I wouldn't worry about 3DMARK too much, it doesn't mean much in games. My 3DMark03 score is 6800 and something IIRC (See sig) but I can run all of my games at full wack, and thus it doesn't bother me.
Performance in my games bothers me more than 3DMARK performance.
I know what you mean ....... 29fps average in FS9 locked at 30....... the only real improvement can come from the guys at FSGS.