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quiksilverx181

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I got a 6209 on my 3dmark03 about a week ago, and i just upped my overclock on my 9800 pro to 414/351 and my score plummeted in the cpu tests to a horrid 1-5 fps in the troll lair etc. My final score was a 4920 which is absoluetly crap with the system i have in my sig. Whats wrong? I have no spyware and was not running any apps in the background. I just updated my catalyst to 3.10 from 3.8. Help?
 
on the cpu test "trolls lair" at one time it goes to 1-5 fps happens to me too. but are geting 9700pro scores. i get 4870 with my radeon 9700pro stock speeds. you should be easily getting a 6000 on 3dmark 2003 ....i have no idea delete whatever you used to overclock it and reinstall the cat 3.10s because i once used rage 3d tweak and it lowered my 3dmark scores after overclocking!! so i went and got powerstrip works much better.
 
powerstrip overclocks the vid card? I got powerstrip and rage3d and i used rage3d to overclock last time when i got a 6209. Now i just upped my overclock by 14 mhz core clock and 3 mhz mem clock and it had a absolute crap score. Last time on the cpu test for trolls lair was easily gettin 20 fps and on the plane one i was gettin easily 200 fps, this time i got like 130. I dont know what happened to my cpu test scores. On the regular test i didnt get 300 fps this time either on the plane test. Only got 200. Werd

EDIT: If powerstrip does overclock the card, where would i do that at?
 
CPU test does not use the video card to do the renders, IIUI. You are looking in the WRONG place for your score loss.... Every system will go to 1-5 fps in trolls lair, it isn't meant to calculate that.
 
get the new version of powerstrip it does overclock.... i had some problems with rage 3d tweak if you go too high it will default lower than stock clock speeds....soo maybe rage 3d read you went to high on the clock speeds and lowered to below stock clock speeds then you ran test .....so double check that the clockspeeds are where you left them after you click on apply.
 
Dude I took a hit going to the 3.10s from 3.7 cats, not that big but a VERY noticable hit. I went Back , uninstalled the 3.10 went back to the 3.7 got my scores back.....just to make sure it was'nt a fluke I installed the 3.10 ....It was'nt a fluke...... Im back with the 3.7 cats. YOu might try that!!
 
Who the hell cares about 3Dmark? What counts are frame rates, image quality, and stability in games. If you have a game that needs 3.10 to run properly then I suggest you run the 3.10 drivers. I run the latest and greatest because I play a lot of games and I could really care less what my penis mark (I mean 3Dmark) is. I want stable drivers that run ALL my games. I could care less if I lose a frame or two.

P.S. I have an ATI card in case you care to call me an nvidiot.
 
Originally posted by quiksilverx181
I got a 6209 on my 3dmark03 about a week ago, and i just upped my overclock on my 9800 pro to 414/351 and my score plummeted in the cpu tests to a horrid 1-5 fps in the troll lair etc. My final score was a 4920 which is absoluetly crap with the system i have in my sig. Whats wrong? I have no spyware and was not running any apps in the background. I just updated my catalyst to 3.10 from 3.8. Help?
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The first score seems normal, and the second 03 score is not all that bad. It's a good bit above a 9700 pro but you should be about 400-500 pts at STOCK speeds. The 01 score seems terribly amiss however
 
Originally posted by quiksilverx181
BTW where did u come up with "nvidiot"?
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That's the term for Nvidia fanboys.

The ATI counter-part is fanATIc. Which is hardly as clever as 'Nvidiot'.
 
Well is my problem the catalyst 3.10 driver? Ever since i installed it i got higher 3dmark01 score and lower 3dmark03... But i did OC my vid card so i dunno? Thats why i posted this but no really good answers besides one up there
 
What's the term for a Matrox nut?
Or better yet, what about a former Matrox nut that doesn't really like Matrox anymore? These days I'm sorta rooting for NV (Linux drivers) but if I had to buy today would probably get a 9800 of some variety or cheap out & get a 5900nu. I'm planning on getting a new card once the NV40 & R420 come out. If they're close I'll get the NV40, if not I'll get the faster one.
Matrox pisses me off. If you've ever seen a UT2k3 slideshow running at 2400x600 w/ 16xAA on 3 screens you'd be pissed off that it isn't really playable too.
Actually it's sorta playable... against bots (20-30 fps). I wouldn't dare take on a human at those framerates though.
My advice is don't ever look at a Parhelia running in surround. You'll be scarred until NV or ATI come out w/ a surround card. Or maybe S3. Or maybe Matrox stops sucking. Or whatever.
 
OK that had nothing to do with what i asked. Lets get back on topic before my thread gets locked? I wanna know why my scores r so low and how i can higher em
 
I still wonder why my 3dmark scores are so low when i have such a nice setup. I Just tested 3dmark01 with the new Cat 4.1 drivers and it was 12913. So crap. How can i make my scores better?
 
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