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krnelement   07-24-2009 at 12:17:41 AM

Hi,

I just have a quick question about running 3DMark06.

I have MSI ATI 4890 OC (factory OC @ 880mhz/999mhz) with q6600@stock, 650w OCZ GameXtream psu, 4gb ddr2 ram.

When I run the 3DMark06 at a default setting, FPS tends to fluctuate greatly for GPU tests 1-4.
For ex: On GPU test 1, the FPS starts out around 60-70, but then quickly drops to 25-30, and keeps fluctuating from 60-70 region to 25-30 throughout the entire GPU test 1.

Is this normal or is my card acting weird?

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Kithzaru   07-24-2009 at 01:05:21 AM

I don't have the same GPU as you.. not even the same company (gts250) but i get the same thing, high 70's in the beginning, drop, drop, then back up to 70.

Hopefully someone with your same GPU and CPU will post, but i would think ideally as long as your end scores match up roughly as they should then it is working fine.

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jitpublisher   07-24-2009 at 02:00:45 AM

It's completely normal. Your FPS will vary greatly depending on what is going on at any certain point in the game. Like at first you are sitting in a cabin area of a ship, there is nothing going on, your team is just sitting there staring at a wall.
As the doors open though, and you emerge into the outer bay area, there is a whole lot more going on, and a lot more graphics being processed at once. You will notice that the FPS goes up when you are zoomed in on a specific area, and drops when you are zoomed out taking in more of whats going on all around.

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cjl   07-24-2009 at 02:35:15 AM

That's normal. Some scenes are easier to render than others, so some parts of the test will run much faster than others.

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krnelement   07-24-2009 at 02:43:35 AM

I see thank you so much for the info~

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