3DMark 2001SE build 330 seems too low. please comment

[duhmez 0]

i got my snazzy new Dual AMD rig, 2x2600+ MP, 768 MB ram.

 

Ati 8500 LE 128 MB @ 250/250.

3Dmark 2001SE build 330(latest) with DX9.

 

I score 8450 (default unregistered benchmark)

 

Seems low to me. Anyone else with 8500LE 128 MB, or other scores on similar hardware can comment?

[DosFreak 2]

Sounds about right to me....

[Champion_R 0]

Did u do a fresh install of Windows? Always best to

 

That score looks about right for a standard clocked card. There are some in the 10000's but they seem very overclocked.

[langds 0]

that score sounds reasonable, i get about 12000 but thats with a gf4 ti4800 with 128Mb

 

that ati card is fairly old now so i'd say u wouldn't get much out of it

[Bobb 0]

Why did you build a Duel proc system? Not to many benefits to Duels, Not many things take advantage. Just wondering.

That's a real good score for a 8500LE, LE's are slower then standard 8500's.

[duhmez 0]

Why did I build a dual. Let me count the ways.

 

1) I've had a dual p3 800 for last 2 years and its been excellent for multitasking (runnung 10-20 apps simultaneously)

 

2)I Compress Divx and DVD video. Lots of it. These always use both.

 

3)a given app does not need to support smp to take advantage. Merely runing lots of non smp apps at once, they will all remail very responsive.

 

In task manager, click view>select columns>Thread count. (add threads to viewable in task manager)

 

you will see most apps are runing multiple threads anyways, and they all benefit it. Windows will juggle the threads onto both cpu's evenly.

 

my machine is so responsive and fast its like goshdarned candy.

[muzie 0]

i got a amd 64 3000

and a geforce 4 ti 4200

with a ASUSTeK K8V-X motherboard

with 512mb of ram

i got a score of 11071 with default settings

i was wondering it that about right?