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Wheres my bottleneck?

Ranger07

Ranger07

Ranger07

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Hey all,

Just finished building my new comp and the performance doesnt seem as good as i hoped, I know i made a mistake buying the mobo as it wont overclock my q6600 past 2.7.

The spec is-

Abit fatality FP-9IN9
Q6600 @ 2.7
2x 8800 gtx's in sli- ocuk ones
ocz 6400 ram @ 880 4 4 4 12
ocz psu 700 watt
arctic freezer pro cooler

On 3dmark 05 im only getting 17100 with the cards in sli.
Sli disabled im getting 16210 on one card.
Surely 2x GTX's should get a better performance gain?

Playing Crysis on XP with the very high settings crack @ 1680x1050 res im getting between 21-50 fps with the average around 28. Does this sound about right? when i disable sli and play with one card the difference isnt all that much.
 
Cheers for the replies,

The hdd's are new, one running vista and one xp, all the tests were done on xp.

I'll have to check what driver im using but im sure its the latest one off the nvidia site.
 
Tute said:
I'm trying really hard not to sound like an arse here but you bought a Q6600 system with a pair of GTXs and only put them in a 650i board? :confused:

Was the budget really tight or something?
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I know, i had the mobo for a few months running a 8800gts 320mb, then Crysis came along and i realised i'd need some more power.

I think a new mobo is the way forward but should i wait for the new 780 chipset or do you reacon a decient 680 would be enough?
 
Seems i had the wrong drivers installed, its running much better with 169.09. Crysis is a lot smoother on the highest settings. averages well over 30 fps slowing down to 20 ish only at the big scenes.

I just cant decide weather to upgrade to a 680 chipset mobo now or wait for the new 780 at which point i suppose the gtx prices will have fallen dramatically allowing me to get 3 cards in sli, anyone have an opinon on the best way forward ?
 
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