Extremely low 3DMark Vantage scores

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Hello I've just got Vista x64 Ultimate installed and I wanted to give 3DMarks a go. Please keep in mind that I've already installed the hotfix for 3DMarks.

When I ran the test, I was very disapointed to find that I've only reached the score of 8142. I've looked at other benchmarks that had similar scores as I do as well as specs and even an E8400 @ stock speeds had beat my scores with a 512MB 4870.

Here are my specs:
- 4GB of OCZ Reaper Ram
- 1x Diamond ATI Radeon 4870 1gb
- E8400 (E0 stepping) @ 4 ghz
- 2 HDDs with a combined capacity of 1.1 TB
- Corsair HX1000 1000w modular PSU
- Asus P5Q Motherboard with latest bios version


I've updated all my drivers and I can't see where my hardware specs went wrong. Can someone advise me on how I can improve my rating?
 

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My score is low too (7809) with the exact same specs. except a q6600 @ 3.4g. maybe to much in the background and running Aero. cpu-11765 and gpu-7022 Any advise?
 

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I'm guessing that could've made the huge hit on the performance but for my type of system (with the same processor) the score was 82XX minimum. The highest seen on 3DMark Vantage was around 15k

He had 4GB ram , ATI 4870 1GB, E8500 @ 4.2ghz, Vista x64

So theoretically my score should be around the same as him. He just clocked his processor higher than mine by 200 mhz. It can't be that big of a difference!
 

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Guys, i have a 4870 and at stock with a Pentium 5200 (2.5Ghz) I get 8200 marks in 3Dmark06 (XP 32). WHen I OC the cpu at 3,8Ghz (stock ati) I get 14,5K marks. Maybe it's a vistax64 thing??
 

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well I did a test on XP 32bit and I got around 14.5k points as well and wow.. with E5200 you can get that kind of score?! @.@

but then again, I had a E8500 with 3.8ghz Oced Processor at that time... I have E8400 now @ 4 ghz so maybe.... I should be getting around near 15k points on XP by now but uhh... still no idea why my system would be performing so poorly.

I still have XP32bit installed so I guess I can go home and run a test tonight or something.
 

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I also have a similar experience. My other build (E2180 @ 3.0 and a 8800GT) got around 10/11k. Then i got this build with a Q9550 and 9800GX2 and i thought ok now i should hit 17k like other ppl with a similar build. I ran the test and i was saddened to see like 13/14k and im still trying to figure out my problem
 

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I cant get Vantage to work at all. Fresh Vista64 bit install, and fresh Vantage install, twice. Each time it tells me that a file its trying to install isn't the same as in the .cab file, so I ignore it, and it finishes the install. When I try to run the benchmark, it gives me the finger, and tells me it can't find some image files or something like that. I'm lost.
 

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sorry i got my no's mixed up i get 8400sm3 points in 3dmark06 which is better than the gtx280sli on toms charts :D, cpu scaleing is better for 3dmark than more gpu's
 

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I got 3Dmark06 to work in Vista64(it wasn't easy, but if you search google, you can find solution). I have an E8600 running without overclocking, and 8mb of ram. I also have dual 4850's running at 700 on GPU's and 993mhz on memory.
I got 16719. With turbo turned on in the ASUS AI suite, I got 17438. Interestingly, I got the same scores in Win XP 32(I run dual boot).

But, I still can't get Vantage to work.
 

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It's a bit different. Vantage uses DX10 while 3DMark06 uses DX9 only. Performance wise DX9 will be faster.... On the other hand, it'll be weird why Vantage wouldn't work for you because Vantage was scripted with Vista and DX10 in mind =/
 

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I got basically the same numbers in Vista64 and XP32 with 3dmark06.
Vantage just gives me the finger. When I install, it says some file isn't the same as what is in the .cab file, so I ignore it, and it installs. When it tries to run, it says some sort of images are missing....go figure.

I've downloaded it from two different places, and uninstalled and re-installed, twice, do worky.
 

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Since everyone is listing off their 3dmark06 scores I feel obligated to do so as well. I have a 3dmark06 score of 11,320. Thats with a e2180 oc to 3ghz, 2gb of ram, an a 320mb 8800gts.
 

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hmm.. have you tried contacting FurtureMarkCorp about this problem? They might have some solutions to your problem.

@assasin32: that's pretty amazing benchmarks because I just did a test on 3DMark06 (XP32 bit) and I got

4870-1GB-E8400-38ghz-Nov-2008-3DMar.jpg


So in this case, I'm actually disapointed that my computer seems to be under performing so much.

