700 points less in 3DMark01SE than at the beginning

[MrBurns]

I ran 3Dmark01SE once again after a long time because I wanted to see the difference betwenn Tras 6 and Tras 7 (for the reason of this test see here (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=147414)). I didnt notice any difference.


My problem: I now have about 700 points less than in my original test: I now have 13066 points, in the original test I had 13753. I used the aggressive settings for the driver and lowering the mipmap-quality to the minmum also only made a difference of 100 points.
700 points less in 3DMark01SE than at the beginning




I also tried to use the Detonator versions 41.80 (original CD) and 45.32, but the score was the best w/ 43.45. w/ 45.32 it was only 11896-12021, but I read, that this version is buggie on the GF4 Ti cards.


The changes I made in comparison to the first test: I reinstalled Win98 a few times w/o formatting, I installer and uninstalled a lot of programs, I upgraded the Detonator driver to 45.32 and downgraded them to 43.45 again (I used Detonator Destroyer before I downgraded). I also upgraded DirectX from 8.1 or 9.0 (I dont remember) to 9.0b.

What do you think is the reason for my low score?



My system:

Hardware:
AMD Athlon XP 2700+
Epox 8RDA+
512 MB DDR-333
Thermaltake Volcano 7+
Creative GeForce 4 Ti 4600 mit 8xAGP, 128MB
80GB/8MB Western Digital HDD
16x48 Liton DVD-ROM
Acer 20x10x40 Burner (doesnt work)

Spftware:
Win98SE
Detonator 43.45
nForce2-Driver: 2.41
DirectX 9.0b

[NDD]

Originally posted by MrBurns
What do you think is the reason for my low score?

Originally posted by MrBurns
The changes I made in comparison to the first test: I reinstalled Win98 a few times w/o formatting, I installer and uninstalled a lot of programs, I upgraded the Detonator driver to 45.32 and downgraded them to 43.45 again (I used Detonator Destroyer before I downgraded). I also upgraded DirectX from 8.1 or 9.0 (I dont remember) to 9.0b.

:rolleyes:

[MrBurns]

So you think, uninstalling and installing programs, reinstalling Windows and the Detonator and upgrading DirectX are the reasons for my low score?

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Yup, the least you coudl do after lots of rejigging of data is to defrag the HDD.

Its like anything, when a system is new, fresh and stripped down to the bare essentials it will run noticably faster than when you add a load of bolt on's to it

--Jakk:t

[MrBurns]

I have defragged my HDD 8 days ago.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Should really be done every time a new program is installed or an old one uninstalled for optimal performance, though in reality, once a week should be enough

--Jakk:t

[MrBurns]

I only reistalled the Detonator drivers and uninstalled Norton Anti Virus 2004 (the trial period was over), since I last defragged my HDD.

There were no other programs I installed/uninstalled.

[MrBurns]

I defragged my HDD now, but the score didnt change.