low 3dmark2001se scores,need help in fixing

Im gettin odd scores with my videocard when i run 3dmark2001SE

ive got the new ati drivers,my mobo new drivers.
ive even tried old ati drivers

my system is as follows:
p4 3.0c ghz 800fsb
asus P4S800D-E motherboard
420watt psu
Radeon 9800 pro 128mb version
2 512 pc3200 DDR400 memory sticks
soundblaster live 5.1
1 seagate 120gig 7200 rpm ultraata 100 8mbcache
1 maxtor 80gig 7200 rpm ultraata 133 8mb cache

im gettin between 13xxxk and 15xxxk

ive been looking around an average score for the 9800pro is bettween 17k and 18k
i have the card all the way to performance,
ive had the card up in the 17's before,but that was onna different motherboard Abit IC7-G
but that one stopped working so i had to use this one for now until my new abit one comes in

if anyone knows whats wrong,i'd be very grateful for some help

 

Try to improve the performance of your system by doing Disk defragmentation, increasing Virtual Page Memory, disabling background programs running at Windows start-up. If you have S.M.A.R.T. enable, then disable it in BIOS Menu. If you have Anti-virus running, then disable it.


Once you did all that, I bet your benchmark will go up another 2000 more.

 

how do i disable smart gart in bios,also i dloaded the omega drivers for radeon cards,and it disabled fastwrite

 

also what process should i turn off?

 

I don't like using the Third-Party Driver. Anyway, you need to enable Fast-write in BIOS Menu.

 

Click on [Start].
Click on [Runn....]
Type "MSCONFIG"

System Configuration Utility will show the list of process running in Start-up. Uncheck Startup Items you won't want'em to load at Windows Start-up.

 

Click on [Start].
Click on [Runn....]
Type "MSCONFIG"

System Configuration Utility will show the list of process running in Start-up. Uncheck Startup Items you won't want'em to load at Windows Start-up.

 

how do i turn fastwrite off in bios

 

here are some generic settings to have on/off in the bios according to OMEGADRIVE.

http://www.omegacorner.com/index_ati.html