14,400 with 9800GX2

civil threat · 05-17-08, 02:40 PM

Does 14,400 seem normal for an E8400 3.0GHz, 9800 GX2 Stock, 4gig DDR2 8500, Asus Rampage X48? I just built it and ran 3Dmark 06. Seemed a little low, but everything as at stock speed. Does it seem around the right score?

Thanks

Uberpwnage · 05-17-08, 05:22 PM

Seems about right, 3Dmark06 scores are already heavily dependent on the CPU, and the GX2 is bottlenecked by pretty much anything. Overclocking your C2D to 3.6GHz would give a nice improvement, probably more along the lines of what you were expecting. Quad cores also score alot higher then dual cores, even at lower clocks.

civil threat · 05-17-08, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Uberpwnage

Seems about right, 3Dmark06 scores are already heavily dependent on the CPU, and the GX2 is bottlenecked by pretty much anything. Overclocking your C2D to 3.6GHz would give a nice improvement, probably more along the lines of what you were expecting. Quad cores also score alot higher then dual cores, even at lower clocks.

Thanks for the quick response. I'll overclock the CPU a little. My issue is that I just built my rig from scratch last night and the Zalman cooler I got was too big for the Asus Rampage X48 Mobo I got...I had to use the stock cooler. So my CPU temps are pretty high until I foind another cooler.

Revs · 05-17-08, 05:27 PM

That's about what I get with no overclocking on the FSB. You could get well over 19k with your rig if you did OC. I get about 18.3k at 450FSB.

05-17-08, 02:40 PM	#1
civil threat Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Portland Posts: 8	14,400 with 9800GX2 Does 14,400 seem normal for an E8400 3.0GHz, 9800 GX2 Stock, 4gig DDR2 8500, Asus Rampage X48? I just built it and ran 3Dmark 06. Seemed a little low, but everything as at stock speed. Does it seem around the right score? Thanks

05-17-08, 05:22 PM	#2
Uberpwnage Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 898	Re: 14,400 with 9800GX2 Seems about right, 3Dmark06 scores are already heavily dependent on the CPU, and the GX2 is bottlenecked by pretty much anything. Overclocking your C2D to 3.6GHz would give a nice improvement, probably more along the lines of what you were expecting. Quad cores also score alot higher then dual cores, even at lower clocks. __________________ Core i7 980x @ 4.4GHz - EK Supreme HF - BlackIce GTX 360 - MCP655 - Rampage II Extreme BIOS 1639 - EVGA GTX 480 SLI - Corsair Dominator 3x2GB DDR3 1600 2 x 1TB Samsung F1 RAID 0 - Plextor PX-880SA DVD Burner - Dell 3008WFP - Silverstone Zeus 1200w PSU - Lian Li PC-P80 - Razer Mamba - Logitech G15 v2 Windows 7 x64, 3DMark06:30000, 3DMark Vantage: P38000 Eurocom M860TU: X9100 - 9800M GT - 2x2GB OCZ DDR3 1333 - 320GB 7200rpm - 15.4in 1920x1200

05-17-08, 05:27 PM	#4
Revs Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: UK Posts: 6,365	Re: 14,400 with 9800GX2 That's about what I get with no overclocking on the FSB. You could get well over 19k with your rig if you did OC. I get about 18.3k at 450FSB.