Poor 3d mark score + very hot northbridge

[S7rider]

Hi guys, im just been benchmarking my xfx 6800gs xxx ed

now i got a score of 2585, does that seem low? on 3dmark06

other thing is, i bought one of those zalman northbridge coolers, as ive heard that the Asus A8N-SLi Deluxe northbridge fan usually conks out after a while, now i was checking the seating of the gc, and brushed the heat sink, and it was freeking hot!

is this normal?

Thanks guys

 

[Whappers]

2500 3d 06' marks seems about right for a xfx 6800gs xxx ed GFX card.

Well it is normal for gfx cards to run quite hot especially if you are running very graphically demanding programs such as 3d Mark 06'. So is probably just normal.

As for your CPU, is there any way that you can get the temperature of it?

Whappers

 

[S7rider]

OK... this is really odd.. i just ran the test again, and this time its scored 1452, but ive checked out the system details, and it says that the core is clocked to 11.3mhz? its meant to be 480+ whats going on? any way to change this?

 

[Combat squirrel]

its not really runningn at 11.3mhz my gt does to apparently, its a bug in 3dmarks graphics engine

 

[megatron]

i bought one of those zalman northbridge coolers... and brushed the heat sink, and it was freeking hot!

The zalman is passive and will no doubt be hotter than an active part, although infinitely quiter. You could try putting a case fan pointing at the zalman.

 

[S7rider]

cheers for the replys, thing is, how come its only scoring 1400 now? i just done understand it, ive got 2 gigs gskill, 3700+

ive tried overclocking it and it then registers the stock frequencys, but its still scoring less... i stumped

 

[S7rider]

Anyone please? its scoring around 1000-1300... according to the clock rates, its at stock, but according to 3dmark its not... and its reflecting on the results

any ideas? anyway of "reseting the card" not that i have softmodded it at all

 

[Insanity]

You havent somehow turned AA on and/or AF (or possibly Vsinc ) in the drivers, have you?

If you have, set em back to application controlled.