3d-mark scores for 9800pro

Question

I use to be able to pull off 15000-ish (3dmark 2001 se) scores on my dimension 8300. For some reason, for the past few months it keeps on slipping... 14000....12000....11000.... i dont think this is normal. Very weird

Any suggestions? I cant seem to locate the problem. Not a thermal problem. Tried changing drivers, but no help. Tried to get rid of system resourse hogs... no help.

Dimension 8300, WinXP Home, 2.6C, 512ddr400 dual channel, 9800PRO, Audigy ES

CatoftheNight · Answer

3Dmark scores don't reflect real world performance. I can bet that you won't notice any different in the framerates of games. Some people need to have high score tho, to feel good. The only sure-to-work solution is a complete reformat of your hard drive. This Inspiron 2650 used to score aroun 1,300 on 3Dmark01se, I had to reformat due to a nasty virus, and now I'm scoring 3,700, so, give it a try ;D

HALO PRO · Answer

DELETED THIS POST Because i was refferring to 3DMark03 Message Edited by HALO PRO on 05-25-2004 09:00 PM

marro255 · Answer

Sometimes a fresh new clean install of windows does the trick.

HOOfan_1 · Answer

I can't even imagine why an individual user would need to have 3Dmark installed on their system.  It is a benchmarking tool designed to be used by graphics card reviewers to show attributes of new videocards.  As we have seen in the past few years some vid card companies even fudge their hardware and drivers to specifically score higher in 3D mark.  If you can play your games in the resolution you want, with the detail you want with the frame rate that looks good, who cares what your 3dmark score is.

doanster · Answer

Those who talked bout irrelevance of 3dmarks: I totally agree. Its jus discomforting to see how my score keeps dropping... clearly theres some problem with my hardware or software becuz i can notice it in games too.

However, i dunno if its worth the trouble to reformat n reinstall everything.

shunney · Answer

Have you tried driver cleaner, old or corrupt driver files can cause major probs...

btw, i also agree about the irrelevance of 3dmark scores, but i'm sure i'd be a bit miffed if my scores dropped by the thousand, obviously a problem wether you can see it in games or not 3dmark and Aquamark are great for keeping tabs on your cards performance :)

Good luck

Message Edited by shunney on 05-26-2004 03:23 PM

marro255 · Answer

Have you ran AdAware? To eliminate spyware. That stuff really hogs memory and you will definately see a downfall in performance if you have some. If not Download adaware from www.download.com and run it, delete everything it finds and try again.

doanster · Answer

ok i found my problem Jus a heat problem... I removed my cooler and plugged the ATI heatsink fan bak on n everythin is back to normal Grr...

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