is this number right??

[shazamy13]

my rig:

Asus P5N-E SLi, 650i chipset

intel Q6600 stock clocked

XFX 8800GTS 640MB stock clocked

2Gigs of DDR2 Cosrair 800mhz

500GB 7,200RPM HDD

Windows vista ultimate 32bit

All is air cooled.

so basiclly, yeah, i know my rig isn't really fast now, but i wanted to know if 4158 is an ok number to be getting on 3dmark 06?

settings: all i changed from the default settings is the resolution to 1680:1050.

please let me know if this is ok, as i am going to upgrade to a gtx 260, and want to be sure that there isn't any problem with any of the other components of my machine.

thanks in advance for any input here

 

[Ham]

Leave the rez at stock and run it again mate. Its a big variable and will effect the score dramatically. Report back with that score.

 

[shazamy13]

all on default, i only got 4169

 

[rrjwilson]

I'd expect 7k personally

 

[shazamy13]

so do you think there might be something wrong with my system??

because the card tempatures seem fine (60-70 on full load).

 

[nepas]

i would be expecting between 7-9k at stock with that setup mate

 

[rrjwilson]

Check CPU seating and HSF seating first as temps can be low but work low as the CPU has throttled back for safety.

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

I'd expect a lot higher then 4k, I get 11k with my rig at these speeds and I'm only on a dual

Yes it is overclocked, but he has a Q6600 which is without a doubt a much more powerful CPU and his GPU should be more powerful as well.

 

[rrjwilson]

We've established that.

We need to find out whats wrong

 

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Drivers would be the first thing that springs to my mind.

 

[shazamy13]

well, i also thought my drivers were crap or something, but i already tried every driver i could think of, tried deleting them in many different ways, also reformated my computer because of this just a few days ago, and now i'm using 180.48 drivers.

also, when i play call of duty 5 it doesn't really matter what settings i put it on, it runs about the same - CRAPY!!

and what is CPU and HSF Seatings??

thanks for the help everyone btw

 

[w3bbo]

Are you sure your PCIe slot is operating at 16x You score should be double what you are getting imo.

Check with CPU-Z.

 

[shazamy13]

ok, so this is what cpu-z shows me in the Mainboard tab:

Link Width: x1 Max Supported: x16

i think it's fine, let me know.

 

[Kerotan]

That's not fine at all pal^^

It should read

Link Width: x16, Max Supported: x16

You need to change the PCIe bus to full-speed, it's absolutley crippling your card.

 

[deathwish]

get about 13k on mine

 

[rrjwilson]

Shaz? Any luck with lane increase?

 

[shazamy13]

ok, so i don't know how to change the langth width.

can anyone please tell me how??

much appriciated

 

[Hassan]

ok, so i don't know how to change the langth width.

Can anyone please tell me how??

Much appriciated

bios?

 

[nepas]

which slot is the card in?on my old lanparty if i had my card in the bottom slot it would only work at x1 but if it was in the top slot then it was full speed

 

[shazamy13]

it's on the top one. and i entered my bios just now, didn't see where i could choose what width, but the graphics was set to PCI instead of PCI-E so i changed it now, but it still shows 1x on width.