3d mark 06 question..

[Bad Ass]

Ok, having just built this machine I was wondering what it was capable of.

my kit is as follows
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTO 512mb
Gigabyte 965P-S3 mobo
2gig of crucial PC5300

this was my results
3DMark Score 4508 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 1915 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 1900 Marks
CPU Score 1376 Marks

Detailed Test Results

Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon 15.367 FPS
2 - Firefly Forest 16.544 FPS

CPU Tests
CPU1 - Red Valley 0.44 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 0.689 FPS

HDR Tests
1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0) 17.056 FPS
2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0) 20.948 FPS

Feature Tests
Fill Rate - Single Texturing N/A
Fill Rate - Multi Texturing N/A
Pixel Shader N/A
Vertex Shader - Simple N/A
Vertex Shader - Complex N/A
Shader Particles (SM 3.0) N/A
Perlin Noise (SM 3.0) N/A

Batch Size Tests
8 Triangles N/A
32 Triangles N/A
128 Triangles N/A
512 Triangles N/A
2048 Triangles N/A
32768 Triangles N/A


now, can someone just explain what this all means? as I've just got back from work and my brain is fried taa

 

[Bad Ass]

and also if this is a pants result, what do i do to get things quicker?the card is overclocked from stock, and I havn't a clue how to overclock so I wouldn't like to havea go myself, but i can fiddle with settings is someone tells me how to do it

 

[Bad Ass]

ok well there's one guy who ive just foound with exactly the same gear as me, except i have the overclocked 7900GT and he has the standard.

however his FSB on his mobo is 450Mhz as opposed to my 266Mhz

also there's this
......................... mine.................... his
CPU Name.......... 2136 MHz...........3597 MHz
CPU String........Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz


I don't know about the CPU name thingm but thats saying to me he's done something. Putting two and two together I'm presuming thats linked to the FSB (whatever that is) !!!

I'm so confused and I still have no idea what I'm looking at? but what i do know is that even though we've got the same gear he's running his pc faster..
help!!!!!

 

[Bad Ass]

what advantage would I get from doing that, and is it relitively (sp) safe , well as safe as overclocking may be?

would I notice that bigger difference in performance if i done that?

at the end of the day I've just spend a shed load of cash on my new pc, and want to get my moneys worth out of it

 

[Bad Ass]

I live in dussindale mate, how come you from norwich?

 

[Bad Ass]

hehe, I have a friend who lives in mulbarton, she sometimes works in the pub when she's not at uni. small world

so what do you think to my post above about the cpu, or getting the most out of my comp?

 

[Bad Ass]

ok well not knowing anything about overclocking at all, would i get a noticeable difference fromfrom games etc by overclocking the cpu (i presume this would also have something to do with the FSB)

also isit easy to do as I havn't a clue in all honesty

 

[Bad Ass]

ok ill give that a try, next thing how does the mark that you get, correspond on a poor to great scale is there such a thing and what would you consider a good mark?

 

[Bad Ass]

ok so, I've just tried to install the coolbits option. it didn't bring anything new on the display properties. So I uninstalled all nvidia drivers with driver cleaner pro.

The installed the latest nvidia drivers 91.47 forceware. then installed the coolbits hack.

nothing again, am i doing something really stupid?

 

[Bad Ass]

this is just the thing, i go right click on desktop> properties>settings>advanced and there is only general/adapter/monitor/troubleshoot/colour management/geforce 7900GT/GTO, of which the geforce 7900GT/GTO has got not a lot in it apart from a button that says start the NVIDIA control panel, which is to do with the nvidia drivers, but no coolbits part to it