4850x2 paired with athlon 5800+

jadawgis732

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o I posted here about a month and a half ago asking if it would be stupid to pair a 4850x2 with my athlon 5800+ (3Ghz stock). The general consensus was "no", and I went ahead and bought the ati. I'm sitting here a month later, wondering why I can't get higher than 8500 in Vantage on performance, and can't break 13000 on 3dMark06 (trial). I know, I know, synthetic benchmarks suck, but so what, if my system were faster, it would score higher right? I can play all games at good fps (except crysis which hovers around 25-35 on all gamer) but I want better scores, and want to know what to upgrade next. I just bought an antec nine hundred, and a caviar green 1TB because I had an IDE barracuda. Here's my setup.

5800+ @ 232x14x1.5 = 3.3Ghz
Gigabyte MA-770-UD3 (SB 700, NB 770, 1 PCI-e)
4850x2 @ 675/1075
G.Skill PC2-8500 (1066 capable, but not with my CPU) running at 942Mhz (5-5-5-15)
Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA HD
Barracuda 160GB IDE
DVD+R/RW IDE
Antec Earthwatts 650W ATX 2.2
Coolermaster AM2+ CPU cooler
Antec Nine Hundred, stock fans

My GPU hasn't reached 64C, mostly doesn't go over 60, and the CPU, now in the Antec case, hasn't gotten to 60C. What do I need to do to get the Vantage score over 10K for the least money. My motherboard will fit a Phenom II. Thanks guys.

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