8800GT Bottlenecked

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S3th13

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I just overclocked my E6400 from 2.14Ghz to 2.29Ghz and my 3DMark06 benchmark went from 9200 to 9800 with my eVGA 8800GT KO. Do you think once I overclock my CPU to 3.2GHz with my new mb it will increase my 3DMark06 score even further? My current MB is a pos and won't allow me to overclock past what I have it without not being able to post.
 
Lol I am going to highly doubt an overclock of 150 mhz is the only thing that gave you that higher score...

You are severely bottlenecked though, no doubt. I scored 11,110 with my setup.
 
Well I don't know what else I did... I ran the bench twice at both clocks and received that average.
 
You probably are severely bottlenecked at those speeds, hence the large (relatively) score increase with the smaller overclock. Try to score a better motherboard (any intel P35 is good) and get that chip to 3.0GHz+. Remember though, just because you're bottlenecked in 3DMark06 does not mean you're bottlenecked in every application. However, it wouldn't hurt performance in the least to get your CPU clocked higher :cool:.
 
I was planning on purchasing a new gigabyte p35 board. Then I'll hopefully be able to clock it around 3-3.2Ghz. If I want to go higher ill get a new heatsink and fan. Thanks for all the help though guys... much appreciated.
 
Wow folks...there really isnt too much bottlenecking happening with with a core 2 duo...even 2 runs at the same speed, 3dmark can give you 200-300 point differences, i've had even more! Usually 3 runs, then averaging, works best. The overclock probably netted you 200 of those points, and the rest were to chance lol...do not worry about being bottlenecked with a c2d - everyone always gets a little hyped up about cpu bottlenecking, when it never is that bad of an issue...
 
I've found that 3DMark isn't always a good indication of how actual games will run...I've learned to stop worrying about benches and start playing games.:cool:
 
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