3dmark 06 scores

What is everyone else getting? I downloaded and ran the free version (should I get the pay version?) and managed 5532 for a score which seems very low. I haven't ran any games yet but otherwise am loving the machine thus far (just got it today haha)

 

That's what you should expect with a 8700GT.
Good luck with your lappie.

 

congratulations otaku

what was the Alienware 3Dmark06 score. this can be found in the document named "My Alienware" found on your desktop.
whatever that score is just knock around 500 off it.

the average for the 8800 is 10,000 from AW but a real reading of roughly 9,6000ish

 

oh ok well as long as its normal performance. Kinda makes me wish I had the 8800. But spending the extra 300 when I already spent 2000 seemed a bit much. Its performing about as well as my 1 year old desktop (which cost about the same) which kinda bugs me but its portable so thats cool I think I'll enjoy it the next few years so long as no issues arise

 

Well... You should have ordered only 1GB of RAM, no intel turbo memory, 120GB HDD and then you could have get the 8800GTX and upgraded it yourself.
Now... it's too late. So just enjoy it and have lots of fun with it.
If you could tell us what are your impressions about it, that would be great.

 

Did upgrade the ram myself from 1 gig to four. I heard the intel turbo would help with boot time among other things and I wanted a nice big HD to work with (filled 27 gigs just tonight)

So far I'm loving it. Love the styling and the lights. Haven't played on it yet but otherwise seems to perform well. Much nicer than my six year old dell I was using. Shipped alot sooner than I thought. I appreciate the cool extras to.

It was cheaper to get the HD through AW than elsewhere

I suppose I could have bought a 8800 if I skimped and got the cheapest cpu I wanted a good all around machine though.

 

turbo memory has NO performance benefit when you have more than 2 gigs of ram. congrats, you just got ripped off.

 

Way to be encouraging and sympathetic.

Next time, keep your arrogance to yourself.

 

If one of the RAM sticks go bad, you will have the turbo memory as a temporary backup solution.

 

i am getting 9867 with a stock number of 10375

10008 with the new drivers!!

 

The highest that I ever got more than stock number was 2 more points. I ran it at 1074x768 resolution and got 9992.

 

stock reported by alienware for my system is 10,690.00 3DMarks.

the score i got was 10,349 3DMarks

edit: ran it again with the new 175.80 beta drivers and score 10,434 3DMarks

 

Man, the CPU seems to be the bottleneck for my 8800. lol oh well...

 

Hey Quick question.....how long should it take to download the 3dmark06?
i get an estimated download time of 4-8 hour with a 2.5 cpu -- 2 gig ram
i'm also trying to do it wirelessly but still happens when ontop of the modem.
sorry if i took this off topic but wanted to know if this is normal is normal
anyideas

 

Hi JoLuRi and welcome.
it is a large file so can take some time. are you using dial up or broadband.
on my 4-6mb broadband it took 15-20 minutes

 

i'm using a wireless G broadband 2.4 ghz 52mbps router from linksys
not sure what the 52 mbps is for?

my 5 year old Hp desktop has petium(R) 4 cpu 2.6ghz and 512 ram and it does it in about 2 hrs and is wirelessly connected through the same router
kinda new to the comp tech knowlegde but wouldn't the intel core be better then the pentium 4?
and thanks for the welcome..... been keeping up with the m15x forums for a while now just been to shy to post till now

 

correct that...........52mbps = 52 mega bits per sec?

 

How many KBs/sec do you get when you download??

 

im using a bt home hub with Downstream 4,224 Kbps & Upstream 448 Kbps so yours is faster than mine so should mannage it in about 15-20 minutes.
its meant to be 8mb but the usual excuse is you are to far from the exchange to get the full speed.

 

highest that i have noticed is 66kb but usually hovers round 20-25kb
what has everyone else gotten and how long did it take to complete


wow.....15-20 minute
whats going on that it's taking me 8 hour even when i'm sitting ontop of the modem
any of u got any idea?

