New Dell9200, 8800GTX - 3DMARK06

Hi

Got a new pc Dell9200, 8800GTX, Intel Quad 2.4, 4GB ram (3 seen by vista).

3dmark06 of 11,112

Q: Is this acceptable/ok/good??

I have noone else to ask - and im lonely, kidding, hehe

Yeah thats good. Overclock your processor to 3GHz and you should hit 12000 i'd think.

Which driver for the 8800? If your using the Dell driver it's from 6/28/07.

I bet he paid somewhere in the ball park of $6000 for that system. My $600 system gets 4000 on 3DMark06. That would make it 1/10 of the price, and only about 1/3 of the score.

I'd drool with that kind of cash to build my own system. I'd tour each company, see the guys at Zalmann, sip champagne and smoke cigars (lit with 100$ bills of course) while I build it. Maybe rub elbows with Bill Gates, hobnob around town, probably have two hookers for the whole night helping me build it while drinking a case of Henessey... and still have a cheaper/better/faster system, and a huge hangover... Well, cheers kid, you only live once!

Seriously, next system just post to Tom's and you could have 2 systems for that price with better components and no crapware installed (although I heard they are cutting back on that with the XPS line).

Now that is funny!!!!

It is like the ultimate geek dream!!! But I would maybe trade the Henessey for some vintage Port!!

I don't believe that. At the default res and settings there is no way that your system can get 12,200 in 3DMark06. My system (see sig) doesn't get 12k. My score hovers around 11,600-11,900. That's with an additional 2GB RAM and an Ultra. I can't see a moderate CPU overclock doing THAT much.

bish-ireland: Your scores are pretty good. I have seen a lot of GTX systems barely getting 10k with an overclocked dual core. Tweaking your RAM might add a little (usually neglibile). OC your CPU if you need to. Which GTX do you have? Quite a few come OC'ed from the factory. 3DMark isn't the end all for judging performance, it's not even a very good way to judge between different systems. However, it's pretty good if you are trying to find out if your OCing and tweaking have yielded any improvement on your OWN system.

ROFL

Yes that would be great but why get only 2 hookers when you can get more.

Seriously... who CARES about 3Dmark, it's irrelevant as far as performance is concerned. If you want to measure your system's performance install fraps and a game, then use it's benchmark tool to tell how well it performs.

No,no it's true. Well, almost. Here's a pic of it:

I think your score is a bit low...But hey, 3dmark doesn't really mean everything. But it does mean something if it is more than 5000points apart.

Yeah, I don't buy it either, give us a link.

I did. Look up.

I guess the main part is vista and xp. I suppose you get a better score in xp. Figures.

I think the 720 H2C is user overclockable. I have a Dimension 8400 and 4700 and neither one can be overclocked. I'm pretty sure the 9200 can't be either.

edit: Dell themselves overclocks the DDR2-800 RAM to 1066 and they do the same for the CPU on the highest level H2C, but I'm not sure if the user can go in and mess with the settings. To be honest, I really don't know definitively about the newer systems.

What's with this, calling people liars on these forums????

I mean someone also called me a liar yesterday because I said I got 7000 with 2 7600GTs in SLI.

I put a post to prove, which kinda borthered me, but I kind a figured that the person did not really mean to call me a liar.

The thing that I guess that I dont understand is, is this such a problem on this forum with people lying about their 3DMark06 scores.

I would think that it would be more appropriate to ask someone with an atypical score what their configuration is. You can alway go and check if similar system get the same score.

Anyways just a thought
BTW I just re tested under Vista before my upgrade to an 8800GTX and still got a 7071 :-)

People buy Dells because they don't have the time, patience or the know-how to do it themselves. Dell provides jobs for thousands of people so you shouldn't complain.

I'm looking at the list you linked to, and it just serves to boost my confidence that the score claimed isn't possible.

#18 Looks very close to OP's config, except that he runs an OC'ed GTX, but only scores 11411

#9 beats your score using the same components, but #9's components are HEAVILY OCed.

What's with people lying on these forums, why attempt to impress a bunch of strangers with unbelievable scores. If they were more realistic, people would tend to believe you without proof. If your going to make wild claims, then you should automatically provide "proof". I would believe you if I knew your GTS was OC'ed to high hell! What clocks are you running on it?

Thanks for clarifying your system specs. 650MHz on your core clock is 30% higher than a standard 8800GTS, so with this new information I retract my previous comments.

Hum... 11K sounds good for non-oc stuff...
I do 13028 with a e6850@3.825 and a 8800GTX@644/2000. It's a lot cheaper to build it myself than buy it from Dell... (and more fun//
3Dm06 is very sensitive to the number of cores and the speed of them... which is also going to be more and more true in games... (I just bought lost planet...4 cores are better than 2 for this game...supreme commander also...more will come...)

Best regards,

how'd you get the gts that high? (or is it normal?)

Dell was good, like 5-10 years ago. Many think the Monitors are still good.

Ill jsut say now, the difference using my 7950gx2 going from vista back to XP on 3dmark06 was close to 2k points.

Atm I get just over 11k points, however my resolution only runs at 1280x720, rather then 1280x1024. 0.3mp's, it should n'tmake too much of a difference at all, maybe 1k at most.

Also btw, Dell may not appeal to you, but that doesnt mean they arent any good just becuse you dont think they are. I think youll find the ratio of people who build their own PC's comapred to those who buy from companys is very much in Dells favor, and the ratio of overclockers compared to non overclockers, is completly in their favor.