What's wrong with my 3DMark06 score?

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nlkc

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I have an AMD X2 4800+, Asus A8N-SLI Premium, Evga 7900GTO 512MB, 3GB DDR, and my 3DMark06 score is only at around 5700 (at 1280x1024). Meanwhile, I've seen people with similar setup that have score well into the mid-6K.

Everything is running at stock speed. Clean XP install with all XP updates, and running 91.47 nvidia driver. Why am I getting such a low score? :confused:
 
Nothing wrong with that score. That's totally inline - seen lower, seen higher.

Want higher? OC your cpu and gpu.
 
First off, you're using 3gb of DDR RAM?

Do you have 4GB installed, but XP only sees 3gb? Or do you really have some combination of 2gb + 1gb.

Second, have you overclocked your CPU or GPU?

With my 7800GT and Conroe I get just over 6k. My GT is overclocked to 513/1200 and my CPU is at 3.5ghz...
 
Arcygenical said:
First off, you're using 3gb of DDR RAM?

Do you have 4GB installed, but XP only sees 3gb? Or do you really have some combination of 2gb + 1gb.

Second, have you overclocked your CPU or GPU?

With my 7800GT and Conroe I get just over 6k. My GT is overclocked to 513/1200 and my CPU is at 3.5ghz...
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Yes, I do have 3GB (2GB + 1 GB). No OC. Everything is running at stock speed.
 
I wouldn't expect anything higher than what you got. I get around 5600 with my setup.
 
nlkc said:
Yes, I do have 3GB (2GB + 1 GB). No OC. Everything is running at stock speed.
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Take out the other 1GB stick...

Why arn't you running in Dual Channel mode?

And yes, those are pretty normal for stock settings.
 
Arcygenical said:
Take out the other 1GB stick...

Why arn't you running in Dual Channel mode?

And yes, those are pretty normal for stock settings.
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Actually, I have 512MBx2 and 1GBx2, totaling 3GB. It's not just a 1GB stick with a 2GB stick.
 
Take out the two 512mb sticks and stick with the two 1gb sticks in dimm1 and dimm2. you will see a performance increase immediately just because you are running dual channel then.
 
kill4killin said:
Take out the two 512mb sticks and stick with the two 1gb sticks in dimm1 and dimm2. you will see a performance increase immediately just because you are running dual channel then.
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you can run dual channel mode with four dims but i think the comand rate drops to 2t
 
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