made it....i've decided i definately need some better cooling though as i had to prop up an extra case fan pointing at my ti500 to get it to go, and i'm also kinda amazed i made it to 9k with my rig sitting on a 4.79 5v rail....but i got it...not as high as kjy9 or mystifmagic, but i said i'd get there, and i made it....score is 9004. here's the compare link. system below was clocked at 1668 (145x11.5) and the ti500 was at 258/584 w/23.11 drivers.

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Aopen H600a case w/300W Aopen psu
Athlon XP 1800 @ 1656 (fsb@144)
Epox 8kha+
512MB Micron PC2100 @2-2-2 timings
PNY Geforce3 Ti500
SB Live MP3+
HP 10x4x32
Acer 50x
Maxtor D740x 40GB
WD 5400rpm 30GB
Win2k Pro