Horrible 8800 GTS 3DMark06 score. Help!

[Mabm]

Just installed an Asus 8800 GTS card in my computer.
However the benchmark score I got was absolutely horrible!
Now I know that a dual core processor would help a lot, but these score are way to low even for my processor, I think.
Any suggestions on what might be wrong would be hugely appreciated!!!

3DMark06:
4958 3DMarks

SM2.0 2401
SM3.0 2281
CPU Score 1063

PSU Hiper 508W-R, dual rail 12V with 20A+16A.

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz

Description NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Total Local Video Memory 640 MB
Total Local Texture Memory 881 MB
AGP Aperture Size 0 B
Driver File nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.9728
Driver Date 11-16-2006

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Bus
Type PCI Express
Revision 1.0
Enabled true
Rate 16
Sideband Addressing Not Supported
Fast Write Not Supported

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Total Physical Memory 2.00 GB
Free Physical Memory 1.57 GB
Total Pagefile Memory 3.85 GB
Free Pagefile Memory 3.50 GB

Memory Slot 1/4
Installed Enabled Size 1.00 GB
Form Factor DIMM
Frequency 533.0 MHz
Slot J5G2 [CHANNEL A DIMM0]
Manufacturer Manufacturer1
Type DDR
Type Details Synchronous
Enabled Size 1.00 GB
Total Bit Width 64 b
Data Bit Width 64 b
Memory Slot 3/4
Installed Enabled Size 1.00 GB
Form Factor DIMM
Frequency 533.0 MHz
Slot J5H1 [CHANNEL B DIMM0]
Manufacturer Manufacturer3
Type DDR
Type Details Synchronous
Enabled Size 1.00 GB
Total Bit Width 64 b
Data Bit Width 64 b

Supported Slot Types ISA, PCI, PCI Express
Manufacturer Intel Corporation
Model D925XECV2
Version AAC83685-205
BIOS Vendor Intel Corp.
BIOS Version CV92510A.86A.0431.2005.0328.1556
BIOS Release Date 03/28/2005
BIOS Properties Plug and Play, Flash, AGP
AGP
Available Rate 0x00000000
Selected Rate 0x00000000
Aperture Size 0 B
Sideband Addressing -
Fast Write -

[EvilEye]

I'm willing to bet that it is your CPU that is bottle necking your new shiny 8800. I recently bought a 8800GTX and I suffered extreme slowdowns and low scores in 3Dmark06. When I replaced my Athlon 64 X2 dualcore 3800+ with a Core 2 Duo I gained more than 2200 3Dmarks and no longer suffered these horrible slowdowns :) .

[Mabm]

Hmm... I guess I'll have to get myself a new CPU then...
The horrible thing is that I guess I'll have to get a new mobo and memory also. This new gfx card ended up costing me more than I expected! :banghead:

[SlieTheSecond]

They seem a little low. For comparisons sakes my amd 3700 running at 2750mhz gave me a cpu score of 1052. Same as yours pretty much.
But my SM2 was 3446
SM3 was 3550
So I got a little over a 1000 points more each with a somewhat equal cpu.

Now with a C2D at 3.4ghz gave me:
SM2 3753
SM3 3742
CPU 2875
Those are stock video card speeds too. Overclocked tacks on another 1000 for each sm test.

I can think of two possibilities.
1) Try reinstalling drivers or maby rolling back a set
2) You psu can't supply the power. It is only a dual rail. And doesn't look like you have the amps needed to power it.

[Mabm]

Hmm...
I'd have thought that the Hiper would give me enough power.
Its SLI certified, and I have both rails connected to the card with dedicated cables. Unplugging the DVD and burner didnt do anything either.

Is there any way to determine if the card is getting enough power?

I tried running the tests at 640x480 instead, and noticed for Return to Proxycon that the frame rate initially went up to 40-45, but dropped to the same low 10fps I get in higher resolutions when the troops exit the shuttle. Not sure if this gives any indication on if its only the cpu, or if the power is involved?

[Mabm]

I might have found the reason for my poor performance.
The Everest beta that supports the 8800 reports that my Memory Bus clock is only running at 396Mhz instead of 792Mhz. Giving me half the BW I should have!
Not sure what causes this though. The motherboard, or a defective card?

