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    Good PC/3dmark05 scores?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by md02geist, May 7, 2008.

  1. md02geist

    md02geist Notebook Consultant

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    Core 2 Duo 1.66ghz
    4mb ram
    8600m gt
    160gb 5400rpm HDD


    Free versions of PCMark and 3dMark


    PCMark05: 4435
    3dmark05: 6103


    Good, bad, decent? Anything I can do to up it a bit? I've already reformatted and removed bloatware and used latest drivers. :)
     
    md02geist, May 7, 2008
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  2. dmacfour

    dmacfour Are you aware...

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    You should download 3dmark06.
     
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  3. md02geist

    md02geist Notebook Consultant

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    Right. but atm I'm talking 05. :)
     
    md02geist, May 7, 2008
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    there is really no reason to use 3dmark05. its just an outdated benchmark. synthetic benchmarks are basically useless, but there is at least a little value in being able to compare cards of the same generation and series if you use the most up to date bench.
     
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    I used 05 because it's what I had downloaded. But now I'll start the huge download for the other two, vantage and 06...

    In the meantime, anyone have insights into my numbers?
     
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    Can't run PCmark05 on my 1530 and haven't run 3Dmark05.

    I'll be interested to see your Vantage and 3Dmark06 scores.
     
    rahx, May 7, 2008
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    M1530 - T9300 - 3GB - 250GB - 8600M GT GDDR3 256 - 1440x900 LED - windows xp (32bit)

    my 3Dmark06 was something like 4735
     
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    Wow, that's pretty high for 1440x900.

    With 2GB of ram I only got 43**something.
     
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    I get 3362 at 1440x900.
     
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    yeh i looked around at some other results, i tried a few drivers out as well. lowest i got was 4500 highest 4735, guess i'm lucky ;/

    oh and no overclocking!
     
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    3561 3dmark06

    2554 pcmarkvantage


    Is what I came up with. Those numbers sure look a lot more depressing! :)
     
    md02geist, May 7, 2008
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    Which driver are you using exactly?
    I'm settling for 175.12. It seems pretty stable but doesn't run as fast as 174.XX's in benches.
     
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    I believe my Vantage score was something like 36XX.
     
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    Yeah you have a helluva processor and HD advantage on me too. I'd expect you to beat mine by quite a bit :)
     
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    :)

    That was run on this old one with 2GB of RAM. Still waiting for the 4GB with LED panel version to come.

    /crosses fingers.
     
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    Very nice. So how do my scores look, for my system? Pretty decent?
     
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    Not bad I'd say, considering your CPU is kinda limiting... but this can also be an upgrade point maybe next year when 9300/9500 gets cheap enough. You should get a very noticeable boost in performance.
     
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    Except I have no idea how in frick to upgrade my cpu haha. :)
     
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    i'm using 174.73
     
    zet, May 8, 2008
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