Pathetic New Rig ?

[KhoiFather]

I'll tell you this one time, P4 sucks, AXP rocks! Just playing...

 

[Ilmater]

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: NokiaDude

Originally posted by: zewm
Wow, thanks for the fast post guys.

1. 300Watt power supply

2. Wont let me put it at 8X. Even though my bios is set to 8X mode
It locks @ 4X mode in Windows.

3. Windows XP

4. I am running Catalyst 3.1

5. did you install the Intel INF drivers and application accelerator? (not yet, will try that now)

6. I'll post the low res scores in a bit

Also, what are the scores I *SHOULD* be getting from 2k1 and 2k3.

Might as well go and refund your 9500 Pro for a 7000. You'r mobo's chipset is the culprit here.

What kind of crap is this? I'm sorry, I like people who try to give advice... but not when its GARBAGE! WHY WHY WHY should he get a POS video card just because his 9500 Pro isn't running AGP 8X? 4X is MORE then enough and 8X would make NO NOTICABLE difference in speed.

This is EXACTLY what I was thinking. AGP 8x barely affects performance. In a year, come talk to me if you still don't get AGP 8x because it MIGHT be a little helpful by then. Until then...

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
The 2nd image shows an AGP transfer rate of 2x, If its running at 2x instead of 8x, that could be where lots of the speed is going.

However, 2x will hurt your performance some. I'd definitely assume that your problem is here. Try to find out how that program finds your AGP rate. Maybe check your BIOS. Maybe flash your BIOS.

My question is, are your friends (whose computers are running games faster than yours but with lower specs) getting better 3DMark 2001se scores? If not, then maybe there's just an issue with that particular game. I don't think your scores are too far from what they should be, but I could be wrong.

 

[zewm]

Here are the benchmarks

2K3 - 3DMARK COMPARE
2K1 - 3DMARK COMPARE

 

[mroptimistic]

Two things i noticed. one is you should probably get rid of that 256mb stick of 2100. Its slowing down the other gig from 2700 to 2100, but i dont think it would be a big enough issue to hamper performance at all, just means you have 1.25 gigs of 2100 instead, which is still fine.

Also in your 3dmark scores your motherboard and chipset info isn't being recorded, meaning that could be a problem. You might want to reinstall the motherboard/chipset drivers.

 

[dexvx]

What does a power supply have to do with relative speed? It might have to do for stability, but speed?

Anyways, I notice you have a SiS chipset motherboard. I'd go to SiS's site and download the newest AGP drivers and IDE drivers. you do NOT want to download the Intel INF drivers, as they are ONLY for Intel based chipsets. Also, check to see if your friends are doing tweaks or running games at lower settings then yours. Even something minor such as shadows can effect the performance by a huge margin.

On top of that, I seriously doubt anyone with a Ti4200/XP 1.8Ghz can touch a 3dMark2k3 score of 3500.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Your 3Dmark scores look about right to me. Considering your FSB speed is at 133Mhz and the 9500 Pro is considerably less powerfull than the 9700 Pro these scores kinda make sense. I'm no expert but here's my rig/scores:


Powercolor Radeon 9700 Pro (324, 279)
AMD Athlon 1700+ (OCed to 2200+ or greater, 166Mhz x11)
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Motherboard
512MB Corsair XMS DDR400/pc3200 (2x 256mb sticks)
Western Digital WD800BBRTL 7200RPM 80GB Hard Drive
Mitsumi CR-4802TE 12x read, 4x write CD-RW
Lite-On LTD-166S16X 16x DVD read, 48x CD read
Windows 2000 Professional

14260 3Dmark 2001 SE
4424 3DMark 2003



See if you can OC your FSB to 166Mhz. You might have to lower change the multiplier. I dunno P4's as well as Athlons tho.

 

[optimistic]

FYI Intel Processors throttle down when they are too hot. Check your temps.

 

[tapir]

take out the PC2100
266MHz DDR is not a lot, P4s are extremely sensitive to memory bandwidth
you want 333 or above
might not be the whole problem but i bet it makes a difference

 

[mroptimistic]

like i said, it will make a difference, but it shouldn't effect it as much as he is talking about, i run all my games fine and im only using 2100.

 

[Dulanic]

And as someone else said... somewhere in 11K is about right for your score... you dont have a 9700 Pro... you have a 9500 Pro. 14-15k is dreamin for a 9500 Pro without a very high clocked CPU (3Ghz+ P4)