post you 3DMARK05 scores, please include what video card you have and what it is currently clocked at

i have an evga 7800gt overclocked to 485/1252 and temps are about 38/65

was originally 460/1100

Edited December 21, 200520 yr by ripken204

temps 35/58

prolly gunna go with this b/c temps are lower

Edited December 21, 200520 yr by ripken204

I dont generally like the 3d mark contests because the tests dont accurately reflect the current crop of games.

First the specs then the scores. Everything is stock speeds btw, I dont overclock.

specs:

AMD Venice 3000

ATI 9800 Pro 128MB

1GB Corsair XMS PC3200

Shuttle XPC SN95G5 v3

score:

3Dmark05 Score:

Game Tests 3DMark Score: 1010

CPU Tests CPU Score: 982

When i built this machine for myself i made sure it would be able to play my most demanding game with the settings i wanted, namely UT2004 with Highest Settings on 1280x1024 which it accomplishes. I went cheap on the cpu because i knew that i could always buy a better one later. Im not upgrading it for a while because i see no reason to. But i would like to get opinions on what would be the best Socket 939 CPU and AGP card for this system? And where you think my pc's weakpoint is (my guess the cpu)?

Edited December 21, 200520 yr by DigeratiPrime

well everything is upgradable. 2gigs or ram is ideal. a dual core cpu would be nice but unnecessary for the time being. for the vid card a 7800gt like what i have is what you should be looking at.

9120

X1800XL 630/630

Venice 300*9

i uses a bios mod to pump the volts up to 1.5v

this allows me to overclock it much higher, im now at 500/1.25 38C/65C

could I grab this bios program?

I am about to get the same card

what model you getting, 515,516,517,518?

get your bios from the evga site, you need to register there. or you could get it from another site but try evga's site first.

guide:

http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=15247

bioses:

http://www.mvktech.net/component/option,co.../cat,51/page,3/

well everything is upgradable. 2gigs or ram is ideal. a dual core cpu would be nice but unnecessary for the time being. for the vid card a 7800gt like what i have is what you should be looking at.

well its a late reply, but i looked into the 7800gt and i dont think anyone has made an agp version yet.

Two interesting cards i saw were the passive cooled 6800 and X800XL both from gigabyte.

my new masterpiece:

and its all b/c of this thing here:

my load temp for 3dmark is 56C compared to 65C and up on the stock fan.

5625- http://service.futuremark.com/servlet/Inde...&projectType=12

i have since started to oc this stuff but thats stock:

3000+ a64 venice @ 2.4(266*9) (stock in this runing)

dfi nf3 ultra-d 711 bios

1gb pqi value ram (in 2*512)

x800 xt All In Wonder(500/500) currently awaiting zalaman vf-700cu

5625- http://service.futuremark.com/servlet/Inde...&projectType=12

i have since started to oc this stuff but thats stock:

3000+ a64 venice @ 2.4(266*9) (stock in this runing)

dfi nf3 ultra-d 711 bios

1gb pqi value ram (in 2*512)

x800 xt All In Wonder(500/500) currently awaiting zalaman vf-700cu

With that setup you should be scoring 6200+ easily. Make sure you have the latest drivers and not running 50+ processes in the background.

9358

specs in link, although im not running that 4000+ any more, moved to an opty 175. haven't rebenched 05 on the new cpu as i'll probably wont even come close to that old score (2.76ghz vs. 2.53 for new cpu).

Edited February 2, 200620 yr by Porn Loader

Both the CPU and VGA processor doesn't go above 35 degrees Celsius during 3DMark . I can't get below this temp even with my fans at full (currently at half speed).

And this is with the processor at the stock 1800MHz with one of the cores disabled. I'll try to break 10K when I get some time.

And Ripken, I don't see your pics .

Edited April 23, 200620 yr by Aegis