Question about 3DMark03

[TheJackal]

I have a new machine:

P4 3.0C
Asus P4P800
2 x 512 MB Crucial PC3200XMS
Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB SATA
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Windows XP Pro

I ran 3DMark03 last night just for fun and got a score of 5335. I noticed this is kind of low for machines with similar spec to mine. Is there some way to increase performance? (i have everything in the BIOS set to default right now) I have also heard something about minimizing the page file which helps with computers with over 512MB RAM? Currently, the page file is set to 1.5GB. Is 3DMark03 relatively accurate or should i not worry about it?

Thanks.

 

[fredtam]

Your scores seem about right. No you shouldn't worry about it.

 

[igowerf]

People need to stop worrying about 3Dmark scores. If your games run great, then your system works fine.

You probably just have FSAA and AA turned on in the ATi control panel. Those settings override the ones in 3DMark unless you set application preference.