3D Mark 2003 Scores

Anybody got any 3D Mark 2003 scores yet? I got 5,020 on my first try useing Cat. 3.0a drivers, made a few tweaks, lost 100 points. Loaded Cat. 3.1s and lost another 200 points. Nothing overclocked, strictly stock. Unfortunately, I didn't save my high score because I thought I could get a better one. I guess what really counts though, is all games still run smooth with the new drivers.

Can't seem to get a decent download site for it
I'll post a score as soon as I get hold of it.

I haven't tried it yet, but apparently NVIDIA are complaining about it, saying that

We didn't see them complaining about the last version though, so perhaps their new cards get thrashed by ATi in this release.

You can read more at http://www.hothardware.com

4231....

PC133 lives on ....seems like anything not called 9500 or 9700 gets killed in this test. I get 2x the top Ti.4600 score :blackeye:

I have a P4 2.26 Ghz, 256 PC800 RD Ram, GeForce 4 Ti4200, DX9, XP Pro SP1

And I only scored
1338!!!

I was getting frame rates of 1 - 6 in most of the tests, the 4th game test wouldnt work and neither would the 3rd sound test!!

Any help with tweaking???

The test won't work because your gfx card is only hardware dx8, the 4th game test needs direct x 9 hardware. And the sound test won't work cos you need a sound card that can do 60 3d voices.
I have a xp 1600 and ti4400, plus a sb 5.1 sound card, so im in the same situation, got 1465 marks

oh!!!

Looks like a new Sound Card and gonna maybe get the Radeon 9700 when the price drops!!

Just to run 3dmark2003?

Yup, there aren't any games that i'm aware of that use, or are going to use dx 9 in the near future, so no need to upgrade really, unless you are desperate to show off your benchmark scores.

I agree with you mrslippyfist, but I'm one that can't wait for upgrades and updates, so I download them right away, sometimes to my sorrow. At any rate I didn't even know I had a high score when I posted mine. With 3D Mark 2001, I had a high score, but by no means near the top, because I don't overclock anything. I'm satisfied with what I've got. As long as games play well and look good, I don't really care what score I get.

One thing I don't understand, as others have stated, at times I got 3 or 4 fps, severe stuttering and still got a high score.

I would have to agree with statement made by Nvidia because it's a bit too convenient that all Nvidia cards score lowly.

Comparing you specs to mine I'd say there is a heavy bias towards ATI cards.

I already figured out that a realistic upgrade for future games is to get a 2800+ or higher Barton and o/c my GF4 to the max with Thermaltake replacement cooler.

Check my sig - this new bench score is a mere 10% of what I got with 3DMark01.

Or get a $90 (£70) 2100+ Tbred B AIUHB like me and overclock it to 166fsb to 2700+ speeds

I scored 1380 with my Athlon XP 1800+ and GF4 Ti4200

4701 with:
2100+ @ 166fsb 2700+ speed
9700Pro @ default
512mb OCZ EL-DDR PC3500 @ 333DDR max timings
Windows 2000, Catalyst 3.0

4683 with Catalyst 3.1

Only did one run of each though so they might both give exactly the same scores and its just the usual slight score variation.

HUH???

My R8500 only score 1,100-1,200

I think it treats cards the same..
3D-mark never was the end-all indicator of gaming performance. It's ALWAYS used synthetic benchmarks to attempt to predict a cards performance. This crying by Nvidia is nothing but unproffesional...Do you hear any other companies whining?? The Parheila can't even score over 900, for goodness sakes....

3d-mark is as accurate today as it was last year......which isn't saying much....

Heh.. I wonder what my two main boxes would get.. both using Voodoo 5 5500s

Still don't need an upgrade yet... but I am liking nvidias "throne" being challenged.

will be formating today, figure try it out, although 3d scores don't mean JACK SHIET!

just for the fun of it.

P.S - 3dmark has always been known to be IN favour of Nvidia cards.

before my format:



System Configuration


General Information

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP

DirectX Version 9

Mobo Manufacturer Dell Computer Corp.

Mobo Model

AGP Rates (Current/Available) 4x / 1x, 2x, 4x

CPU Intel Pentium 4 2387 MHz

FSB 533 MHz

Memory 510 MB



Display Information

Graphics Chipset ATI RADEON 9700/9500 Series

Driver Name RADEON 9700/9500 SERIES

Driver Version 6.14.01.6255

Video Memory 128 MB

Core Clock 324.0 MHz

Memory Clock 310.5 MHz



Sound Information

Sound Adapter Driver Name

Sound Adapter Driver Version



Benchmark Settings

Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 1 Build 3

Resolution 1024*768@32 bit

Texture Filtering Optimal

Pixel Processing None

Vertex Shaders Optimal



Test Results


Game Tests

3DMark Score 4663 3DMarks

GT1 - Wings of Fury 163.4 fps

GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 30.5 fps

GT3 - Troll's Lair 27.5 fps

GT4 - Mother Nature 27.0 fps



CPU Tests

CPU Score 551.0 CPUMarks

CPU Test 1 60.1 fps

CPU Test 2 10.0 fps



Feature Tests

Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1494.6 MTexels/s

Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2263.6 MTexels/s

Vertex Shader 14.9 fps

Pixel Shader 2.0 41.0 fps

Ragtroll 19.6 fps



Sound Tests

No sounds 50.4 fps

24 sounds 43.2 fps

60 sounds 37.1 fps


shall post again after my format.

ummm.....actualy the DX9 Benchmark is biased in favor of cards that are DX9 compliant. which of course leaves all currently available Nvidia cards.

well, previously it was in favour of nvidia cards not ATi's fault that Nvidia was slow on production.