3dmark 05 - new build score is bad I think??

[Naux]

I have just completed my first selfbuild (pats self on back ). Everything is up and running fine. I do not have any experience of tweaking,overclocking etc

After reading a few threads about benchmarking your shiny new build etc I decided to run 3Dmark05 to see where I was.

The score I got was 5605 which was a bit lower than I thought I'd get

My spec is as follows:

E6300
Gigabyte GA-945P-S3
Gigabyte 7600GT
2MB Kingston Value Ram
HannsG 19" Widescreen DVI

Should I be higher??? If I'm doing something wrong where do I look???

Any help much appreciated

 

[Schnippzle]

Thing is about 05 is that its reeaaalllyyyy gfx card dependant if Im not mistaken....which is why I only get 5800

 

[melbourne720]

Thing is about 05 is that its reeaaalllyyyy gfx card dependant if Im not mistaken....which is why I only get 5800

You're not mistaken, if I'm not mistaken. 7600 GT is holding you back.

Just out of interest, what is the FSB of the motherboard, RAM timings, is the CPU at stock, temp of the GFX card, and most important of all... are you happy to overclock the graphics card a little?

 

[Naux]

You're not mistaken, if I'm not mistaken. 7600 GT is holding you back.

Just out of interest, what is the FSB of the motherboard, RAM timings, is the CPU at stock, temp of the GFX card, and most important of all... are you happy to overclock the graphics card a little?

I'm at work at the moment so I don't know the answer to all of those questions and I can't check.

CPU is at stock

Motherboards Specs

Brand GIGABYTE
Model GA-945P-S3
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type Socket T (LGA 775)
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Duo/Pentium D/Celeron
FSB 1066/800MHz
Supported CPU Technologies Hyper-Threading Technology
Chipsets
North Bridge Intel 945P
South Bridge Intel ICH7
Memory
Number of DDR2 Slots 4x 240pin DDR2
DDR2 Standard DDR2 667
Maximum Memory Supported 4GB
Dual Channel Supported Yes
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x16 1
PCI Express x1 3
PCI Slots 3
Storage Devices
PATA 1 x ATA100 up to 2 Devices
SATA 3Gb/s 4


Come to think of it how do I check the RAM timings & the temp of the Graphics card when I get home

I would not mind overclocking the graphics card a bit I suppose. Is it easy??

Cheers

 

[melbourne720]

I'm at work at the moment so I don't know the answer to all of those questions and I can't check.

Apologies

Come to think of it how do I check the RAM timings & the temp of the Graphics card when I get home

RAM timings: That would be in your BIOS - have an explore, lots of interesting settings.
Graphics card temp: The latest Nvidia Geforce drivers will have something on the NVidia control panel, or you could use the overclocking software I'm about to recommend.

I would not mind overclocking the graphics card a bit I suppose. Is it easy??

Cheers

Pretty much. Get 'Rivatuner', and have a play around with that. When you get to the overclocking tab in Rivatuner, select the 3d clocks and increase them slightly (a few percent or so, for core and memory), save, run 3d mark 05, make sure no artifacts (silly wrong coloured triangles or other stuff) note the score, then increase a little, then do it again.

Or look at the overclocking guides on this forum, who probably put it better.

 

[Naux]

RAM timings: That would be in your BIOS - have an explore, lots of interesting settings.
Graphics card temp: The latest Nvidia Geforce drivers will have something on the NVidia control panel, or you could use the overclocking software I'm about to recommend..

I just downloaded the latest Nvidia Geforce drivers. 91.47 I think. Will install tonight and have a look.

Pretty much. Get 'Rivatuner', and have a play around with that. When you get to the overclocking tab in Rivatuner, select the 3d clocks and increase them slightly (a few percent or so, for core and memory), save, run 3d mark 05, make sure no artifacts (silly wrong coloured triangles or other stuff) note the score, then increase a little, then do it again.

Or look at the overclocking guides on this forum, who probably put it better.

Thanks for the pointers. I've read some other 3Dmark 05 scores and I'm probably getting about the right score for my setup.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Thing is about 05 is that its reeaaalllyyyy gfx card dependant if Im not mistaken....which is why I only get 5800

Your sigs to big, only 4x lines of text allowed if theres no pic, and dear god get rid of that time bomb (Q-Tec), as it could go BOOM!!! at any moment taking your whole rig with it!!!

BE AFRAID!!!!

Welcome to the forums btw.

 

[melbourne720]

...dear god get rid of that time bomb (Q-Tec), as it could go BOOM!!! at any moment taking your whole rig with it!!!

BE AFRAID!!!!

Something tells me there ia few horror stories with this Q-Tec brand, yes?

 

[deadsquirrel]

Something tells me there ia few horror stories with this Q-Tec brand, yes?

really? what makes you say that?

 

[Alexrose1uk]

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[melbourne720]

ROFL

 

[Naux]

Installed new nvidia drivers and overclocked graphics card using the "auto-optimise facility" on gigabyte vtuner3

Score now at 6033...........