Confused on how my new 7800GT should perform

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I just got a 7800 GT to go with a new A8N Deluxe motherboard and was wondering on performance. I haven't been paying attention to any form scores/benchmarks for a while now so dont really know what to expect.

On defaults (nothing overclocked - only thing i've changed is 1T/2T command to 1T) i get 6655 in 3DMark05. This is with driver set to defaults and same for 3DMark. Is this normal?

Haven't run any game benchmarks but should the following run ok at my given settings or am i CPU limited for example:

Farcry - 1280x1024, 4XAA, 8XAF, everything set to Very High. Runs ok i guess, slows down a fair bit in the jungle though.

Doom 3 - 1280x1024, 4XAA, 8XAF, everything set to High. Same as above, seems to stick to 60FPS most times, drops a bit though. timedemo 1 gave 50 FPS at the settings listed here.

I run Vsync for games, turned it off (or defaulted to app choice) for 3DMark though.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thanks!

 

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800 more for a slightly faster CPU and gfx card. Mine seems ok i guess.?

Wow. Those COD2 benchmarks 2 are scary. Looks like i'm getting about what i should then?

Yeah, i installed the latest ForceWare, nForce drivers and DX9.

Thanks!

 

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Not sure its running as it should to be honest. COD2 averages about 30fps at 1280x1024, High detail, 4xAA, 8AF. Does that sound right?

 

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Does anyone know what / how i run the COD2 tests on my PC that the link in that Firing Squad article use? Be interesting to check for myself!

Still not sure about FarCry. 1280x1024, 4XAA, max aniso with maximum detail (no HDR though) and its a bit sluggish in some jungle bits.