Hey all, first of all thanks for the help in selecting a PSU for this system ^_^
Next, a listing of the main parts of my system, for reference:
AMD Athlon64 3000+ 754-pin, often running at less than 40ºC, so temp isn't an issue.
ASrock K8 Combo-Z motherboard (jumpers set correctly for 754-pin)
GeForce4 ti4200 128MB 8xAGP
Now for the problem at hand: this chip is performing much worse that my prior system, a 1.88GHz AMD Athlon XP 2500.
There are several things that appear to be wrong:
1) At the default settings, the BIOS shows the processor at 2.0GHz, but every software program I have registers it as 1.0GHz. If I overclock it to 2.2GHz, it registers at 1.1GHZ.
2) Benchmark speeds are weird, let me demonstrate:
[CENTER]Default settings
3DMark 2001SE: 9975
Metabench: 2917
Overclocking to what BIOS says is 2.2GHz
3DMark 2001SE: 4099
Underclocking to what BIOS says is 1.8GHz
3DMark 2001SE: 11288
Metabench: 3013
Reducing past 1.8GHz resulted in only lower scores.
My previous AthlonXP 2500+ would get above 15000 in 3DMark[/CENTER]
3) Extreme graphics glitches occur at times. The two main places I've seen this are Dues Ex: Invisible War and 3DMark 2003 (v.360).
With Deus Ex, if the mode is set to anything other than 800x600, the screen scrolls, parts flash or remain black, and the screen flickers lighter/darker in color.
In 3DMark 2003, everything is fine until it reaches the CPU tests. The CPU test loading screen flickers between normal position and a position way lower-right, and the loading bar is a thick negative of the backdrop instead of just a sloping line like normal. Once inside the simulation, the screen flickers wildly at times, other times it remains black and shows a single, sometimes messed-up frame every fifteen seconds or so. The first test completes OK (with an average of less than 5 FPS), but in the middle of the second one the screen goes black and an enlarged mouse pointer appears in the middle. The mouse will move, but the system is unrecoverable.
I know that the video card is not at fault, as it was the exact same one in my last PC, and it worked wonderfully.
Could someone please help me solve this conundrum? It's really frustrating. Thank you!
Thanks,
Gamer X
Next, a listing of the main parts of my system, for reference:
AMD Athlon64 3000+ 754-pin, often running at less than 40ºC, so temp isn't an issue.
ASrock K8 Combo-Z motherboard (jumpers set correctly for 754-pin)
GeForce4 ti4200 128MB 8xAGP
Now for the problem at hand: this chip is performing much worse that my prior system, a 1.88GHz AMD Athlon XP 2500.
There are several things that appear to be wrong:
1) At the default settings, the BIOS shows the processor at 2.0GHz, but every software program I have registers it as 1.0GHz. If I overclock it to 2.2GHz, it registers at 1.1GHZ.
2) Benchmark speeds are weird, let me demonstrate:
[CENTER]Default settings
3DMark 2001SE: 9975
Metabench: 2917
Overclocking to what BIOS says is 2.2GHz
3DMark 2001SE: 4099
Underclocking to what BIOS says is 1.8GHz
3DMark 2001SE: 11288
Metabench: 3013
Reducing past 1.8GHz resulted in only lower scores.
My previous AthlonXP 2500+ would get above 15000 in 3DMark[/CENTER]
3) Extreme graphics glitches occur at times. The two main places I've seen this are Dues Ex: Invisible War and 3DMark 2003 (v.360).
With Deus Ex, if the mode is set to anything other than 800x600, the screen scrolls, parts flash or remain black, and the screen flickers lighter/darker in color.
In 3DMark 2003, everything is fine until it reaches the CPU tests. The CPU test loading screen flickers between normal position and a position way lower-right, and the loading bar is a thick negative of the backdrop instead of just a sloping line like normal. Once inside the simulation, the screen flickers wildly at times, other times it remains black and shows a single, sometimes messed-up frame every fifteen seconds or so. The first test completes OK (with an average of less than 5 FPS), but in the middle of the second one the screen goes black and an enlarged mouse pointer appears in the middle. The mouse will move, but the system is unrecoverable.
I know that the video card is not at fault, as it was the exact same one in my last PC, and it worked wonderfully.
Could someone please help me solve this conundrum? It's really frustrating. Thank you!
Thanks,
Gamer X
