3DMark 06 Score WTF?!

Just bought my brand new 3870 and...
My 3DMark 06 score : 6200 ????

How is this possible?

My specs:
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 HT 3.20GHz
Sapphire Radeon 3870 512MB ( single slot blue edition)
MBO Fatal1ty AAX8E
Crucial Balistix 4-4-4-12 4GB ( shows 3.25GB)
Seageate 250GB and Seagate 150GB
Direct X 9.0c
Samsung 22" and 19"

I can't believe I got so low score...

I thought thats whats going on...
Do u have any sugesstions which CPU would fit fatal1ty mbo and be fast...
THX!

About your last statement, yes, your SM2/3 scores will change, even to say to a good extent if your cpu score goes up as well. @ OP BTW is HT enabled? Not sure if it'll make a difference though...I know the HT deal wasn't all that great of a technology...

yup, cpu is the issue.. A quad will get about 4000

Reminds me a a situation at work. I have two computers that I run automated cad apps on. We process thousands of drawings. I have a P4 3.2ghz and a core 2 6550. The P4 will take 1 hour what the core2 does in 15 mins !

Thats just a very few points over my 2 1/2 year old Optron 146 w/ 7900GT systems on my LAN (see my profile,have 7 on LAN).

Moving one to a 6000+ w/8800GTS (g92) gave me 12K score...everything stock.

I though it was the FATAL1TY 650i SLI motherboard

No. Its Fatal1ty AAX8E... Its older mbo than FP-IN9 SLI...
I don't want to buy cpu and find out that its not supported by my mbo.

Just wait for Nahelem and make old cpu go boom ! j/k

Don't be too upset about it, you could have an old AMD 2400+ like me..

How much room this cpu leaves for OC? I have abit software oc prog that oc it to 3.456Ghz... can I go higher?

I doubt it, unless you do some major cooling, like water.

I was going to say that too, but I forgot. San Pedro is right, if the games you play run to your liking, that an upgrade isn't neccesarily needed. The benchmark numbers are fun to look at, but they aren't everything. Like I said, I get aroung 62xx points in 06, and it makes me jealous when I see all the 10k+ scores. But, I wait to upgrade, since all the games I play are running great at max or close to max settings. (It probably helps that my old CRT has a max resolution of 1280x1040 ) Also, I haven't tried Crysis yet, so, I don't have that compulsion to make it run good either

Yea, I think your stuck with having a P4 90nm chip on that Mobo.

http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showc [...] ture=en-US

If you have the means, get a newer mobo (perhaps one that can support the wolfies and the Yorkies for a future upgrade path) and get the q6600 for now (bang for buck a great buy). You should be able to clear 10k in 3DMark06 no problem with your 3870 and a Q6600. Your mobo and cpu are the bottleneck. Any further attempts at OC'ing your current CPU will yield marginal gains at best.

By the way, what resolution were you running 3D06 at?

Well, maybe you can hold off then, until the wallet can justify the purchase.

I think I'll do that for now...
Thank you guys! If nothing I'm less envvy about 10k+ scores...

A 3870 with a Q6600 @3.0Ghz gives you about a 12K score or 16200 if you have crossfire. As for playability all my games are much smoother with my quad than when i had a PD @ 4.0Ghz. A 3850 or anything higher needs a core2 to ensure there is as little of a bottleneck as possible. And yes my Epenis is 16200 marks long but i cant play crysis at a playable level. All other games are great with 4AA 16Ansio.
3Dmark ~16200 (Sm1 6320) (sm2 7815) (cpu 4302) need new mobo for better CPU oc.