The computer also has problems with games, because it jerks very strongly with FEAR, Starship Troopers, Battlefield 2 (not online), Black and White 2,...!
zbestwun2001, do you actually have 2 7800GTX's enabled in SLI? If so, your score seems to be awful low. Mine was in the 6000's and the only difference between your system and mine, assuming you do have dual cards, is the CPU. Mine is dual core (and slower than yours.)
It's your CPU. You won't get much higher unless you get a PentiumD with which has hardware DRM. The 3DMark 06 tests are optimized for dual core processors. You would get a MUCH higher CPU score even with the 2.8GhZ PentiumD. Of course, nothing much yet games or other applications utilizes dual core so it doesn't matter and it matters a great deal to some of us who do not want hardware DRM as the software DRM that is in Vista is bad enough and coupled with hardware DRM? Who wants a processor that calls home to Intel the first time you use the computer? If you want a high score get another nVidia card and a Pentium D.
who you talking to? me? I could get a much higher score on this card if I want, Core can do 625mhz stock HSF, the core isn't near 600 there, and My mem I can push to at least 700mhz.
I'm the only FM long time member on these boards and I'm well aware of the secrets of 3DMark and what is more important, and while they say CPU is more imporant in 06 the GPU is still the ruling factor, they said in 05 the CPU mattered more when it really didn't.
95% of the benchmark is GPU dependent, and I know the P4/PD gets lower score than the A64, the A64/X2/FX processors can deliver higher FPS and scores than the P4 based CPUs anyday, and the PD is just a dual core P4. I'll wait until Conroe comes to upgrade my next Intel processor, which will be a powerhouse CPU for gaming and 3D applications.
My X1800XL is the second best in class for a P4 (losing only to a P4 3.8Ghz, same clock GPU), I score higher than most X1800XT 512mb/P4 rigs and they have higher clockspeeds on the CPU and card, mainly a reason they score lower is because they're just straining the hardware and it's working harder than it has to, and causing lower scores, all the 3DMark series has a sweet spot for a clockspeed setting.
And you seem so paranoid of DRM, well get over it really, because you're going to eventually have to upgrade and that chip will most likely have DRM, and if you upgrade to Vista well then just put up the white flag.
I'd rather stay away from NV right now anyway, if 3DMark and SLi is all you care about, by all means go ahead and get nVidia, Ati has had higher IQ for a long time now and better game performance, not to mention to ability to use FP16 blending HDR + AA in games and no shimmering in textures such as that which plagues NV cards, which is a reason I didn't go with the 7800GT. Believe me I would have got it if it weren't for the shimmering bug, but I stuck with Ati, and with new Catalyst on the way the R520 and R580 architectures will have plenty of tweaking and performance gains to go through thanks to the new ring bus memory architecture.
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P4 560
X1800XL
1GB DDR2 533
Oletymer
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The_Man42,
Just noticed your location from profile, went there for score by mistake.
Small World, I live in Murrysville. Was born in Whitehall.
XPS400--Pentium D 830@3.0 GHz--1 Gig PC5300 DDR2@667MHz
GigaByte X800XL PCI-E@430/1080--- Stock 375 Watt PSU.
Dell UltraSharp 1905FP 19" LCD.
E510---Pentium 4 630@3.0GHz--1 Gig Corsair PC4200@533MHz
XFX 6800GS PCI-E@485/1100----OCZ Modstream 450 Watt PSU.
Dell E196FP 19" LCD.
Gateway E6500D-- Pent.4 660@3.6 GHz 800MHz FSB HT.
2Gigs Samsung PC4200@533MHz--- eVGA 7800GT@505/1200
OCZ Modstream 520 Watt PSU--Gateway FPD1975 19" LCD(8ms)
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I'm the only FM long time member on these boards and I'm well aware of the secrets of 3DMark and what is more important, and while they say CPU is more imporant in 06 the GPU is still the ruling factor, they said in 05 the CPU mattered more when it really didn't.
95% of the benchmark is GPU dependent, and I know the P4/PD gets lower score than the A64, the A64/X2/FX processors can deliver higher FPS and scores than the P4 based CPUs anyday, and the PD is just a dual core P4. I'll wait until Conroe comes to upgrade my next Intel processor, which will be a powerhouse CPU for gaming and 3D applications.
My X1800XL is the second best in class for a P4 (losing only to a P4 3.8Ghz, same clock GPU), I score higher than most X1800XT 512mb/P4 rigs and they have higher clockspeeds on the CPU and card, mainly a reason they score lower is because they're just straining the hardware and it's working harder than it has to, and causing lower scores, all the 3DMark series has a sweet spot for a clockspeed setting.
And you seem so paranoid of DRM, well get over it really, because you're going to eventually have to upgrade and that chip will most likely have DRM, and if you upgrade to Vista well then just put up the white flag.
I'd rather stay away from NV right now anyway, if 3DMark and SLi is all you care about, by all means go ahead and get nVidia, Ati has had higher IQ for a long time now and better game performance, not to mention to ability to use FP16 blending HDR + AA in games and no shimmering in textures such as that which plagues NV cards, which is a reason I didn't go with the 7800GT. Believe me I would have got it if it weren't for the shimmering bug, but I stuck with Ati, and with new Catalyst on the way the R520 and R580 architectures will have plenty of tweaking and performance gains to go through thanks to the new ring bus memory architecture.
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My Results:
3DM06: 2443
SM2.0: 970
SM3.0: 877
CPU: 1459
Driver 81.98
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