meat_helmet
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Well first off i want to thank you guys for the help with parts for my new setup. I wasnt going to wait for the July price drop (needing it now) but thats fine, the new Q6600 is just a beast!
Im getting very confused though, cause ive been bechmarking a bit, and im getting some very good, and some very wierd results. The problem is not with the new stuff (q6600, P35-DS3R, G.Skill) but rather my older 7900GT.
My 3Dmark05 score from about a year ago with my athlon 3500+ came in at about 9,200 marks (5,700cpu). When testing with my new system at stock it came in at 8,700 marks (13,500cpu). So the CPU score was way above as i expected, but the 3D score was about 500 less.
It becomes really interesting as i start to overclock it. With the Q6600 @ 3Ghz i ran it again and only got 8,300 3dmarks - but scored a whopping 18,914 CPU marks (8th overall for cpu!).
So my cpu is flying, but my 7900GT is getting slower?? I just dont get it... Is it something to do with the Vista drivers, or is my card just degrading? Any ideas?
Im getting very confused though, cause ive been bechmarking a bit, and im getting some very good, and some very wierd results. The problem is not with the new stuff (q6600, P35-DS3R, G.Skill) but rather my older 7900GT.
My 3Dmark05 score from about a year ago with my athlon 3500+ came in at about 9,200 marks (5,700cpu). When testing with my new system at stock it came in at 8,700 marks (13,500cpu). So the CPU score was way above as i expected, but the 3D score was about 500 less.
It becomes really interesting as i start to overclock it. With the Q6600 @ 3Ghz i ran it again and only got 8,300 3dmarks - but scored a whopping 18,914 CPU marks (8th overall for cpu!).
So my cpu is flying, but my 7900GT is getting slower?? I just dont get it... Is it something to do with the Vista drivers, or is my card just degrading? Any ideas?
