I know the dual core 6400 wilts in the face of competition from some of Intel's faster quads, but I am getting, literally, one frame per second during the CPU test for 3DMark06. I don't put much stock in synthetics (real world apps/games are performing well), so I'm not losing sleep over it, but I am curious as to why AMD's fastest dual core is failing so spectacularly. Any ideas?
Even my QX9650 at 3.6 ghz gets 1-3 fps in Red Valley. Its an intense test that loads the CPU to the max. My old FX60 only got 1-2 fps, so your 6400+ isn't doing bad at all in this particular test.
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Ever since I upgraded to my Q6600, even running it stock, I got 1-2fps. But the difference here is, that benchmark went faster then I'm usually used ta.
I remember running that on my P4 and E4400, it took longer to run, and actually thought.. did it lock up?
I'm pretty happy with my Quad, even though my MB wouldn't work with Q9450/9550.
Message edited by Grimmy on 04-12-2008 at 08:29:34 PM
I get 1-3fps on Q6600@3.6ghz. The cpu test on 3dmark06 uses large number of AI simulating threads, and is supposed to be extremely taxing.
At 4ghz i've hit 4 fps with my q6600 in the test 2.
So yeah, 1 fps is normal for a dual core AMD.
With my 5000+/ASUS crosshair o/c'd to 3150 it does 1 fps. Peaks at 2 with my e8400.
