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Spec is a Packard Bell
pentium 4 2.0gb 256 mb ram Win Me os replaced 3d card with a Geforce 5800 I bought the 3d card for high end games resolutions etc. But it is still slow!! on 3d mark i got these benchmarks- Main Test Results 3DMark Score 1673 3DMarks CPU Score 219.0 CPUMarks Detailed Test Results Game Tests GT1 - Wings of Fury 51.0 fps GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 9.9 fps GT3 - Troll's Lair 9.7 fps GT4 - Mother Nature 12.3 fps CPU Tests CPU Test 1 21.3 fps CPU Test 2 4.4 fps Feature Tests Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 389.8 MTexels/s Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 1167.8 MTexels/s Vertex Shader 9.1 fps Pixel Shader 2.0 15.4 fps Ragtroll 6.3 fps Sound Tests No sounds Not Supported 24 sounds Not Supported 60 sounds Not Supported How di i speed her up - maybe double the RAM? |
First of all, are you sure there's no adware/spyware or viruses sucking up a large amount of CPU time?
Nex, bin off Windows ME and replace it with XP. Make sure you are running the latest drivers from nVidia (check the website, don't trust the CD that came with it to be recent). After that, upgrade the RAM. I usually use Crucial. Be careful to pick the correct RAM; as your PC is a Packard Bell (purchased from PC World?) and is 2Ghz, there's a possibility it may use regular PC100 or PC133 rather than DDR PC2100 or PC2700. Shout back if you've any Q's! |
I'd definitely get more RAM but the problem is that if you've not got DDR then i doubt putting in another 256mb of PC133 or like will make any difference. The problem with buying a mainstream PC like Packard Bell is that the components they use tend to be quite cheap and not really aimed at the high end gaming market. I'd doubt that the motherboard supplied is any good at all. Thus restricting your ability to upgrade any components. Also crap motherboards (being the central hub of a PC) can and will be your main bottleneck (even if you have a quick Graphics card.....).
If you know a bit about PC's I'd strongly suggest replacing the MOBO and get yourself some decent DDR RAM - PC2700 would be plenty but PC3200 even better. It wont cost you that much to do either (about £200)- you could then really benefit from that pretty decent graphics card. Marc |
that makes sense,
I think i will build my own. I will upgrade to xp and see how it goes. |
If you know a bit about PC's I'd strongly suggest replacing the MOBO and get yourself some decent DDR RAM |
im now getting a score of 3256
General Information Operating System Microsoft Windows ME DirectX Version 9.0b Mobo Manufacturer Micro-Star Inc. Mobo Model MS-6506 AGP Rates (Current/Available) 0x / CPU Intel Pentium 4 1992 MHz FSB 100 MHz Memory 640 MB Display Information Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Driver Version 4.14.10.5304 Driver WHQL Certified No Video Memory 128 MB Core Clock 301 MHz Memory Clock 602 MHz Sound Information Sound Adapter Driver Name Sound Adapter Driver Version Benchmark Settings Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 4 Build 0 Resolution 1024x768@32 bit Texture Filtering Optimal Pixel Processing / Antialiasing None Post Processing false Vertex Shaders Optimal Main Test Results 3DMark Score 3256 3DMarks CPU Score 246.0 CPUMarks Detailed Test Results Game Tests GT1 - Wings of Fury 89.4 fps GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 29.0 fps GT3 - Troll's Lair 24.8 fps GT4 - Mother Nature 9.4 fps CPU Tests CPU Test 1 23.8 fps CPU Test 2 5.0 fps Feature Tests Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1036.2 MTexels/s Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2606.4 MTexels/s Vertex Shader 14.4 fps Pixel Shader 2.0 26.4 fps Ragtroll 15.2 fps Sound Tests No sounds 19.5 fps 24 sounds 11.1 fps 60 sounds 3.7 fps [Edited by gravelexpress - 12/13/2003 9:48:50 AM] |
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