Awesome Hardware-Slow Performance

[Pagangod]

To start here is the specs:

Gigabyte Via KT266A (Via's Latest Drivers)
Athlon XP 1800+
PNY Geforce 3 Ti 500 (Detanator XP Drivers)
Soundblaster Live (Latest Drivers)
523 MB PC2100 Micron RAM
Direct X 8.1 (Same scores with the older version)
Windows 2000 SP2

3dMark 2001 score: 4800 (Default Benchmark)

Ok now I have seen scores with similar hardware in 3dMark2001 in the 7 to 8k range. What am I doing wrong here?

[joeboxer136]

i would check and make sure that your video card drivers are right, and just a little question, how much money did that beauty system cost you?

[Pagangod]

I just reinstalled the 4in1 Drivers and it jumped my score in 3dMark 2001 to 8060 at default. It cost me 450 dollars for the MB, Processor and RAM. And I got the card yesterday for 280 dollars at Electronics Boutique using my brothers employee holiday discount.

[Ghost446]

What tweaks have you tried so far?

[Jimstep]

Your score will depend on what features are enabled in your detonator drivers. Check to make sure the anisotropic setting is off, anti-aliasing is off and the vsync is off. Of course, these features is what makes the image look their best at the cost to performance.