3DMARK06 Scores Here

[mep916]

Ulinked atm, timings are 5 5 5 15 2T whilst overclocking, 800MHz.

OK. That's cool.

How far should I push the temps? 1.5 vcore, 1.50 vtt and 1.50 fsb?

You can raise the VCore up to 1.5. That should get you to 3.6 GHz. Watch your temps, though. I don't remember what the default MCH and CPU FSB voltages are with the 680i, but you shouldn't need a high increase.

 

[Kornowski]

Is my score of 11,500 acceptable for my setup?

 

[Geoff]

That just goes to show how pointless having SLI can be in some cases, your two 8800 Ultra's arent that much better then a single one, lol.

 

[mep916]

That just goes to show how pointless having SLI can be in some cases, your two 8800 Ultra's arent that much better then a single one, lol.

That's right. I don't think I'll ever spend that kind of money (on graphics adapters) again. My 3870 X2 is better with gaming and gave me a higher 3DMark06 score.

 

[lovely?]

Is my score of 11,500 acceptable for my setup?

it seems a little low, but i would mostly blame that on the processor. what score does your cpu get? mine gets about 2600, for comparison.

 

[oregon]

I got 12,400 with a bit of overclocking. I can't figure out how to post the screen shot though. does it need to be hosted online?

 

[Kornowski]

11,488

SM2.0 Score: 5263
HDR/SM3.0: 5773
CPU Score: 2359

I could take the CPU up to 3GHz, but the voltage needed was too much...

 

[lovely?]

i c.

too bad, these e4500's are special i guess, in the way that they need no extra voltage to hit 3ghz, and thats only 1066fsb...

i guess you could always buy a q6600 and blow my score out of the water!

 

[Kornowski]

I am actually planning on getting a Q6600 very soon, they're cheap now, so...

 

[lovely?]

lol good luck with that.

 

[royalmarine]

I got 12,400 with a bit of overclocking. I can't figure out how to post the screen shot though. does it need to be hosted online?

yeah you need to host it online.

try http://imageshack.us/
just make sure you save it in jpeg format and the size is below 500kb other wise it will annoy people when loading it.

also make sure you crop the image. you dont need to show your entire desktop. just the results box.

 

[lovely?]

nah, it doesnt really matter. most people have good resolution monitors and can take the extra second to scroll, just post it as is

 

[oregon]

that's kind of annoying having to host it. does anyone actually lie about their 3dMark score? lol, that would be so lame!

 

[lovely?]

yeah lol, it must be an ego thing.

 

[Archangel]

only the CPU overclocked I'm rather happy with the result tbh (tho, no idea weither its good or not for this pc )

 

[oregon]

Is that with the CPU at 3.6GHz? That seems low to me. Omega had a similar setup and got 14,000.

 

[ThatGuy16]

Thats normal. The 2900 like omega had are better benchmarking in 3Dmark06, that doesn't mean same game performance though.

 

[Geoff]

Is that with the CPU at 3.6GHz? That seems low to me. Omega had a similar setup and got 14,000.

My CPU was at 3.85GHz with around a 1900MHz bus, overclocked RAM with tight timings, and an overclocked 2900XT. I was also running the tests at 1440x900.

 

[oregon]

Okay, I take it back, you had the better computer. What does changing resolution do the score though?

and I have a question about RAM timings. At stock 800MHz, CPU-Z says my latencies are 5-5-5-18 (if I'm reading it right), but it is supposed to be 4-4-4. How can it be changed? Also when I overclock and my RAM is over 1000Mhz, CPU-Z says something like 6-7-7-22. This sounds pretty bad, but is it actually? And can I do anything? I'm pretty sure 1:1 is the lowest ratio option so I cannot underclock my RAM if I am overclocking my CPU.

 

[ThatGuy16]

You have your ram timings set on auto, you'll need to set them manually to get them to lock. If you set them lower, you may need to increase the voltage for lower latencies.