Yea, so I'm a gaming enthusiast and very neurotic... and I cannot handle performance problems on any scale
My pc:
i7 860 overclocked from 133 to 145 FSB
ASUS TOP 5850 @ 876/1200
Intel DP55WB
Standard harddisk
4 gigs of ram @ 1400 mhz
Creative Xtreme Audio
My scores are approx 1k lower than before. It's obvious already in the the very first test, proxycon, where I would get 130+ fps in the opening scene at some points. Now, I can barely hit 120 with the same clocks.
I don't really see anything changed. I recently got a new sound card but I tried disabling and even removing it. No difference in score. I also recently got a newer and much more effective CPU cooler. With my old cooler, I found out that my cpu got very hot, so I hope it's not damaged. The new cooler is good.
I even formatted the whole thing to no effect
Meanwhile, my Vantage scores seem to be alright from what I can tell. I get
17832 for the overall score.
CPU score: 19793
Graphics: 17262
What could be wrong here? Could the CPU have been damaged? I know 3D mark 06 is cpu limited in my case...
Maybe there is another test I can take to determine if my computer performances as it should? 3D mark 06 has always been reliable for me though so that's why it bothers me. Also, it might test other stuff than Vantage so even if my Vantage score is ok maybe there's still a problem?
Please help! I greatly appreciate any input
My pc:
i7 860 overclocked from 133 to 145 FSB
ASUS TOP 5850 @ 876/1200
Intel DP55WB
Standard harddisk
4 gigs of ram @ 1400 mhz
Creative Xtreme Audio
My scores are approx 1k lower than before. It's obvious already in the the very first test, proxycon, where I would get 130+ fps in the opening scene at some points. Now, I can barely hit 120 with the same clocks.
I don't really see anything changed. I recently got a new sound card but I tried disabling and even removing it. No difference in score. I also recently got a newer and much more effective CPU cooler. With my old cooler, I found out that my cpu got very hot, so I hope it's not damaged. The new cooler is good.
I even formatted the whole thing to no effect
Meanwhile, my Vantage scores seem to be alright from what I can tell. I get
17832 for the overall score.
CPU score: 19793
Graphics: 17262
What could be wrong here? Could the CPU have been damaged? I know 3D mark 06 is cpu limited in my case...
Maybe there is another test I can take to determine if my computer performances as it should? 3D mark 06 has always been reliable for me though so that's why it bothers me. Also, it might test other stuff than Vantage so even if my Vantage score is ok maybe there's still a problem?
Please help! I greatly appreciate any input
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