CPU Chart 3DMark2005 stats vs My CPUs stats

Isn't 3dmark05 pretty GPU oriented more than CPU oriented?

And the RAM timings could make some difference, though I doubt that much either.

Mike.

Ok, that took care of that possibility...

In that case I don't know... Hopefully someone else will have some possibilities - I'm not much into benchmarks except to see if the PC works.

Mike.

I actually haven't ran it yet, I'll give it a try.

I get 2011

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

I get 2011

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

2086 for me.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=222608

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Maybe the (more recent - GeForce 7000 series) drivers offload some functionality to the CPU(s), or 2nd core, to boost frame rate, detail, etc and that affects the CPU score a little.

Wouldn't surprise me at all.

ATI have Catalyst AI, and it has 3 settings, it can boost frame rates a good 20% or so at times. 8O

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Just wait until Friday afternoon

My laptop (Presario V2400) will have far more 3D performance than my Opteron 270 (quad-core)...

As I am taking the Opteron 270 back to the onboad ATI Rage XL - 8 MB. (The system memory is faster than the onboard video memory ). Good thing I ain't losing that 8 MB to system memory... I'd really miss it.

(Laptop has ATI Radeon Xpress 200M single channel, shared with system memory 8O )

So soon my score in most of the 3DMark series will be zero, as the GPU won't let any of the tests run.

Less gaming = More coding. 8)

PS: If we are looking at '05 my CPU result is: 7374

ATI chipset drivers are the first thing that comes to my mind looking at your board.

A mainboards chipset performance / drivers will affect 3DMark scores, and even general performance, significantly. Maybe not significantly enough to notice unless you sit at each given configuration for 4+ hours each, but it's there.

Which Video Card are you running ?

If it is an ATI card, What ATI Catalyst Control Centre settings are in use ? (eg: CATALYST AI level, Is Anisotropic filtering forced, Is [Temporal] FSAA forced, Is Gemetry Instancing enabled ?, etc, etc).

What ATI Catalyst Control Centre settings are in use ? (eg: CATALYST AI level, Is Anisotropic filtering forced, Is [Temporal] FSAA forced, Is Gemetry Instancing enabled ?, etc, etc).

Try forcing Texture / MipMap quality to High Performance.

Try settings CATALYST AI to Standard or Advanced.

Confirm latest mainboard chipset and video card drivers are installed correctly.

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You forgot to mention Geometry Instancing and High-Quality (transparency) filtering.

nVidia video drivers don't hit the CPU as hard (as the ATI drivers do) during those CPU tests.

Whack in a GeForce 6800 GT/GS and see for yourself.

ATI have done very interesting things in their driver, since day one.

Catalyst AI is what sparks my suspicions, try turning it off, see if CPU score rises more (with same settings).

I used to run 6800GS's in SLI and they beat a stock x1900XT when they're @ 515/1250 each.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time