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Hi,

I m fairly newbie, just got a MSI ATI 4890, O/C at core clock = 930 Mhz and memory clock at 1132 Mhz,

I m running a :

MB Radeon ASUS P5LD2 (no SLI)
Intel core 2 duo q6600 2.4ghz (OC by bios at 20%)
RAM = 2 x 2 gigs corsair xms
Power Supply = Corsair 750W - 60A
Running Vista 64
Using a 22'' Samsung screen

Just did a run with 3D Mark06, 1204 x 1024, no AA, optimal texture filtering,

I scored the following: 9089 (SM2 Score = 3872, HDR = 5472 and CPU = 1611,

Would this score be fairly low?? How could I improve it?

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3dm 06 is very dependant on the CPU so that is where i would be looking for extra performance if it was me. Having said that you really should concentrate on what your gaming experiance is like, if you are happy gaming with that set up then 3dm scores can go hang really.

Mactronix

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On the GPU chartm the scores are way higher, I m a doing something wrong when benchmarking?

Thanks again

Reply to sepota

And what CPU are they using on teh chart then ?

Mactronix

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I think I know why, I have a Core 2 duo, not a Core 2 Quad, this may explain my poor performance!

Reply to sepota

sepota wrote :

Hi,

I m fairly newbie, just got a MSI ATI 4890, O/C at core clock = 930 Mhz and memory clock at 1132 Mhz,

I m running a :

MB Radeon ASUS P5LD2 (no SLI)
Intel core 2 duo q6600 2.4ghz (OC by bios at 20%)
RAM = 2 x 2 gigs corsair xms
Power Supply = Corsair 750W - 60A
Running Vista 64
Using a 22'' Samsung screen

Just did a run with 3D Mark06, 1204 x 1024, no AA, optimal texture filtering,

I scored the following: 9089 (SM2 Score = 3872, HDR = 5472 and CPU = 1611,

Would this score be fairly low?? How could I improve it?


That's a Quad I think you'll find.

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Reply to mousemonkey
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It mentionning:

Core 2 Duo E6600, as oppose to Core 2 Quad

I m confuse

Reply to sepota

Run CPUID to see what CPU you have.

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CPUID: Core 2 Duo E6600

I m thinking about a core 2 duo E8400 3.00 GHZ or a quad core Intel Core2 Quad Q8400 2.66GHZ LGA775

Worth it? Upgrade wise.

Reply to sepota

The E8400 is noticeably quicker than the E6600, it's the one I went for.

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Reply to mousemonkey

Yeah, might as well grab a quad. That dual probably won't be too much faster unless you employ massive overclocks

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sepota wrote :

Hi,

I m fairly newbie, just got a MSI ATI 4890, O/C at core clock = 930 Mhz and memory clock at 1132 Mhz,

I m running a :

MB Radeon ASUS P5LD2 (no SLI)
Intel core 2 duo q6600 2.4ghz (OC by bios at 20%)
RAM = 2 x 2 gigs corsair xms
Power Supply = Corsair 750W - 60A
Running Vista 64
Using a 22'' Samsung screen

Just did a run with 3D Mark06, 1204 x 1024, no AA, optimal texture filtering,

I scored the following: 9089 (SM2 Score = 3872, HDR = 5472 and CPU = 1611,

Would this score be fairly low?? How could I improve it?



Hey I think some of your settings are wrong somewhere because I had an FX-60 with two 7950GT's in SLI and they had 8000 something and that is really behind your hardware specifications. I say you check your driver settings or something and make sure your hardware is running how it should. I would also suggest that you return everything to stock settings and then test it again. I would also recommend you do the overclock yourself if you mean the BIOS is overclocking automatically.


Message edited by warlord1312 on 08-20-2009 at 07:21:26 AM
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Why exactly is it so important to you to have a higher benchmark score? If your gaming performance is fine then who cares about some arbitrary score?

Reply to notzaar

yea, i get 10959. similar to above,

yet i can run crysis 1900x1000 max all aax8 etc etc,
and it runs smooooooooooth!

amazing, f*ck the score, but yeah get cpu!

Reply to rodney007

notzaar wrote :

Why exactly is it so important to you to have a higher benchmark score? If your gaming performance is fine then who cares about some arbitrary score?



Benchmarking to some people is like a sport now days. Getting the best score and saying "HA" at someone with a similar set up. I know people with $2900 rigs and they only game . They just love overclocking and benching. Same reason people spend hundards of dollars on a half hour of liquid nitrogen to do one overclock (and yes normal people do this in their free time not just for tournaments.)


Personally never really did get it myself but it is fun seeing out little adjustments and overclocks raise or lower your score.

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I have a 4850 CF and a 955 BE. I get ussually about 18k marks. Although the 4890 is inferioiur to a 4850 CF, please do overclock that CPU or change it. That 4890 is terribly bottlenecked.

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i get 1260 in 3d mark with an e6250 @3ghz with the same card the card is 900 for the core and 1000 memory

Reply to rangers

rangers wrote :

i get 1260 in 3d mark with an e6250 @3ghz with the same card the card is 900 for the core and 1000 memory


[:mousemonkey:5] A 9500GT scores higher!

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Reply to mousemonkey

rangers wrote :

12600 sorry


That's more like it.

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