GTX 260 216 scoring low in 3dmark06

[paperkut]

Hi guys,

I just built my rig with the following specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 920 (2.8Ghz)
XFX GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB
4GB DDR2 RAM
500GB Seagate SATA HDD
Win 7 64-bit

I've got this in a Shuttle XPC so I'm not sure about the motherboard.

Anyway, I decided to fire up 3dmark06 and I ended up with the following scores (everything is at stock speed) at the default 1280x1024 res:

3dmark score: 12858
SM2.0: 5236
HDR/SM3.0: 6305
CPU: 3183

Do these seem a bit low to you? The CPU score is understandable since I haven't overclocked it all, but the graphics card just doesn't appear to be working at its full potential. I was looking at other scores online and people average around ~17000. The SMR2.0 score particularly looks unusually low. I know this is just a synthetic benchmark but the discrepancy is just too big.

Any ideas?

 

[masteryoda34]

Looks about right. 3Dmark06 is mostly CPU limited with today's powerful GPU's. Try 3D Mark Vantage.

 

[angry hampster]

That's about on par with my E8500 @ 3.8 and 4870 512mb overclocked. I'd say there's nothing wrong.

 

[paperkut]

Just ran 3DMark Vantage.

3DMark score: 10998
GPU Score: 9101
CPU Score: 29342

I guess it's around average, but I was hoping that gpu score would be slightly higher at stock.

 

[Rifter]

i thinks its low, i get 11,500 with rig in my sig.

 

[paperkut]

Yeah, I'm not sure what it is. My card should definitely be performing higher than your 4830. Drivers perhaps? I'm using 182.50.

 

[error8]

You scored 9101 on the GPU in Vantage. I'd say that is very normal for your system.