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Built new allround system but very low score!!! plz help

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Hi everyone,

just yesterday I build my new allround system. It's stable and on the surface it seems smooth. But then when I run
3dmark06 to test my system/setup I get a very low score. I should be getting around 8500- 10000 with my system but I can't seem to score higher than 6500 :S and this really worries me because its too low!

Here are my system specs:

cpu: intel q9300 2,5 ghz stock speed
mb: MSI X48C platinum (x48 chipset)
mem: OCZ platinum edition 2gb ddr2 800mhz
gfx: evga 8800gs ddr2 384mb ddr2
psu: zalman 600 watt
hdd: western digital raptor 160gb 10k
opt: samsung dvd-burner
os: windows vista ultimate x64 sp1

I dont know whats wrong and why im getting these low scores, I get the feeling that something
is causing a bottleneck effect but I dont know what exactly. Could someone please help me out ?
Getting desperate atm :(  PLZ help :cry: 

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Well, the 8800GS is the first thing to jump out at me.

If you bought that and the Raptor at the same time, that would be a mis-allocation of funds :p 

Be sure to get the latest drivers from MSI.

Yeah I know, I got the hd raptor cheap thats why.
I' m pretty sure all the drivers are installed.. but im getting the same score (btw my card is ddr3 not ddr2)

My individual scores are:

sm2: 2537
sm3: 3137
cpu: 1840

about 6500 total

ss

I dont know whats wrong :( 
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I have no idea why your FSB is at 166.

Perhaps your MB needs a BIOS update to recognize the CPU. You can go into BIOS and manually set the BIOS to use a Front Side Bus frequency of 333... if that results in problems you'll need to flash the BIOS though.

I went into my bios but my fsb speed says 333mhz there :S
I dont know how to change settings in my motherboard bios ...
Btw the strange thing is when I try to change the speed I cant, I have to enable or disable something else first
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_n... this is the card's link
I have a special option in my bios called 'cell core' or something to change speeds and to overclock, I also have DOT dynamic overclocking tool but that is disabled
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