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hasten   06-12-2009 at 02:15:35 AM

Alright heres the deal. I just installed an XFX core 216 and the first thing I did is load up 3Dmark06 just as curiousity as to the benefit compared to the 8800GT I replaced... I only scored 12500...

What's bottlenecking the 260? I have seen most scoring over 16000. My specs:

E6750 @ 2.8 GHZ (stock everything don't want to go much higher)
4GB DDR2 800

I know that synthetic benchmarks are exactly that synthetic. I haven't loaded into any games yet, but I still wanted that smile that comes with a nice jump when spending $200. Any suggestions?

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blackhawk1928   06-12-2009 at 02:35:26 AM
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well...your ram is kind of slow, its FSB supported is 800. Newer hardware should have at least 1066 ram. I am not sure about the procesor but it doesn't look to hot either. Remember more powerful gpu's require more power CPU's to keep up with them.

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Delluser1   06-12-2009 at 02:41:31 AM
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hasten wrote :

What's bottlenecking the 260?
E6750 @ 2.8 GHZ


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invisik   06-12-2009 at 02:44:05 AM
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There is no real bottleneck. Did you install the latest driver? What kind of psu are you using?

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hasten   06-12-2009 at 04:02:19 AM
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invisik wrote :

There is no real bottleneck. Did you install the latest driver? What kind of psu are you using?



My thoughts exactly, I have a OCZ GameXstream 700W - which is More than enough. I installed the latest drivers before installation.

Update on gameplay - COD world at war ran smooth as silk maxed at 1650, but it seems like Far Cry 2 is running slow. Not sure what I should expect from FC2.

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hasten   06-12-2009 at 05:28:47 AM
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Does the 260 utilize PCI-E 2.0? I am still running on a P35... could that be the problem?

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rewindlabs   06-12-2009 at 06:53:55 AM
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hasten wrote :

Does the 260 utilize PCI-E 2.0? I am still running on a P35... could that be the problem?


See this is just stupid...first you bought a card without knowing how 1.0 vs 2.0 can and could effect it...for all you know you could have payed xxx for a 1% increase....go google it you lazy...

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HundredIslandsBoy   06-12-2009 at 07:57:23 AM
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Your score sounds normal. Try a a slight OC on your CPU and GPU and your score will improve.

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HundredIslandsBoy   06-12-2009 at 10:57:42 AM
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http://service.futuremark.com/resu [...] ultType=14

This guy got 12. 028 on an e6700 @ 2.66 Ghz. So your system is running fine.

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michaelmk86   06-12-2009 at 03:13:40 PM
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3D Mark 06 is more like a CPU benchmark instead of GPU benchmark so don’t take into account. Test some games benchmark.

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hasten   06-13-2009 at 03:59:09 AM
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rewindlabs wrote :

See this is just stupid...first you bought a card without knowing how 1.0 vs 2.0 can and could effect it...for all you know you could have payed xxx for a 1% increase....go google it you lazy...



Dude seriously? C'mon. I read about the benefits of 2.0 vs 1.1/0 a while ago and from what I read it was 100% insignificant with current hardware at the time(Summer '08). I asked a simple question to a forum of people that are typically knowledgable/experts instead of spending a lot of time reading more threads that ask the same thing. We all don't have time to search endlessly. I know that it's lonely in your mom's basement but you don't need to be a dick.

So I bumped my cpu up to 3ghz and ran p95 stable for 8 hours - the difference is still negligible moving up from 8800GT, hovering around 7-8%. Most reviews/benches I've seen show more like a 20-25% performance bump. I'm ignoring 3dmark also using gameplay and benchmarks, although I did get the 3dmark06 score up to 13300 now with the shader model marks being the main increase - CPU went from 2470 to 2600.

The Information Tech Specialist for my company guy recommended upgrading my mobo (A-Bit IP35e) and throwing some higher speed memory (maybe a nice Zalman CPU cooler) instead of upgrading my CPU... what do you guys think? I know this is starting to go off topic but I appreciate the help.

I worry the "budget" 8800GT SLI build I am working on it going to outshine my main PC! (I acquired a second 8800GT from a buddy for $40 the day after I bought the 260)


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blackhawk1928   06-13-2009 at 05:32:05 AM
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rewindlabs wrote :

See this is just stupid...first you bought a card without knowing how 1.0 vs 2.0 can and could effect it...for all you know you could have payed xxx for a 1% increase....go google it you lazy...



And Once again, as much as I dont Like Rewindlabs, I have to 100% agree with him...do your damn research before spending money on something and not buy and start asking about on a forum

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Bronze Graphics badge Bluescreendeath   06-13-2009 at 05:43:05 AM
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blackhawk1928 wrote :

well...your ram is kind of slow, its FSB supported is 800. Newer hardware should have at least 1066 ram. I am not sure about the procesor but it doesn't look to hot either. Remember more powerful gpu's require more power CPU's to keep up with them.



Lolz...naw man naw.

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hhara   06-13-2009 at 08:04:25 AM
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blackhawk1928 wrote :

Remember more powerful gpu's require more power CPU's to keep up with them.



Uhh... So just about 99% of the time the bottleneck is the GPUs. The only time you will see the CPU bottleneck is when you are running at somewhat high resolutions on very memory intensive games.


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HundredIslandsBoy   06-13-2009 at 09:21:57 AM
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I have the XFX GTX 260 core 216. It can run the GPU core to 700 easily (750 to 760 is the wall) and the memory to 1100 (1160 - 1170 is the wall). The GPU overclock alone gives me over 1,200 points in 3dMark06 but then again that's with e8400 on a 1600 fsb.

Hasten, what's score on everything on stock and what's the score with a CPU and GPU overclock?

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