Went and bought a Leadtek Geforce 2 MX card and thought I'd post my 3D Mark Scores as well:
 
Athlon TBird 800@800
AOpen AK73 Pro
256MB (128 pc100 + 128 pc133)
Maxtor 7200 UDMA ATA100 15Gig
Leadtek Winfast Geforce 2 MX SH Pro 32MB 5ns Memory (220 core / 210 memory)
Detonator 6.66
 
3DMark 2000
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1024*768 16Bit 5334
1024*768 32Bit 3955
 
3DMark 2001
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1024*768 16Bit 2439
1024*768 32Bit 2204
 
eddie: strange how your are getting low scores in 2000 while getting pretty good score in 2001

Damn! I must have really tweaked my system out! 8)

Well am i glad that everyone isgettin their systems tweaked and runnin good now how could i tweak my system for i higher 3d mark score and i mean anytweaks at all will help

Well, I assume you're gonna overclock, and here's the best advice I can give you. Do it by both the mulitplier and the FSB.
It helps a lot if you have PC133 SDRAM for this to work.
 
You should be able to get a 200 MHz jump with a Duron or Athlon.
 
Here's the way I have my Duron 800 set up to 1016MHz.
The mulitplier is 9.5 and the FSB is 107, but Im willing to bet its because of the memory not being able to be pushed that high.
Also, this plays a major part in my overclocking, I have the ram set to 133MHz in BIOS. Keep in mind that you may not be able to do everything I am with the Abit board youve got. I know this worked for me.
Bandwith is everything if you want a hell of a machine, pimpin, thats the biggest part of my speed right there.
 
Also, there's this little program called Reg Compact, and its basically a compresser/defragger for the registry. It makes it smaller, and if the registry is all together, your system will run better.
I believe I got it from www.pcworld.com under the dowloads section.
 
Of course, overclocking your video card does help. Just pay attention to artifacts, which may look like snow, if the memory starts getting clocked too high. Most GeForce 2 MX cards should be able to hit 220MHz on the core and 210 MHz on the ram w/o a problem. I suggest the Hercules Prophet 2 MX, dont go with the GF2MX 400 card though, as it only gives an insignificant boost over the regular MX and is at $150 while the plain old MX is about $100.
 
Keep your hard drive defragged.
 
Your virtual memory should be set between 1.5x RAM to 2x RAM. However, this is debatable, so some people might not agree with it. Its one of those things that you should go with what works for you.
 
I have my hard drive partitioned and have a separate 1GB partition set off for my virtual memory.
 
Also, grap Xteq Xsetup, as there's a ton of tweaks to be had in there.

Heres the link to RegCompact.
 
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/redir/redirtoken.asp?tk=HS-041301X7718
 
Enjoy.

Brian thanks for the info you helped alot man

No problem. I do have some bios tweaks, but I dont know if they would be there for you.
 
Try some bios settings and see what they do for you as something that might work for me may not be the best for you.
 
Oh, yeah, the 12.00 Dets are out, and they're a tad faster.

where can i get them drivers at

http://www.the-ctrl-alt-del.com/
 
They seem to have the latest drivers for video cards. Be aware, these are in beta form, but I havent had problems.

Usually when i see "post your systems" threads I just look through them to see what everyones got going, I think they are a little silly: ) But I was about to do this today anyways in an excell spreadsheet so ill just do it in here too since the hard part is remembering what is in each system. Let the fun begin:
 
Maximus (main system used for quake 3 only)
MOBO: MSI K7T Turbo-R
PROC: AMD Thunderbird 1.33 Ghz
HEATSINK: Swiftech MC462-A
RAM: Generic PC133 (768 MEGS)
VIDEO CARD: MSI Starforce 815 (geforce GTS)
SOUND CARD: Soundblaster Live Platinum
HD: Quantum Atlas 10k II 18.2 GB SCSI (two)
CD/CDR/DVD: Creative 12X DVD
NIC(S): SMC EZ10/100
CASE: 3DCOOL Tornado 1000
MOUSE: Logitech Wingman Gaming Mouse
KB: Microsoft Internet KB
MONITOR: Cybervision 19"
OTHER
SCSI CONTROLLER: Adaptec 29160N
SPEAKERS: Cambridege Soundworks DTT3500
 
