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    Serious Problem in Performance Loss! <- HELP!

    ok well this is getting very annoying, first of all my PSU blew up several times - 4 times, and every time it blew up it blows the HardDisk too and is unrevivable, anyhow I managed to replace it with the warranty -- so no extra cost, JUST TIME and DATA LOSS. Since I was a bit getting annoyed at that state, the technician decided to replace my motherboard which is the MSI KT3 Ultra2 BR, he replaced it because he thinks its the one that causes the PSU to blow up (but seriously the PSU sucks, the mobo is fine). So they replaced my mobo and my HDs, after that, I installed winxp all the drivers (40.72 det, dx9, rivatuner, VIA 4in1 4.43 drivers, etc..) and then I benchmarked it with my 3DMark2001SE, and in BIG surprise my score dropped from 10515 to 9800, Holy s***! WTF is wrong with it? I reformatted like 3 times and tried different drivers but 40.72 was the best for me. If I try different leaked det drivers it gets me lower scores. I do not know what happened to my Score, is this the motherboard? Does it mean that this new replaced mobo sucks?

    See the difference

    Before: (Non-replaced)
    http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5621997

    After: (Replaced Motherboard)
    http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5719942

    I do not know if this is the motherboard or whatsoever, but this happened when I replaced my mobo. Just please help me on what I am doing wrong. PLEASE HELP!

    Thanks

    System Specs:
    Athlon XP 2000+
    GF4 Ti4200 64MB DDR
    256 DDR SDRAM (PC266)
    MSI KT3 Ultra 2 BR
    30 Gig Maxtor 7200 RPM
    350 Watts Power Supply

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    Ultimate Member Giblet Plus!'s Avatar
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    You need to retweak your bios settings.
    This is where my signature would go if I wasn't so lazy.

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    But I don't know what my old mobo's settings are, I don't even know what to tweak in BIOS, there's too many settings that I don't know.

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    Thats where you need to start, have you got the mobo manual?

    If so, tweak a setting at a time and note the difference, soon learn what works and what doesent. Just remeber if you screw up to clear cmos and your back to the beginning again.

    if not, good place to start http://burks.brighton.ac.uk/burks/pc...sg/bios_sg.htm
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    nope... i have already tweaked alot of the settings but i still cant break 10k, its supposed to break it, i even reached 12910 with 640x480

    http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5680028

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    again, retweak your BIOS settings.

    what is your AGP Aperature set at?
    what are your memory timings set to?
    what about your bank interleave?
    fast writes enabled?
    what about your CPU/memory ratio? 1/1, 4/3, 3/4?
    what about your fsb setting?
    what about disabling your video ROM shadow?
    what about setting the video memory to USWC instead of US?

    there are a ton o' settings; you'll have to write them down, tell us what options you have, and what you have them set to.

    Also, what about your detonator settings? Did you set them to "Performance", disable the texture sharpening, AA, AF, & all the eye candy?

    Post back wit' a little more info so we can help you.

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    128 (same as old board)
    SPD (default, same as old board)
    dunno yet
    enabled
    No Idea with this one
    FSB is at 133 (default as old board)
    No Idea with this one
    No Idea with this one

    I use RivaTuner and it is set to Performance
    I am at 40.72 WHQL Det (same as old board)
    VIA 4in1 4.43 Drivers
    DX9

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    the question is...does it perform as well in games? Who cares about your 3dmark score if you can run games smoothly and have them look great.

    I'd rather be able to play UT2k3 @ 1600x1200 with max details all accross the board than have a 3dmark score of 20,000 and play the game at 2 fps. Who cares.
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    Forget the score. It just like a dial up internet connection, it says it connected at "x" but really it is connected faster. If the games run smoothly, frag on.

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