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"3D Mark 2003 Help !"

I finally managed to clock my system on 3D Mark 2003 (not the pro one) and scored a somewhat crappy 4969 marks, looking at other peoples results I get the feeling this isn't right but I can't figure if I've done something wrong !

Here's the info gained from the program and the rating I got with it. If anyone has any pointers as to how to improve it I would mych appreciate it, for the test the graphics card was set to optimal for D3d and OpenGL - this setting is the middle one of 5 ranging from best performance to best quality, and CPU had Hyperthreading disabled.
I'm going to try one with it enabled a bit later to see if there is any difference, also I opened task manager and I have 34 processes running ! Is this high ??

General Information

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP

DirectX Version 9.0a

Mobo Manufacturer Dell Computer Corp.

Mobo Model 0G0728

AGP Rates (Current/Available) 8x / 4x, 8x

CPU Intel Pentium 4 2593 MHz

FSB 800 MHz

Memory 510 MB



Display Information

Graphics Chipset ATI RADEON 9800 PRO

Driver Name RADEON 9800 PRO

Driver Version 6.14.10.6368

Video Memory 128 MB

Core Clock 324 MHz

Memory Clock 290 MHz



Sound Information

Sound Adapter Driver Name Creative SB Live! Series

Sound Adapter Driver Version 5.12.1.124



Benchmark Settings

Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 2 Build 0

Resolution 1024x768@32 bit

Texture Filtering Optimal

Pixel Processing / Antialiasing None

Post Processing false

Vertex Shaders Optimal



Main Test Results
3DMark Score 4969 3DMarks

CPU Score 588.0 CPUMarks



Detailed Test Results


Game Tests

GT1 - Wings of Fury 174.6 fps

GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 32.9 fps

GT3 - Troll's Lair 29.0 fps

GT4 - Mother Nature 28.8 fps



CPU Tests

CPU Test 1 64.4 fps

CPU Test 2 10.6 fps



Feature Tests

Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1469.4 MTexels/s

Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2280.0 MTexels/s

Vertex Shader 15.7 fps

Pixel Shader 2.0 44.5 fps

Ragtroll 20.6 fps



Sound Tests

No sounds 57.0 fps

24 sounds 47.1 fps

60 sounds 38.6 fps

Nah DVD Sentry..
As soon as i got my net up i downloaded spybot and adware found loads and deleted anything about AOL from the registry as soon as i uninstalled it.

I'd read it wsa some kind of anti-spyware thing installed on Dell's ?

D Sentry is something about some DVD crap.

§niper wrote:
> I'm using omega Radeon drivers.
> Needed to get rid of a load of spyware crap on this new dell.

I know about the D sentry thing but what else is there ?

5603 most likely.

Thats a good score. I get 5600 with a 9800 Pro 1024mb DDR333 and a XP2800. Going to install the new ATI drivers and see what I get with those.

I'm using omega Radeon drivers.
Needed to get rid of a load of spyware crap on this new dell.

Thanks for the mention of the OCUK forum, whilst I don't really want to mess around too much with settings I took a look and found many interesting threads/links to read - noticed that many other people have said they dropped a thousand + points in 3D Mark 2003 when they installed the new ATI Drivers, but anyway, there was a lot of good info on the site and its links.

Practical Magic wrote:
> I've given up messing around with 3D Mark, I guessed it was the
> drivers misreporting it as a Pro so I opened up the case to be sure,
> it's a straight 9800 with 128mb ram, it plays everything I want to on
> top settings even with other stuff running in the background so I'll
> leave 3d mark

:) Same here

Indeed, 5000-6000 is right with a DX9 card, anything before that and you've got no chance ;) I got 1073 with this box before upgrading the graphics card (xp1700@1992mhz, 512mb ram, GF3 ti500), stick in a 9800 pro and it gets 5672..

There's a long list of tweaks for 3dm on the OCUK forums if you're that bothered, but sniper's right, FPS are what count, actual noticeable difference in games.