12000 score on 3DMARK01SE with MSI RADEON 9800 PRO ?!

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aight
yesterday i bought this thing
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/vga/vga/pro_vga_detail.php?UID=576
its a good card with a good cooling and a R360 core.
now when i ran 3DMARK03 i get 5700, it may look normal to you but my
friends has the same card and got 6000+ using defult clock speeds....
and in 3DMARK01SE i get 12000, thats very bad, cuz geforce 4 ti gets
that....
anyway this is my comp:
P4 2.4GHZ, 256mb 266mhz(thats small but i dont think its causing the
slow), ASUS P4S8X, win xp sp1...
im running the card at 8X AGP, and with no filters(i use the defult
setting of cat 4.7)
plz help me im hitting myself here :\
thanx

 

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Look on the 3D mark online results and compare what other people with the same system are getting,
then decide.

Other thing to test is that you *really have* switched off all filters. IF AA is set in your
properties (right click on desktop > Properties >Settings tab >Advanced button), but 3DMark says you
are not using AA, the properties override it, so you really are working with AA. Your AA settings
should say application preference, and 3DMArk should have them set to off. The drop from what you
would expect for your system (6000ish to 6100) would be explained by having 2xAA on and not knowing
it.


*But*, IMO, 3DMark results mean nothing with your system, because your low memory *will* slow you
down on real games, even if the low memory doesnt affect the benchmarks (I actually think it does
affect both). Most modern PC games work best with XP and 1GB. On your system, you more than likely
have less than 100Mb remaining for the game once the OS has loaded. Your GFX card has more than
that just as video memory, so thats got to be slowing you down in real world gaming.

HTH

S


Dutchy wrote:
> aight