Why is my 3dmak score so low (8800gts (g92)

This is the best score i have gotten WHY

Vista- 64 bit


Asus- A8N32-SLI-Deluxe

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400

Asus - NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (G92)

2- W/D SATA 2 Hard Drives Raid o

Corsairs 3200- 4 sticks of ram(1 gig each)

Auzen X-FI™ Prelude 7.1 sound card


Antec True (TB) 480 watt -


CoolerMaster's Real Power M850 Modular is ordered
All Games are ruining Fine even Crysis

Main test results
3DMark Score 7904 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 3600 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 4286 Marks
CPU Score 1489 Marks

**** cpu... overclock that shiz

I will give it a go now in the bios never done O/C before
Thanks Guys

Did you use any fancy "auto-overclock" or speed boosting whatever crap? If you did, dump it. Those fancy overclocking things generally cause more harm than good.

Try over clocking one more time.go to your ram settings, drop the settings so the ram runs at 333 instead of 400. then try over clocking in implements of 5. I have a very similar setup as you with the same cpu, 4 gig of pny value ram vista home premium, 2 wd raptors., and an HD2900XT. i have my proc OC'd to 2508 and can get it to just over 2600 no problem. one note also make sure you change your cpu voltage also. gotta feed its need for power when you OC. i keep my voltage at 1.425 *1.5 if i go to a OC of 2600* . with the system running at 2.5 ghz i consistently get 9200 in 3dmark06 and if i take it to 2.6ghz and OC my vid card to 820 core and 925 ram i can get over 10K in 3dmark06. the system runs stable at these higher settings but i don't want to shorten the life of my cpu TOO much.lol One thing to remember also, don't fret over your ram being at a lower speed when you change it. with AMD's onboard memory controller the speed of it is raised as you raise the clock on your cpu. Hope this helps.

Get the 850W PSU and see what happens. That is one of your issues. That CPU can be clocked WAY higher. Look into OCing it, get a good cooler and fine a guide to OCing your model.

It is overkill but he is better off with that than a 480W

Yeah 850W is overkill. I'd say 550W from a good quality brand such as Corsair or a 600W+ from a lesser known brand.

Upgrade to a q6600 or a e8400 if your hell bent on seeing high 3damrk06 scores.

I was not intending to imply that at all mate, but as a (I hope ) happy 8800GTS user you might be serving the OP better if you were to reinforce how much power not is needed, orders can be cancelled/changed. I never noticed before , but I can see the similarity, now where did I put that cigar?

Thinking of a upgrade now
Motherboard - Asus striker 2
CPU - intel Quad q6600
Ram - OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4x1GB

i am a sucker for all things fast LOL

you should be getting a higher cpu score than that. I have my 3800+ x2 at stock settings and I get 1500+. I keep it overclocked to 2.5 (from 2.0) and get ~1900. try overclocking again... you might get some more life out of your setup.

1. lower your HTT to x4 instead of x5 so you will be running at 800 instead of 1000

2. lower your memory speed to 333. Make sure your timings are set to the ddr 400 timings.

3. if your system crashes, raise your voltage to the cpu a little. I wouldn't recommend going above 1.45V unless you have really good cooling. I keep mine at 1.4 (I think) for an easy overclock of 2.5 Ghz.

4. Monitor your temps from time to time. if temps get to 65 deg C, you need to lower your cpu voltage (which may mean lowering your clock speed)

good luck

oh, and 1 other thing. have you downloaded the athlon64 x2 drivers? also, the athlon64 x2 optimizers.

Chances are that unless there is a driver bug, if he is getting low scores here it means he won't be getting good framerates in games either, at least not what he could (or should) be getting.

Superb, sharp and concise. Now if you could just jazz it up a little, some dancing girls and fireworks for starters, with maybe an air display or some such.

10/10. Good job!

...Flux...Capacitor adjustment???

Your processor is the issue…

I get 11900 with the Sig below, Vista64.
-The Q6600 scores about 3500 - 3600.