problems with my vid card

[geo3tech]

alright, i have a stock radeon 9800 pro 256mb. like a month ago I ran aquamark3 and got about 41,000 points. So i was satisfied with it and kept on using it.

Now i reinstalled windows because of virus problems and installed the new omega 4.10 driver and ran aquamrk 3 and what did i get? I got 24,000. I ran it like 5 times but all with the margin of about 1000. I reinstalled drivers, checked out my heatsink fan and all that but nothing was wrong. Kept on getting about 23,000~25,000 points. What could be wrong with my vid card?

 

[Cappy]

did you update/install your Motherboard chipsets drivers ?

 

[beedubaya]

Yea, you probably didn't install your mobo's chipset drivers.

 

[geo3tech]

oh.... does installing mobo drivers matter???

i'm gonna go try that right now. i'll get back to you guys to tell you how it went

 

[geo3tech]

sweet. thank you so much. I installed my mobo chip drivers and now i get about 44,000 points. thanks so much !!!!