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Built a new system and comparing benchmarks with other like systems in Sandra and 3dMark06 it is lagging well behind. I have come here for some help. Every thing in the bios is Load optimized accept FSB change to 228 for overcloak.

Scoring: 8614 Marks
SM 2.0: 3930
SM 3.0: 3770
CPU Score: 2160


Video Drivers: 158.22
Nforce chipset drivers: 9.35
Latest bios

System:

OC'd to 2860mhz (228 by 12.5) @ 1.35v IDLE temp 38c MaxLoad 59c.
AMD X2 4800+ Brisbane (65nm) (AC Freezer 64 Pro )
Abit AN9 32X Nforce 590 SLI (not the fatality)
4 gigs of G.Skill PC6400 ram; timing 4-4-3-5 (system auto at 5-5-5-15- 2T)
PNY Geforce 8800gts 320mb (defualt clocks)
SB Audigy
2x 160g Samsung 8mb cache SataII running in Strip set.


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