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I own an AMD X2 4400+, my top score with it on 3dmark2005 is 5644.

On the Tomshardware CPU chart, they get a score of 6164. About 500 points higher using the same CPU.

I'm running on an A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, 2 gigs of ram, with slightly higher timing than the one used in the test project. (2.5 CAS instead of 2.0).

What exactly could be limiting my score so much, and should I be worried about it? I have extremely few start up programs.. just the one for my Razer mouse so I doubt i'm using up extra CPU cycles that would limit my score.

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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.

Reply to fishmahn

These are the CPU scores, not the total score which is quite heavy on the GPU.

The CPU tests run off the CPU only as far as I know (which explains the extremely low framerates on the CPU tests)

Reply to Arch00

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These are the CPU scores, not the total score which is quite heavy on the GPU.


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.

Reply to fishmahn

don't suppose your have 3dmark'06 as i get about 1600 for my cpu score in that.

Reply to Strangestranger

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

Reply to Arch00

I got a 1686 on 2006's CPU test.

Reply to Arch00

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I got a 1686 on 2006's CPU test.



I get 2011 :)

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

Reply to MadModMike

MMM don't you have an overclocked 165 at 2.6? oh and archoo if yours are low then im lower than you by 80 points. means i gotta go tes again.

Reply to Strangestranger

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I got a 1686 on 2006's CPU test.



I get 2011 :)

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

2086 for me.

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

Reply to Omerta

The CPU score is about 80% CPU and 20% GPU / drivers.

The 3DMark documentation indicates this. :P

I only get 2545 in '06:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=84767

However, only the 2nd CPU test uses four cores, the 1st one uses only two. :P (Task Manager graphs confirm this).

Reply to TabrisDarkPeace

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The CPU score is about 80% CPU and 20% GPU / drivers.

The 3DMark documentation indicates this. :P

I only get 2545 in '06:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=84767

However, only the 2nd CPU test uses four cores, the 1st one uses only two. :P (Task Manager graphs confirm this).



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1894183

But I have dual 7800 GTXs! And they only used a single 6800GT in the tests.

Reply to Arch00

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 :P

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

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 :P). Good thing I ain't losing that 8 MB to system memory... I'd really miss it. :roll:

(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

Reply to TabrisDarkPeace

is something wrong with my comp, i just ran 3dmark05 and got 10335 of which my cpu score was 4980. that about a thousand less than THG's and 500 less then arch00 :?

Reply to Strangestranger

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).

Reply to TabrisDarkPeace

damn 3dmark, im trying to compare but it doesn't show core/memory clocks for my card. i have noticed however that my sm 2.0 socre is usually lower than most. somethimes 200 or so marks. strange.

Reply to Strangestranger

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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Reply to TabrisDarkPeace

i have AA and AF set to application decide, AI is standard, mup-map detail is et to max qualtiy and adaptive AA is diabled. will go try it with max performancxe settings.

Reply to Strangestranger

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

Reply to TabrisDarkPeace

oops silly me. anyway i just ran the tests with the mip-map detail set to max performance and my 06 score jumped 113 to 5524 points. just goes to show never trust 3dmark scores too much as even with the same hardware, people can adjust the settings. still my comps average for my tech.

still don't know how THG got that cpu score for 05.

Reply to Strangestranger

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).

Reply to TabrisDarkPeace

I actually used to run dual 6800 GT's in SLI.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1885790

actually got a lower CPU score.

Reply to Arch00

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

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