Low 3dmark score on my rig :( Why?

I think your cpu is holding your system back. It is not the fastest cpu, and it lacks multicore technology. Please tell me what is your cpu score. If its below 2000 you should consider upgrading your cpu. Anyway you should not rely on this please look at Toms Hardware vga charts. Your GPU is good, but i don't understand why you didn't buy the 640MB version.

10,700 with a 8800gts 320mb its pretty nice. The reason why the number is high is because of your core 2 quad Q6600 overclocked. The bottleneck is the CPU. My computer gets 11,800 with a Q6600 Stock speed and 8800GTX. I think that if i overclock my cpu i can reach 13000 to 15000.

redwinedrummer youre right the ATHLON 64 5200+ is a X2, Dual core. Anyway i think the cpu is holding down the system. The culprit is not 4GB of ram, because i have that, in my Vista 32Bit and it doesn't present lack of performance. My pc displays 3.25GB (i Have installed 4GB) of Ram because it allocates 768MB of my 8800GTX, and my 3DMARK 06 is of 11,800.

Hi,

Thanks for all your replies!

Yes I forgot to add the CPU is of course dual core. The 4gb thing in Vista is correct, it only lists as 3.2gb in system information. But thats no mystery, Vista's memory management reserves memory such as PCI and graphic devices - so 3.2gb sounds about right.

To be honest I have had the system a few months now, and only just started getting into overclocking it. Been busy (i know thats no excuse).

I will get a CPU score this evening and let you guys know and also get a list of all the frequencies from ntune or the bios.

Cheers

Dank_army

Okay, bit of an update - and more 3dmarks!

I just realised that the last 3dmark bench I did was with dual montitor setup and the second monitor was activated but turned off

Just ran again and got the following results:

3dMark score : 8240
SM2.0 Score: 3802
HDR/SM3.0 Score: 3724
CPU Score: 1936

So is my CPU bottlenecking the system? I have recently had it up to 2.9ghz air cooled. What kind of marks should I expect with this overlock?

Regards

Dank_Army

martinette: you're way off:

your system does not display 3,25gb because you have a gtx, it simply can not use more ram because it is a 32-bit system wich has that limit. put in a 1 mb pci card and it will still say 3,25gb memory.

also those systems do not average at 6000-7000 points, they do the same as his. you where right in one sentence: your system is fine. (and indeed, c2d cpu's score much higher in 3dmark)

also tricks as lowering the resolution of the desktop is from the time whe used windows 95...... with current cards it will not make a noticeable difference...

and overclocking your quad gives you maybe 15.000 3dmarks? don't think so......... just try it, before you make statements here.

*Ahem* 15,000 with a 8800GTX? 15,000?!...Thats low....jk I've seen 17000

It can only use around 3.2gb of ram, no more though. Even if it sais its using it by all definition it shouldnt be. Unless you're 64bit of coarse.

dank_army you're probably better off spending around £70 and getting a 65nm AMD X2. Not only will it increase your CPU score, but it may remove any bottlenecks from your system, I cant see a single core CPU being enough for a 8800gts..

Just remember, 3Dmark06 is the only way to tell if your system will do your daily tasks fast enough, like word processing and email.



Is it just me? But I underclocked my 8800gts 640 to 100/250 to save energy and OC only when I play games that need it. I should 3D mark it underclocked.

@martinete: I'm not sure what "research" you have done, but the fact of the matter is that Vista 32bit cannot use more than 3.2gigs of ram. Also, the GTX doesn't use VRAM, so you're wrong there too.

VRAM is so out dated. its GDDR RAM




(Same thing)

Well with the new 500+ black edition coming out he might want to consider it. It's a cheap way to hit great OCes.

One thing I also note is the 8800 series in Vista. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't NVIDIA still have driver issues with Vista?