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    1730 Vantage 3d Mark CPU test #2

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by terrain, Nov 1, 2008.

  1. terrain

    terrain Notebook Evangelist

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    Folks,

    I have two identical (except for the physics card) 1730's. Both are 8800GTX, X9000, etc.... only diff is the physics card in one. The one with physics card gets a 70 to 80 on CPU #2 test whereas the non physics card one gets a 5 to 7. Is this due to not having a physics card or could there be something wrong with this unit?

    Note - I have tried turning off the physics card in device manager and run the vantage but get the same results as if its on.... Leads me to believe that this is not the reason.

    Can folks post cpu #2 test score so I can compare?

    I need to determine that this 1730 is OK --- Else I need to get it back to Dell pre my 20 days.
     
    terrain, Nov 1, 2008
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  2. Renegade0721

    Renegade0721 Notebook Consultant

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    Could be that the one with physX card is using the card for physx whereas the one without is using the GPU
     
    Renegade0721, Nov 1, 2008
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  3. terrain

    terrain Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I figured out that if I disabled physics in Nvidia control panel then I can get both 1730's to the same super low CPU Test 2 score. Weird as I would have thought by turning the Physics off in Device Manager would have done the trick. In any event the Vantage 3dmark looks to be somewhat of a USELESS benchmark due to Physics ... it gives CRAZY CPU scores with Physics enabled.
     
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  4. Dan1909

    Dan1909 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry if I'm understanding what you're looking for wrong, but wouldn't it be easier for you to run a different CPU test (one without physics support (Superpi etc)) on each laptop, which would give you the results you need?
     
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  5. terrain

    terrain Notebook Evangelist

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    I ran 3dmark 06 which gave me the #'s I was expecting -

    What is Superpi?
     
    terrain, Nov 1, 2008
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