3D Mark 06 ?!

WillieDH

Bit disappointed with my 3DMark 06 with my system now I've added an ATI 4870

only 12410

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7597579

What do you think ?

MooseJam

is 2006 the latest

PogMoThoin

Nope, Vantage is the latest. It has Directx 10 tests.
http://www.futuremark.com/products/3dmarkvantage/

Unfortunately I can't run 06 on my Vista64 pc for some reason, cpu tests fail instantly

MooseJam

well I get 12001 , q6700 @ 2.66, 2gig ram, 8800 GT , nothing overclocked,
I get 14000 when I turn on SLI,
so I reckon your score is good enough given your specs

Overheal

I got 1200 on the nose http://service.futuremark.com/home.action?resultId=172042&resultType=22 which seems odd in comparison to moosejam's system

MooseJam

why odd ?

Overheal

the better CPU and Card, and you beat me out by 1 point? just seems odd.

PogMoThoin

Overheal wrote: »

the better CPU and Card, and you beat me out by 1 point? just seems odd.

12001 is his score, yours is only 1200, 10% of his score

TerrorFirmer

PogMoThoin wrote: »

12001 is his score, yours is only 1200, 10% of his score

bahahaha.....

12.5k is a good score. I get 13-14k with 8800gs sli and quad core, both overclocked.

oc your cpu and see that score fly

PogMoThoin

Managed to get this to run, here's my compare with a little oc to my HD4870
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7611026

15439 3DMarks with a single gpu, same gpu as the OP

Overclock that cpu and you'll see your score jump, the test is very cpu intensive. My cpu is actually at 3.2Ghz in the test but 3DMark mistakenly calls it 3.6Ghz, see how much the cpu score affects the results in the compare graphs down near the bottom. My HD4870 is oc'ed to 775/930 with fan set to 35%

Overheal

PogMoThoin wrote: »

12001 is his score, yours is only 1200, 10% of his score

burn

PogMoThoin

Overheal wrote: »

burn

Nope, Epic Fail

WillieDH

Thanks Pog, problem is I can't overclock my CPU, some issue with my MB not being able to oc a Quad.

See my spec in signature

My 6600 is a B3 revision

I've my 4870 OC now to 795 / 1095 with fan @ 35% and pushed the score up only to 12542

If you have any advice on my processor please let me know.

PogMoThoin

I'd put the motherboard up on adverts and get a new x38/x48 Xfire mobo with 2 16x slots for CrossfireX and add another HD4870 in a few months when they drop in price. You'd have some setup then and get a good overclock on the quad. My Q6600 is a b3 also, 3.2Ghz is fine for me 24/7 with a Tuniq Tower.

like this: http://www3.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=18971&agid=659


Edit: New score with 4870 @ 780/1090 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7644540

WillieDH

Thanks for the advice dude

shrapnel222

i ran 3dmark06. my set up is Q6600 on an abit x35pro board and GPU is an ati x1950pro. nothing overclocked i'm getting 5535. does that seem low to anyone? i'll try again when i overclock the cpu

TerrorFirmer

shrapnel222 wrote: »

i ran 3dmark06. my set up is Q6600 on an abit x35pro board and GPU is an ati x1950pro. nothing overclocked i'm getting 5535. does that seem low to anyone? i'll try again when i overclock the cpu

Nope, X1950 is ancient....

Overheal

cousin just got 13,000 on his new rig. quad core and a gtx 260 with 8gb of ram. its a monster.

TerrorFirmer

I would have though he'd get way more with that 260, I can pull very close to 14k on 8800gs sli and a quad (and that's with the quad at 2.7ghz, can go up to 3.2)....

Overheal

well it was mark 06. Doesnt account for DX10 does it

Scram

WillieDH wrote: »

Bit disappointed with my 3DMark 06 with my system now I've added an ATI 4870

only 12410

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7597579

What do you think ?

Your not the only one m8 im getting fairly poor results too at about 11,000. Which if i remember right isnt much of an increase on the card i had i cant remember the score of my Nvidia 8800 GTS.

I kinda feel i got ripped off as it appears my Mobo and CPU are the reason. Which is great so thats another 250 Quid to keep up..

A thread where i posted my specs and problem;
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/254090-15-radeon-4870-mark-results

my Spec Amd 64 6000 Dual core
4gigs DDR 800
ATI Radeon 4870
Vista 32/64

1) Vista 64 - Ati Drivers 8.7 Graphics Quality - Quality

TEST 1:
a) 3D Mark 06 - Default Settings 9623

b) 3d Mark Vantage - Default P5461
CPU Score 3831
Graphics Score 6363

TEST 2:

a) 3D mark 06 - Default - Balanced 11280
b) 3d Mark Vantage - Default P6518 - Balanced
CPU Score 4483
Graphics Score 7681

BigEejit

I just tested mine and got 14068

Q6600 @ 3GHz
Ati 4870 @ 780/1090
2GB running at 333
Abit AB9 Pro

I thought I was doing great until I noticed the best was 32719 (C2Q LN cooled running at 5.7Ghz!!) along with 2 x GTX280's also LN cooled and the case has two power supplies totalling 2.2Kwatt.... all I could think was WTF did that rig cost.

