Thanks guys... but im still confused

meat_helmet · 06-25-2007, 09:31 PM

Well first off i want to thank you guys for the help with parts for my new setup. I wasnt going to wait for the July price drop (needing it now) but thats fine, the new Q6600 is just a beast!

Im getting very confused though, cause ive been bechmarking a bit, and im getting some very good, and some very wierd results. The problem is not with the new stuff (q6600, P35-DS3R, G.Skill) but rather my older 7900GT.

My 3Dmark05 score from about a year ago with my athlon 3500+ came in at about 9,200 marks (5,700cpu). When testing with my new system at stock it came in at 8,700 marks (13,500cpu). So the CPU score was way above as i expected, but the 3D score was about 500 less.

It becomes really interesting as i start to overclock it. With the Q6600 @ 3Ghz i ran it again and only got 8,300 3dmarks - but scored a whopping 18,914 CPU marks (8th overall for cpu!).

So my cpu is flying, but my 7900GT is getting slower?? I just dont get it... Is it something to do with the Vista drivers, or is my card just degrading? Any ideas?

kobe24 · 06-25-2007, 09:36 PM

u should look into getting a gtx to go with that q6600 beast.

and o/c it to 3.2 like mine

b1gapl · 06-25-2007, 09:37 PM

Overclock your 7900GT. It maybe a bottleneck. I could be wrong though.

kobe24 · 06-25-2007, 09:38 PM

nice systen buy the way with that cpu and mobo and ram all bestin ur vga. wat did u say ur 3dmark score was?

meat_helmet · 06-25-2007, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by b1gapl

Overclock your 7900GT. It maybe a bottleneck. I could be wrong though.

Yeah, it has always been overclocked to core=544, memory=780.

I just dont get why the scores are going down...

kobe24 · 06-25-2007, 09:42 PM

it may be because ur system isnt stable

PanzerKammander · 06-25-2007, 10:10 PM

Vista is making your 7900 devote more power to it, instead of 3dmark. You tested it a year ago on XP.. no?

fastrandstrongr · 06-25-2007, 10:12 PM

yep, i would say the same thing. try it on xp.

PanzerKammander · 06-25-2007, 10:15 PM

Then again, your CPU score probably won't be as high, vista uses multi core processors more efficantly than XP, but also takes a higher toll on your graphics card.