Right. With womble just getting his new PC sorted, Fisty having got yet ANOTHER motherboard, demon chuffed with his computer and i know half of you guys are also proud of your setups i thaught we could use this thread as a place to benchmark our pc's

of the top of my head i can only think of one simple way of doing it and thats with 3d Mark 2001. the latest version reports everything as being crap and there has been a bit of a scandel with companies like ati and nvidia trying to swindle results so 2001 is still used as the standard.

what to do - if you dont have 3d mark 2001 goto

http://download.com.com/redir?pid=5122338&merid=67585&mfgid=67585&edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3000-2121-5122338&ontId=2121<ype=dl_dlnow&lop=link&destUrl=%2F3001-2121-5122338.html

and get it (demon if you can edit that link for me so it just says 'here' it would be appreciated)

run the test on your setup. then reply back in here (a pic of the results score would be nice if you can manage it) reporting what setings you used (screen resolution and frequency) and the basics of your computer setup (cpu, ram graphics card etc) preferably with speeds (ie overclocked? and you have 2100 ram or 2700?)

if demon could make this sticky then we could keep a record and a mini SFH comparison guide to judge PC's on.

you may post results on here more than once but only if you have made a difference to your setup (ie upgraded the memory)

GL and HF

Athlon XP 2100 (FSB @ 133MHz)
712MB DDR400
60GB 7200rpm HDD
64MB GF4 MX440 Gfx Card   <---  Piece of sh*t...

i got between 5500 and 6000 - you can really see how havin a decent gfx card makes all the diff - thats definately gonna have 2 b my next purchase cos mines utter sh*te !!! I reckon a gf4 ti 4800 (only about £150 now) should get me up to the 10,000 mark almost... if i can afford it ill get it in a couple of weeks when i get my next pay cheque...