Multiple monitors affecting benchmark? possible?

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frankyk

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I did a 3dmark06 benchmark and I got 4140 or so last time, but then I did one later and I only got 3500 or so and this time I had more RAM too. Any reasons for the possible significant drop in benchmark score?

Also, I was wondering, if I have multiple monitors, like say, 2x 20" and 1x 24" and I game on the 24", would it affect my game performance with the 2x 20" monitors having stuff on them (mostly browser windows) while I'm gaming on my 24"?
 
I have Dual monitors (A new monitor to replace my CRT coming soon) a CRT and an LCD Flat Panel. Since the CRT is better for gaming out of the two, I game on it, and just fyi when I start a game, the LCD cuts its self off. I can't use the LCD while im playing a game on my CRT unless I run the game in window mode of course. (Not sure if thats what your planning to do or not) Anyhow, I don't think it would affect your gaming much having something on the other monitors because that stuff is usually pretty much static (unless your trying to watch quicktime videos and windows media player visualizations, and music etc. I mean of course it is going to take SOME use of the graphics card to do stuff on the other monitors, but I doubt you'd notice the difference if your just browsing the net, etc. Besides, your not going to be able to pay attention to your game at the same time as doing something on the other screen, which is the only time it would affect your game.

If any of that made sense... heh

Anyhow, your system sounds like a cool setup, hope to have something of the sorts sometime :D
 
having two monitors enabled and only gaming on one effects my framerates a bit.
 
i've had a significant drop in framerate (70s to high 50s) on a certain benchmark that I run. Thought I had fried the card but the 2nd monitor could be it... gonna test it out
 
woops sorry. I just tested it again and dual monitors actually have no affect on my framerate. It was the vsync which was affecting my frames :p
 
i have no idea what extra monitors have as an effect on 3d mark scores. but i can tell you adding ram isnt always a good idea. 2X 512 sticks is better then 3X 5 12 sticks or in some cases even 4X512 sticks. its because more then 2 sticks forces a 2T opperation. without going into the details its bad. it slows performance, depending on your chipset too. but the best gaming ram would be 2 X 1gb at FSB MHz speeds.

and also (obviosly) background apps have an effect on score.
 
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