel pipeline architecture, and comes in 64bit/128bit memory width varieties.

 

[clarkkent333]

Alright I ran 3dMark01 and scored a 4471. Im going to run PCMark04 in the morning.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Yeah. the 9250 is really a dog of a video card, but still my 8500 got 8k in 01 and about 1.5k in 03 with a barton@2.2ghz. that was agp though. If you bought a PCI-E mobo a 6200 or an x300se or something. While they suck, they don't suck as bad as a 9250.

 

[clarkkent333]

Well I ran P95 stable for 9 1/2 hours. Hopefully that is good enough.

 

[Leper Messiah]

did you quit, or did it fail?

 

[clarkkent333]

Sorry about that. I quit the test. I needed to get back into the system and keep installing software.

 

[Avalon]

9.5 hours is good enough for most users. I usually only do 8, but many here like upwards of 24. Ah well. Clark, you probably have a 64bit version of the card. That stinks, but I guess it doesn't matter since it won't be used for gaming.

 

[clarkkent333]

Yeah the card blows. Im not worried about that as much as the instability many have had between the A8N-e and the Corsair Value Select running in dual channel. There are a few threads about it in the MB section.