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OMg what was i thinking???????? i got 8729 not 8347....damn i am dumb. Do you still beat me now though? I have been a friend with a 1.2 t-bird with 512 sys ram and 64 gf2 pro though....

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sigh, all bow down to my 2300 score.

P3 500, 256mb pc100, tnt2, win2k...
 
I overclocked my tnt2 to 150 core and 180 mem. As a result of 2500 new 3dmark score. Isn't that just wonderful?
 
Yeah, isn't it sweet :) I gained around 10 fps for the fastest parts and about 1 fps on the complex parts!

Yes I'm not serious about being happy
 
I do indeed plan to O/C I'm waiting 'til I have a day off to take my GeForce2 to my friend's work so we can switch the resistors to change it to a Quadro2. (He works with machine that do that so I figured rather have it done clean then some home job)
I also was able to boost my score to 8250 just playing around with settings. I also am waiting for a swiftech fan to replace my stock P.O.S. before going further.

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wow, what sort of things did you change? Can you show us screens when it's all done, or you know a site?
 
is that the DDR version, you know what memory speed it uses? Who made it?
 
No, mine is a eVGA 7ns SDRAM version. I could get better scores if the access time wasn't so high. I can't get past 200mhz with the memory. And yes, Grizely is right... the Creative DDR version of the GF2 MX sucks because it has a 64bit memory interface- which cuts the bandwidth in half. But, nVidia is introducing the MX 400 that supports 128bit DDR at any speed. My scores are probably high because i have my FSB overclocked and I have PC2100 DDR SDRAM system memory.

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Griz I think you can get your score higher. For the benchmark, what optimization are you using?? I've seen a big increase on my machine by switching to Direct3D, I was using Athlon since, duh, I have an Athlon, but it seems that on systems with nice video cards (anything over a TNT2) they might benefit from using Direct3d. It doesn't actually make any difference in computer speed but it's nice to look at higher numbers. Your score should be higher than mine (8250). You might also wanna try the new VIA 428va drivers although there is an issue with your southbridge, <A HREF="http://www.viahardware.com" target="_new">http://www.viachipset.com</A> had a temporary fix for it. It did make a noticable 200-500 point increase on some of the systems I tried it on. I'm also using Detonator 7.52 BETA I did see a good improvement with these too. Oh I'm using Win2k SP1 and host of drivers for it. Anyone with a title of Forum Patriarch should have a higher score than me.

I believe someone here said that CPU's didn't make much difference in scores. Well that's only half truth. Just changing the CPU wont do crap. I think the most important thing for getting FPS up is good RAM. PC133 CAS2, (for those that it is applicable), will definitely increase your score most notably from a CAS3 based system. An increase in CPU speed wont be seen if the same bottle neck exists. I have seen scores skyrocket directly with 3DMark2000's CPU score (check it in show details after a benchmark). I get around 550 now (big jump from 330 read my Dumbass post). Increasing FSB and RAM latency really helps. Hey, maybe thats why we have DDR now!! This, though will only help to a point. A good graphics card is needed to break 5000 from what I've seen.

Just to let those interested know, it is quarter after 11am and I'm to meet my friend so we can do the Quadro2 crack during his lunch break at noon. I'll post at around 1:30 with benchmarks if all goes well.

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Yes, well I was running it on OpenGL, I will try Direct3D. As for your other suggestions I have all newest drivers including VIA drivers. and my memory is 256MB CAS2 PC133 @142MHz (infineon.) I think it's just because ; 1. my card is Creative or 2. i was using opengl.

thanks for the suggestions.

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Hmm, maybe it was d3d. but i'm pretty sure i remember seeing it say "opengl" in the benchmark info thing..... *shrug*

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"648kb is all the space anyone would ever need!"

Bill Gates, 1980s
 
I think those that use the Athlon instruction set are using OpenGL, but don't quote me on it. I did do the Quadro convserion. The guy that did it put new resistors on it since the ones on it are glued on (Leadtek GF2 GTS) or something like that. He said they were a b*tch to get off so he had to heat them up witch probably damaged them. Instead of trying them out he just replaced them. He did a friggin beautiful job. You can't even tell it was done. Windows 2K booted up searched for new drivers identifying the card as a Quadro2 Pro. I couldn't use the 7.52 drivers and the 7.17's sucked. I'm using the 6.67's with no problem. I have yet to try the released drivers... The benchmark didn't do much more. It went from 8250 to 8270. Only a 20 point increase but from what I hear the card's Ram is running at 200MHz instead of 250MHz. This is the main reason why I did it since now I have much more room to overclock the card. I hope to break 9000 without OC'n the CPU. And when I get my new HSF then I'll start on the CPU. I'd like to get the Silverado but ordering it seems like too much the hastle. I just wish I could buy those blower fans that it has and slap them on the Swiftech 462. That'd be the ultimate combo. Ultra cooling Ultra quiet. The silverado doesn't seem to have that much of an agressive heatsink design. I think all it's cooling comes from the extra volume pumped by those fans.

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ATI Radeon 64DDR @ 210

Default settings I pulled off a 5755

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