just upgraded

[Darren]

With all the advice i have recieved from this forum about which processor i should purchase, i decided to get the sempron 2800+ 64-bit 256k and 512mb DDR 400 in combination with an Nforce 3 motherboard and iam quiet impressed.

Iam in the process of testing my new processor with my current graphics card Radeon 9600 with the core @ 452mhz and the memory clock @ 432mhz; With my old system i would get on 3dmarks 2001 approximately 2850 however now i get a score of 9225, thats right my score has tripled however iam still unaware if this is a good score. Should i be scoring more for my settup?

The processor is still at stock speeds, i will experiement with the overclocking of the cpu at a later date.

http://www.geocities.com/icttutorials/3dmarks.JPG

Much thanks to the people on this forum who helped me with my purcahse over the last couple of months, wazzledoozle, Dippyskoodlez, Mixa, DanTheBanjoman, and W1zzard.



Old system
Intel Celeron 633mhz
256mb SDram
Radeon 9600 pro or xt (not sure still)

New system
Sempron 2800+ 64-bit 256k cache
512mb Kingston value ram
Radeon 9600 pro or xt (still not sue)

[wazzledoozle]

Score sounds good
My Athlon XP at 2.4 GHz with my 9600 got 10,000

So thats a very fast per clock cpu

[Darren]

After a spyware/adware scan my scores have increased even higher. Iam now getting 11000 on 3dmarks 2001. Cant wait to OC this CPU

http://www.geocities.com/icttutorials/3dmarks1.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/icttutorials/3dmarks2.JPG