Aquamark 03

[methylenedioxy]

I'm running the memory 200fsb (2 sticks in slots 2&3) and cpu 10.5x200
I only downloaded aquamark this evening, I didn't know that you can cheat
it.

MikeE

Okay at an oc of 200fsb and 200 memory and running at 2.2ghz with 3.7 cats
and running gfx card at 385mhz core and 338 mem I still only get 41212
So I think somethign isn't quite right, this cannot possibly be....Anyone
else noticed such discrepancies? Is this yet another benchmark we can't
trust?
http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_view.php?runID=481520328

 

[Kirby Crosby]

i dunno but i get 43,xxx with the same setup as you (except A7n8x MOBO)

 

[Kirby Crosby]

Your system seems slow as i get fully 2,000 more points than you.
A7n8X deluxe , 512 Mb Kingston HyperX 9700 AIW XP2500 @11x200

I get around 39,000 with no overclocking on the vid card.

 

[Kirby Crosby]

28,XXX with an Asus A7n8x (non deluxe) , 512 of Corsair PC3200C2, Athlon xp
1700+ @ 8x200 and a RAdeon 9600PRO @ 492/341 Core/MEM

 

[fish]

AquaMark Score: 44064

CPU Score: 10331 (P4c at 3.3Ghz)
GFX Score: 5598

RADEON 9700 PRO
Graphics Card Core Clockrate: 371 MHz (MegaHertz)
Graphics Card Memory Clockrate: 344 MHz (MegaHertz)
Graphics Card Driver Version: 6.14.10.6378 (cat 3.7)
Graphics Card Video Memory: 134217728 Byte ( ~128 MegaByte)
Graphics Texture Memory: Byte ( ~239 MegaByte)

 

[fish]

NICE!

Your about 1500 points higher then my overclocked 9700 Pro but my CPU makes
up for allot!
Your overclocked 9800 Pro on a P4c would be amazing!!

Great Score. Now go play some games

 

[fish]

How about this with FSAA-2X and AF-4X
AquaMark Score: 37686
CPU Score: 10397
GFX Score: 4602
Average Frame Rate: 37.6

And this with FSAA-4Xand AF-4X
AquaMark Score: 35617
CPU Score: 10409
GFX Score: 4296
Average Frame Rate: 35.6

At FSAA-2X and AF-4X I was getting lots of display corruption with the new
Cat. 3.7 drivers but with FSAA-4X and AF-4X all display corruption went
away! Weird.

This 9700 Pro is very powerfull at FSAA and AF, I'm very happy with it.

 

[JAD]

hehehe woo hoo just for kicks i ran the damn thing on my 7500aiw 6500+/-....GFX was something like 629 i think...CPU was 5XXX

 

[John David Carter]

Your system seems slow as i get fully 2,000 more points than you.
A7n8X deluxe , 512 Mb Kingston HyperX 9700 AIW XP2500 @11x200

I get around 39,000 with no overclocking on the vid card.

Know what? Me and Kirby have Bartons, while methylenedioxy has a Tbird...

Also, I would wonder what what type of ram methylenedioxy has...

Maybe the extra L2 cache and tighter ram timings make the difference...

 

[GTD]

I got C:7560, G:6030, and S:43127.

I gained 1200 in score just from changing from Omega drivers to
Cat3.7s
I'm going to try shutting off some services, which brought me up 700
in score with the Omegas.

http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_us...easurement=30290&publish=1&firstMeasurement=0

I'll try it on my kid's machine tomorrow, it has a 9600pro

 

[John David Carter]

Looks like I'm the high man here so far: 46300.
http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_view.php?runID=234036815

Seems as though FSB speed counts for alot...

231! What mobo? ram? Any special cooling?

 

[SLB]

Heres my results ( no overclocking )

AquaMark Score: 44791 (CPU: 9588, GFX: 5844) FPS: 44.79 TPS:
13482 K Your Measurement
CPU: Pentium(R) 4 processor , HT:On CR: 2998 MHz SRAM: 1023 MB
OS: Microsoft Windows XP
GFX: RADEON 9800 PRO CM: 378 / 338 MHz VRAM: 128 MB DRIVER:
6.14.10.6378
RES: 1024x768 x 32bit AA: Off AF: 4x DETAILS: Very High
INFO: sbynum, 2003-09-15, "Benchmark 2003-09-15 14-12-54"


SLB

 

[Ben Pope]

Something is amiss:

A7N8X Deluxe
Barton 2500+ @ 220MHz*10.5
Corsair XMS3200LL @ 220MHz, 5-2-2-2
Crucial 9800 Pro stock.

