Tell me if these benchmark scores look okay.

[ramses1982]

Here are my system specs...

amd athlon 64 3500+
asus A8V deluxe mobo
gigabyte ati radeon X800 XT
2x 512mb pc-3200 ram (kingston)
windows xp

3d marks 03(default test) = 11349
doom 3(high quality, everything turned on, 4x AA, 1024x768) = 42.7 FPS

I was expected to have better scores than this. Should I be happy with these scores or should I be getting better performance with my system?

 

[beedubaya]

Doom 3 scores look a little low. I have an X800 Pro and get 67.4 with high quality and 2x AA. 4xAA is more choppy than I would like in-game so I dont play with that much. Did you install your chipset drivers? Also. what Catalysts are you using?

 

[ramses1982]

I installed my motherboard drivers and I'm using the lastest ATI drivers.

 

[ramses1982]

Just tested it with 2x AA and got 50.2

Whats the deal here?

 

[seh264]

ramses: what temp. does your cpu run at?

 

[Jeffrock]

Run memtest to check your RAM, make sure you have updated your chipset drivers (different than mobo drivers) and perhaps try installing Omega drivers instead of ATI.
edit- That 3dmark03 score seems right, as long as it was achieved without overclocking the vid card. I will check my d00m3 demo score when I get home to compare.

 

[ramses1982]

Ran memtest, let it goto 100%, and it found no errors.
My cpu is running at 34.5 C 94 F.
I downloaded and installed a driver from the amd website, though I'm not even sure which one it was.
Downloaded and installed xp SP2.
Downloaded and installed again the ATI catalyst drivers.

Reran doom 3 demo at 2x AA and got 49.2

I'm out of ideas, could it be my hard drive or sound card? My hard drive is 2 years old and my sound card doesn't have all the drivers installed yet(waiting on cd from creative). And what chipset drivers do I need?

 

[ramses1982]

Just downloaded the VIA chipset drivers and still no improvement. Please someone help me.

 

[beedubaya]

Are you running it with vsync on? That will always decrease your score, since it caps it at 60 fps. Run it with vsync off.

 

[ramses1982]

I ran it with vsync off and got 70 fps

Thats nice and all but I can't stand running the game without vsync. Screen tearing is worse than a bad framerate.

So should I be happy with these results?