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Specs:
• Pentium 4 2.4CGhz (800FSB) Northwood
• OCZ EL 256MBx2 (512) Platinum PC3200 DDR RAM
• Asus P4P800-Deluxe Motherboard
• Sapphire Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB

Test 1

• CPU FSB @ 240Mhz = 2.8Ghz
• DRAM Timing: 320Mhz (5:4 divider)
• DRAM @ 2-2-3-5
• Catalyst v4.1

3dMark03 Standard Score: 2084 Marks

OK. THAT REALLY IS HORRIBLE. Something's wrong, no? Is it my drivers? ARGH!

Are you perhaps running with FSAA & AF enabled in the control panel? Or (for some reason) with TruForm?

You're not using Seti@Home or any other DC program in the background?

Considering I'm gettin way more marks than that, and I'm only on a 9700pro, you have to have goofed in one of your settings...

Yes, it's maxed out with TruForm.

Is that bad? I'll try it with TruForm disabled and Application Preference.

OK, test 2, much better

You ought to try 3DMark 01 SubKamran. It does a better job of showing what the whole system is doing. 03 is largely video card dependent...

You've a 20k 3DMark 01 rig there, waiting to bust out...

Later....

Yeah I dont use '03, I recon '01 was much better.

Ok, thanks! Yes, see, I KNEW it. It's mostly video card dependant, that's why I got only 5598 on my last test even if the rig is at 2.8Ghz

I'll run some 3dMark01 tests today.

Athlon XP @ 2Ghz with 9700 Pro 128mb.

4790 in 3dmark03.

Just make sure you have the card set without AA or AF (or true form). Set all the sliders in the catalyst drivers to the lowest setting and you should get the true score.

Hehehe...

When you're running a benchmark and want to get max results, allways use Aplication Preference... Otherwise your system will be doing more than asked of it (seen from the benchmark side)...

WRT 3dmark 01SE vs 03...

It depends on what you want to see...
3dmark 03 is, as has been said, gpu limited so you'll see how your performance is in different aspects (PS2.0, Fillrate etc) and can use this to judge how future games with heavy usage of said features will perform...

It won't tell you exactly how many FPS' you'll get, but will give you an idea if there are some features you should avoid/decrease, and which you can increase to get the max from your system...

01SE is, now, system dependent and will tell you, when compared to other similar systems, if you're very unoptimized or if you have a bottleneck in your system...

Yup, I downloaded 01 SE so I'll run that once I get home!

I get:

Settings:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7499349

There aren't as many OpenGL benchmarks out there as DX...

So most people then use an OpenGL game with benchmark abilities to test their systems...

As for why decrease IQ, it's the easiest way to get a comparable result...
My settings doesn't neccessarily correspond with yours, but running it as Application Preference will allways be the same... (Also helps when comparing between different cards, as one IHV's implementation of AA often differs from the others and it's the same with AF)

And then there is that point about letting the benchmark control what it's doing, instead of overriding it...
If you want to run 3dMark with AA&AF, buy it, and you can choose whatever settings you want....

Thanks guys! I guess 16277 is pretty good without even OC'ing the memory (in fact, it's underclocked, 196Mhz)

I can't reach the 250Mhz FSB because I can't boot up. 249FSB and I get artifacts and it's unstable. So, 245 it stays until I get better memory

And it's fine for me! I'm going to install my video card's overclocking software to see if I can OC it a bit (like 10Mhz).

It's not the memory that's holding you back. That is as good a memory for the P4c as there is. Try raising your vdimm to 2.85v and see if it will boot into Windows. Also might relax the timings a bit, 2.5-2-3-6, and see what you get. For your machine, 250fsb is doable, just gotta find the right settings. With my PC3500, and the 12x multi, I'm at 270/216, running 24/7, so you can do better.

The best OC'ing software for your Radeon, is the Rage3D tweak utility. Get the build for the 4.1 drivers, then OC away. I can run mine at 440/370 to benchmark.

You also might need to let your new hardware do some burning in before you get maximum OC. Just some ideas here....

Good luck....

I'll try that today, I forgot I can increase the memory voltage! The RAM is rated for 2-2-3-5 , but I'll touch them down a little. What's REALLY funny is that it won't boot if the timings are on SPD mode

Farmer, 2 questions:

What does '2-2-3-5' actually mean? I mean, I know what they mean but what order are they in? (precharge, delay, etc.)

And second, my RAM says "Supported voltage: 2.6v" on NewEgg but you have my PC35(7?)00 version of mine so...

I think I'm at maximum. I got to 250 and I set it at 252 because 260 won't boot.

My RAM is set at 2.5-2-3-6 so we'll see if it will complete a 3dMark01.

It runs stable at 250Mhz. 252 crashed in 3dMark01.

If you have any other suggestions, please say but right now I'm satisfied. It gave me an extra 400 points in 01. So now I'm OC'ing the video card to see.

i would run something like prime95 to really test how stable is your processor. 3dmark 2001SE does not put as much load (and heat) on the processor as prime95.

there are people who think they run fine until their prime95 gets messed up after a few minutes. then games like CoD and Halo reveal instabilities with their OC setup.

you have a 2.4c so your cpu should be able to be stable at 3.0.