 

which website did you use. was it the official 3D site or a 3rd party.

 

1 of these forums said to use guru3d.com(not sure which forum)
is that the website that i should be using?

 

nope. heres the official site 3Dmark06
edit: actually Guru of 3D is on the list so it should be ok. or pick one of the others.

 

Try the official website and see if it downloads faster, Jolu.

 

Or reset your wireless connection, or Router/AP.

 

Well i looks like my wireless router isn't as good as it should be.
got it directly connected now and it's gonna take 40-45 mins with a pretty steady 260mb peaking at around 330mb, looks like i'ma have to et a new wireles router.
back to 1 of my other questions.......wouldn't the intel core 2.5ghz in my new m15x be faster then my pentium 4 2.6ghz from my 5 yearold HP desktop?
my desktop was bout twice as fast as the m15x with 2.5ghz when trying to download wirelessly

 

ohh and is a 40-45 min download be the time i should be lokking at with the downloading of 3dmarks06??

Majorgeeks.com was the fastest for me with this download

 

Yes, the Core 2 Duo will definitely be faster than a P4, because of the dual cores.

Yeah, seems about right. It is a 580mb download...

 

well i would like to ty guys for giving me your time and also apologize for wasting it

 

I tested the download, got it going at 500kbps.

 

no problem JoLuRi
thats what we are here for.

 

JoLuRi2542 having a good connection to ur router will only affect your download speed if your connection speed to your router falls BELOW you Internet speed. As this is very unlikely unless you have sole access to something like a university internet connection you router will not be the thing slowing your download. I believe most routers have a wireless speed of around 10mb/s and the fastest home speeds are only a max of 8 and this won't be your true dl'd speed anyway if i'm correct. Therefore your router should not be doing anything, a 580mb file isn't small and you should expect it to take a long time, all depending on your dl'd speed i get around 200kb/s and so it took around 45-30 mins for me.

Hope this made sense and helped
DK

 

Thanx 4 the info.......my real concern was that my 5 year old hp desktop w/ pentium 4 2.6ghz was getting half the wireless download time then my new m15x was getting with intel core 2.5 ghz

but i know little bout the tech of a computer so it could just be me
I have learned alot though from reading these forums so would like to thank you guys for that also

 

Where did you get these drivers? They're not the official ones from alienware. How come they didn't downclock the card?

 

Your processor isn't going to bottleneck the download speed at those speeds...

 

That's right. It's nothing to do with your CPU. More likely a setting in your wireless config, or a router anomaly, or something with your ISP, or even a choke on the site you were downloading from. Sounds like you've got it squared up now, though.

 

got the drivers from this post: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=3536366&postcount=23

 

These are official AW drivers.

 

i got 9904 with the 175.80 beta drivers.

 

i get 9995. i wonder how you could get in the 10000s

 

I get score's in the 9300-9500's in 1280x720 res.

 

you should try native res man. 1280x720 isnt the official benchmarking resolution.

 

At native res, 1440x700, I get 8608 3DMarks. If that helps anyone.

 

isnt it suppose to be 1440 x 900

 

yeah. Btw, nice monkey.

 

its from Samba de Amigo. i thought it looked kind of funny so i used it for an avatar . the trailer for the game look quite stupid tho

 

I hate to frustrate you, but i think its a.. hmm a bit low dont you think? are you on stock drivers?

 

since he is running 3dmark at 1440 x 900 its expected the score to be like that. the other scores are high because they were run at the default resolution using the free version. if he ran it at the default resolution he would probably get 9900 - 10000 something.

 

I believe that AW runs it at 1280x720 res (standard). I own the full version of 3dmark so I can run it at 1440x900 (native) or any other resolution, hence the lower score.

 

hmm oops my bad, your score is normal . thought you was using the 2.8 ghz processor, sorry.