Gforce* Beware

[IOU]

"other then 3DMark03 (which is mainly videocard limited)." <BR><BR>Without DX9 this BM is useless to Us GF Users .

[Colin]

Haha... It's not useless, but it's not a good indicator of your real world performance... Remember guys, this is a DirectX 9 benchmark. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

Don't worry...how many Direct X 9 games do you know of? That's what I thought. The GeForce lives on.

[Colin]

Did you guys try the new nVIDIA drivers yet? I hear they're suppose to boost yoru score by a few hundred points. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[Avid6eek]

I just downloaded the latest drivers from their site last night and they are not the ones you posted. Last night I got version 41.09 from the nVidia site.

[Spearco]

all i see is Version: 41.09. Colin what new nVIDIA drivers?

[TheDevil]

They are beta's to be sure, a good place to look for the latest beta drivers is guru3d.com, good luck!

[TheDevil]

Btw, i think the driver colin is refering to is 42.68 dets, i'm gonna try em out now....

[TheDevil]

I got a 100 point increase! scored 1128, up from 1030, nice eh! just from using new drivers, and my score is ranked second when i compare with similar specs, thing is, the guy who beat me is overclocking, i could beat him easy!! i'm 70 points shy

[Colin]

TheDevil post a compare URL for us to check out! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> <BR><BR>Congrat's on the increase dude!

[TheDevil]

Ok <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=187209">HERE</a> is my compare, new geforce drivers are nice! This is all before i overclock or have done any tweaking.

[Colin]

That's a great score for a GeForce3 based system!<BR><BR>Haha, now all you need is a new videocard and you'd be set! <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0">

[JLAudioFan]

Colin, i just compared my comp to yours on futuremark's website... yikes! your comp blew mine away, lol!<BR><BR>heres my compare link if you're interested hehe http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5919739

[TheDevil]

yup, i'm holding out for the 9900, i hope is comes out soon, the new FX is pretty dissapointing <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> i miss 3dfx and was really pulling for the FX, but ah well, i havent tried ATi yet, my old 3dfx's and geforce did me well, i hope ATi can do the same, time will tell!

[Colin]

JLAudioFan that's still a good score! Your problem is you're all CPU limited... You'll notice a huge increase if you can raise yoru CPU Speed higher...<BR><BR><a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5389606">Here</a> is my highest Ti4200 score... <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"><BR><BR>TheDevil ATi is not the same company as a few years ago... They really support their products now and have great drivers! You definitely will not be disappointed if you get an ATi videocard.