My specs:
Asus P5Q
E8400 @ 3.84 ghz (Had to downclock.. I was getting some weird BSOD not yet solved, maybe bump back to 4 ghz later)

4870 1gb @ stock speeds
4 gb (4x 1gb OCZ Reaper DDR2 1200mhz)

So yes.. it did improve from my 8800gt... but I was expecting something more drastic instead of just 13700 pts, something like mid 14k or so would've looked a lot nicer. With 8800gt (512mb) I got 12.5k points.
 

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I finally got Vantage to work. I'm just running it in demo mode, but here are my results
11_26_no_oc.jpg


My system;
MB: Asus Rampage Formula
CPU: Intel E8600
RAM: 8Gb G.skill running at 1002Mhz
GPU: 2 X ATI 4850 with 1Gb ram each
Air cooled, no overclock, except video cards are factory overclocked at 700Mhz/993Mhz(memory)
Vista 64

Can't get the image to post from photobucket....am I missing something?? Tried several different ways.

Here's the scores;
P10412
CPU 6711
Graphics 12757

Here's the XP32 results. This was the full test on 3dmark06.
xp32_fulltest_no_oc.jpg


3Dmark06- 16,774
SM2.0- 7576
SM3.0- 8915
CPU- 3264
 

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Yeah I OC the e2180 to 3ghz, than I OC the 320mb 8800gts to as far as I could before it became unstable and backed off a little bit. Which was 660 core clock, 1640 shaders, and 999 memory, stock its 500/1200/800. Than I finally got around to tightening the timing on my 2x1gb ddr2 800 sticks of ram, they were orginally 5-5-5-15 2t timing, I got it down to 4-4-4-12 1t timing.

Just incase anyone else was wondering what I did, that and so I have this saved online in a forum I can find latter at what my stable OC settings are in case I somehow forget it and change my computer settings lol.
 

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@assasin32:
ah ic... so you tighted everything as much as possible... that's why...

@iflyems : That's stunning results considering you only OCed it to 3.5 ghz. The 2x 4850 really paid off... my 4870 with E8400 @ 3.8 ghz only got it to 13.7k... that extra 3k is really something! I'm tempted to bump my memory up to 8 gb though lol.. maybe when ram prices drop further ><

I do notice a pattern here and that is whatever you get on XP - 5/6k points and you get your Vista 64bit score... maybe this has to do with 64bit... can someone with 32bit vista post results as well for us to compare? XP 32bit vs Vista 32bit?
 

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I'd sure like to overclock it higher, but I'm having trouble in the BIOS(ASUS Rampage Formula) figuring out which way to go.

I set the ASUS software to "turbo", and that's where it ends up-3.5Ghz, max.
Also, the 8Gb memory only helps me in Vista64.

What I do know is that I can play Crysis, in Vista64, at 1600X1200, no AA or A/F, and everything else set on high, and the lowest FRAPS frame rate I get is 40.....
 

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I'd sure like to overclock it higher, but I'm having trouble in the BIOS(ASUS Rampage Formula) figuring out which way to go.

I set the ASUS software to "turbo", and that's where it ends up-3.5Ghz, max.
Also, the 8Gb memory only helps me in Vista64.

What I do know is that I can play Crysis, in Vista64, at 1600X1200, no AA or A/F, and everything else set on high, and the lowest FRAPS frame rate I get is 40.....

the fastest u can get an e8600 to is 3.5ghz? keep trying ive got my e8400 at 4.6ghz.
 

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Therein lies the problem. I can get it too 3.5Ghz with the Turbo mode, in the ASUS AI suite. But, when I try to do it in the BIOS, It won't boot, or it locks up after awhile. I did set the FSB to 400(stock is 333), and it booted at 4Ghz, but didn't last, because it rebooted itself, and I set it back to stock. The multiplier on the E8600 is already at 10, and somewhere I read that the max the CPU can go up to is 3.8Ghz, which I think is BS.

I don't want to post my question in the Overclocking sections because I'll get immediately smacked with a "read the sticky", or some other "sticky" reference.

Like most of you, I have ADD, and really don't want to spend hours reading through pages of crap to find out how to overclock my CPU in my BIOS. If I wanted to do that, I wouldn't have built a fast computer. What I need, is someone with an ASUS Rampage Formula, and an E8600 chip, to tell me what settings they used, and how fast/stable they got there CPU.