Post your 3dmark06 SCORES !!!! =p

[giorgos th.]

what do you mean?you score 1472?

 

[jpierce55]

what do you mean?you score 1472?

Low 1500's, sad isn't it. I think it may be that I only have 512mb of ram in tomorrow I should be sticking another 1gb in.


Hey it is a budget build to get me buy I have a descent mobo and that is about it. Powercolor GTO for $80, 3700 San Diego for $97, and $40 100gig ATA133 Maxtor drive. The VGA oc's a little but no extra pipelines, I have not touched the cpu yet.

No extra ram did not help. Does low 1500's sound unreasonable (mind you I don't expect your numbers). Does the full version of the benchmark show different scoring? My g-card just reads 768 in SM2 with no SM3, my processor not so bad at 980. LOL I have to live with it for now.

 

[SK-1]

With the new 6.9 I get 5556,I have had a few hundred points higher with other drivers.

 

[Namslas90]

SK-1, Nice Rig!! However your choice of psu is a little low for good overclocking. The Neo 480 only supplies you with an 18 amp 12v rail. According to ATI this is the minimum required to operate the X1900XTX at normal operating speed. For overclocking you need a minimum of 22 amps on the 12v rail and a maximum of 32 amps for duel X1900XTX in crossfire mode for high overclocking. Your Rig could get you a much better score than 5556 with a better psu you should be up in the 7k to 9k range or higher.

 

[SK-1]

Yes I agree it is my weak link,...What about the Ultra Xconnect 500.
34 amps on 12v rails.
Do you guys think it will be ok if I go Crossfire?

 

[i_am_mustang_man]

don't use somethign that weak for cf of x1900series

i, personally would maybe go 650watt at a minimum, if it's by a good company. spend money on your psu, it's a good idea.

 

[Daveburt]

Terenth... the X800 series cards don't support SM3, and 3Dmark06 will give heavy penalties to cards that don't do SM3... Thats the only reason your 06 scores are so low....
There is nothing wrong with your system! Step away from the Hammer!!!

Other than Oblivion, I don't think there are too many games that you would see any real improvement with by having SM3....

Namslas90.... I never claimed to have a "Super Computer", and if your Gateway has a 3800x2 and a 1900XT it's not suprising your scores are close to mine (Although I doubt that is a stock Gateway!). If anything the only reason I do better than you is CPU Clock speed and the fact that I don't have a Gateway Motherboard

 

[Namslas90]

Daveburt, The Super Computer thing was all mine. However my gateway motherboard manufactured by Foxconn C51GU01G1 is the stock mobo, all I've addes is the ATI X1900XTX, the PSU, and 2GB Memory (check My system specs). And keep in mind there are differences between the x1900xt and the x1900XTX. I spent 2 hours talking to ATI on the telephone until I got an answer as to the correct PSU 12v rail Amperage required. They reccomend an 18amp rail for standard single card operation. Any overclocking requires a 22amp rail, and Crossfire requires a minimum of 24 amp rail. Overclocking with x1900xtx crossfire they say 32 amp rail for max overclocking. Now I will also agree that there is a lot of confusion, partly due to the fact that not all PSU companys list AMPS PER RAIL; most only list TOTAL AMPS. Also the Amps listing on the ATI boxes are suposed to be Total AMPS of PSU but is not realy clear. This is what caused me to call ATI to begin with. Got sent up three levels of tech support before getting someone that made sense and knew what he was talking about. I have no problems at all with overclocking beyond Max.

 

[SK-1]

Daveburt, The Super Computer thing was all mine. However my gateway motherboard manufactured by Foxconn C51GU01G1 is the stock mobo, all I've addes is the ATI X1900XTX, the PSU, and 2GB Memory (check My system specs). And keep in mind there are differences between the x1900xt and the x1900XTX. I spent 2 hours talking to ATI on the telephone until I got an answer as to the correct PSU 12v rail Amperage required. They reccomend an 18amp rail for standard single card operation. Any overclocking requires a 22amp rail, and Crossfire requires a minimum of 24 amp rail. Overclocking with x1900xtx crossfire they say 32 amp rail for max overclocking. Now I will also agree that there is a lot of confusion, partly due to the fact that not all PSU companys list AMPS PER RAIL; most only list TOTAL AMPS. Also the Amps listing on the ATI boxes are suposed to be Total AMPS of PSU but is not realy clear. This is what caused me to call ATI to begin with. Got sent up three levels of tech support before getting someone that made sense and knew what he was talking about. I have no problems at all with overclocking beyond Max.

I am really confused now,... If this post is true,...then HOW can ATI recommend the Thermaltake 250 watt 21 amp. 5.25in bay PSU for Crossfire on their OWN CERTIFIED parts page???
I know they have a caveat that you need at least a 450w. PSU for the rest of your rig,...but still.
I guess I will call them up and ask a few questions.Any names of the tech. support people?
Thanks All!

