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11-12-2000, 03:43 PM
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I just installed DirectX 8, and ran 3D Mark 2000. My score came in at 6004. Strange results, so I installed the new leaked NVIDIA drivers, 7.17, and ran 3D Mark 2000 again. This time the score dropped to 5960. I used the System Restore utility in WinMe, and traveled back in time to yesterday, and ran the benchmark again using DirectX 7a and the official Det 3 drivers. This time, the score was 6270. Now, I made no changes to the drivers, this was out of the box for both tests. Anyone else getting screwed up results?
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11-12-2000, 04:41 PM
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Odd indeed... My 3D Mark 2000 score went up roughly 300 points.
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11-12-2000, 05:03 PM
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I added about 150 to my results.
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11-12-2000, 05:48 PM
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Mr. Grins
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Thats weird
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11-12-2000, 11:21 PM
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Hmmm, might be a ME thing. I haven't run 3dmark yet, but I get an extra 10 FPS in both UT and SoF, running 98FE.
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11-13-2000, 02:11 AM
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I dunno, I run ME and everything is going fine.
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11-13-2000, 06:44 AM
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wierd...
I run Win98 and it seems to haave had alomst no effect, perhaps a little better.
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11-13-2000, 09:03 AM
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more bad news
A guy just came into work, said that he installed directx 8 over the weekend. While playing Diablo, his computer crashed very hard. He lost a bunhc of settings, spent 2 days trying to remove it, and basically had to re-install his OS... Bummer!
"NOTICE: After installation, the DirectX 8.0 run time cannot be uninstalled. DirectX is a system component. It cannot be uninstalled without reinstalling your operating system." -Microsoft |
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11-13-2000, 03:47 PM
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That is a false statement Microsoft would love for you to believe... DX 8 can be uninstalled with DX Buster.
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11-13-2000, 06:29 PM
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11-13-2000, 07:22 PM
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I'll say this, though. The ME system restore actually works as advertised. I restored my computer to the day prior, and DX8 was gone. I would have been pissed if I had to reinstall.
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11-13-2000, 08:47 PM
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Mr. Grins
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Yeah padawan. That restore utility in Win ME works fine. It saved my a$$ 2 times already
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