very confused on two setups

[crizzar]

My main box (which I'm pretty proud of) has the following specs:

Athlon64 3800+ 939 Newcastle
MSI K8N Neo2
2x 1gb Wintec memory
BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra w/ 66.93 drivers
WD Raptor HD
Thermaltake 560W P/S

This system scored about 4600 in 3DMark05

Now...another system I just got done building just as a backup machine has the following:

Athlon64 3400+ s754
Abit KV80 (microATX)
512mb corsair value
ATI X800XT w/ cat 5.5
regular 120gb wd ide hdd

THIS "little" system gets 5645! WTF is that about?

I'm starting to have my doubts about the memory in the big box because I can't think of anything else that would create such a disparity between the systems...I mean, on paper, the big box should smoke the little one but alas, it is not the case.

I know that 3dMark means nothing as a synthetic benchmark, but I think it's useful for certain things and in this case, I think it's pointing out I have an issue

any thoughts?

 

[CreativeTom]

Originally posted by: crizzar
My main box (which I'm pretty proud of) has the following specs:

Athlon64 3800+ 939 Newcastle
MSI K8N Neo2
2x 1gb Wintec memory
BFG GeForce 6800 Ultra w/ 66.93 drivers
WD Raptor HD
Thermaltake 560W P/S

This system scored about 4600 in 3DMark05

Now...another system I just got done building just as a backup machine has the following:

Athlon64 3400+ s754
Abit KV80 (microATX)
512mb corsair value
ATI X800XT w/ cat 5.5
regular 120gb wd ide hdd

THIS "little" system gets 5645! WTF is that about?

I'm starting to have my doubts about the memory in the big box because I can't think of anything else that would create such a disparity between the systems...I mean, on paper, the big box should smoke the little one but alas, it is not the case.

I know that 3dMark means nothing as a synthetic benchmark, but I think it's useful for certain things and in this case, I think it's pointing out I have an issue

any thoughts?

Wow that's an odd one, I do agree I would post some doubt on the memory but huh??? a pretty large diference there between the two, not quite understanding what would cause that.

 

[MobiusPizza]

hm... Try swapping the memory on two system and rebench. I agree with you... the memory brand and the latency of 1GB ram is the only reason I can think of

 

[shoRunner]

well the processors are nearly the same and the ATI card performs better in that benchmark...i'm not suprised at all. the 3400+ is very close(+/-) to the 939 based 3500+ in many benchmarks and a 3800 is barely better. And the x850xt is alot better in 3dmark05 than the ultra so, there ya go.