so why does my 3dmark blow....

[SupaMan]

First, here are the specs.

AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2400MHz
EPoX 8RDA+ @200MHz
Tyan Tachyon G9700 Pro @ stock clocks
2x256MB Corsair XMS3500C2PT
Windows XP pro SP1
DX9 +Cat3.0

I have all the D3D options on the highest performance settings, and all the newest drivers.

At stock speeds i got 14k, now witht he OC above i get 15899. Is it just me or is that really low? i was guessing 17k would be near my score. I am using 3dMark2k1SE330 and I run all the tests, default settings

[shray]

i think os/ drivers. BTW i think this thread is better in 3dmark forum

[SupaMan]

ah, my bad...

u think OS and drviers could cost me that many points? seems like a lot

[Svenn]

Lucky... my stock score with almost the exact same setup except 9700 made by ATI I get 12,000 stock...

[gtcrispy]

Well if you guys are getting 12k stock i feel decent with me pulling close to 15k with my system though getting to 15k would would be nicer. Svenn you should be higher though cause when my friend first got his 9700 pro in august i ran a benchmark and got 14k stock and this was at about 1950mhz.

[Svenn]

I know, it's really making me mad. Any suggestions on things to try? I'm gonna re-format again... What order should I install everything in? And what other things do I need to tweak?
I did DX9, nForce2 drivers, Cat 3 I think... Tweaked the Services in WinXP... Set all video card options to performance...