*The Official Tech-Forums 3DMark06/03 Rankings*

[Peter.Cort]

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holy ****.... dude, crank that **** up to 4.66 and see what that does for you.

that is quite a bit, price wise, for it, but i guess it isn't too bad cause it's all setup and with water cooling a warrenty could be very comforting and will help you sleep at night.

also as long as your happy then thats all that matters

 

[mgcook]

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i doubt it will POST at 4.66, much less last through 3dmark....that is just wayyyy to high for water cooling...that is on the edge of needing phase change cooling.

 

[mgcook]

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you need to download Rivatuner...and crank the clocks up on those cards

also, make sure you turn down the AA and AF to application controlled..that will give you a big boost. while you are at it...uninstall ntune..it sucks

i have no doubts you'll see 20k

 

[Peter.Cort]

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8,503 | Peter.Cort | [*COLOR=DarkGreen] x2 4000+ @ 2.81GHz | [*COLOR=red] 3850 256mb @ 729/939 | XP Home 32bit | Futuremark - ORB - Result Analyzer

--I'm gonna get 10k tonight fo sho.

 

[Dell Boi]

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LOL Peter, I am not confident on overclocking to 4.66GHz on the PC's first DAY lol, perhaps after I have got a feel for the system.

Who was it who said Dell's are **** again?

you need to download Rivatuner...and crank the clocks up on those cards

also, make sure you turn down the AA and AF to application controlled..that will give you a big boost. while you are at it...uninstall ntune..it sucks

i have no doubts you'll see 20k

Okay I will do that, these babies are running at stock so anything other is surely to give at least a small bump in score.

Edit > Also...(n00b quesion alert) What res are these scores calculated on? Because im testing @ 1280x1024...is that right?

 

[Peter.Cort]

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1280x1024 is default.

 

[gurusan]

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also make sure to set the sliders to performance in the nvidia control panel.

Unfortunately Vista always seems to take about a 1000 pt hit in the CPU score for me, and it looks like its doing the same to you. A quad at 3.6 should get 5200-5600 cpu points at least.

 

[Dell Boi]

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Yeah, thats a shame...why does it take such a big hit on vista?

1280x1024 is default.

Right, thanks dude.

Can I ask a question...new to all this...does having a physics card make much 3Dmark difference?

 

[Peter.Cort]

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don't think so with your cards because don't all the 8800 series cards have the integrated physics card?

how about dx10 v dx9?

 

[gurusan]

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nope a physics card has no effect on 3dmark06