3dmark06 score

CPU test is supposed to be like that. Every one of those little robots are controlled by an AI. So it's stressful. I hit 4fps max with q6600@3.6ghz, for a q9300 (doesn't matter oced or not, as it oc horribly anyway), it's perfectly normal.

The free use standard settings, which is what everyone compare.

As for 9800gt sli, looks like it indeed is only using one gpu. I get 15.5k on a single 8800gts.

Lol, thx.

Don't buy it. The free version should support sli just fine. If it only recognize one card, your system is the problem.

The free version of 3dMark06 DOES support Multi-GPU setups. But in the free version it will not say so/detect it, but you will get the scores from it and so fourth.

Besides, I think a benchmark score should be the last thing on your mind. With that system you should actually try and play demanding games on high-max settings. Use Fraps or what not to check your FPS.

have you enabled sli in nvidia control center

yes thogrom, i have my sli turned on, i know how to work my pc otherwise i wouldnt have bought it. and yes spathotan, i can play crysis at recommended settings (click the scan pc button in the game) and it sets everything to high and i manage 35+ fps at 14x9, gears of war everything turned up to its highest and dx10/AA option on and still get over the capped 62fps. i know this because i get alot of tearing and when i enable v-sync it completely goes away and i get constant 60-62 fps. i play bioshock with no problems but i cant check the fps cause theres no in game console, but everything in that game is at its highest and it never stutters or slows down.

i know, thats what i thought. that 3dmark06 score should be higher with 2 gpu's

XXcoop, this is probably a stupid question, but did you install the SLi bridge? Also one thing to look at here is your motherboard.........its a "dell special" and 650i, so its only running at 8x/8x, maybe even 8x/4x or 16x/4x. Dell locks there BIOS's/settings and tunes down the speed of the lanes on there boards purposely on alot of these. Its worth cehcking the lane speed. Regardless, 650i runs SLi at 8x/8x period, and single cards only run at 8x on alot of them.

spathotan,
yeah the bridge came installed. i didnt build this system. i did choose the components of it though like cpu,gpu,os,hdd size etc... but yeah there is a bridge on my cards and sli is turned on rivatuner, gpu-z and nvidia control panel report sli on.

I got 7173 3Dmark06 on my laptop

Toshiba qosimo X300 9700M GTS 4 gigs, 2.0 ghz Centrino 2. 17.1'

Yeah the Card is around as strong as a 9600 GT for a desktop, so I'm pretty happy with it (I overclocked it and it gets slightly better than what my old desktop got with the 9600 GT in Call of duty 4 lol So I dunno what to think, the other computer ran AMD 5000+ BE @ 3.24