New Laptop Low 3dMarks06 Stats

[jon2249]

I just ran 3dmarks06 on my new vostro and it seems like the scores are lower then expected. I havent installed anything since I received my computer and all the drivers were from the Dell.

Dell Vostro 1500
Core2Duo 2.0ghz
Nvidia 8600m GT
5400rpm hard drive
1gb ram

My score that i got was 2766 which i believe to be kind of slow for the specs i have. And throughout the whole process I was getting 1-6 FPS which is kind of weird for the 8600m GT no? I kind of expected more from this laptop cuz i spent 1000 on this laptop to be able to run up to date games.


I ran another test over at PCPitSTOP and found other problems as well.

Memory performance of this system 3852 megabytes per second, is significantly lower than average. Systems with the same processor and amount of memory typically perform at a level of 8078 MB/s.

Video performance of this system, 38.95 megapixels per second, is significantly lower than average.Systems with the same processor and amount of memory typically perform at a level of 157 Mp/s. PC Pitstop's video test measures the 2D performance of the video board, which is used to draw windows, icons, and fonts on typical desktop applications such as word processors and browsers. It does not measure the 3D capabilities used by high-end games.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Well, for gaming laptops, the best vid card is still the Nvidia GeForce Go 7950.

As for the 3DMark06 score, that seems on par. An Aspire 5920G (T7200 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 256MB 8600m GT), scores 3376. That is with 2x the RAM. A GeForce Go 7950 512MB (with a T7600, 2GB RAM), gets a 6428 3DMark06 score.

The 8600 is only a mid level card. Even though it is the "fastest" of the current generation mobile cards, it is technically a mid-range product. Typically mid-range card will perform as well as the high end of 2-3 generations before. A GeForce GO 6800 Ultra scores about 2500-2600 (and that was on pre-Core 2 Duo CPU's, keeping the CPU's the same it would be in the low 3000's).

Again, this is a mid-range card, not a high end card. Even thought it is the highest end in the current gen (well the 8700GT finally came out, but that is just the refreshed mid-range, and isn't a high end card either, and it only gets a ~5200), it will not do as well as a real high-end card from the previous generation, since it was truly the high-end card in a mobile package.