What do you get when you pair a Pentium 3 PC with 3Dmark05?

[ati.bob]

Recently, out of curiosity, I ran the benchmarking tool 3Dmark05 that's included from my local PC mag CD on my year 2000 Pentium 3 system.. The results are really laughable.. below are the details about the benchmark..

CPU Info
Manufacturer: Intel
Family: Pentium® III
Architecture: 32-bit
Internal Clock: 841.0 MHz (Exact speed is 840MHz)
Internal Clock Maximum: 2.4 GHz (No idea what this is.. this is not the CPU clock!)
External Clock: 133.0 MHz (Should be 140MHz..)
Socket Designation: Socket370
Upgrade: ZIF Socket
HyperThreading Technology: N/A
Capabilities: MMX, CMov, RDTSC, SSE, PAE
Version: Pentium III
Caches:
Level 1 - 32 KB
Level 2 - 256 KB

DirectX Info
Version: 9.0c

Display Device Info
Description : RADEON 9600 Series (Omega 2.5.90)
Manufacturer : ATI Technologies Inc. (Omega 2.5.90)
Total Local Video Memory : 128 MB
Total Local Texture Memory : 128 MB
Total AGP Memory : 64 MB
Driver File : ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version : 6.14.10.6490
Driver Details : 8.07-040915a-018211E-ATI-OMEGA
Driver Date : 9-15-2004
Driver WHQL Certified : false
Max Texture Width : 2048 px
Max Texture Height : 2048 px
Max User Clipping Planes : 6
Max Active Hardware Lights : 8
Max Texture Blending Stages : 8
Fixed Function Textures In Single Pass : 8
Vertex Shader Version : 2.0
Pixel Shader Version : 2.0
Max Vertex Blend Matrices : 37
Max Texture Coordinates : 8
VGA Memory Clock : 240.0 MHz
VGA Core Clock : 440.0 MHz

To sum it up...
CPU:
Intel Pentium III Coppermine FC-PGA 800EB MHz overclocked at 840MHz core/140MHz FSB

RAM:
256MB PC133 SD-RAM running at CL3, overclocked to 140MHz

GPU:
Sapphire Radeon 9550 128-bit/128MB, flashed with 9600 Pro BIOS, running at 440MHz (core) and 240x2MHz DDR (memory) running on Omega Drivers (Based on Catalyst 4.10 Beta)

Motherboard:
Gigabyte GA-6VXC7-4X with VIA Apollo 133A Chipset

Sound Card:
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value Digital on 4.1 speaker setup, running on kX Project Driver

Operating System:
Microsoft Windows XP without Service Packs


Benchmark results

Default settings, 1024x768
Score:

Result Details:

Default settings, 640x480
Score:

Result Details:

Enjoy..

 

[wazzledoozle]

Meh you scored better than me. I will have to get my 9800 Pro then flaunt it in your face!

 

[ati.bob]

Hehehe.. don't be mad..

 

[kRaZeD]

you got more than me... =\ the 5900's arnt good for 3dmark05

 

[wazzledoozle]

you got more than me... =\ the 5900's arnt good for 3dmark05

5900's just suck in general

 

[Deleted member 3]

My 9500pro on a 3.3Ghz northwood doesn't get much more, I'll run 3dmark05 on my xeons/6800 tonight and get u a score, i recall it being like 10-11k in 03

 

[ati.bob]

How can all this be happening..?!?!? Mua... a 9550 with a P3... a P4 still can't beat my lousy machine??!? Hmm.. have to think twice to get a new rig..

 

[Deleted member 3]

They made 3dmark to test the gpu, not the cpu. I suggest that u post some doom3, hl2 or other modern game benches

 

[ati.bob]

Erm.. I don't have any of those "benchie" modern games like Doom3 and HL2 (not much of a big fan anyway)...

So the test score only reflects the GPU performance? But do look at the details of the score.. My PC DO suck at CPU tests.. less than 1 FPS!!! The counter is displaying 0 FPS while I'm running the CPU benchmark..! No surprises here..

 

[Deleted member 3]

I can email you those games, if you have a large enough account

But yes, 3dmark(05) is made to test GPU performance, evne though CPU does stlil make a bit of a difference. Then again your scores prove that they did a decent job in making the test GPU based.

 

[wazzledoozle]

I can email you those games, if you have a large enough account

But yes, 3dmark(05) is made to test GPU performance, evne though CPU does stlil make a bit of a difference. Then again your scores prove that they did a decent job in making the test GPU based.

well you could loan me a techpowerup account

 

[kRaZeD]

5900's just suck in general

bah just cos you like ati (i wanted a 9800pro, but for $50 [australian] more than what i had on me so i got a 5900XT)

 

[ati.bob]

I have a 1GB Gmail account (used up about 7 MB).. so.. a Doom3 game e-mailed to my doorstep? Hmm.. how large is the game (or is it just the benching part only?) anyway.. if it's too large.. I still can't download because I'm using dialup connection..

 

[kRaZeD]

doom 3 DVD is about 3gb isnt it?

Just find a mate to "lend" it to you.

 

[15th Warlock]

I have a 1GB Gmail account (used up about 7 MB).. so.. a Doom3 game e-mailed to my doorstep? Hmm.. how large is the game (or is it just the benching part only?) anyway.. if it's too large.. I still can't download because I'm using dialup connection..

You can always download the demo, and use it for benchmarking, but if you're using dialup I wouldn't recommend it as it weighs 470 MBs
The full game comes in 3 CDs, so it must weigh about 2.1 GBs, but asking for full games over the internet isn't such a good idea after all

 

[wazzledoozle]

You can always download the demo, and use it for benchmarking, but if you're using dialup I wouldn't recommend it as it weighs 470 MBs
The full game comes in 3 CDs, so it must weigh about 2.1 GBs, but asking for full games over the internet isn't such a good idea after all

I have sources that i get my games from

 

[ati.bob]

Hmm.. I mean can't you just extract part of the benchmarking tool? Or is there such a part to extract..?

 

[kRaZeD]

extract the whole game... much easier

 

[15th Warlock]

Hmm.. I mean can't you just extract part of the benchmarking tool? Or is there such a part to extract..?

I don't think I've ever heard of game you can only extract the "benchmark tool" from

 

[Deleted member 3]

Find someone near you who can make a copy for you, where do you live?

 

[ati.bob]

Find someone near you who can make a copy for you, where do you live?

Do you really want to know? I live in Malaysia.. some where in South East Asia..

 

[Head]

3d MArk 05 don't depend on CPU's!!! The cards are the same! But the cpu is better or worst...
You may comparison the CPU test of the 3dmark05!!!

 

[wazzledoozle]

Do you really want to know? I live in Malaysia.. some where in South East Asia..

hmmm you watch 3rd Rock from the sun in southeast asia ??

I have a hard time believing that, your prob in N America.

 

[Deleted member 3]

Unfortunately I can't see his IP so I can't check if he's speaking the truth.

So, how about someone who can see his IP check it?

 

[ati.bob]

You guys really don't believe me that I live in SE Asia?

For the 3rd Rock From The Sun show.. yeah.. I used to watch it on satelite..