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Downloaded the 3D mark test from futuremark.com last night. Ran the test and i was pretty disappointed with what i got, first used 3D Mark 03- got 3792 for 3D Mark, and 597 for CPU mark. Then used 3D Mark 05- got 1347 for 3D Mark, and 3039 for CPU mark- Barely reaching more than 10 fps :-(
I'm no computer whiz but that is poor!
My computer's specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ at 2.2GHz
768 MB RAM
ATi Radeon 9800 pro
120gig HD
Windows XP
I know it's nothing special but it runs far cry fine, and the demo's of Doom 3 and NFSU2 fine as well.
What kind's of results are you all getting? Anything i could do to boost the performance without spending much (think poor student's budget range!)
I'm no computer whiz but that is poor!
My computer's specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ at 2.2GHz
768 MB RAM
ATi Radeon 9800 pro
120gig HD
Windows XP
I know it's nothing special but it runs far cry fine, and the demo's of Doom 3 and NFSU2 fine as well.
What kind's of results are you all getting? Anything i could do to boost the performance without spending much (think poor student's budget range!)
Thanks for the advice tigamilla, i changed the settings and got a 3D Mark score of 5698, and a CPU score of 588, much better! Anyone else have any other simple tips like this to speed things up generally? Thanks again.
Nitram wrote:
> Just ran the 3D Mark 03 test again and got a 3D mark of just over
> 5000, weird, my computer's all over the place!
You should be getting close to 6000 or more with that setup, make sure the direct 3d settings under the ATI control panel are all set to very high performance, and AA, AF should be set to application preference.
> Just ran the 3D Mark 03 test again and got a 3D mark of just over
> 5000, weird, my computer's all over the place!
You should be getting close to 6000 or more with that setup, make sure the direct 3d settings under the ATI control panel are all set to very high performance, and AA, AF should be set to application preference.
OK this is a bit off the subject, but where the hell did my dial-up connection box go? The only way i can connect to the internet is to go in Outlook Express and click send/recieve then the box comes up so i can connect. Darr these things make me mad!
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> That isn't bad actually. 3D Mark 05 is designed more for the latest
> generation of cards, such as the Nvidia 6800 series and the ATI X800
> series, hence your low scores. I'm not sure about the 3D Mark 03
> score, if that is roughly in line with other similar specs. But yeah,
> only those with mega high end systems get anything decent in 05.
I agree with this but it's normally a while before really good scores start poping up. My house mates pentium 4 3.4 gig pci-express top of the range ATI doesn't get what will be considered a high score on 3d mark 05. Around may or the next set of upgrades will generate the truly good scores.
Just do a online check to see what other people with the same sort of systems have been getting. Mine came out pretty high for my system specs on 03. Can't run 05 on mine as i have a geforce 4 ti 4600 and isn't a direct x 9 card.
> That isn't bad actually. 3D Mark 05 is designed more for the latest
> generation of cards, such as the Nvidia 6800 series and the ATI X800
> series, hence your low scores. I'm not sure about the 3D Mark 03
> score, if that is roughly in line with other similar specs. But yeah,
> only those with mega high end systems get anything decent in 05.
I agree with this but it's normally a while before really good scores start poping up. My house mates pentium 4 3.4 gig pci-express top of the range ATI doesn't get what will be considered a high score on 3d mark 05. Around may or the next set of upgrades will generate the truly good scores.
Just do a online check to see what other people with the same sort of systems have been getting. Mine came out pretty high for my system specs on 03. Can't run 05 on mine as i have a geforce 4 ti 4600 and isn't a direct x 9 card.
I got about ... 156 or something.
(Damn my FX5200)
(Damn my FX5200)
Just ran the 3D Mark 03 test again and got a 3D mark of just over 5000, weird, my computer's all over the place!
That isn't bad actually. 3D Mark 05 is designed more for the latest generation of cards, such as the Nvidia 6800 series and the ATI X800 series, hence your low scores. I'm not sure about the 3D Mark 03 score, if that is roughly in line with other similar specs. But yeah, only those with mega high end systems get anything decent in 05.
Downloaded the 3D mark test from futuremark.com last night. Ran the test and i was pretty disappointed with what i got, first used 3D Mark 03- got 3792 for 3D Mark, and 597 for CPU mark. Then used 3D Mark 05- got 1347 for 3D Mark, and 3039 for CPU mark- Barely reaching more than 10 fps :-(
I'm no computer whiz but that is poor!
My computer's specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ at 2.2GHz
768 MB RAM
ATi Radeon 9800 pro
120gig HD
Windows XP
I know it's nothing special but it runs far cry fine, and the demo's of Doom 3 and NFSU2 fine as well.
What kind's of results are you all getting? Anything i could do to boost the performance without spending much (think poor student's budget range!)
I'm no computer whiz but that is poor!
My computer's specs are:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ at 2.2GHz
768 MB RAM
ATi Radeon 9800 pro
120gig HD
Windows XP
I know it's nothing special but it runs far cry fine, and the demo's of Doom 3 and NFSU2 fine as well.
What kind's of results are you all getting? Anything i could do to boost the performance without spending much (think poor student's budget range!)