Rediculously LOW 3DMark05 Score? Help Please!

[dualcore]

Please help guys, Is my 8800GTS defective??

After almost 1 week of trying to figure this out on my own, I'm at a loss as to figure out how to fix this or what the issue is. In my sig is my rig.
My score was a pitiful 5100, and I'm seeing non-overclocked 3800+'s with 9000-10000!

Memory tests pass @ 1:1 - 230FSB @ CAS2 2-2-10, so running on a divider isnt an issue. At 2.3Ghz the score is only 5000!

I've reinstalled XP-SP2.
I've installed the AMD CPU Driver.
I've installed the DualCore HotFix
I've installed the DualCore Optimizer.
Yes the /usepmtimer is in boot.ini, I've even tried with it not being there.
I've installed 97.92 (I believe thats the Nvidia vid driver version).

Why am I scoring so low... is it my CPU because it's only @ 2.4Ghz?

Not sure if this helps, but memory before running is @ 111MB in-use of 1GB total.
Services are at a minimum, and only my printer driver, and mouse driver are in the background, and oh yeah... Daemon tools 4.

Please tell me I'm overlooking something small so it's an easy fix.

 

[msg1285]

I think those scores your seeing are misleading. Some are most likely sli setup and some are dual cpu or just crazy systems.


You can see the rig I have and nobody in there right mind will say that 3800 will oc to a 6600 level but I see some scores that are better than I've gotten. The scores are very misleading because you can't really tell if there are two cards being used. Also remember 3dMark06 puts more weight to CPU score then the others in previous editions.

 

[Sta!nless]

Yes your score is low. You should get atleast 6k with that setup, atleast... Check around in your bios, look for "throttling" optioins. Check this out, on my DFI board, I have cpu throttling options of 10% all the way up to 80%. I ran into a problem where I would start getting 20fps, down from 60fps in games after my cpu got over a certain temp. I thought it was my dual core giving me problems, I tried all the patches, read all the guides, and still couldn't figure it out. Then I decided it had to be throttling of some sort. Low and behold it was cpu throttling, on a board designed for overclocking. Who woulda thought? And I have no idea how that option got set to 50%

Can you run Nvidia monitor on another monitor as you run 3dmark? To see what your clock speeds are doing? Might help.

Also, are you application overiding AA and AF? That would cause lower then normal scores aswell.

Edit, I just found another thread you started in the Nvidia Flavor side. You fixed the problem. Good Job.

 

[coolie_d]

Also remember 3dMark06 puts more weight to CPU score then the others in previous editions.

Well, if the title of this thread is correct, he's talking about 3dMark05, not 06; and those scores are even more out of whack for 05, 5000ish scores are what I used to get in 05 with a Newcastle 2800+ and x800pro............ he should be getting around 10,000 more than that................ Hell, I get close to 5,000 with a c2d at 3.15 and an old 7800GT........ even with the weaker CPU he should still be getting CONSIDERABLY more than this just because of the 8800 card............

EDIT: checked your thread in the nvidia section, yeah, that'll do it.......... if you have it in the wrong PCIe slot, and you're not running SLI, I believe one of the slots will run at x1 link width and the other one will run the full x16.......... BIG difference, your PCIe bus was bottlenecking your card...........

 

[msg1285]

Doh Sorry man I guess I had 06 on my mind .

Glad you figured out your problem.