HELP!! 3DMARK '03!!

[02gsxr]

My system is a:

Asus A7V600-X mobo
Duron 1.2 @ 1.3Ghz
Geforce MX 440 OC'd to 350Mhz GPU, 400Mhz RAM
1.5GB DDR RAM
(2) 40GB WD 7200RPM HD's

I only got 162!! Does that sound right?? i couldn't believe that! After seeing 13,000 by other computers, 162 just does not sound right!?

[RamonGTP]

Yes, that is right. Your video card is a Direct X 7 card. 3dmark 03 is a Direct X 9 benchmark. Your video card can't even run all the tests in 3dmark 01 (which is a DX8 benchmark) let alone 03. Your processor is also on the slow side, relatively speaking considering whats available now.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Mark 03 is first and foremost a video card test rather than an all-round test of system performance (as 3dMark 01 was). As such, you need a relatively new card to get a decent score. Sadly the Geforce 4 MX series have never been particularly quick gaming cards, something reflected by your score.

You should make sure all graphical bells and whsitles such as AA, AF and V-Sync are disabled before benching, and you may wish to try overclocking your card:

http://www.sysopt.com/articles/VCOGuide/index.html

Wither way though, your nto gonan get a particularly good score with that card

--Jakk:t