Recent content by Stormbringer

I'm going to attempt to install chipset drivers this evening, and update the BIOS. I believe the drivers are installed, but old. As far as unlocking the extra pipes, tried that last night for grins. Everything seemed to unlock fine, overclocked it a bit as well. Scores were a bit higher, but...

Okay, after further poking around, I found my CPUMark score is 250. Thought that was low, so I checked my results from 2 years ago, right after I got my 9500 up and running. CPUMark score was 590. What could be causing my CPUmark score to tank through the floor like that? Should I try...

Hmmm, it's showing as a Northwood in CPU-Z. but it's been a while since I got the mobo/cpu. And yeah, it's a single channel board. So dual-channel and a different core makes a 33% - 50% difference? I may need a new processor/mobo/ram, then. Sigh. Thanks for the info.

I don't know where to start. I've had a 9500 for 2 years, and yesterday upgraded to a eVGA 6800. Uninstalled old drivers, ran Driver Cleaner, installed new drivers, everything seemed fine. Ran a few games, the FPS seemed a little better. Then I ran Aquamark and 3DMark03. After digging around...