3dmark 2001 settings

[Canadian-Guy]

What settings does everyone set their 3dmark to because at default my card gets about 3600 points (1024/768 32 bit colour, compressed textures) and I get about 4300 at 640/480 32 bit colour. Just curious, plz don't flame <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Joe]

I leave mine at default because most people compare their scores with the default settings.

[Colin]

Canadian-Guy you'll want to leave 3DMark at default settings because that's easiest to compare against. Actually 3600 points is pretty good considering your hardware... I think the highest I could get wiht my old Radeon 64 MB was 4100 but that was with a much slower <i>AMD</i> system! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Canadian-Guy]

Well i've been getting closer and closer to 4000 points, highest was 3932 but I forgot to upload it to site<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif" border="0"> But I did get a screenshot and uploaded a 3868 one <BR><BR>Update: I oc'ed my processor and unsynchronized the core and memory (very unstable in 3dmark) and managed to make it through a round and got 4096 <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"><img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> the link is in me siggie (how do I make it an actual clickable link??)

[Colin]

Nice Canadian-Guy! That's an awesome score for a Radeon LE!

[Cayman]

Colin,<BR><BR> I ran the benchmark once and I got 13701, not overclocked I just installed and ran it. I wonder if it is hard to overclock, will my system handle it? Would I notice a difference in games? The benchmark was the 3D one. Here is the link to the page, don't know how else to show it to you. Is this benchmark anygood?<BR><BR>http://service.futuremark.com/servlet/Index?pageid=/orb/projectdetails&projectType=6&projectId=5854656<BR><BR>Cayman

[DeanLowe]

You have to check the Published box in order for other people to see your results.<BR><BR>13701 in 3D Mark 2001 is nothing to sneeze at, but that all depends on what components you are using.

[Colin]

Cayman for your system spec's that's what I would expect... <BR><BR>Honestly I seriously doubt overclocking will help your gaming performance, high 3DMarks these days is purely for bragging rights. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>As for overclocking, your system is very capable of overclocking high... Check out my <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://bbs.pcstats.com/pcstats/messageview.cfm?catid=52&threadid=17183">P4 overclocking guide</a> (ignore the other crap <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">). As for tweaking your card, you can read my <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1252">3DMark tweak guide</a>. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">