Scram

BigEejit wrote: »

I just tested mine and got 14068

Q6600 @ 3GHz
Ati 4870 @ 780/1090
2GB running at 333
Abit AB9 Pro

I thought I was doing great until I noticed the best was 32719 (C2Q LN cooled running at 5.7Ghz!!) along with 2 x GTX280's also LN cooled and the case has two power supplies totalling 2.2Kwatt.... all I could think was WTF did that rig cost.

Yeah your test results prove its CPU bottleneck which well is bad news for me. I thought my CPU was in good condition.

I found this superb CPU chart which sorts the CPU's by score and it showed how poor mine was;

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

PogMoThoin

But 3DMark is only a benchmark, these tests are very cpu intensive and the more cores you have increase the score. Games on the other hand only run on one core. A 2.4Ghz cpu will play any game, I know this because my young fella's rig with a 2.4Ghz Core2duo handles Crysis as well as my rig with a 3.2Ghz Core2Quad. Benchmarks are there to sell new hardware, but don't really reflect game performance.

@ BigEejit, nice score, not far off mine but I'm at 3.2Ghz, post a link so I can compare as we have similar systems, mines in my sig

@ Scram, your cpu is fine, it will play any game you throw at it.

Scram

PogMoThoin wrote: »

But 3DMark is only a benchmark, these tests are very cpu intensive and the more cores you have increase the score. Games on the other hand only run on one core. A 2.4Ghz cpu will play any game, I know this because my young fella's rig with a 2.4Ghz Core2duo handles Crysis as well as my rig with a 3.2Ghz Core2Quad. Benchmarks are there to sell new hardware, but don't really reflect game performance.

@ BigEejit, nice score, not far off mine but I'm at 3.2Ghz, post a link so I can compare as we have similar systems, mines in my sig

@ Scram, your cpu is fine, it will play any game you throw at it.

Your so right i forgot about that fact, games have to support multi-core CPU's to be of any use just like SLI,Crossfire and 64bit.

BigEejit

PogMoThoin wrote: »

But 3DMark is only a benchmark, these tests are very cpu intensive and the more cores you have increase the score. Games on the other hand only run on one core. A 2.4Ghz cpu will play any game, I know this because my young fella's rig with a 2.4Ghz Core2duo handles Crysis as well as my rig with a 3.2Ghz Core2Quad. Benchmarks are there to sell new hardware, but don't really reflect game performance.

@ BigEejit, nice score, not far off mine but I'm at 3.2Ghz, post a link so I can compare as we have similar systems, mines in my sig

@ Scram, your cpu is fine, it will play any game you throw at it.

I have a Abit AB9 Pro (bios = 22)
Q6600 (G0) at 2997 (333 fsb), AS5 under a CNPS9500. CPU at 22 degrees at idle and up to 39 degrees under Prime95.
Powercolor HD4870 @ 780/1090 (2 slot board, external exhaust - just used ATI overdrive as the board is brand new, may try for a bit higher later on)
2 x 1GB Geil DDR400
1 x 150GB Raptor and a 500GB Seagate disk for data (yeah I know, should have got two of them or something faster, just havent got around to it really)
2 x 19" Acer lcd's
OCZ 600W psu

I swapped the E6600 I had out and put in the Q6600 so it is still bedding in, will try for a higher OC on it after another week or two.

Scram

I foound this fantastic addon for Crysis which makes a huge difference to its performance its a must get and now i can play the thing at almost full detail.

All my upgrade woes were due to how bad crysis ran and now its running better than ever:)

http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18999

PogMoThoin

Scram wrote: »

I foound this fantastic addon for Crysis which makes a huge difference to its performance its a must get and now i can play the thing at almost full detail.

All my upgrade woes were due to how bad crysis ran and now its running better than ever:)

http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=18999

Yep, tried that, didn't like the red sun. Wait till ya see the brown snow

Scram

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Yep, tried that, didn't like the red sun. Wait till ya see the brown snow

Are you talking about the "time of Day" mod that it installs?

PogMoThoin

Ya, i haven't actually tried it without the TOD mod

TerrorFirmer

I didn't use the TOD mod either, didn't like it. It does add a few frames though I'd hardly consider it the difference between settings, more so being able to enjoy your current settings at a more comfortable pace.