Low FPS on 3DMark2001SE Environment Bump Mapping test

[Mikko]

Hello!

I'm very happy with my Parhelia. Games are running smooth most of the time (except Mafia in driving scenes) and I'm using FAA-16x with almost every game that I play.

I'm still wondering, what could cause so low FPS on 3DMark2001SE Environment Bump Mapping test. I can get only 87.3 FPS, when most of you people seem to get much higher scores (>100 FPS).

You can look my 3DMark scores here:

http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4831566

I have Asus motherboard, equipped with AliMagik -chipset, which is often considered much slower that eg. VIA KT266A. Could that be one reason or is it something wrong with my Parhelia?

I have AGP-4x enabled in BIOS and AGP Aperture Size is 256 Mb.
Parhelia is overclocked to 235/600 MHz (core/mem) through pinsfile. I didn't get much improvement when upgrading my RAM (256 Mb PC133 SDRAM -> 512 Mb DDR266).

[K6-III]

Are you running the latest 1.90 Ali AGP driver???

[Mikko]

I wasn't sure, so I installed it anyway. I tried both versions of driver (single and integrated). It didn't help. I think I have already had this driver via Windows Update.

[afterburn]

Yeah, it's pretty low alright. You beat me solid in every part of the benchmark, due to your higher clocked cpu, but with ebm I get 137 where you get 87. Can't think of any reason why though, since everything else the way you would expect. Weird.

[luni]

afterburn maybe you could save your PINS file, let Mikko flash his card with it and then redo the tests... could be that answer is hidden in those hexadecimals

[GNEP]

I too get low EMBM scores.

I too have an ALi Magik chipset (with the latest AGP drivers). No access in BIOS to AGP aperture size. Parhelia is at retail speeds.

http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4625946

Spot any links? Unfortunately not a lot we can do I guess - there must be something wierd about this particular chipset. 1 test in 1 benchmark is not too much to worry about, but at least we have a good idea what is causing it.


gnep