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Ruger22C

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I only made 4,347 marks on 3dmark06.

Guy with similar PC in a chat room made over 10k marks.

E8400,
2gB DDR2 800 (4gB, but running XP),
eVGA 8800GT 512 600mhz

Why is my machine running so slow?
 
well, what is autostarting? how much free space is on the HDD? would need to see his exact specs and yours to see where they are different.

"PC Wizard" has a excellent benchmark utility built into it.
 
I did some searching seems people runnign 1GB video cards and about the same cpu and ram are getting between 4000-5000 marks in 3dmark.

oops, I'll find the link. it was of current hardware and a lot of people were getting the same results as the OP.
 
That's what I was thinking, Geek. It's dated 2003.

Anyone have an idea why my video is getting so few marks, and my performance is seemingly very bad, for what my specs are.
 
says the GPU is 600mhz, the memory is 900mhz, and the shader is 1500mhz. reporting and running at those speeds, at least what GPUz says. what does "PC Wizard" read?

people are gett about your range of scores, and some are getting higher, but end up with dealing with other issues because they have to dangerously overclock the cpu, ram, etc to get 10000 scores. I'd get COD4 or some game that will make use of the hardware and play it at a decent screen size and see if you can turn on AA, AF and all the bells and whistles and see how it plays. scoes are nice, but all that matters is how well it does for you.
 
Guy on eggxpert has NOT overclocked, running e8400 and 320mb 8800gt. He gets 10k score. NOT overclocked.

It's not about if it 'runs okay for me'. It's about getting the performance I paid for. I should be getting about 6-10k GPu marks. I'm getting 1600.
 
how does CoD4 play? how does F.E.A.R. play? what other games do you have that can put that card through it's paces?

i'd like to see what the card is reporting to PC Wizard in the hardware specs.

I did look up your video card on that site, no posts listing a Evga 8800 GT were found.
I did find listings for the GTS and Ultra models, and a lot of OC 8800 series, but nothing on a 8800GT.

I still say, get a game that will make use of both cards and see how it does.


 
Just compared with two other guys with similar setups.
Q6600, 320mb 8800gts : 700 FPS.
Q6600, 512mb 8800gt : 670 FPS.

ME:
E8400, 512mb 8800gt : 320 FPS.


I've lost half my frame rates somehow. On XP and Vista.
I wish I never built a new pc.
 
those 2 I'd like to see their posts please. I'd throw out the GTS, and unless the other is the exact mobo, ram, and video card manufacturer, then I'd throw it out as well. I'd also throw out the CPU, since yours and their are completely different.
theirs are Quad Core, you're a Dual Core, you're comparing apples to watermelons.

 
the 6600
Model BX80562Q6600
CPU Socket Type
CPU Socket Type LGA 775
Tech Spec
Core Kentsfield
Multi-Core Quad-Core
Name Core 2 Quad Q6600
Operating Frequency 2.4GHz
FSB 1066MHz
L1 Cache 128KB+128KB
L2 Cache 2 x 4MB
Manufacturing Tech 65 nm
64 bit Support Yes
Hyper-Threading Support No
Virtualization Technology Support Yes
Multimedia Instruction MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3,SSSE3, EM64T
Voltage 0.85V ? 1.5V

the 8400
Model BX80570E8400
CPU Socket Type
CPU Socket Type LGA 775
Tech Spec
Core Wolfdale
Multi-Core Dual-Core
Name Core 2 Duo E8400
Operating Frequency 3.0GHz
FSB 1333MHz
L2 Cache 6MB
Manufacturing Tech 45 nm
64 bit Support Yes
Hyper-Threading Support No
Virtualization Technology Support Yes
Multimedia Instruction MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4, EM64T
Voltage 0.85V ? 1.3625V

see the difference there?
 
It's a GPU test, not CPU test.
ATI Tool.

Also, I just put in my 7950GT (256) and I'm getting 400 FPS.
The 8800GT 512 gives me 320 FPS.

Is there anyone that can actually help?
 
well, I've asked you for their posts, I've asked you to run a real time test with a game that can make use of the graphics and physics card. I am trying to enlighten you and help you, but you need to give me the info I asked for.
 
Originally posted by: Ruger22C
It's a GPU test, not CPU test.
ATI Tool.

Also, I just put in my 7950GT (256) and I'm getting 400 FPS.
The 8800GT 512 gives me 320 FPS.

Is there anyone that can actually help?
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I have an impression that your motherboard has trouble dealing with PCIe 2.0.

Verify if you are running the latest BIOS supporting the PCIe 2.0, and if your particular PCIe x16 slot can support it.
 
Just saw your GPU-Z screenshot.

Your PCIe x16 slot is running at x1. No wonder you are getting such low numbers with only 1 PCIe lane instead of 16.

Update your BIOS!
 
"The number of lanes actually connected to a slot may also be less than the number supported by the physical slot size. An example is a x8 slot that actually only runs at x1; these slots will allow any x1, x2, x4 or x8 card to be used, though only running at the x1 speed. This type of socket is described as a 'x8 (x1 mode)' slot, meaning it physically accepts up to x8 cards but only runs at x1 speed. The advantage gained is that a larger range of PCIe cards can still be used without requiring the motherboard hardware to support the full transfer rate - so keeping design and implementation costs down.

The number of lanes is "negotiated" during power-up or explicitly during operation. By making the lane count flexible a single standard can provide for the needs of high-bandwidth cards (e.g. graphics cards, 10 Gigabit Ethernet cards and multiport Gigabit Ethernet cards) while also being economical for less demanding cards."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

http://www.interfacebus.com/De...ector_PCI_Express.html
 
from another forum "Okay a little more info... apparently it is a timing issue, when your computer first turns on the PSU sends power down each line and then backs off waiting for the computer to start the boot process. With the G92 cards they are expecting to see this at a different time than when they are actually getting the signal and it causes them to think they are underpowered so they clock themselves back".
that's about the same model and chipset as your video card.
 
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