Very low 3Dmark06 scores for 8800 GTS

[the_vdende]

Hi, I just decided to put my system through a 3Dmark06 and I got 7700 marks; wierd thing is I should be getting at least 10k. this is my system:

AMD Athlon X2 5200
2 GB 800 4-4-4
GeForce 8800 GTS 640 mb

One of the things I have noticed is that my PCIe slot is set to 8x and of course it should be 16x but I also just updated to a new processor, I had a 3800 but I remember putting my system through 3Dmark06 with that processor and getting 10k marks. I've been trying for a week to set my PCIe slot to 16x but I just havent been able too... Is there anything else that might be hampering my systems performance?

 

[b1gapl]

An AMD has to be overclocked pretty far, as well as the 8800GTS getting a good overclock, to reach 10k. You mean 3800+ single or dual core? And what was it overclocked too?

 

[the_vdende]

An AMD has to be overclocked pretty far, as well as the 8800GTS getting a good overclock, to reach 10k. You mean 3800+ single or dual core? And what was it overclocked too?

It was Dual core, and was at stock settings.

 

[b1gapl]

Stock X2 3800 + 8800GTS = 10k? I find that hard to believe. Look at the:
http://www.techist.com/forums/f10/tech-forums-official-3dmark06-top-list-153414/

 

[the_vdende]

you know it might have been 3Dmark05... I'm not sure, but I still think I should be getting a higher score. I've been looking around and most people will hit 8k no prob on stock settings...

 

[b1gapl]

Try using the latest drivers for your 8800GTS. I believe they just released new ones.

 

[commandercup]

make sure your card is in the primary PCIE slot, your mobo will say PCIE_16x_1 or something of the sort next to the slot

anyways, with my 4200+, I hit around 8200 stock everything, so you should be getting higher, I hit nearly 9000 overclocked

 

[jonny_uk]

with my pc and a 8800GTS 640mb i got over 9k so id say 10k with a x2 5200 is achievable

 

[the_vdende]

I just double checked if my 8800 was in the correct slot; and I am 100% sure its in the correct PCI slot. I think I need to change something in the BIOS to set it to 16x. However I have no idea which option to change; I've changed nearly all of them so far and none have worked. Using riva tuna I got this diagnostic report:

$000000000f PCIE link width : 16x supported, 8x selected$ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
$ffffffffff Northbridge information
$ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
$0400000000 Description : unknown
$0400000001 Vendor ID : 10de (NVIDIA)
$0400000002 Device ID : 03ea
$0400000003 AGP bus : not supported
$ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
$ffffffffff Display adapter information
$ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
$0000000000 Description : NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
$0000000001 Vendor ID : 10de (NVIDIA)
$0000000002 Device ID : 0193
$0000000003 Location : bus 2, device 0, function 0
$0000000004 Bus type : PCIE
$000000000f PCIE link width : 16x supported, 8x selected
$0000000009 Base address 0 : df000000 (memory range)
$000000000a Base address 1 : c0000000 (memory range)
$000000000b Base address 2 : none
$000000000c Base address 3 : dc000000 (memory range)
$000000000d Base address 4 : none
$000000000e Base address 5 : 0000ec00 (I/O range)
$ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
$ffffffffff NVIDIA specific display adapter information
$ffffffffff ----------------------------------------------------------------
$0100000000 Graphics core : NV50/G80 revision A2 (96sp)
$0100000001 Hardwired ID : 0190 (ROM strapped to 0193)
$0100000002 Memory bus : 320-bit
$0100000003 Memory type : DDR3 (RAM configuration 00)
$0100000004 Memory amount : 655360KB
$0100000100 Core clock domain 0 : 513.000MHz
$0100000101 Core clock domain 1 : 1188.000MHz
$0100000006 Memory clock : 792.000MHz (1584.000MHz effective)
$0100000007 Reference clock : 27.000MHz
$010000000d Thermal diode inaccuracy : 1100b

Could that be the problem?

 

[krazyq]

Just to let you know, when i had my e6550 at stock and 8800gts 340mb, my score was 9017.
So dont even think about getting to 10K unless you do A LOT of OC.