FFXI Bench 2 Score / Specs

[aerobahn]

Nope. Running XP right?

Because that was the main program running, Xp Made it a CPU priority. When it ran out of ram it shoved all the other programs into VM. But after that your system was more or less 100%dedicated to the benchmark. The reason why you only got a few points lower was because the inital task for allocating the resources and moving the other apps into VM. .

Because I have 1 gig of ram. Allow me to do a test.
I will be *running WMP playing "Audio Slave"*. Have 10 webpages open 1 including a flash visual. Trillian and MS Paint with a crappy stick figure that i just drew. Scores are as followed.
low 8187
high 7740

hmmm Because windows had enough memory to do both, and the fact that i turned off VM there was no reall hit on preformence (hyperthreading had its role to play as well) .


Ahhh the joys of 1 gig of ram. Please go to newegg right now and buy another stick of ram

[Doppelganger]

I just got the wierdest response from the bench

i ran the bech in a method which should have stopped it. i had 7 IE windows (each using 5mb RAM, 15mb VM), windows media player (7 mb Ram, 16mb VM), and aim (11mb ram, 5mb VM).
i ran it first on low, and i got 4425, in the normal average for my low score. then i ran it on high, although the sound was almost impossible to hear (meaning it was running on the edge), i got a 3240, just about 200 points lower than my normal on high. i guess this bench has some error, or it is the most effective bench i have seen.

my computer was using 100% cpu, >400mb ram, >500mb VM. is that odd aerobahn?

[Shauku]

I downloaded the new bios from intel for my Mboard and tweaked a little more my Vcard and there is the change in my score.

Old: 5570 (didnt make a new test, then its with my old config)

New-Low: from 5200 to 5275
New-High: from 3850 to 4275 (major dif)

MBoard: Intel D875PBZ 533-800 fsb
CPU: Intel P4 2.4c 800fsb HT
Vcard: ATI Radeon 9600pro 128mb (from 465/337 to 485/350)
Ram: 1.5g DDR ram pc3200 (2x512 + 2x256)
HDD: 80gig Maxtor 7200rpm
Scard: SBlive 5.1 (who cares :confused: )

Do anyone know if i can overclock my cpu with that Mboard, i tried but it seems Intel makes that impossible.) Maybe a little teaching of Overclocking for Dummies would be nice.

[Doppelganger]

if you didn't already turn off hyperthreading (got to go into bios, it's right there), you should. you may get 5300 on high, while im stuck with 3300

[Katraell]

New Bench Low Res= 5951 , High Res= 5115

specs are
2.8 pentium4
radeon 9800 (not pro)
1024 dual channal.

[Doppelganger]

Originally posted by EdLev
My vid card is screwing me over.

1800 average score on high res...-sigh-
2900 average on low res, but...FFXI on low res?!

These are my stats:
Pentium 4 2.53 ghz
512 MB PC800 RDRAM (or RAMBUS)
GeForce 3 Ti 200 128 MB (see?)
Windows 2000 Pro
And a 40 gig HD (recently defragmented and cleaned).

i have the same motherboard/cpu/ram, but a ti 4200 64mb. guess second bench focuses on gpu, not cpu. guess ide get 4000+ on high with 9600pro

[Fire]

err.. Gonna need a little more info please. What kind of motherboard? DL AIDA if you dont have it allready and that should tell u all about ur system.

But ya a new processor, prob new motherboard, and 512mb more ram would help.

[Coinspinner]

Seems like my machine did relatively well for the specs.

Windows 2000 SP 4
PIII ~860 MHz
512 MB RAM
Radeon 9500 128 MB Pro

~2010 - L
~1500 - H

Looks bad on low resolution, so I guess I'll be upgrading my processor someday soon. Any idea what would get me above 2500 in high-res? I want to play at whatever's next above 800 x 600.

Also, I noticed the music sounded a bit... weird. Anybody else get that feeling?

[Mithrael]

ack

p4 1.8ghz 400mhz fsb
512mb
128mb gf4 5200

old benchmark 3128

new:
low res 2678
high res 1682

something is horribly wrong :/


agp aperture is set to 64.
no programs in background
after fresh reboot
no extra peripherals
did a defrag just in case that was the problem...

i'm not a pc gamer, i don't really know where to go from there. oc'ing the machine is not an option.

[replica]

you can easily get your processor to 3 ghz, simply by upping your FSB - http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NDcx it's all in the bios =]

i still wonder why my friends' 2.2 ghz athlon with 512 ram and a ti4600 beat your scores by nearly 1k though.. try running it without messanger and gamevoice sometime

[Shauku]

Old: 5570
New-Low: 5200
New-High: 3850

Some program running as MSN messenger and gamevoice.

Mboard intel D875pbz fsb533-800
Proceesor P4 2.4c fsb800 @ stock
Vcard ati radeaon 9600pro 128mb @ 465core/325mem
Memory 1.5g ram ddr pc3200 (2x512 + 2x256)
HHD 80g
WinXP

i got some question at the same time.

is my Ram 2x512 + 2x256 can affect the general performance of my computer. (ex: is it better do put 4x256 or 4x512 i know its better 4x512 but you know what i mean)

Also can i tweak my 9600 pro more, and would be a good setting for it?

And how can i overclock my processor, do i need a program or its all in the bios?

[EdLev]

I hate my video card.

My stats:
Pentium 4 2.53 ghz 533 FSB
Motherboard 533 FSB RAMBUS
512 MB RDRAM
nVidia GeForce 3 Ti 200 128 MB
40 GB HD, just cleaned and defragmented

Scores:
2900 average low res
1800 average high res

And there is NO WAY i'm going to play FFXI on anything under 1024x768. To hell with the framerate.

[aerobahn]

ti4600=no
9600=yes

yay i passed math class!!!

[replica]

if you can, buy a geforce ti4600.. they're cheap (100 or so on ebay) and will give your computer a HUGE boost.

i tested one in this comp and it offered a 4000+ point boost over the geforce 2 mx (mine was PCI)

or if you want to spend like 30-40 more, go for the popular 9600 pro..

[6souls]

Low - 1361

High - 783



XP
1.5 GHz
Pent 4
256 RAM
NVIDA GeForce 2 MX

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