Just wondering what peoples thoughts were on the best drivers for 3dmark
2001 scores. I know the score doesn't mean everything...Thanks.

What is your rig setup?
We need to know that first bro.

Dirty Harry wrote:
> Just wondering what peoples thoughts were on the best drivers for 3dmark
> 2001 scores. I know the score doesn't mean everything...Thanks.
>
>

My video card is a Sapphire Radeon 9800NP flashed with the ati 9800pro bios,
Computer is an Asus a7n8x-deluxe mobo, Barton xp2500+ running at 207*11.5
with water cooling, ram is matched ddr400, running at 414mhz,



"FLB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What is your rig setup?
> We need to know that first bro.
>
> Dirty Harry wrote:
> > Just wondering what peoples thoughts were on the best drivers for 3dmark
> > 2001 scores. I know the score doesn't mean everything...Thanks.
> >
> >
>

"Dirty Harry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> My video card is a Sapphire Radeon 9800NP flashed with the ati 9800pro
bios,
> Computer is an Asus a7n8x-deluxe mobo, Barton xp2500+ running at 207*11.5
> with water cooling, ram is matched ddr400, running at 414mhz,

Looks like a well specified system for running a benchmark or two. As a
non-tweakers I stand in awe of your sense of your adventures on the outer
limits of the art of time wasting..

But where is the fun in leaving it stock? I went from <17k to 19k in 2001
so far...


"h2so4" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Dirty Harry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:u_Dlb.149734$6C4.44685@pd7tw1no...
> > My video card is a Sapphire Radeon 9800NP flashed with the ati 9800pro
> bios,
> > Computer is an Asus a7n8x-deluxe mobo, Barton xp2500+ running at
207*11.5
> > with water cooling, ram is matched ddr400, running at 414mhz,
>
> Looks like a well specified system for running a benchmark or two. As a
> non-tweakers I stand in awe of your sense of your adventures on the outer
> limits of the art of time wasting..
>
>

"h2so4" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Looks like a well specified system for running a benchmark or two. As a
> non-tweakers I stand in awe of your sense of your adventures on the outer
> limits of the art of time wasting..

Well, you could argue that everything happens faster on an overclocked
system, so you actually waste less time.

On the other hand, the games (and newsgroup posts) most computer junkies
spend hours with are not exactly advancing the legacy of the human race.

Hopping up a PC is the same sort of hobby as hopping up a car. It's less
expensive and more satisfying than golf or heroin addiction.

We can't all find a cure for cancer, but squeezing an extra 100 mhz out of a
balky cpu, scoring a personal best in 3DMark 2003 or going up a level in
Morrowind is cause for at least a little smugness.

Ah Skid. The voice of reason. Well said. As usual.


"Skid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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: "h2so4" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
: news:wZSlb.1953$(E-Mail Removed)...
: > Looks like a well specified system for running a benchmark or two. As a
: > non-tweakers I stand in awe of your sense of your adventures on the
outer
: > limits of the art of time wasting..
:
: Well, you could argue that everything happens faster on an overclocked
: system, so you actually waste less time.
:
: On the other hand, the games (and newsgroup posts) most computer junkies
: spend hours with are not exactly advancing the legacy of the human race.
:
: Hopping up a PC is the same sort of hobby as hopping up a car. It's less
: expensive and more satisfying than golf or heroin addiction.
:
: We can't all find a cure for cancer, but squeezing an extra 100 mhz out of
a
: balky cpu, scoring a personal best in 3DMark 2003 or going up a level in
: Morrowind is cause for at least a little smugness.
:
:

You are so right but can anyone tell me the right drivers to use? I'm using
omega 3.8 right now...


"Skid" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "h2so4" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:wZSlb.1953$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Looks like a well specified system for running a benchmark or two. As a
> > non-tweakers I stand in awe of your sense of your adventures on the
outer
> > limits of the art of time wasting..
>
> Well, you could argue that everything happens faster on an overclocked
> system, so you actually waste less time.
>
> On the other hand, the games (and newsgroup posts) most computer junkies
> spend hours with are not exactly advancing the legacy of the human race.
>
> Hopping up a PC is the same sort of hobby as hopping up a car. It's less
> expensive and more satisfying than golf or heroin addiction.
>
> We can't all find a cure for cancer, but squeezing an extra 100 mhz out of
a
> balky cpu, scoring a personal best in 3DMark 2003 or going up a level in
> Morrowind is cause for at least a little smugness.
>
>

Hmmmm seems weird to me that you would running drivers that were the best for running a benchmark, that's all you plan to do?


"Dirty Harry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:E6Clb.150358$pl3.148996@pd7tw3no...
> Just wondering what peoples thoughts were on the best drivers for 3dmark
> 2001 scores. I know the score doesn't mean everything...Thanks.
>
>

YES, all I plan to do right now is try and get the highest score possible!
Overclock, tweak, bench, overclock, tweak, bench...Baically i'm in
competition with a friend who has an intel and the same card.



"JAD" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hmmmm seems weird to me that you would running drivers that were the best
for running a benchmark, that's all you plan to do?
>
>
> "Dirty Harry" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Just wondering what peoples thoughts were on the best drivers for 3dmark
> > 2001 scores. I know the score doesn't mean everything...Thanks.
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