any tips of the trade??

[GBGUY33]

Hey,
I'm seeing people "tweaking" there systems and getting super high 3d mark scores. what are some of the tricks?
My comp:
P4-2.67 ghz with sis chipset. onboard sound
all new mobo drivers and video drivers
512 mb 333mhz ddr
radeon 9700 pro

Are there some hidden settings or something that you guys are keeping secret?
Thanx..

[haroldmeyer]

Mine aren't that great , see above...

[dalic]

make sure you defragment before running a 3d mark, also shut down all the other programs that you do not use.
you might want to consider overclocking, this would help a lot(just in benchmarks :p) , but you need to learn a little more about its risks and profits, there is also a lot of tweaking to be done in BIOS and in your current operating system, but you have to ask other people to learn bout those tweaks.

[Beast_USA]

overclock the vid card and set everything to highest performance:)
This is what I use for the ati
http://www.rage3d.com/


3dmark 2001
2700 & 9700 17851 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5718428)
P4 & 9700 17344 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5896397)

3dmark 2003
P4 5039
2700 4815


ASUS A7N8X Deluxe AMD 2700+@2,548 13X196 v1.9
Swiftech water cpu & gpu, ATI 9700 Pro, 1 gig XMS PC3200, 1 MAX 40g 133/ATA win2k sp3