Cleopatra (secondary system for messin round)
MOBO: MSI K7T Pro2A
PROC: AMD Duron 700 Mhz (RMAing a 1.2 tbird)
HEATSINK: Kaine Hedgehog
RAM: Kingmax TinyBGA PC133 (256 MEGS)
VIDEO CARD: ASUS v6800 Pure (geforce DDR)
SOUND CARD: Soundblaster Live Value
HD: Maxtor 10 GB
CD/CDR/DVD: Kenwood TrueX 72X
Generic 4X burner
NIC(S): SMC EZ10/100
CASE: INWIN (watever cant remeber name: )
MOUSE: Intellimouse Explorer
KB: Generic KB
MONITOR: 17" Generic (Cant remember name)
OTHER
WEBCAM: Logitech Webcam Pro
 
Sparticus (server)
MOBO: MSI 6309
PROC: Intel PIII 600E
HEATSINK: Golden ORB
RAM: Generic PC100 (128 MEGS)
VIDEO CARD: Matrox G200
SOUND CARD: NONE
HD: Maxtor 7.2 GB
CD/CDR/DVD: Generic 36X
NIC(S): SMC EZ10/100 (two)
CASE: Antec (cant rember model)
MOUSE: Intellimouse Pro
KB: Gateway2000 KB
MONITOR: NONE
 
these things are all very loud, the room they are in sounds like someone is vaccuming constantly. hope you are entertained: )

Yeah, with all the fans I got in my Duron system, its loud. Im glad I dont leave that sucker open.
 
Im also painting my case, for the fact that I can make it look cool.

yea, 2001 gets ok scores, while 2000 get sh1ttier ones, i dunno what the prob is man

But does anyone know where i can get 3dmark 2001 cause i want to see if it gives me better scores, but eddie do you think we can tweak my computer a little i got that register compact but do you all think is there any tweaks in the winnt folder and any other folders?

For 3dmark2000/2001 go to http://www.madonion.com they created it.
As for the WINNT folder, I'd shy away from that one, mainly because that contains most of Win2k, and theres the major possiblility that you could screw something up if you're not careful.
 
Ahh, finally got some good heatsink compound--AMD approved too. Something by MicroSi, I really dont care what it is, but it works really good. Definitely good stuff.
 
Got X-Setup yet, pimpin, very good tweaks in there to optimize and suck out the most from your system.

i am in the process of download 3d mark 2001
right now but i figured there was something in the winnt folder thai could that would be like the startup and stuuf like that but thank you for the info

Your thinkin of the Registry, pimpin. I dont go there too much, just because like the WINNT file, you can screw your pc up. There are somethings as far as autorun features for startup that can be safely removed, however, using a tweaking utility, you can do that w/o risk and having to remember which registry key its under and then all the subkeys.
See what you get with both 3dmark 2000 and 2001. If you can hit pretty close to 3000 on 2001, you're doing very good.
On 2000, you should get close to 4600 w/o a problem, just get DX8 though, because 2001 needs it and 2000 will run better with it.

heres my ssystem specs not the biggest or baddest but runs unreal @ 54 fps @1024x780 with 32 bit color. good enough for now until i get money to buld a new one.
 
msi 6195 mainboard
amd athlon 600@663 stock heatsink and fan
352megs of pc 133
gainward tnt2 m64 32 meg @135 core 130 memory
26gig quantum fireball ict 08
52x cdrom and 8x dvd
holywood + decoder card
soundblaster live x-gamer
linksys 10/100 ethernet
3 extra sunon cooling fans
altec lansing ac54 4.1
gemstar 1770df 17inch monitor
toshiba pcx1100 cable modem
canon canoscan fb620u scanner
epson 480sxu printer
and way too many usb devices lol
im wating for amd to release their dual proc chipset to build again so i can try my hand at that since i've never built a dual proc system.hopefully serial ata will also be out by then also.
et in arcadia ego.

Thats not too bad considering what you've got. It amazing how "older" video cards like that and the Voodoo 3 series are still capable of running many games and a decent pace. I love my Voodoo 3 3000 AGP, that was my first real video card. That was when it was the card to have.
Yeah, Ive tweaked out and overclocked my system, and its just with a $100 Duron 800 and a $100 GeForce 2 MX. Never underestimate the cheap hardware, as its the biggest bang for the buck.
Its the knowledge that makes a 1GHz pc knock your socks off. Sure you can get the latest and greatest, but if you dont know how to unleash the power, you just blew some cash.

Oh, yeah, baby!! Got my case all painted.
I'll post some pics once I take them.

I have a GF2 GTS, and a 1.466 ghz Tbird after OC
 
but I just went out and bought a V3 3500 for 30 bucks. shipped.
 
gonna use it in a Linux box for my TV.
 
the Voodoo 3 is a card that everyone should have, if only as a spare. it's a robust card with many MANY drivers available to it, and tons of tweaks for it as well.