Low Score in 3DMark 2001SE

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mega10169

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I just bought an X700 Pro 256mb AGP(4x) card, ran 3DMark 2001 and scored 8987. I know my CPU isn't the greatest but it can't be that bad right? When I read reviews of this card they were hitting over twice as much. Any ideas of why it is doing this?
 
mega10169 said:
I just bought an X700 Pro 256mb AGP(4x) card, ran 3DMark 2001 and scored 8987. I know my CPU isn't the greatest but it can't be that bad right? When I read reviews of this card they were hitting over twice as much. Any ideas of why it is doing this?
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your cpu or video card might be overheating.
 
I ran RivaTuner while running Valve's Lost Coast video stress test with everything maxed and the core temp. on the video card never went a above 60°C. I don't think its my CPU because I've never had it overheat on me before, and right now its at 26°C at idle.
 
well, with a celeron 2.6ghz, and AGP 4X... id say it would score alot worse than if it were pci-e paired with athlon 64 2ghz or higher haha...
 
Well, have you connected up the external power cable to the card? That could be why it's not performing as it should. I bet that's the problem. My friend who was facing the same problem as you was very suprised by how much better his card was performing when he plugged the connector in ... LOL.

What's in the Box:
Radeon® X700 PRO graphics card
Set-up CD
Composite and S-video cables
HDTV out cable
DVI to VGA adapter
Manuals
Power cable connector (AGP models only)
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Source: ATI

JAN :D
 
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3DMark2001 is much more cpu intensive than 3DMark03/05. So it depends alot on your processor.
 
jancz3rt said:
Well, have you connected up the external power cable to the card? That could be why it's not performing as it should. I bet that's the problem. My friend who was facing the same problem as you was very suprised by how much better his card was performing when he plugged the connector in ... LOL.



Source: ATI

JAN :D
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It's plugged in, but I guess my problem is my CPU. In 3DMArk 03 I got 6097 and in 05 I got 2593 which is pretty close to what I've read in reviews of the PCI-e version. I also noticed that in 3DMark 2001, no matter what resolution and no matter how much I turn up the AA it performs almost the same, which means it waiting for my CPU to catch up.
 
mega10169 said:
It's plugged in, but I guess my problem is my CPU. In 3DMArk 03 I got 6097 and in 05 I got 2593 which is pretty close to what I've read in reviews of the PCI-e version. I also noticed that in 3DMark 2001, no matter what resolution and no matter how much I turn up the AA it performs almost the same, which means it waiting for my CPU to catch up.
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its actually not that bad, take a look at skidude's computer:

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ OC'ed to 2.0GHz
Sapphire Radeon X700 256 MB. PCI-E
1 GB Corsair Value-Select PC3200
Foxconn NF4K8MC-ERS nForce 4 PCI-E Motherboard
Western Digital 160 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

3Dmark05- 2732 3Dmark03- 5877

And you get a higher score then him.
 
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