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My new eVGA 6800 is performing really low... (3DMark03, Aquamark, JK3, etc...)

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InlineFive

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3DMark2003: 55xx
Aquamark: 30,xxx

Athlon XP 3200+ (officially a 2500+ but 100% Prime95'ed at 1.675v)
Abit NF7-S with #27 BIOS
1GB DDRRAM @ 333Mhz (512MB OCZ PC3200, 512MB Kingston Value PC2700)
eVGA GeForce 6800 (only pipelines enabled at this point)
Seagate 200GB SATA hard drive
Fortron FSP350-60N PSU

1. Interestingly enough enabling the extra vertex shader makes the synthetic benchmarks improve but lowers performance in JK3.
2. With a multimeter the 12v rail doesn't go below 12.05v when running games.
3. In JK3 outdoor maps get around 50fps @ 1280x1024 w/ 2xS AA & 16AF, indoor maps are about 80fps at same settings. Sometimes the fps will drop to about 30-40fps for no reason. And there is a 10fps loss from 1280x1024 to 640x480! :shocked:

I remember a post by a guy on here a while ago who had the same problem and fixed it. Does anyone remember where it is?

Thanks!

-Por

Update: One day later
I've tried all of the suggestions below and on the eVGA site and somehow the the 3DMark03 score dropped to 35xx. I'm thinking about an RMA.
 
I have a similar setup and get 9700 (everything unlocked, locked I get 8900) in 3dmark03, are you sure u have FSAA and AF off? Also, try disabling fastwrites. also, do you have vsync disabled?
 
I have all of those ENABLED on my new unlocked 6800... with quality set to high. Getting about 9300 on 3dMark03 without any tweaking on an AMD2500... your system should be at least meeting that with your overclocked cpu.

Are your mobo drivers installed & current... such as the AGP driver? Often a brutally low score == missing AGP mobo driver... not to be confused with your video drivers.

Best of luck bro.
 
Originally posted by: ShrikeAK
I have all of those ENABLED on my new unlocked 6800... with quality set to high. Getting about 9300 on 3dMark03 without any tweaking on an AMD2500... your system should be at least meeting that with your overclocked cpu.

Are your mobo drivers installed & current... such as the AGP driver? Often a brutally low score == missing AGP mobo driver... not to be confused with your video drivers.

Best of luck bro.
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All drivers are latest. I just a did a complete uninstall, driver cleaner run and reinstall tonight of all system drivers.
 
Another wild azzed stab.... perhaps your OC has hosed up your AGP frequency. Check your AGP frequency in your bios... sometimes it is hard set (ie 66mhz)... or it may be a clock ratio (ie 2/3). Try putting your CPU back to the normal clock & multiplier for a test.

Brutally stupid question here... apologies in advance.
Do you have the external power connector hooked up? (I do not know if the board will even work with it unplugged... just taking a stab that the card may work in slowdown mode without it.)

 
Originally posted by: ShrikeAK
Another wild azzed stab.... perhaps your OC has hosed up your AGP frequency. Check your AGP frequency in your bios... sometimes it is hard set (ie 66mhz)... or it may be a clock ratio (ie 2/3). Try putting your CPU back to the normal clock & multiplier for a test.

Brutally stupid question here... apologies in advance.
Do you have the external power connector hooked up? (I do not know if the board will even work with it unplugged... just taking a stab that the card may work in slowdown mode without it.)
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Okay, I have an nForce2 so I can specify frequencies independently of each other. Just to be safe I set the AGP/PCI to 66/33.

Well, the connector was only in half way. 😱 I tried it again and the score is down to 39xx. 🙁 Tonight I'll gut the whole computer and put the GPU on it's own line.
 
Something new, when all 12v devices (including the card) are plugged in the hard drive takes about 2min to load Windows. But when I unplug the CD-ROM, Floppy and a few lights the hard drive takes it's normal 20 seconds.

Does this indicate that my PSU is not being able to properly power the whole system?
 
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