6800 Bench/Poor Performance in HL2?

[PinchyCM]

Is this normal for scores?

Everything's running on stock..

A64 3200+
1gig Corsair Value Select PC3200
eVGA Geforce 6800NU

On 3dmark01 -> ~20000
On 3dmark03-> ~9000

 

[BentValve]

Those are about 3000-4000 points too low.

 

[PinchyCM]

hrm, i just did a compare on ORB, and people are only about 1k up or below me...

the a64 is running at 2.2ghz, and the 6800nu is on stock...

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: PinchyCM
Is this normal for scores?

Everything's running on stock..

A64 3200+
1gig Corsair Value Select PC3200
eVGA Geforce 6800NU

On 3dmark01 -> ~20000
On 3dmark03-> ~9000

Looks about right to me. 6800 vanilla you say? You will break 10,000 on 03 with a slight oc on either the cpu or gfx card.

 

[PinchyCM]

yeah, it's a vanilla. i'm just wondering, because i've heard a lot of problems with the nf3-250 chipsets.

 

[DarkKnight]

Those look good, i only get 16800 pts in 3dMark 01, but thats because I only have a Athlon and not a A64, ur 3dMark 03 scores are like mine when I didnt unlock pipes and the vertex shader, after I did that I got about 700 pts higher without overclocking the card

 

[imverygifted]

Originally posted by: BentValve
Those are about 3000-4000 points too low.

seems right to me, my A64 3200+ 939 and Geforce 6800GT gets 11700 thats about the difference between NA and GT

 

[PinchyCM]

good to hear. are there any other benchmarks i should try?

i'm looking at aquamark, but i'm not sure what to expect.

also, are there any all-in-one video codecs that u guys could reccommend? defiler pack's having issues with the new nvidia driver...

 

[PinchyCM]

So it seems that it runs the benchies fine...in the 40K range in aquamark as well.

It plays UT2k4 at max res/highest settings @ 85fps

And it sucks on HL2/CS:S. Is there a fix, or do I havec to go back to my 9800pro

 

[PinchyCM]

i can get about 70,80 fps on 1280x1024 2xAA, 4xAF in CS:S, and about 40-50fps in HL2 on the same specs. Is it just me, or did my 9800p do just about as good?

 

[Nuke Waste]

What are your video settings? I have nearly the same setup (I unlocked the pipes and shaders on my 6800, and have a 20% OC) and I get BETTER FPS with AA/AF cranked. I'm talking ~100 FPS at 1600x1200 vs 40-45 FPS with 4x/8x AA/AF. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

 

[WT]

because i've heard a lot of problems with the nf3-250 chipsets

Care to elaborate ? I hadn't heard of reported issues yet.

I have an A64-3000+ and an EVGA 6800, but hadn't benched 3Dmark01 or 03 yet, sticking to 05 just for the eye candy. Like you, I'm bone stock speeds but I will bench it tonight and report back. Honestly, a 1,000 point swing above or below can be attributed mainly to your background apps .... I had been benching my rig with a distributed computing app running the cpu at 90+% for the longest time .... DOHHH !!
🙁

 

[WT]

3Dmark01 - 16,236
3Dmark03 - 6,825

I'm a good bit lower than your numbers, with a slightly less tweaked rig as well, so your numbers look fine to me. Don't forget, you don't play benchmarks, you play games.