3dmarks score, any good?

[njskatchmo]

I got a 3180 on 3dmarks2003. Any good?

[mjkovis]

Originally posted by njskatchmo
I got a 3180 on 3dmarks2003. Any good?

Yeah it is. You can post your results here (http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55925&highlight=3dmark+2003). This is the main post for 3dMark 2003 and you can check everyone elses!

[Surge1243]

Yep, that looks pretty good for the system you have.

[njskatchmo]

How come most people have like 1800... my computers not that amazing

[mjkovis]

I was going to ask you the same question. Try running it again. Cause I have a little bit faster system and you are getting a higher score. Could be you didnt run the full test or quit early. Dunno... Try it again and post the score.

[njskatchmo]

3133 with aol running

[imbest123]

What I want to know is why my card is so bad. It is the card in my sig and I scored 226 lol. njskatchmo your score is amazing compared to mine.

[njskatchmo]

imbest, your scores are porlly lol cause 2003 uses DX 9.0 the the geforce's use 8.1, and another thing... you have two types of ram. 2100 and 2700. Ram can only run at the requency of the "weakest link" so your 2700's are runnign at 2100

[Surge1243]

Well imbest, the GF 4 MX is really just an improved version of the GF 2 card. 226 is really low though.

[mjkovis]

Originally posted by njskatchmo
imbest, your scores are porlly lol cause 2003 uses DX 9.0 the the geforce's use 8.1, and another thing... you have two types of ram. 2100 and 2700. Ram can only run at the requency of the "weakest link" so your 2700's are runnign at 2100

Are all GeForce cards just capable of using only DX 8.1? I have DX 9.0 installed on my comp with all the latest nVidia drivers...

[mwb1jr]

You dont need a directx9 card to have direct x. You just wont be able to use all of the features x9 has to offer. I have a 4200 ti 8x 128mb card running direct x9 and things are dandy. My game right now is madden 2004.

[muTe]

it won't beat my 3dmark score of 41 with my gf2....rofl

[ThaKid]

Hmmm. Where do I have to go to test my system?

[Alaron]

Download 3dmark2001SE or 3dmark03 at www.futuremark.com

[njskatchmo]

you need a directx 9 card to run directx 9 features. The 3dmarks2003 tests use those features. So you kind of do need a dx9 card for it, but it will use dx9 as far as the 8.1 features are.

[Prew]

Remember those articles that found 3dMark 2003 only measured video card speed?- CPU-Ram, etc, doesn't make a difference.

[Propain]

3dMark03 or 01 or whatever are for graphic testing .so it doesnt matter if your CPU is a 1700 + or a 3000+ . If ya wanna test your rig then get PCmark2002. http://www.futuremark.com/download/?pcmark2002.shtml theres also a thread going on with results on pcmark scores.

[mjkovis]

Originally posted by mwb1jr
You dont need a directx9 card to have direct x. You just wont be able to use all of the features x9 has to offer. I have a 4200 ti 8x 128mb card running direct x9 and things are dandy. My game right now is madden 2004.

I know that my card will support DX, but I am wondering if it will use the DX 9.0 features. I have had no problems with it, but I was just wondering if that was why my score was so low on 3dMark2003. From your post we both have the same sound card and you have had no problems either. I take it I should be just fine.

[njskatchmo]

lets do tests on our rigs on 3dmarks2001se, thats more 8.1 reliant than 2003

(edit) Typo

[njskatchmo]

K I did 3dmarks2001se and i got 9548. Any good? Is there like a database of scores?

[mjkovis]

Originally posted by njskatchmo
K I did 3dmarks2001se and i got 9548. Any good? Is there like a database of scores?

You can check your scores here (http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42084&highlight=3dmark2001). And that score looks pretty good with your setup. I think I got a 10,500 score with mine. Anyways, you can look through that link and compare scores with others systems...

[njskatchmo]

I changed some settings in the ati control panel to see if i would get a better score, i didnt. So i changed all the scores back, and now i lost 2000 points. help?

[mjkovis]

You should just be able to change them all back to default. If not you are going to have to try and remember which setting was where. I dont have an ATI card, mine is MSI so our control panels would be different. Good luck. Hopefully someone will know a little bit more than me.

[njskatchmo]

I put them back to what they were at.