noob alert! is my 8800gtx bad?

I am a tad new at all this so i thought i would seek the help of some more experienced fellows The problem is I cant seem to get a score on 3dmark06 higher than 6800, running 8800gtx at stock speeds. This is the total score, not just the score for the card :-/. Also using a dual core processor (though it is a pentium d 930, not a c2d) somone told me this might be a limiting factor, but i thought the cpu and gpu scores on 3dmark06 were calculated seperately?

I've tried everything i can think of, even swapping the card between different pci-e slots on the evga 680i, but it's still the same. I've got the latest drivers from nvidia, 97.92 i believe. Anyone got any bright ideas?

incase it helps, the rest of the components i'm using are:

tagan 900w psu
pentium d 930 3.0ghz
corsair 2gb 6400c4pro @2.1v 4-4-4-12
1 x 250gb sata-ii hdd
evga 680i mainboard
pioneer ide dvd/rw
antec 900 case

your running a pentium D with a 8800gtx????


Hahaha, a Pentium cant even take a 8800gtx to half its potental, so 6000 is normal.

If you want full potential from that card, you need a E6700 or better

I'm running an 8800gts 640mb with a pentium d 940 and I get over 7100 in 3d mark 06. You're score does seem like it is low. The gts is bottlenecked by my cpu but I would expect that the gtx would get slighty higher marks.


Marc