Drop of 2450 3DMark2001 SE After Upgrade

cheapherk · 04-19-2002, 10:28 PM

I upgraded from an Athlon XP 1500 (oc to 1.50ghz) to an 1800 (no overclocking). I also replaced my 256 mb Crucial DDR 2100 RAM with 256 mb Mushkin DDR 2700. Now when I run 3Dmark my score dropped from 7650 to 5200. I can't understand it at all. I ran the test numerous times with the same results. Any ideas

kaz · 04-19-2002, 10:31 PM

Check the memory settings first, the Mushkin PC2700's SPD says 2.5-3-2.5 set it manually, but that shouldn't be 2450 points, also set the fsb to where it was before...

chipease4 · 04-19-2002, 10:33 PM

PC2700 is a spec for DDR333 motherboards unless you are overclocking very high (around 166fsb) you will loose performance- I would use high quality PC2100 (low latency)

cheapherk · 04-20-2002, 06:09 PM

I found the problem after some fiddling. I tried the two above suggestions, but no changes. The problem was that I had checked the Quincunx Anti-Aliasing in checked under Direct 3D additional properties. Now I know how much that option slows down things- whew!

04-19-2002, 10:28 PM	#1
cheapherk Jedi Knight Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 192	Drop of 2450 3DMark2001 SE After Upgrade I upgraded from an Athlon XP 1500 (oc to 1.50ghz) to an 1800 (no overclocking). I also replaced my 256 mb Crucial DDR 2100 RAM with 256 mb Mushkin DDR 2700. Now when I run 3Dmark my score dropped from 7650 to 5200. I can't understand it at all. I ran the test numerous times with the same results. Any ideas __________________ [/url]
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04-19-2002, 10:31 PM	#2
kaz ØLÐ GUÝ® Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Jersey Posts: 2,514	Check the memory settings first, the Mushkin PC2700's SPD says 2.5-3-2.5 set it manually, but that shouldn't be 2450 points, also set the fsb to where it was before... __________________ "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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04-19-2002, 10:33 PM	#3
chipease4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Silicon Valley Posts: 353	PC2700 is a spec for DDR333 motherboards unless you are overclocking very high (around 166fsb) you will loose performance- I would use high quality PC2100 (low latency) __________________ When you absolutely positively need to lock on your bogey... [img][/img]
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04-20-2002, 06:09 PM	#4
cheapherk Jedi Knight Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 192	I found the problem after some fiddling. I tried the two above suggestions, but no changes. The problem was that I had checked the Quincunx Anti-Aliasing in checked under Direct 3D additional properties. Now I know how much that option slows down things- whew! __________________ [/url]
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