3dmark05 benches

[joejccva]

Just out of curiosity, my 3dmark score was only 3482 after a new pc build. Everything is running stock, not overclocking yet and I was wondering why I have such a low score.

My drivers are the Xtreme G 77.62 HD for my Geforce 6600GT. This guy told me to disable the PEG Link options in the bios and then install these drivers for optimum performance. He then proceeded to tell me to overclock my card using Coolbits 2.0.

My system specs:

CPU: Athlon 64 3200+ Venice
MB: Asus A8N-SLI nForce4 SLI
RAM: OCZ 1gb (2x512) dual channel PC3200 DDR400 2.5 CAS
COOLING CPU: XP-90C w/ Panaflo 92mm H1B fan
COOLING CHASSIS: Panaflo 120mm rear exhaust fan, Panaflo 92mm side intake fan, Stock 120mm front intake fan
CASE: Thermaltake Soprano

I haven't overclocked anything yet as I'm still breaking the system in but I wanted to know if my drivers have anything to do with low 3dmark bench scores (3482). I did a comparison and found some guys have scores of 7300-7400, but they have overclocked their cards to like 550/1200 or so. My card is running stock at 500/1000. Does overclocking the video card have this much of a 3dmark bench effect? Or do I need different video drivers?

Please advise and many thanks!
Joe

 

[hans030390]

thats not low

 

[bjc112]

For a 6600GT that is not low..

A 6800GT ( about the performance of 2 6600's ) scores about 5500..

You seem to be right on the money..

Bump that CPU to 2.6ghz and you will break 4000 for sure..Overclock that GPU and you should get over 4500..

 

[joejccva]

Originally posted by: hans030390
thats not low

So the reason some people with almost the same pc specs have higher scores is because they have overclocked? I know overclocking gives better performance obviously but THAT much?? We are talking almost over double my score. I had 3482 ..he had like 7163 or something.

 

[Beiruty]

your friend has different card.. 6600 is different from 6800

 

[Waylay00]

Are you sure he had a 6600GT then?

 

[joejccva]

Originally posted by: Waylay00
Are you sure he had a 6600GT then?

Take a look at this...he has everything I have except he has different video drivers and he's overclocked his card. These were his results:

3DMark Score: 7158 Slaughter

User: barbarian_x13@yahoo.com
Date: 2005-3-24


CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 1954 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT, 569 MHz / 1093 MHz
Display Driver: 7.6.1.0
Driver Status: Non WHQL - Not FM Approved
Resolution: 1024x768 32 bit
OS: Microsoft Windows XP
System Memory: 1024 MB
Video Memory: 128 MB




Here is another:

3DMark Score: 6898 SLI setup Bfg6600gts

User: rmkt2@hotmail.com
Date: 2005-5-1


CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 1962 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT, 585 MHz / 1197 MHz
Display Driver: 7.1.8.9
Driver Status: WHQL - FM Approved
Resolution: 1024x768 32 bit
OS: Microsoft Windows XP
System Memory: 512 MB
Video Memory: 128 MB



Oh wait a second...I know why now. These guys have 2 cards (SLI) in their systems. Ugh. Sorry about that guys. I feel dumb now.

Quick question however:

Should I keep these Xtreme G 77.62 HD drivers that I downloaded off of guru3d.com or should I just get the latest from nvidia.com (77.72) and re-enable the PEG Link configs in the BIOS?

Your thoughts?

 

[rise]

yep sli

 

[Paktu]

The NVIDIA drivers will give you better scores in 3dmark05. The Xtreme G drivers will give you much better image quality and slightly better framerates in every program except for sythetic benchmarks.

 

[richardrds]

3400-3500 is right on for a stock 6600GT, those rigs that you see scoring 6800-7200 are using SLI setups (mobo has 2 PCI-E slots and they have 2 6600GT's installed), and they are Ocing also.

With OCing you may be able to push a single 6600GT to about the 4100-4300 range in 3Dmark05. I saw one single 6600GT scoring 4500, but that was with an extreemly high OC (not typically reached by most users).

 

[ssvegeta1010]

Stick with the Extreme G drivers, and yes, that is a good score.

 

[joejccva]

Ok thanks guys.