 

[-Wolverine-]

3700+ SD @2,8GHz + 7900GT @720/900

 

[jpierce55]

3700+ SD @2,8GHz + 7900GT @720/900

EEK that tells me volumes.

 

[Namslas90]

SK-1 READ the fine print carefully is says'"......in conjunction with a 450 ....."; psu, not by itself. The 250 is to power the ATI card only while the 450 powers the othe components. The problem is once again the difference between total power output and the output of the 12v rail. Call ATI, but take your time, quiz whoever you get about the specifications on your graphics card box and eventually you will get the right answer once they realize you can read and are not going to leave them alone until you get an accurate answer. For example My ATI manuel says I need a psu with a 12v rail amperage of 32 amps. However this is only true if I'am using two cards in crossfire mode. For one X1900XTX, the minimum requirement is only 18amps. Most psu manufactures only list the total amp output of their PSU's. ATI's specs on their boxes are all different and non match the PSU's manufactures. It was all very confusing and I actually purchased 2 different PSU's before installing one in my rig. But that was after the long telephone call.
Also you will notice the output of the thermaltake 250 is 21 to 25 amps. Thus compounding the whole power requirement confusion. This PSU was not available when I bought my card, made my call to ati. I guess the best thing to do is call ATI and do what you believe is right. I also have problems with the tech support section of the company I work for, keep in mind they are basically taught to make the customer happy, regardless of the facts, and most of them are reading out of a programmed text answer book (funny pages). Good Luck

 

[strick94u]

This is as fast as I am going till I get heat sinks on the memory of these cards.hah only 28,000+ users faster than me

 

[Terenth]

daveburt i know that my scores are correct... but the crashing is NOT related in ANY way to ocing... there are some damn conflicts between the hardware... or software or both or EVERYTHING its not because its in crossfire either i put only one card in at a time... didnt fix it.

The score is NOT the reason im going to fuck this computer up with a hammer... the stability is... id really hate to put more money into it.... but i think i'll try some quality ram (listed in my MB manuel) so that i may get better compatability...

 

[strick94u]

daveburt i know that my scores are correct... but the crashing is NOT related in ANY way to ocing... there are some damn conflicts between the hardware... or software or both or EVERYTHING its not because its in crossfire either i put only one card in at a time... didnt fix it.

The score is NOT the reason im going to fuck this computer up with a hammer... the stability is... id really hate to put more money into it.... but i think i'll try some quality ram (listed in my MB manuel) so that i may get better compatability...

Who makes the chipset on it? have you updated it recently? what about the bio's is there an update maybe? Just fishing here dude

 

[Terenth]

yea well u mean the northbridge... RD580- Crossfire Xpress 3200... ULI southbridge for got the model #... yes it has the latest bios "supposedly" it came with and auto updater thing (motherboard did).... as for the grfx cards i havent the slightest clue... when ever I try searching for drivers i come up with essentiallY NOTHING especially if i have to get it off the ATI website. b/c way more than half the time they dont have any help on the ati website... tends to be absolute crap ive come to see... look at the "did this info help you? yes/no" crap and youll see that rarely says "yes"... ive played with every setting u can imagine and still no go... it still locks up at LEAST once a day... and its entirely random.. no consistancy to it... but it is with out a doubt NOT the Grfx cards fault...

seeing as how this is not the room for this i may as well give an update

3621 yea... that is MAXXED

 

[Athlon2K15]

extreme gateway,lol

here is my newest score for 3dm06 and i actually figured out how to post it on orb

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=579770

 

[HeavyH20]

Well, looks like 7900 GTO SLI at 700/800 is as fast as a single 7950GX2 at 680/800. HQ settings.

7900 GTO SLI - 9719

7950GX2 - 9722

 

[mab1376]

Score = 5577

MoBo: ECS P965T-A
Mem: 2 gigs Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 clocked at 5-5-5-13 (...bios issues :shadedshu )
Proc: Core2 Duo E6300
Video Card: XFX 7900GT 256
HDD: Seagate 160GB 16MB cache 4GBp/s

 

[i_am_mustang_man]

http://img.techpowerup.org/061025/5386.jpg

ummm....i wonder if my cpu is letting down my whole score? lol

 

[MTL]

With my new 7900 GTO and X2 3800+ at stock:

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[i_am_mustang_man]

With my new 7900 GTO and X2 3800+ at stock:

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man i wish i had a dual core for benching....

 

[Athlon2K15]

yes dualcore is nice my highest cpu score for 3dmark06 was .694 for cpu 1 and .997 for cpu 2,

 

[Daveburt]

Damn... Terenth, I thought you were just worried about your 3DM06 score, didn't know you were having a stability problem too...

You tried just one card and still had the problem? Wierd.... If I think of any suggestions I'll let ya know bud! Good luck.....

 

[MTL]

I need to overclock my processor because I think it is bottlenecking my GTO.