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It does get a little hard on the brain remembering over a hundred different configurations and all the scores that should concide with said configurations. also Jeff is real and if anyone does an IP check, they arent the same. also something is wrong Jeff if win xp runs faster on your amd rig than win 2k :confused:
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Originally posted by Jeff7477
I get the highest score with XP SP1, and the lowest with 2K SP3. On an AMD no less.
Then you are doing something wrong... ;).
Although I'm not suprised one bit... you do hangoutwith/chill/talk to Thunderbird1GHz.. hehe.
How am I doing something wrong? And whats wrong with talking to Tbird? Hes a good guy. He may have his own ideas about things, but doesn't everyone? If your going to say im doing something wrong, which makes absolutly no sense at all....at least back it up with a comparison or something so I can test the results myself.
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Originally posted by Jeff7477
How am I doing something wrong? And whats wrong with talking to Tbird? Hes a good guy. He may have his own ideas about things, but doesn't everyone? If your going to say im doing something wrong, which makes absolutly no sense at all....at least back it up with a comparison or something so I can test the results myself.
It's like operating system's 101 dude... you are doing something wrong :) ;). If you have the exact same setup.. and everything set up the way it's supposed, and you score the same, or lower under 2k compared to XP... then something is definately wrong, and its probably NOT the hardware ;). Simple as that.
I COULD post a compare link... but what's the going to prove? It's going to further justify my words that I'm right, that's it. And it's not about me either... it's a known fact. AMD's will run better on a 2K based machine. I tried going for max 3dmark score under XP.. and I was hovering in the mid 17k's... no higher. Under 2K I get about 1000-1500 more marks. I never upload any scores because all my hardcore OCing was done in my garage... where it's nice and chilly. Of course, I have no internet access in there... so I couldn't upload anything. And I ran 3dmark 50 times... and quite frankly, I didnt feel it was necessary to save all the times I ran the damn test. Especially not when its to prove something like this...... ::shakes head::
There is nothing wrong with Tbird... heck I talk to him aswell. Ask him... I cuss at him 65% of the time Im talking to him (aint that right Tbird? :)). It's just that from what HE says... you dont know what your doing. Of course I didnt believe him at first, but after seeing some of your posts here... it's like.. "heh... guess birdy was right". Before your runs... he would always tell me how your rig was going to absolutely murder mine... LMAO! I agree'd... heck.. you have a 9800PRO, lol. But as soon as he saw that you couldnt top my score with a POS 9700PRO... that's when the words began to fly... because that's sad :).
But yeah.. not to get off topic..... Go, disabled all pci devices in the BIOS. Serial ports, LPT's, audio, FW, USB, NIC, Modem.. etc. Optimize your bios. IF you dont know how to do that check pyro's 3dmark guide. Install the OS... install the *best* drivers for the board... then move on to the graphics card drivers.. .and start running 3dmark. Overclock.. and keep running.. then finally go for your top score.
lmao, what a joke. if you want me to top your score(why does it matter?), then run 2003 and it will be easy, even with my slower system. btw, my system WAS slower, so how could you expect me to beat your score with a 9800 pro in 2001?
I would like you to explain that....Quote:
Originally posted by lostlilchild6
It's just that from what HE says... you dont know what your doing. Of course I didnt believe him at first, but after seeing some of your posts here... it's like.. "heh... guess birdy was right".
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Originally posted by Jeff7477
I would like you to explain that....
PM sent... ;) :)
To stupid, try 6.Quote:
Originally posted by Ignitionator
He claims he's 21... :eek:
I wouldnt disable all my other hardware
because they arent in use when benchmarking. why disable audio, usb, your modem, etc? they arent in use so itll do nothing. I remember my score didnt change when I installed those audio drivers. Just dont run several programs in the background, such as antivirus. Maybe he needs to set agp aperature to 128mb and set his ram to agressive timings. His nature score is normal, which is proof its not a driver problem, but his car chase is low which means a cpu problem. he gets 18500 at max oc of his. If he can get windows 2k working right which he has given up and went back to windows XP. He doesnt care that much really. also in high res he will beat you in games or in games that are very video dependant but on the cpu side, its about 20% slower than yours. in my opinion, he should have gotten a radeon9700 non pro because a fast card doesnt really "sweat" on a system that makes the card idle while the cpu "sweats"
I got the 9800 pro becuase 1. I like FSAA and AF, 2. im an upgrade whore, which leads into 3. a new CPU(intel system) is going to be next. So naturally....I had the dough so I bought it. I don't regret it at all.
1. the 9700 non pro is gonna be just as fast on your computer, even with fsaa
2. me too, I spent so much money, $18 for a tbird, $30 for a pally and now $76 for a tbred :eek: but im stopping there, 2GHz is plenty :)
I might spend on cooling.
3. Intel is way overpriced in my opinion, granted they have faster cpus, the 2.8c is like $300! I dont care if its a "little" faster, I wouldnt care if I got 70fps instead of 60.
4. I do not use fsaa and I do not yet need directX9. fsaa is almost free on radeon9500s and up but I run high res instead.
5. even if I had the money, it would go towards a car, house and investments :) There is no point in buying somethings thats overkill