Motherboard is an ancient Intel D925XECV2. Card is an Asus 8800 GTS

[SlieTheSecond]

No your memory is running at the right speed. It is DDR, same as DDR motherboard ram. You take the speed, times it by 2.

IE: 800 mhz ram is really 400mhz x 2.
Same with a C2D, cept that is quad pumped. So a C2D fsb running at 1066 is actually running at 266mhz x 4.

And even if your ram was running at half the speed. You wouldn't see a huge drop in fps at a low res like you are seeing.

[Mabm]

I've looked at other peoples Everest reports and they report:
Real Clock 792 MHz (DDR) (original: 792 MHz)
for the 8800 GTS
mine reports
Real Clock 396 MHz (DDR) (original: 792 MHz)


[EDIT] I just got a reply from the excellent people at lavalys that makse Everest.
It was a bug in the beta version of the software I used that made my card show up with incorrect speed. It has been fixed, and the new version shows the correct results, Real Clock 792 MHz (DDR) (original: 792 MHz). So while it did look like a problem it wasn't.
Hopefully my new C2D and 680i will give the card a chance to show what it can do tomorrow... :)

[ASUSEN7900GTX]

well my rig is

E6600
ASUS 8800GTS 540mb

2gig PC5400DDr2

and i max below 7800 in 06 and 7000 in 05 now that ain´t right can someone help me figure out what is causing this low performance. i have

1 installed latest drivers using driver cleaner CCcleaner

2 latest intel driver for my chipset

3defragged using OO defrag

4 tried shhutting down internet+antivirus


after all these changes no improvement

even at 104x768 adn no post processing i get same lame score what is wrong please help me?

i don´t know what else to do:( :(

[ATOJAR]

In your sig it says your 3dmark06 score is 8766! ..... thats seems about right...

You have a lower score now?

I get over 10,300 with my steup.

[ASUSEN7900GTX]

yeah i ain´t near that score in my sig like 2000poits behind at times

[ATOJAR]

Try to figure out what you last changed in your system before your score dropped!

[Icarus_anarchy]

The graphic card power needs to be direct proportional to the cpu power. The graphic card requests some minimal cpu power in order to operate at full capacity. For example i remember the old 6600gt, it needed at least 3 ghz on a pentium 4 to operate properly. At that processor you have, i wouldn't be surprised if the graphic card would work at 70% capacity.

The newer and newer video cards tend to eliminate the cpu load on graphic-based algorytms, thus, the cpu has more available power. But this comes at a price: the graphics card must be better. Though a high-end graphics card needs a relatively newer-generation cpu mainly for efficient communication between the 3 major components. The ram and hdd sends data, the cpu processes it and the graphics card creates images based on the received data. If the cpu is slower, it automatically slows the graphics card down.

Btw with a 8600gt, 2 gigs ram and core 2 duo e6320 i get about the same results. So you see the cpu has a big impact.

[3DBrad]

If any of ya'll have an Asus P5B Deluxe be sure to use CPU-z to check your PCIx16 linkwidth to be sure it hasn't reset it to 1x instead of 16x (used to happened to me when I overclocked the CPU, however a NB voltage modification fixed that).

[Tr1cK]

Last I checked with FW 163.69, I got 10500 something.

[ASUSEN7900GTX]

well CPU-z shows linkwidth 16x so my PCI-e port is ok


i had a similiar problem earlier i took care of it ny getting rid of spyware and i did a virus check now i´ve done all that still it gives a hard time. Wonder if my 480W PSU might have something to do with it or if my case is dusty?

[3DBrad]

Possibly, but probably not. :)

[ASUSEN7900GTX]

new horrible score 6551 in 06 how is that possibel is 3Dmark incompatible with some other Applications i have the latest DX9 august 2007 or is there a newer/better? or can my windows be a bit corrupt thus making the 3DMark apps behave wierd or is my card on the brink of being broke it´s not overheating or so i have checked with smartdoc and Ntune

[SLippe]

Hmmm. Odd.

I just scored 9175.

[qube]

strange i score 9400 whit my rig and i have a Ultra 750 core 2500 mem 1836 shaders and 3 GHz FX60

[ASUSEN7900GTX]

i guess my Windows instalation is corrupt there fore ****ty results damn it wanted to test just for the fun of it but guess i have to try after Next re-Install