New System Build & Possible Problems

[PolygonGTC]

I just did a major upgrade on my system. I went from a X2 3800+ and an XFX 6800GS. Now, I do a lot of video and music editing and encoding on this system as well as play games. I don't think I'm getting the full performance from this new system. Here are the system specs:

ThermalTake Armor Xaser VA8000B Corsair 620HX
DFI LanParty LT P35-T2R
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentfield: Zalman CNPS8700
4GB (2x1GB) Mushkin XP2-6400 4-4-4-12
VisionTek Radeon HD 4850 512MB: Zalman VF1000
Creative Labs X-Fi Platinum
Seagate 320GB, 400GB, 750GB, 1.5TB SATA
Plextor PX-716SA/SW DVD-RW SATA

Now I ran some test on the optimized settings in the BIOS and here's what I got.

Video encoding: AutoGK @ 65% with DivX
61.13 FPS

Audio encoding: Lame Alt Presets Extreme
9x CPU time

3D Mark 2006:
11,328

After that I went and configured the ram timings manually, changed quite a few settings in genie including upping the memory voltage to 2.05v and the CPU to 1.25v. I then upped the FSB to 9x333 taking it up to 3GHz and left the memory at 333/800. Here are my results.

Video encoding: AutoGK @ 65% with DivX
73.36FPS

Audio encoding: Lame Alt Presets Extreme
13x CPU time

3D Mark 2006:
12,990

Now, I don't know if these really mesh. I have a friend with an older X2 that is getting 82FPS using the same settings in AutoGK. The only real difference besides that is that I'm running XP which limits me to 3.2GiB of RAM and he's running Vista, but I don't think he has more than 2GiB of memory.

So, why does his system encode 20FPS faster than mine. I would think it would be the other way around?

Lastly, for OCing with my cooling I'm getting 50CPU, 41PWM, and 45Chipset under load right now. What's too hot. Should I drive my clock back down to 266MHz?

 

[Dangman]

- Is this a fresh install of XP?
- What are your friend's PC's exact specs?
- What are your load temperatures when running Prime95? Also, what program are you using to measure the temperatures?

 

[PolygonGTC]

1. Yes, fresh install.

2. Specs:
CPU: AMD X2 6400+ Black Edition
MOBO: AM2, FSB1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)
MEM: Corsair Capacity 4GB (2 x 2GB) Speed DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Timing 4-4-4-12 Voltage 2.1V
Video: ATi x1950 Pro
HDD: Seagate 250 ST3250620AS SATA II
OS: Vista 32bit Ultimate

3. I don't have Prime95 and I'm using ITE Winguardian to measure temps.

I also just found out that he is OCed from 3.0GHz to 3.2GHz but that doesn't explain why he's faster. He seems to think it might have to do with Vista.

 

[Dangman]

Get Prime 95 to stress test your CPU and use Speedfan, Core Temp, or Real Temp to measure your temperatures.

And are you sure you two are using the EXACT same settings?

 

[PolygonGTC]

The only thing I'm comparing to his is the video encoding. That's when I started the other tests and for that we are using the exact same settings.