I noticed at the bottom of you're recent runs you've been
your head. Don't get frustrated and thx for being so active on the benchmarks.
If you need help tweaking the operating system or making tweaks to get benches to run faster, just post up a new thread in the Hwbot Discussion area and the guys would be more than happy to share some hints and tips.
Some Tips off the top of my head:
1) some 2d benches run faster if you change the windows theme to classic
2) shut down all unecessary processes including virus scanners and messengers
3) Open the app and then use cntl+alt+Delete to bring up the processes tab and kill the explorer.exe process. Once the benchmark is completed, hit cntrl+alt+delete again, new task-------- explorer.exe, this will bring the desktop back online.
4) there was another having to do with page files and stuff but I can't remember it.
Anybody else wanna chime in????????