imadam0 wrote on 2026-02-25, 03:11:

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Looking at the other 980ti scores here, how do I improve mine, its pretty low by comparison

I have this system on the test bench at the moment and thought I'd give 3DMark01 a go just for laughs:

Intel i5 4690K @ 5GHz
Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H
G.Skill Ripjaws 2x2GB DDR3 @ 2400MHz 9-11-9-28
Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti XTREME
Windows XP SP3 32bit

Score: 135753

imadam0 wrote on 2026-02-25, 03:30:

imadam0 wrote on 2026-02-25, 03:11:

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Looking at the other 980ti scores here, how do I improve mine, its pretty low by comparison

Sorry for the late reply. 3DMark scores are heavily affected by CPU speed. The faster the processor, the higher the score with the same GPU.

Core i7 10700K 4.7 ghz + Radeon 9060 XT 16 gb

Not bad for an entry Level graphics card. 4 extra pipelines unlocked with rivatuner and heavily overclocked. (Default is 300/275Mhz)

I just threw together a quick build to test out a newly acquired Quadro FX 4500 that I overclocked to GeForce 7800 GTX 512 speeds. I ran a couple of benchmarks, so I figured I'd post the specs and results:

Intel Xeon E3-1275 V2 (Ivy Bridge, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 3.7 GHz All-core Turbo)
Asus P8B75-V Motherboard (Intel B75 Chipset)
Quadro FX 4500 (490 MHz GPU Clock, 1.18 GHz Memory Clock)
Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Service Pack 4

3DMark01 Score: 54,649

Got around to benchmarking my Windows 98 machine. the GPU is the passive cooled model, I suspect it's throttling me.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
4GB DDR3 RAM
GeForce 7950GT 512MB PCIE
Sound Blaster Audigy 2zs
Win98 Quick Install

Score: 42313

Dang it. Should not have sold my 980TI so soon

Just have a lowly 460 in my xp build now.