Rather dissapointing 3DMark

[robcyb]

I ran it on the following spec machine:

AMD Athlon XP2100+
Thermalright SLK-800 with Thermaltake 80mm fan
Abit KD7 Via KT400 chipset motherboard
Crucial PC2100 256MB DDR Ram
Leadtek A250 Ultra TD Geforce 4Ti4600
Onboard Sound
Quantum Fireball AS20.5GB 7200RPM HDD
Creative 12*10*32x CDRW Drive
Sony Floppy Drive
Hansol 710A 17" monitor
Alcatel Speedtouch USB ADSL modem connected @ 576KBPS
Running Windows 98

And I scored a rather miserable 10605 3DMarks. Everything was fully configured in the Nvidia Driver Utility to minimal settings, antialising disabled etc. However I still only got 10605 marks, could it be my memory?

http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=5106843

[skull]

have u tryed the new 41.09 driver from nvidia it pushed my mark up another 1000 marks or so

[Matthew]

the score is respectable, but it is disappointing for that setup - because u are using a Ti4600.

1. update to the driver 41.09
2. close all background applications - this usually helps (a little tho)

the bottleneck in your setup is the RAM and CPU, because u are using the KT400 setup - the optimal setup would be a 333FSB CPU (XP 2400+ and above - don't quote me on that!), and some PC3200 RAM.

However, is gameplay disappointing? Benchmarks mean less compared to real world gaming... and i assume u are running 1024x768 and not higher??

yours
Matthew