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what 3d mark should the 8800 Gts be getting?

Nicfish

Nicfish

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My friend has just bought a 8800 gts but its not even hitting the 3000 mark. He has a Pentium 4 3.00Ghz but i wouldnt think it would bottleneck the card by that much. Also framerate in games isnt very impressive. Is there anything else i need to look at?

edit: specs are
Pentium 4 @ 3.00 ghz
1256 mb RAM
580w Hiper type R Powersupply
Inno 3d 8800gts @ stock speeds - 97.92 driver
Abit SG-95 mobo

on 3d mark 05
 
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Is he running 3DMark2006?

How much RAM does he have in his system?

What drivers is he useing?

Either way, I'd expect him to be getting between 6000 and 7500, even with a Pentium 4 in his system.
 
Yeah i just put the latest drivers on and he has 1.2 gig of mem. So im a bit confused. I used standard procedure of driver cleaner etc. I cant think of anything else.
 
  1. What 3dmark version?
  2. System specs help, believe it or not.
  3. pentium 4 and 8800gtx?, ive heard of cpu limited but that puts a new perspective on the picture.
  4. driver version?
Sounds like a psu-cant-deliver-enough-power problem, so the card caps how much power it draws.
 
3d mark 05
Pentium 4 @ 3.00 ghz
1256 mb RAM
580w Hiper type R Powersupply
Inno 3d 8800gts @ stock speeds - 97.92 driver
Abit SG-95 mobo
 
Is it a new install of windows or an old 1 ? what cards he come from and if its an old install of windows how many processes running ?
 
FOUND THE PROBLEM! The Cpu was idling at 88 degrees!!!!!!! Cpu fan wasnt attached properly. What should the CPU be idling at?
 
Nicfish said:
FOUND THE PROBLEM! The Cpu was idling at 88 degrees!!!!!!! Cpu fan wasnt attached properly. What should the CPU be idling at?
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:D LOL

Netburst is hot, but not that hot :p

Should be idling around 30-40c.
 
That 3Ghz P4 is a MASSHOOOSIVE bottleneck. Its slow as slow can be. Be lucky to break about 5 - 6k with that cpu. My 3dMark06 score is linked in sig.
 
with my current rig i get 12044 in 3d mark 05,with a bfg 8800gts and its a lot quieter than my last card which was an xfx 7900gt extreme, which when clocked using coolbits got to about 9500 3d marks when using optimal settings
 
setter said:
with my current rig i get 12044 in 3d mark 05,with a bfg 8800gts and its a lot quieter than my last card which was an xfx 7900gt extreme, which when clocked using coolbits got to about 9500 3d marks when using optimal settings
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Do you mean 3dmark06?
 
setter said:
with my current rig i get 12044 in 3d mark 05,with a bfg 8800gts and its a lot quieter than my last card which was an xfx 7900gt extreme, which when clocked using coolbits got to about 9500 3d marks when using optimal settings
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Ain't that a little slow?

I get 11968 with a x1950xt and an amd 4000+ @ 3010ghz
 
thats with everything at stock,just ran 3dm06 and got a score of 6136, would clocking the cpu improve score by much.
 
Im thinking it wont increase the mark by much, worth a try if yir carefull. It really needs cpu/mobo and memory upgrade to get the best out of it.
 
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