WooWoo!! 317 score on 3DMark2001@!@!!@!!@

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OMFG! here's my specs:500 K6-2
128 ram
PC Chips Amptron 5598LMR mobo
Voodoo 3 3000 PCS
1024*768
All I can say is......PC CHIPS AND AMPTRON SUCKS MAJOR ***!!! DON'T EVER BUY THEM NO MATTER HOW CHEAP AAAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!
I just got a Asus A7V-E and a duron 800. Can't install until thursday\payday. Need new case, forgot that case I have can only fit lamer\amptron boards i guess. Anyway, what scores you guys get with a voodoo on 3DMark 2001?

[eagle1]

OH MY GODDD>!!!!

I CAN'T Believe you WON.!!!
Hahahaha.. My secondary system it's the same as yours (PCChips 598lmr mobo.. bla bla bla + Voodoo 3) and I get a super score of....

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Beat that..!!! Hahahaha

[Imperion1]

I scored 381 on 3dMarks 2001.
Abit BH6 mobo
Celeron 400 slot 1
128mb PC133 Zeus Ram
8G 5400 RPM, ata33 Maxtor
STB Velocity 4400, using Det. 6.50


I really loved the 1fps, a comic strip moved faster. Top fps was 11.

[mentat_void]

Muwhahahahahahah!!!!! Eagle1, my res is higher than your res!!!!! Imperion, the most fps i got was maybe 15 in the lobby at low quality. I'll post my new score as soon as I install mobo and duron. I looked up on Madonion's site and similar systems with a duron and voodoo get around 2800! Hehe i bet mine doesnt get that high. Iam unable to do a fresh install of winblows. Re-insatll is no problem, cus win98 cd on HD. Wonder how I can copy the win98 folder to a DOS-only setup on another HD and install? I don't think it is full--upgrade most likely. Any ideas on how to do this?

[Imperion1]

Only way you're gonna get a fresh install is to have a full version of 98, if you only have an upgrade.

And the celeron isn't used by me, anymore. I rebuilt it to take over to my mother's house so she has one.

I have 2 other systems that work pretty well.
Main system (now)
Full tower ATX 300 watt PS
Samsung SyncMaster 955DF 19" Mon.
Epox 8k7a
T-bird 1G (266fsb) @ 1.33G
256mb Crucial PC2100 DDR
Visiontek GeForce3 64mb DDR w/ BlueOrb HS/fan
1 - 30G, 1 - 40G Maxtor ata100 7200rpm HD
Soundblaster live X-Gamer 5.1
Hauppaugge TV-Video Capture Card Stereo
10/100mb Linksys NIC
SIIG Ultra ATA100 Card
52x Cdrom
Lite-On 12x10x32
Creative PC-DVD Dxr2 - using software decode

This system gets a good score, which is posted in one of the other 3dMark2001 threads.

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Imperion1, did you have the dvd hooked up to your low mhz cpu? Cus with my setup (500, voodoo 3) I get real skippy dvd movie playback. I can't afford new vidcard for another month or so. Will I get better playback with mobo and duron? I know the voodoo is sh** for dvd but surely better cpu would give better playback? Well, off to installation! Wish me luck. I'm not newbie but I am also not a veteran of installing new mobo's.

[This message has been edited by socalgal (edited 07-12-2001).]

[Imperion1]

Ok, good luck.

On my old celeron 400, I used the mpeg card that came with my Creative DVD. I also used the creative soft dvd without the mpeg card and didn't have any problems. Not choppy or anything. Of course this could be due to my Velocity 4400 AGP graphics card supports dvd without an mpeg card.

[eagle1]

I had the same problem as you did mentat!

I tweaked the Voodoo, overclocked it and the dvd was good but not great (my dvd player is 4x so maybe this too can be a reason for the playback to be choppy).!

Try to tweak it and see where it leads to.!

[mentat_void]

Well, guys, I just installed the new mobo and duron, and all I got to say is......OMFG!!!! The difference! From 15/30 fps in CS to 99 FPS IN CS!! Plus, my benchmark has went up to `1600!!! Not great but acceptable. Got around 30 to 50 fps in Lobby at low quality. God's, what a difference! And the DVD playback is out of this world! I played Gladiator all the way thru without any skipping at all! ****. who says voodoo's are no good at dvd????? BTW, After I installed them, it was great. Then a day after I started to get VERY low fps. Then I could not get online right. I would be able to connect but could not use any proggies to get anywhere. I tried Installing winblows again to no avail. Then I ran a virus detector. WOW! I had accepted a zip-file from someone containing new VIA 4in1 drivers. That was the last time i got online. It was in my mIRC download folder called BackDoor.UNK. Never heard of a UNK file before. Well after I got the virus out of my system and rebooted and re-installed windows, all is well. Man, 5 years online and I got my first virii!!!

[eagle1]

Congratulations man.!! I'm sure you'll be satisfied with your performance. Voodoos still has some life left.! Although I use a GeForce in the new system, I think the Voodoo will offer good performance too.!

