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slmclarengt
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Old 06-17-2007 , 23:22   Tweaks for my new computer
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Hi guys, I just ran 3D Mark 06 today and was quite disappointed by the results. I got like 2300 or something - but the "fastest computer" wasn't all that different. It had a quad-core rather than dual-core but just about everything else was IDENTICAL. However, I did not finish the tests, I was only on the 5th one, but why would it generate a score if it's not finished? As you can see, I've never used 3D Mark 06 before :-). I was sad because I was getting 0-1 FPS in one of the tests - it was a CPU test but my CPU is much more powerful than that!

I am running the following (all at manufacturer default):
Abit KN9-SLI - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127236
AMD Athlon 5600+ X2 2.8 Ghz - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103771
OCZ 2GB Special Ops 800 Mhz (PC6400) - http://shop1.outpost.com/%7BZHRaRgSY...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
eVGA 8600 GT - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...600+GT&x=0&y=0
---- I'm thinking about bringing the Video card back to Fry's because I heard Gigabyte and XFX video cards are much better. And in Neweggs case, cheaper, too. What do you think?---
Antec Solo case - http://shop1.outpost.com/product/489...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
(Note:I seem to be screwing up on LED placement because neither of my 2 LEDs show up even when I THINK I've plugged the cables into the correct jumpers/pins on my motherboard - any answer to this solution is definitely appreciated!)
ULTRA XVS 600 W PSU - http://shop1.outpost.com/product/502...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
LG DVD WRITER/CD WRITER/LIGHTSCRIBE - http://shop1.outpost.com/product/520...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Maxtor 250 GB SATA OEM - http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...tCode=100718-5

My system temperature is quite low (less than 40 C) and the only BIOS setting I modified was the Memory voltage and that's because it was running at the wrong voltage causing system lockup on restart.

Please let me know what I can do to make it much more powerful as that was my intention from the start - make it as powerful as economical while mentally reasonable.

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Old 06-18-2007 , 09:41   Re: Tweaks for my new computer
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Uhm, you're going to have a really low score on the CPU test. Everyone will. The GPU test is the one that matters for this benchmark although it doesn't mean shit. Drivers? Chipset? Updates? All done?

I believe you should be around the 4500+/5500+ scores.
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Old 06-18-2007 , 10:22   Re: Tweaks for my new computer
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Maxtor 250 GB SATA OEM
Nice, I saw a 500Gb Serial ATA in microcenter. Was pretty flippin sweet, thats what it was.
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Old 06-27-2007 , 20:45   Re: Tweaks for my new computer
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OverClock! i started with 8000 3d marks and now im htin 13k
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