bad score on 3dmark06

[Scrott901]

hi all just built my new pc and benchmarked it yesterday, however my score was only 4706!! my old machine which was sh*t scored 38** something!
i have mb asus p5n-d
cpu core 2 duo e6550
8600gt 256mb
ocz 2ghz 800mhz ram
sata western digital 250gb hdd
and i have it plugged into my 27" hd tv through hdmi

any help to make it better???

ps have installed latest drivers and have not overclocked it yet


cheerz xxx

 

[danatmason]

hey,
assuming you're using the default settings for 3dmark, that score looks about right. I had that card w/athlon x2 4000+ oc'd to 2625 mhz and 2GB of DDR2800 and I got around that as well. If you have the 8600gt with GDDR3 memory, you can overclock like crazy and get scores in the mid to high 5000's. I hit 5700 by overclocking my 8600gt to the SSC speeds eVGA uses. But that card isn't really going to get that much better. Hope this helps.

 

[Scrott901]

thanks for help! just fort it would be better then that lol

 

[dagger]

That score sounds about right. 8600gt is a bad card. My 8800gts 512mb get slightly above 15k. The difference is that big. You can see benchmarks on Tomshardware.