[RobUK]

I got a 3Dmark 2001 score of 482 on my K6/2 450 system and i thought my PC was slow! That was using the standard benchmark, 1024x768 @ 16bit colour.

Heres my spec:

AMD K6/2 450 AFX
Jetway J542C Mobo, UDMA66 (ALi Aladdin V5 Chipset)
192MB SDRAM (1 x 64Mb PC100 & 1 x 128Mb PC100)
Voodoo 3 3000 Tv-out AGP
40Gb Seagate Barracuda III ATA100 (@ UDMA66) 7,200 rpm
Creative PCI128 Sound Card
Diamond SupraExpress 56e PRO External serial modem
Pine 44x UDMA33 CD-ROM
Mitsumi 8x2x CD-R
ATX Middle Tower 300w

Regards - RobUK

[This message has been edited by RobUK (edited 07-25-2001).]

[HomeYield]

Get this,

AMD Athlon 750MHz
384 PC100 SDRAM
GeForce2 MX/MX400

1024x768 w/ 32 color
3DMark2001 score = 602!!!

I updated the drivers for my motherboard and it jumped up to 2110. I was worried before I checked to do that.

[This message has been edited by HomeYield (edited 07-27-2001).]

[LemonHead]

i get a score of 900 (900 something but hey whos counting) in 3dmark 2001

K6-2 CXT 500@550
Geforce2 MX 196/392
192MB PC100
MSi MS-5182

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

AMD Duron 750@850
Voodoo3 2000 AGP
768Mb Ram
Asus A7PRO

1422

[bobajob]

Hi there guys, I got about 300 ish in 3D Mark 2001 default, it was like watching a slide show, never told anyone far too embarrassing.
My system ;-
AMD 450 @ 450 (couldn't o/clock it)
Gigabyte GA5AX rev 5 F3 bios (I know, **** board)
128 mb oem 100 ram
Voodoo 3 3000
SB 128
Supra V90 modem
no name 10/100 nic
IBM 20 Gig 7200 H/D UDMA 66
Matsu****a DVD (software player)

Then I ditched the (well sold them off cheap) Voodoo 3, the memory, and the 450, and bought a K6 2+ 500, Geforce 2 MX, and 256 mb of 133 cas 2 memory.

Did a fresh install of win 98 and now I get 1415 default on 2001 with the 500 @ 550 and the MX o/clocked to the max using coolbits and the 1290 detonators. Power DVD now runs smoothly without any stutters, and I now have something to bragg about with mates even though they have 1 gig machines now and get around 4000 default on 2001.
Regards,
Bob.

[RobUK]

I tweeked my bios a little and i got a 3dmark2001 score 492, without overclocking my V3 or CPU.

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So then i tried overclocking my voodoo 3 from 166 to 190MHz but the score was the same?? Anyone know why this is??

So then i Overcloked my CPU from 450 to 500MHz and got a 3dmark2001 score 519. Voodoo 3 at default 166.

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SO then at 500 i put the voodoo 3 at 190MHz and it gave the same score of 519!!! Is the V3 overclocking tool not working??? heres the link http://www.btinternet.com/~robert.taylor2001/V3.zip
Any ideas why nothing is happening when i o/c my voodoo???

Thanx RobUK

[eagle1]

I don't know about those weird changes but when I overclocked my voodoo, I always get better performance in games at high resolutions.!!

What res. are you using.! If it isn't more than 800x600, you wont see much difference because at these lower resolutions, the proccessor is the most important factor (that's why you see and increase when you overclock the proccessor). If you want to see your vid. card gain benefits from the test, you have to play them at 1024x768 or higher to see the difference.!

[mentat_void]

Bobajob, yes 3DMark is D3D only I'm afraid. Voodoo is best at Glide and OpenGL. For instance with all settings the same for D3D and Glide in Unreal Tournement, I average 40 to 50 fps @ 1024*768 res in D3D, and 70 to 120 fps @ 1024*768 in Glide!!! And they both look the same! It seams anything Microshaft touches and tries to optimise is the least effecient. I get same differnences in OpenGL and D3D in Counter Strike with 40 fps in D3D and 99 in OpenGL. I want to get a Geforce2, but see no need for awhile until they come up with a game, aka CS, that has great graphics and a voodoo can't handle. But I am mostly a CS and UT player (but the UT netcode sux donkey balls for us 56kers) and can't stand to pay $50 for a single player only game. Thats why I probably will not buy Max Payne, for I have been told that it is single player only. That is a serious waste IMHO. Here is an article-&gt;http://www.3dactionplanet.com/features/articles/top5payne/ &lt;-so now I see why it won't work for online. Well, there is always Operation Flashpoint I guess.........

[bobajob]

I remember o/clocking my V 3 and not getting any higher scores in 3dmark 2000/2001 but I think it has something to do with the Voodoo being better at 3DFX Glide than it is at D3D, and correct me if I am wrong but 3dmark tests D3D. Although in theory, o/clocking should speed up everything shouldn't it.
Regards,
Bob.