Need Help...3DMark2001

[Frost_Bite]

I'm having a bit of a time trying to get some good scores my FX-53 rig. It scores very well stock, and I should be breaking 30K quite easily, instead I'm struggling to gain any points.

Here's the rig (how its benched at least)

S939 FX-53 @ 2600MHz
Abit AV8
PowerColor X800Pro modded to X800XT-PE
OCZ PC3700EB @ 333MHz divider running ~215-217MHz
PC Power & Cooling 510W DLX
Windows XP Pro SP2 / DX 9.0c
ATi Cat 4.7 Drivers

At all stock setting, the rig pulls a nice 27,605 score. That's with everything stock and no tweaks.

With the FX-53 running 2600MHz, and the card stock...I only get a 29xxx score? With the card OC'ed to 550/585, it only goes up about 200 points to ~29206.

What's going on here? I've seen guys pull 31-32K with lower card clocks. Is it because I'm on a 333MHz RAM divider (6.4K in Sandra)? Is it due to this sucky board and its 3D habbits? I'm really getting stressed out, as I want to hit 30K+.

Here are some compare links:

All Stock: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8022167

CPU Only OC'ed: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8031929

All OC'ed: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8032030

thanks

[eva2000]

use DX8.1 + win2k + cat 4.9beta drivers :)

i get 31k with just my Gecube X800Pro 12 pipe card :)

[Frost_Bite]

I tried them, with DX 9.0c...and it didn't help much.

I think I may have hosed my XP Install, so I may do a reformat tonight and start with DX 8 and Cat 4.9s

[Geforce4ti4200]

your lobbies look low, make sure your ram is dual channel, its timings are ras-cas2 and try to get the ram MHz higher. buy better ram if you must. 260x10 would really own! Then you need to install win 2k(like 500 marks right there) and cat 4.9 drivers