my computer specs are normal for .... this...

[Pelu]

hey guys... check out my computer specs... just wondering if with those... is normal to get just 11.5k in 3dmark06 or something is really out of place...

or i need more... OC?

 

[chinaman1472]

3Dmark06 is pretty bad way to judge your computer specs...

 

[desolate]

3dmark06 has a lot to deal with more so your video card rather then your computer as a whole.

 

[Pelu]

yeah... but in the end... low score in mark is like something suck anyway.. or something bad anyway?

 

[nerp]

The real question you should be asking is: are the games I'm playing fast enough for me? If so, forget benchmarks. Benchmarks really should only be used to compare a new system to an old one or something.

 

[Pelu]

feels kinda crappy honesty...

oh and the refreshrate cap of 60hz in LCD screens.. at least in almost all of them, is such a hinderance for speed feeling omg!

 

[LOUISSSSS]

what games and what resolutions are you using?

3870 crossfire is pretty diesel

 

[Pelu]

hm... Unreal Tournament 3...

Guild Wars...

Medieval II....

Company of Heroes....

what really kills this thing is a bunch of issues....

I start UT3... play deck map with 7 bots... run like crap 20 or 30 fps... not even max settings... only things on are the AI advance... aa4 af8 all else off.. even vsync...

then i minimize the game and maximize.. two things can happen.. 1 the game crash... other one the game gets up and runs uber fast lol....

match done... then back too menu... next match same issue... runs like crap then got to minimize and maximize the game with alt tab to see what of the two happen...

other issue.... sometimes when i launch any game... the game shows some strange artifacts even in menu like flashings of the windows desktop.... alt tab... the two things.. crash or fix... if performance still low.. then the same alt tab....

UT3 gets poor performance with world detail in 5... setting it to 80% do the trick... but oh well... CF isnt doing max.. whatever... i cant do anything to make the card better... so i give up on that one...

Company of Heroes... Runs like crap with the DX10 setting... uber crap and the game green meter about the memory isnt even at 3/4 full.. is full green not yellow or red... and I am like what the hell... the game runs so slow with DX10 setting but incredibly well with the high settings... (DX9) omg!!!!

Medieval II.... No bugging, but the game runs fine with CF off.. lol.. even better... i found that very very frustrating... around 20fps with CF.... I am like what the hell.. even the video recordings of the game feels choppy and laggy omg....

 

[Pelu]

oh by the way.... Guild Wars lets say it just run fine... besides the desktop trying to get into my game....

 

[DSF]

It would be a lot more useful to report your individual 3DMark scores rather than the total score.

 

[Ichigo]

I don't get how people can say that benchmarks don't matter. If comparable systems with similar CPU/GPU/etc. score significantly higher on 3DMark or something, it means something is wrong. Whether that something will affect all games or otherwise be an issue is determined on a case by case basis but benchmarks (3DMark being one of many) should be used properly, to determine if overall system performance is at the right level based on specific hardware configurations.

 

[Roguestar]

^ Yes, but simply having an arbitrary score in a synthetic benchmark without anything specific to compare it to is no reason to think there's something wrong with your PC. OS, hard drives, drivers installed, all the little things that people do to personalise their setup can change two PCs with identical hardware into different performers. Synthetic benchmarks are not a good measure of real-world performance. If I were getting crappy benchmark scores and could still play my games at high settings at good framerates it'd not be something to worry about.

@OP: You can't even see images refreshed faster than 60Hz so it's not like the 60Hz "cap" on LCDs is something that will affect your gaming experience.