3dMark06 with an open IE browser...ODD!

[heatlesssun]

So I'm playing 3dMark06 (yes it's a game now too!) with an open IE and a download from MSDN browser. This is what I get:

5511 Overall
SM2.0 Score 2297
HDR/SM3.0 Score 2305
CPU Score 1797

Now this is what I got with with the MSDN download still going but NO IE:

8227 Overall
SM2.0 Score 3856
HDR/SM3.0 Score 3862
CPU Score 1797

I got a bit higher with nothing running 8284 overll.

Now the last time I checked, IE wasn't a 3D app.

So what do you guys think is going on?

 

[Phranq]

Clearly all that hdr in IE was holding the two 512s back...

 

[darkeen]

Clearly all that hdr in IE was holding the two 512s back...

QFT