I just ran 3d mark 2006 on the system in my sig. except only using one of the 7900 gt cards, I got a 4679 using the basic edition and default settings. Does that seem low? As far as drivers and stuff I've only installed the latest motherboard drivers from nvidias site (smbus and ethernet, not ide or nv firewall/active armor)and the latest graphics card drivers. Anyone have some ideas on things I could check?
The best comparison is game for game.
Two thirds of the 3DMark scores are extreme overclocks, that yes, while they do 'pass' the test and generate a score... the test was just garbled 3D images, and hypercolour textures, with registry hacks to lower texture (and possibly 'new' FSAA pattern) quality so low the whole polygon is just one blur of colour.
Until they build an artifact tester into 3DMark, it will be less useful for comparisons using the Online Result Browser.
Even now websites only use it for 'system to system' comparisons and do not use the results in ORB.
Is the system slow in the games you play ?, or do people these days have a 3DMark 05/06 server they join so they can sit around 'benchmarking' [cough Futuremark cough] while not engaging in tactical combat ?
It is for these reasons Futuremark has shamed ORB, while 'MadOnion' tried to make it something useful.