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Low 3DMark05 Score on 1st Homebuild rig

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October 18, 2006 4:52:20 PM

Sorry about posting this here, but I couldnt find specific answer for my problem in any of the threads i´ve read so far..... Little help would be much appreciated.

Well.... thing is, I got a score of 9621 on 3DMark05 running at 1024x768 noAA and no AF. Since this system is my first build ever maybe i missed something or made some unhappy combination or whatever, system specs are as follows:

Seveteam 420kw psu
AMD Atlhon64 3200+ Venice skt 939
Asus A8N-SLi Premium
Corsair ''cheapo'' Value 2x 1024MB DDR 400 DualCh
eVGA 7950 GX2

I believe that the "choke point" is the processor, but since 939 skts still support AMDs with 2 cores I may consider upgrading in the future.
I´ve been checking out some graphs here in TH vga charts and the score they reach is about 2k-3k greater than mine. I just wish someone could point out any faults I could´ve done. Thanks in advance

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October 18, 2006 6:23:59 PM

Aside from the CPU.....your next bottleneck is your ram...then omg, your PSU.
October 18, 2006 6:29:34 PM

Yeah that score is pretty damn low for a GX2, how ever i don't know enough about the rest of your components to advise you on what to do, but rest assured there is a problem and someone here knows how to fix it.
October 18, 2006 8:44:10 PM

Well, i agree about the memory. But my psu? Nivida recommends a 400kw for a single card and 500kw for sli (quad). What would happen if i get a more powerful psu? Would the card suck more energy and improve performance?

I´m comparing to the test ran by Tom´s Guide in which they used similar system specs than mine. Besides the Athlon FX-60 2.6ghz they used....
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