Really low 3dmark06 score - ideas?

benlanky · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:22

Hi

Just installed my shiny new 8800gts 320mb and ran 3dmark 06 to see how much better it was. Old score (with x1800xt) was 4830, new score is 8557 (details here http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2752685 ) which is better, but not as much as I'd have thought.

The strange thing was the cpu results, which were terrible for a C2D at 3ghz.

Now I know that 3dmark scores aren't that important, but the performance in games isn't as good as I'd hoped, as it was a pretty big (and expensive) upgrade to the gfx

So, any ideas what might be wrong or what I can try to sort it out?

Thanks

melbourne720 · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:32

Looks fine, stop moaning

. Clock the 8800 if you want, remember the GPU goes up in 27MHz jumps.

truebluecfc · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:38

I get that score when my 8800 GTS 640MB is at stock, try overclocking and your see a fairly large score increase.

benlanky · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:41

Really, surely it should be higher than that at stock though?

Out of interest, in 3dmark01 I get 38938 - I got 37369 with my x1800xt!!

Is ati tool the best option for overclocking?

truebluecfc · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:43

benlanky said:
Really, surely it should be higher than that at stock though?

Not a lot of difference between a 320GTS and a 640GTS at 1280x1024.

benlanky · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:51

truebluecfc said:
Not a lot of difference between a 320GTS and a 640GTS at 1280x1024.

No offence, I meant mine should be higher, not yours

Oh well, roll on Bioshock...

lee87 · 15 Aug 2007 at 21:55

When I had my C2D at around 3ghz and my 8800gts at stock I got about the same score (8500). When I overclocked the Graphics card I managed to get it up to 11000.

I find ATI tool the best for overclocking.

truebluecfc · 15 Aug 2007 at 22:00

benlanky said:
No offence, I meant mine should be higher, not yours

Oh well, roll on Bioshock...

Dont worry, i was saying our cards should perform the same at that res and was assuring you that your scores fine as its the same as i got.

benlanky · 15 Aug 2007 at 22:07

lee87 said:
When I had my C2D at around 3ghz and my 8800gts at stock I got about the same score (8500). When I overclocked the Graphics card I managed to get it up to 11000.

I find ATI tool the best for overclocking.

Thanks, at least it shows there's nothing wrong. That's quite a decent improvement too :cool:

ati tool here I come

cells · 16 Aug 2007 at 03:46

that score is fine, my GTX slightly overclocked just passes 11k on 3dmark06

Corasik · 16 Aug 2007 at 10:07

benlanky said:
Really, surely it should be higher than that at stock though?

Out of interest, in 3dmark01 I get 38938 - I got 37369 with my x1800xt!!

Is ati tool the best option for overclocking?

3DMark01 puts a lot more weight on the CPU score, and memory bandwidth. Increasing cpu FSB on my old P4 rig used to add thousands to my 3DMark01 score.

To be honest, im not surprised that there is only a slight difference between an X1800xt and a Geforce 8800GTS320 in 3DMark01. Its a very obsolete benchmark.

benlanky · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:35

Fair point, I just ran 3dmark 01 to see if it brought similar results to 06, which it did. I managed to run HL2.1 with everything maxed out though, so it's still good

Bring on Bioshock, Crysis etc....

cells - I thought I'd seen somewhere that people were getting about 15000 with gtx's? I was expecting about 11000 with my gts, but maybe I was expecting a bit too much.

truebluecfc · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:45

benlanky said:
I was expecting about 11000 with my gts, but maybe I was expecting a bit too much.

Yes ... a lot, 8500 is about right although when you overclock your notice you can get over 10k+ fairly easily.

benlanky · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:51

Fair enough, this is overclockers after all

Any idea where there's an 8800 clocking guide? The search function is down.... or shall I just load ati tool and get on with it, I haven't used it for about a year

helmutcheese · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:57

It wont keep clocks but use ATI Tool to set speed and stress test them, you can save clocks, fan speed and turn of both OpenGL and Direct3D Sync Locks in Rivatuner, esp good if you have a LCD with low HZ.

http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

truebluecfc · 16 Aug 2007 at 13:57

No guide needed tbh, pretty straight forward. I got mine at 650/2000.

benlanky · 16 Aug 2007 at 14:28

Excellent, riva tuner and ati tool both downloaded, I'll get on with it tonight.

It is a low hz lcd, some Sony 19" thing I 'borrowed' from my brother about a year ago

650/2000 would be nice, let's hope I can get it that high.

Thanks

V|per · 16 Aug 2007 at 15:04

benlanky said:
cells - I thought I'd seen somewhere that people were getting about 15000 with gtx's? I was expecting about 11000 with my gts, but maybe I was expecting a bit too much.

15k

i wish

People aren't getting 15k with ultras...

i get 13k with my gtx at 660/2080, and my c2d at 3.8ghz...

mattyrigby00 · 16 Aug 2007 at 15:08

that score is normal/correct... the people who get the "highest scores per hardware" are people who overclock to 5ghz and have to run it 20 times before it reaches the end without crashing.

truebluecfc · 16 Aug 2007 at 15:16

mattyrigby00 said:
that score is normal/correct... the people who get the "highest scores per hardware" are people who overclock to 5ghz and have to run it 20 times before it reaches the end without crashing.

or have SLI :rolleyes: