--Benchmark Guide--

[Sephiroth_Renzo]

Erm im not really sure how to check what motherboard i have.
But if im looking at the right thing i think it is a "Intel(R)"
*shrugs*

[tnt118]

Originally posted by Nex



Allso I've got a problem with my ATI RadeOn 9700 Pro TV-OUT. I see only black and white when I look at the tv and it doesn't show any movies when I play them on my computer(it doesn't show any movies on the tv but it shows on the computer). Can you help me allso with this?

Are you running the signal through a VCR before your TV? It really sounds as if it's the copy protection functions of the card/computer (i.e. so you don't copy DVDs to tape or anything). They can't block out the signal completly, but they make it really annoying to watch. When I was running the TV out through a VCR, it would fade from color to black & white about every 10 seconds.

[Bahamut182]

I got a 1918 on the benchmark


Pentium 4 1.99 Ghz
512 Ram
64 MB NIVDIA GeForce2 MX with TV OUT
dont know what motherboard

What should i upgrade and what upgrade should i get?
Im pretty sure i need to get a new video card

[Mithrankittycat]

2 ghz is good enough. Video card upgrade and maybe a total of 768 or 1024 ram. Need to check which type of ram your motherboard needs, clockspeed-wise.

[Sephiroth_Renzo]

Hmm, arent we going to be told how to find motherboards? both me and Bahamut182 need to know...

I think its the motherboard , and not the ram thats being the problem.

Alot of people with around 512 ram were getting 3000+ scores

[Aimes]

i just built my first computer less then a week ago, heres the specs.

Athlon XP 2500+
A7N8X Deluxe Mobo
256MB DDR Ram
Radeon 9500 Pro
80GB HDD
Windows 98SE


FFXI Benchmark Score: 5328

^.^

[Sephiroth_Renzo]

Ok i decided to try find out more information myself.....
if you go here : http://www.aida32.hu/aida-download.php?bit=32

you can download a program which tells you lots about your computer.

Now as for my motherboard, i'll paste what it says.

Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 09/28/2001-i845-LPC47M19-6A69VF0AC-00
Motherboard Name FIC VC11/VC15/VC31/VC35

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 100 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 400 MHz
Bandwidth 3200 MB/s

Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type SDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 133 MHz
Effective Clock 133 MHz
Bandwidth 1067 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width 8-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 267 MHz
Bandwidth 267 MB/s

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name First International Computer, Inc.
Product Information http://www.fic.com.tw/product/motherboard
BIOS Download http://www.fic.com.tw/support/motherboard



And i also took a screenshot.
Now im guessing it is my motherboard that need upgrading, i just need someone to comfirm if it is.

[xXEvaXx]

How much money did that system run you Aimes?

[Aimes]

for everything about a grand.. in cdn tho not us :p
runs great tho

[BloodAngel]

For some reason it's not letting me install the benchmark, it gives me an error thats reads by the following...

1152:
C:\DOCUME~1...blah...blah... for Windos - I- t- B- V -----x - ^ _-_[ - N-... and so forth, its just non-sense. I had run the bench mark on this comp before and I scored about 2,000. That was before I got my new video card, I'm using an ATI Radeon 8700 LE.

[Cidate]

bah im gettin like 3075-3125 my specs are:
AMD Athlon 2000+ Overclocked to 2.08ghz
Ge-Force4 MX440
256MG Ram
i have a feeling i either need more ram or a new gfx card or both ne suggestions to get a better score?

[...elegante...]

well my computer arrives early October late September so I should be just in time for FFXI .. I have a Sony Vaio

-2.2 GHz
-512 DDR RAM
-40 GB Harddrive
-Windows XP

now i found out that even tho Sony vaio's are hard to upgrade I am able to do it with a little help from a computer programer ... now so far ive purchased ...

- New Motherboard
- Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro
- 512 Corsair Memory
- 120 GB Harddrive
- Audigy 2 Sound Card

which will bring my specs to


- P4 2.2 Ghz
-1024 DDR RAM
-160 GB Hardrive Including my other one
-Audigy 2 Gaming Sound Card
-Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro

thats one bad-ass machine I just have to wait ontill I get my comp so I can run my Benchmark test ... in idea's on what you think I might get? i really wanna know your predictions ... as long as I can get above 4300 im happy customer... also what company makes the best Mother boards out there for gaming and over clocking just so I can be on the lookout

[Mag]

I got 5910

using:

AthlonXP 2500+
MSI K7N2 Delta-ISLR nforce 2 mobo
512mb of PC2700 ram(single channel)
Geforce FX5600 w/256mb ram and detonator 4.4.0.3 drivers
2 hdds (Fujitsu 5.25g and extremely ropey IBM deskstar 60g)
Win2k Pro

Pretty good methinks :p

[Daxwells]

well

I can't run benchmark because my sis deleted the jap characters option. so can someone just tell me how it would run?
thx!

specs:

Machine name: HPPAV
Operating System: Microsoft Windows ME (4.90, Build 3000)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: 00101700 XT923
System Model: 15517600061247
BIOS: EPP revision 9.00
Processor: Intel Celeron, ~902MHz
Memory: 126MB RAM
Page File: 171MB used, 1749MB available
Primary File System: FAT32
DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0901)
DX Setup Parameters: /PackageInstall
DxDiag Version: 4.08.01.0881 32bit
28.6k modem.(will be fixed)

I know my card is pure shit.(don't even think I can call that a card)

but except for that,how is it?

[sHaDoW hEal2t]

Is this good?

Computer:
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+
1.80 Ghz
512 MB of DDR ram
GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8x
80 gig hard drive
40x12x40x cdrom drive

I'm benching 3470