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hey guys. yeah...the title says it all.
my system 'ive been building for the past 2 weeks doesn't actually prove to be high end

i have included some pictures (screenshots) to help you guys to help me

highlighted in yellow in the pic below are things in not too sure about.
eg. why is my gpu running at 300mhz?!?! it randomly decides what mhz its wants to run at, ive seen it at 410, 50, 302, 300 and 602. im not sure if the censors are going heywire but its defiantly questionable.
another yellow highlight is the cpu speed, specifically the bus speed. is it normal? should i be getting that for a Q6600?
the last yellow highlight is of the RAM speed. it says its running at 400mhz......i have Kingstons HyperX 1066 Ram in all 4 slots. shouldnt that mean ITS FASTER THAN 400 MHZ?!!??!

oh and highlighted in black is the mobo info











when i run 3dm06, its almost as if my gpu's don't actually seem to display correctly, the image keeps overlapping and randomly turns pink ect.
oh and not to mention........FOR A GTX280 SLI RIG..YOU'D THINK I'D GET A LITTLE MORE THAN 10,000

can ANYONE out there help me with whats going on? i will post/try/pinpoint anything that seems plausible
 
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i know on amd mobos you have to turn off

Cool N quit so the cpu dosent jump

i think its called speedstep
 
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The GPU downclocks itself for 2D environments, such as your desktop, and re clocks itself back to normal frquencies when it enters 3D. And as for the CPU, you have Intel Speedstep on, and that downclocks the CPU when its in low stress environments and then goes back up to stock when your under load.

Dont worry, its all normal and easily adjustable :)
 
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just turn it off and do 3d06 gain and check your score

as for the ram you have to set in bios
 

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The GPU downclocks itself for 2D environments, such as your desktop, and re clocks itself back to normal frquencies when it enters 3D. And as for the CPU, you have Intel Speedstep on, and that downclocks the CPU when its in low stress environments and then goes back up to stock when your under load.

Dont worry, its all normal and easily adjustable :)

still doesn't explain my low 3dm score
 

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You may have to make sure you have everything set right in the BIOS. Such as CPU multiplier, FSB speed, CPU Voltage, SpeedStep (enabled/disabled)

For your graphics card, that maybe 2D downclocking.
 
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ok, ive turned off speedsteping. will do 3dm shortly

now what should the ram settings be in the bios?
 
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whats 'C1E stepping'? samething just for something else?
 
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oh another thing i have noticed.

when running 3dm WITH sli, the 'artifact' sort of things appear and the whole screen flickers lots of bright colours really fast.
but when sli is DISABLED it is perfectly fine. completely clear
 
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oh another thing i have noticed.

when running 3dm WITH sli, the 'artifact' sort of things appear and the whole screen flickers lots of bright colours really fast.
but when sli is DISABLED it is perfectly fine. completely clear

do you have latest drivers / did you overclock the cards / how hot are they getting?

check the box on gpuz that says log in background then run 3D06
 

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do you have latest drivers / did you overclock the cards / how hot are they getting?

check the box on gpuz that says log in background then run 3D06

the cards stay under 40 degrees when under stress and have never been overclocked.
all the latest drivers hav been installed
 
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lol 10000 3dmark less than what my 3 year old rig make

read the mobo manual and if you can't make the settings maybe you should make a few photos with bios screen and people with same bios options can help you

good luck!
 
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i couldnt find anything on the sli artifacts

have yo done a 3d06 run yet?
 
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I heard that 4 sticks of ram may need a bit more v's but check this first! also did you try each gpu by itself?
 
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