thanks man.Quote:
Originally posted by vertices
Nice score!! I updated you.:)
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thanks man.Quote:
Originally posted by vertices
Nice score!! I updated you.:)
can u update me too?:)
Gotcha! ;) Damn nice OC on the Barton....mine couldn't get past 2.44ghz, but then, mine's toatally air-cooled.;) Nice score too, go for 22k dude!:DQuote:
Originally posted by JetForce Gemini X
can u update me too?:)
edit: thanks esbach
This is about as close to 30k as i can get right now i think. Oh well, first shark to 29k anyhow :) second page of the 01 ORB too
CPU: Athlon 64 3200+
Stock Speed of CPU: 2000
Overclocked speed of CPU: 2420
MotherBoard: Shuttle AN50R
Ram: Mushkin Level II 3500 2-2-2-6
Video Card: ATI Radeon X800XT PE
Stock Core of Video: 520
Actual Core of Video: 555
Stock Mem of Video: 560
Actual Mem of Video: 621
Cooling Used: SLK948U/92mm Tornado, Stock
Your scores with links:
29455 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7919649
i can't get a good 2k3 run for anything
Nice score eshbach! Really not bad at all considering air and stock cooling on the XT. I hope better cooling on the gpu helps, a lot, doesn't look like much head room there.
i'm hoping i can find another ~500 marks to get 30k.Quote:
Originally posted by mikead_99
Nice score eshbach! Really not bad at all considering air and stock cooling on the XT. I hope better cooling on the gpu helps, a lot, doesn't look like much head room there.
any idea why my car high run is 5fps less than it used to be? i can't figure it out. on my 24k run i got over 120... now i'm just getting 115.
Be cheap and set LODBios to 5
I know it's a lame move, but it gives quite a bit of boost in nature
i know that helps alot on nvidia cards, but i don't know how much it helps on an ATI... i'll give it a try.Quote:
Originally posted by icecube_of_death
Be cheap and set LODBios to 5
I know it's a lame move, but it gives quite a bit of boost in nature
I'd like to see you crack it too. The only thing I can think of is maybe drivers? I've seen some comparison somewhere that showed CAT's 4.5 to 4.7beta getting worse in '01 and better in '03 with each release. Maybe try the 4.5's. It's probably just a matter of time before someone gets a good working mod of the pre 4.5 drivers too, that should help a ton.Quote:
Originally posted by eshbach
i'm hoping i can find another ~500 marks to get 30k.
any idea why my car high run is 5fps less than it used to be? i can't figure it out. on my 24k run i got over 120... now i'm just getting 115.
@ icecube_of_death, I think that only works for nVidia. Hope I'm right, otherwise I've been missing something. :)
http://www.rage3d.de/catalyst_vergleich_eng_p2.php
i don't know if that'll help but if you look the FOrsage 4.5 drivers are about 200 - 300 poitns above thew others you might wannat ry that.
eshbach you know you should run car last and then run it multiple times and save your score each time you get a higher score right? Sometimes you get good runs in car and sometimes you get bad.
It's best to run it last and then run it over and over until you max out. You are probably already doing it but I just wanted to make sure.:)
VERY nice 2k1 score eshbach ,can you give a score or a hint on your
2k3 score??
Oh 1 thing I found out a week ago (don't know if it's true for all video cards), I noticed that DX9.0b gave a higher score than DX8.1
It was around 150 points more on a test run. I did it strictly to compare the differences between the 2 DX versions. I ran the tests at 2GHz with vid card speeds at stock. The point difference might be greater when it's running on faster hardware. I'm not 100% positive if this is always true or not, but IMO it's worth trying ;)
vertices: hm... car run last? I usually lose 5-10fps if I don't run it first...
same thing happened to me on a win2k install ... I noticed 9.0b giving just over 100 points higher result than 8.1. this is in 3dmark2001se
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Originally posted by icecube_of_death
Oh 1 thing I found out a week ago (don't know if it's true for all video cards), I noticed that DX9.0b gave a higher score than DX8.1
It was around 150 points more on a test run. I did it strictly to compare the differences between the 2 DX versions. I ran the tests at 2GHz with vid card speeds at stock. The point difference might be greater when it's running on faster hardware. I'm not 100% positive if this is always true or not, but IMO it's worth trying ;)
vertices: hm... car run last? I usually lose 5-10fps if I don't run it first...
That seems to be the thing with the newer ATI cards (9800XT and up). The lower CAT releases don't work with them (there are modded CAT's for the 9800XT) which may well mean that DX9 is better with the newer drivers. Even on the 9800XT's though the lower CAT's (modded) and DX8.1 were the fastest. Doesn't make a lot of sense that this hurts his score that much in car high since it's so cpu dependant, but may be part of the drop in points.
