Thanks [H] for posting this and showing the differences between real world and standard benchmark results. I think the best part of [H]'s testing method is that when I buy a card and start playing games, I am not surprised by the performance or lackthereof (what a novel concept, evaluations...
Since this is a new computer, I just reformatted, the problem persists. I currently have no installed software besides the appropriate windows updates. I have once again tried different BIOS revisions, I also tried 3 nforce4 chipset drivers (uninstalling each one before installing the other)...
I know how much [H]ardOCP hates 3dmarks, but I think in this case it's a good indication of something going seriously wrong. I just built a new system, and ran 3dmark05 on it. The first time I did it, I got 7500 3dmarks, which is what I expected since it's almost exactly the same as what my...