8800GT Question!

Hi,

Just a quick question regarding 8800gt's 3mark06 score....

I know that i need certain good pc specs in order to get good results but....

do the below specs justify the score of 2958 that im getting in 3dmark06...

Shuttle ST20G5 barebone system
Athlon64 3800+ 939
2x512 mb Ballistix on Dual-Ch
Sparkle 8800GT 512mb
74GB W Raptor
Plain 450W power supply

I did expect a low score but not that low....

Thanks

I installed the latest drivers from nvidia's site...
The pcie power con is also in place...

I used to have an ATI x800gt 256mb ddr3 before getting the 8800gt...

still the same...

I even lags at certain points while watching an 720p hd movie...

i never tested the old card with 3mark06 because it was taking too long...

though with 3dmark05 it was about 3000, maybe a few points less.

A score of 6451 on 3DMark06 isn't that bad with your old machine. The video card surely helps, but there's only so much it can do. You might do better by running 2 gig of ram, but can't say for certain. Also, you don't mention if the CPU is overclocked or not. If that 3800+ 939 is running at stock speed, its definitely slowing the machine down and affecting you score.

with a 7950gt at stock clocks on an x2 6000+ with 2gb of ram i get about 5200 on 3dmark 06.

your processor is what hurts your score, as well as the single gig of ram.

-Your CPU will probably hold that card back a little on certain things
-Your 1GB of memory might hold certain apps back as well, current games especially
-You say "plain 450W PSU" what is "plain" and what specs does the "plain" brand have marked on the unit? Specifically the 12V rails and Amps they can handle.

Also make sure you have your graphics card plugged to the PSU and its not powered only by the PCI-E slot.
I know it sounds dumb, but I've heard of people not making that connection (by mistake) and still being able of using the graphics card but with much lower performance. Some motherboards have an aditional 4 pin power slot for powering the PCI-E 16X, make sure yours isn't one of those.

So it has a single 12V rail rated at 18a? That is a problem right there. It could not be getting enough juice and could potential damage other components. I believe yo uneed 26A for the GT but not 100% sure on that.

To be honest with you jay2tall i dont like it either that i am using this psu and i knew that it would have some effect if not a lot towards the bad score but at the moment i cannot afford a new psu.

Plus i have heard people having good scores with the default 240W shuttle psu along with a stable system. So i somehow thought that i would not be that much of a problem but as it seems i was mistaken....

Yes a single Newcastle core...

Just tried to play with rivatuner a bit and to my suprize when i tried 3dmark again the original problem came to life... "Low frames and bad score"....

Well i'll give it a try and change the psu asap...

save a little and buy yourself a good psu. Your system will run much better too )