strange...

**OleJosef** · February 18th, 2004, 09:17 PM

hello! i've just tried to run 3dmark 03 with patch 340...
my specs are:

amd 2500+ barton..
1 gb ocd ram pc 3500

when i run it first without overclocked, i get a lousy 3575 score, when i overclock to 3200+ 2.2 ghz, i get only 3610 score in 3dmark... what is wrong ??

**poopeyhed2** · February 18th, 2004, 10:40 PM

Maybe if you provided your video card that would help too. Try turning down the AA/AF if it's on. Try rebooting the computer, killing all services that are unnecessary, and benchmark again.

**Starfury_2260** · February 19th, 2004, 12:48 AM

nevermind :P

**eagle1** · February 19th, 2004, 12:52 AM

i have 2600+ at 2.2ghz with 1gb pc3200 and Radeon 9600pro and get about 11-12k in 3dmark03

You probably meant 3dmark2001 :P

**OleJosef** · February 19th, 2004, 01:05 AM

oh, sorry guys.. i have a ati radeon 128 mb pro card....

**Dax_Brandy** · February 19th, 2004, 01:17 AM

have you installed the latest drivers for the card?

**OleJosef** · February 19th, 2004, 01:18 AM

yes, picked them right off and installed straight away with the graphics card...

**eagle1** · February 19th, 2004, 02:18 AM

oh, sorry guys.. i have a ati radeon 128 mb pro card....

Still ... which version is it?
9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 .........

**Ace McGirk** · February 19th, 2004, 04:31 AM

Originally posted by OleJosef
yes, picked them right off and installed straight away with the graphics card...

Go to www.ATI.com and get the latest drivers for the radeon series of cards.

**OleJosef** · February 19th, 2004, 07:21 AM

Originally posted by eagle1

Still ... which version is it?
9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 .........

****, must have been real tired last night!

its a ati radeon 9800 pro 128 mb

i meant that i installed the newest drivers straight away.. is there any possibility that older versions would give better results?

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**muno** · February 19th, 2004, 07:31 AM

Also, install the latest drivers for your mobo.
They're pretty important.

//edit:
And b t w, 2,2GHz is the stock rate for 3200+. If you need to overclock your cpu to reach that, you've got something wrong there.

**OleJosef** · February 20th, 2004, 10:06 AM

Originally posted by muno
Also, install the latest drivers for your mobo.
They're pretty important.

//edit:
And b t w, 2,2GHz is the stock rate for 3200+. If you need to overclock your cpu to reach that, you've got something wrong there.

yeah, i installed the lastest drivers... but can older ones be better?

and its a 2500+ 1.83 ghz...

**muno** · February 20th, 2004, 05:59 PM

Sorry, misread your post about the cpu speed

Via had some issues with, was it 4.50v drivers, but I think the newer ones are good. No, I don't think older drivers are better.
With graphics drivers, that would be more possible I think.