BTW, to my experience only re-running car low has any real benefit, and only until you either don't hit a barrel, or if you do you knock it right the **** off screen so the gpu isn't dealing with it's physics. Whenever you get through that run clean you will gain a couple hundred points.....but car high is the problem here. Re-running any other test, including car high, has hurt my score 99% of the time.
Same here. The only two tests I have gained on by running them multiple times is car low and nature. I run my order like this:
Dragon L
Dragon H
Lobby L
Lobby H
Nature
Car H
Car L ( I run this over and over until I get the one I want)
I also change my VC overclock for each test. I lower it a little for CPU intensive tests and push it as high as I can for the GPU intensive tests. I also use a memory recovery tool inbetween each test as well. If you watch your task monitor, you will notice 3dmark.exe opens at about 10 MB's and by the time your are finished with all the tests, it's close to 40 MB's. I have been able to control that problem a little bit by using a memory recovery tool. Lastly, I let my VC cool down between each test.
i will try 9.0b and cat 4.5 after work.
A little different then my order, but definately Drag Low first, otherwise you loose some big points right up front. I have heard that you don't get that DL boost with A64's though so I think a lot of those guys have shuffled it down in the order.Quote:
Originally posted by ranger2992
Same here. The only two tests I have gained on by running them multiple times is car low and nature. I run my order like this:
Dragon L
Dragon H
Lobby L
Lobby H
Nature
Car H
Car L ( I run this over and over until I get the one I want)
I also change my VC overclock for each test. I lower it a little for CPU intensive tests and push it as high as I can for the GPU intensive tests. I also use a memory recovery tool inbetween each test as well. If you watch your task monitor, you will notice 3dmark.exe opens at about 10 MB's and by the time your are finished with all the tests, it's close to 40 MB's. I have been able to control that problem a little bit by using a memory recovery tool. Lastly, I let my VC cool down between each test.
Good luck eshbach, hope that gets the points you need.
i run the same order as ranger except car hi before nature.
does the memory recovery tool help?
with the 9800 there was an advantage to running lobby first, but with the x800xt it's back to drago.
Yeah i picked up a couple hundred points by recovering the memory. it also cut down on the mem errors I was having when I was at my max overclocks running that bench. Remember, I got my score on a P4 that was clocked at 3.96 and a 9800 pro that wouldn't go past 495/400. I never got a chance to Vmod it.
It's all about the tweaks, the known ones and then more importantly, the unknown ones. Just step outside the box, analize the weaknesses of your system and try and find tweaks, or programs that will help you strenthen them.
Good luck and I know you will get those 500 points.
well i did all that and i'm at 29687
still a good amount of distance to go...
still only at 118fps car high...
Ok well that is definently a problem. Look at my 23.8 run and you will see a P4C at 3.96 is 120.9. With your A64 rig you should be crushing my Car H since that is a CPU intensive operation. The question I have is have you had to drop your OC to keep 3dmark stable? If so, what is causing crashes. The CPU or GPU? I don't really know what is causing that low score, but I would work specifically on that test. I would bring your GPU back to stock and start working on your memory and CPU and get that score as high as possible. Once you have done that, then go for the gusto on your GPU.
EDIT: searching the orb for AMD's in your range I am finding Car H scores from 115 to 123. So I guess you really aren't too far off for your setup. and really if you think about it, 8 fps is only 160 points. Although it would help, it's not gonna get you there. I really don't know where to find those extra points
EDIT 2: Check maccis score of 32323 look at his car score 133 and his lobby of 171. You need to figure out what he is doing to get those scores so high on a 200 Mhz more OC....
Sorry if I sound like Tbird...LOL
the thing is my old ram was running 2.5-3-2-6 and my cpu at 2440 i was getting 121
now i'm running 242x10 2-2-2-6 and i'm at less points :confused:
OK, I used to run an order real similar, except it was this:
DL
DH
CL
CH
LL
LH
N
reruns of CL
That was after running Ranger's order and finding the above a little better for me.
This last push to 25.5k I found some posts with other orders, found one that gave me a few hundred more points, to my surprise. I won't give that to you, because in the same thread, the guy that is #1 on the Orb mentioned that with A64, DL first doesn't make a boost that is worth it anymore. He said he moved it down and runs either CH or Lobbies first now. Unfortunately he didn't give the rest of his order, but it is hard to argue with #1. Something to try anyway. You'll still need to find more points elsewhere, but you should be able to get closer I'd think.