3dmark06...some dramatic results

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SHRED

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My old P4 2.53, D845PEBT2 mobo, evga 6800GS 256 4x AGP, and 1 gig PC2700:

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My new q6600, GA-P35-DS3L mobo, evga 8800GT 512 SC, with 2 gigs PC2 6400:

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:eek::eek:


:D:D
 
Very nice! [/Borat]

I'm not a fan of 3D Mark apps, but yeah, I have an AMD system symilar to your old one and I ordered your new system with a diff. mobo and 4 GB of RAM so it's nice to know what to expect. :)
 
I am curious who got 11, I wonder if they were using a cell phone...
 
Start overclocking that system, sheesh. :D

I was hitting 14k with my old 8800GTS 320mb. :p
 
KamelRed said:
Start overclocking that system, sheesh. :D

I was hitting 14k with my old 8800GTS 320mb. :p
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I read the 'Overclockers' tip section over on that forum but I am still unsure.
I think I got my ram to 4-4-4-12 through the Gigabyte BIOS "M.I.T." area. I bumped the ram voltage up a little bit.

I am a bit paranoid about OC'ing although I did get a Zalman 9700 CPU cooler.
My problem is I just don't know enough about it.
I got the CPU to clock up a little but then the ram dropped off and vice versa.

I need to understand the process better.


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SHRED said:
I read the 'Overclockers' tip section over on that forum but I am still unsure.
I think I got my ram to 4-4-4-12 through the Gigabyte BIOS "M.I.T." area. I bumped the ram voltage up a little bit.

I am a bit paranoid about OC'ing although I did get a Zalman 9700 CPU cooler.
My problem is I just don't know enough about it.
I got the CPU to clock up a little but then the ram dropped off and vice versa.

I need to understand the process better.


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Some of the basic tips I've learned around here to get you started--if you have to choose between CPU and RAM, OC the CPU. RAM speed has much less effect on real-world game performance. And when OC'ing RAM, timings matter more than bus speed. As in, DDR2 at 800 4-4-4-12 is better than DDR2 1066 at 5-5-5-15. The biggest boost seems to come from making sure your command rate is at 1T, which can be tough with cheaper RAM or a mobo that doesn't cooperate. But not to fear, because none of it has much of an impact on frame rates in almost all games, at least when you're running a CoreDuo or Quad processor.

This article and this article will show you the light, the first one on speed and the second on timings (or latency). Mind-blowing.
 
Commander Suzdal said:
Some of the basic tips I've learned around here to get you started--if you have to choose between CPU and RAM, OC the CPU. RAM speed has much less effect on real-world game performance. And when OC'ing RAM, timings matter more than bus speed. As in, DDR2 at 800 4-4-4-12 is better than DDR2 1066 at 5-5-5-15. The biggest boost seems to come from making sure your command rate is at 1T, which can be tough with cheaper RAM or a mobo that doesn't cooperate. But not to fear, because none of it has much of an impact on frame rates in almost all games, at least when you're running a CoreDuo or Quad processor.

This article and this article will show you the light, the first one on speed and the second on timings (or latency). Mind-blowing.
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Thanks Commander.

I got my CPU to run stable at 333 x 9 and the voltage use is low I believe at 1.08 to 1.20.

My 3dmark06 score increase by 1,000 points, or so, to 13505.

Still learning.
:cool:
 
Nice score increase.

I've upgraded to a system very similar to yours - Core 2 Quad Q6600 + GeForce 8800GTX (a month ago, no GTs at the time) from a Pentium 3 500 MHz + Radeon 8500 64 MB. Too bad the old system wouldn't even run 3DMark06.

However, I've tried 3DMark01 SE on both, and I got:

3500~ 3DMarks on the P3 500 + Radeon 8500
66000~ 3DMarks on the Q6600 + 8800GTX

Also, I got about 13700~ 3DMarks in 06 on the newer system (meaning my GTX doesn't offer much advantage over your 8800GT).
 
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