CPU: 2901
GPU: 8529
Total: 24800

Ben

 

[fish]

Hello Ben,

Leaving the options in AM3 set at default ( I don't think they work in the
free version anyways), I ran three benchmarks and only altered the FSAA and
AF settings in Display Properties. I found that you must exit and restart
the application every time you make a change in the drivers settings for
Direct-X.

Radeon 9700 Pro at 371/344, Cat 3.7 (WinXP)
Driver Settings at Highest Performance:
AM3 settings at Default (V.High Quality, 1024 X 768)

FSAA-0x, AF-0x
AquaMark Score: 45640
CPU Score: 10375
GFX Score: 5847
Average Frame Rate: 45.6

FSAA-0x, AF-4x
AquaMark Score: 43184
CPU Score: 10379
GFX Score: 5541
Average Frame Rate: 43.1

FSAA-4x, AF-4x
AquaMark Score: 37079
CPU Score: 10421
GFX Score: 4509
Average Frame Rate: 37.0

Although AM3 states FSAA-Off and AF-4X, its apparently wrong. The Display
driver settings worked as expected.

 

[Ben Pope]

Although AM3 states FSAA-Off and AF-4X, its apparently wrong. The Display
driver settings worked as expected.

Indeed. It's a shame, and has been mentioned on the AM3 forums. I think it
would be nice if they could determine the actual settings, although I
realise that there will always somebody who tries that little bit harder to
cheat.

Ben

 

[Thomas]

My results;

32191 points
10232 CPU
3819 Graphics

System:
P4 2.6c @ 3.25 GHz
Intel 875P board (DFI)
512 MB ram, dual channel, at 400 mHz
Radeon 9500 np 128 MB, softmodded to 9700, 330/304 MHz

Small mistake, had the quality settings on full

41756 points,
5250 graphics
10205 CPU

http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_view.php?runID=571061940

Thomas

 

[Bill L]

Small mistake, had the quality settings on full

41756 points,
5250 graphics
10205 CPU

http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_view.php?runID=571061940

Thomas

Yea, and my dad's bigger than all your dad's, so there <g>

 

[Thomas]

Yea, and my dad's bigger than all your dad's, so there <g>

LOL

When you spend so much time tuning yr machine, it's fun to fence with the
performance indexes ;-)

I like to play with the machines, though my P4 is running at it's maximum
stable config.

So i jumped to an old project i had lying around; a Compaq Professional
Workstation 6000 Didnt work before, but found someone ditching his
workstation. Exchanged processor cage, works perfect Can even use my old
CPU on the thing, so i have a dual processor machine (P2-300) with 256 MB
memory for only 50 dollars total, hahaha...

But to get it booting without a bootable cdrom drive... terrible work

Thomas.

 

[Mangyrat]

somthing to look at if your runing a barton. the extra cash is not beeing
used in win xp you need to do this tweek to use the full cash in windows

Check your level 2 cache
XP assumes you always have 256 kb L2 cache. If your running a Barton etc,
you have to change this. GO to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current-ControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Memory
Management. Find the DWORD entry: SecondLevelDataCache. If entering it as
hexadecimal 256KB = 100 and 512KB = 200 in hexadecimal, and so on

just back up your regestery befor messign with it.
i forget where i found this but it was in nforce forums so if you try it and
it works for you thank them not me

 

[Ben Pope]

somthing to look at if your runing a barton. the extra cash is not beeing
used in win xp you need to do this tweek to use the full cash in windows

It's "cache" not cash, as in the paper stuff you an exhange for more useful
items.

And Windows does NOT need to know about it to make use of it.

Check your level 2 cache
XP assumes you always have 256 kb L2 cache. If your running a Barton etc,

Incorrect, it checks for the amount of cache.

you have to change this. GO to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current-ControlSet\Control\SessionManager\Memory
Management. Find the DWORD entry: SecondLevelDataCache. If entering it as
hexadecimal 256KB = 100 and 512KB = 200 in hexadecimal, and so on

just back up your regestery befor messign with it.
i forget where i found this but it was in nforce forums so if you try it
and it works for you thank them not me

And before bothering, read this to find out that it's nonsense:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q183/0/63.ASP

Ben