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    Lower 3dmark06 score...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by xxbadboys93, Feb 20, 2009.

  1. xxbadboys93

    xxbadboys93 Notebook Deity

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    Compared to my 32bit vista which i had an average of 1850, iam getting 100 point decrease in my 64 bit vista homepremium and its using the same drivers. 9.1.
    I thought 64 bit is suppose to be faster. :(
     
    xxbadboys93, Feb 20, 2009
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    100 points is likely to be found in your CPU score. But, there are natural fluctuations.
     
    Jlbrightbill, Feb 20, 2009
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    I made a notepad, sm2.0 and sm.3.0 went down. Cpu score stayed rather around the same, maybe a 10-15 difference.
    Note that I did several test, not just one
     
    xxbadboys93, Feb 20, 2009
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    I'd try different drivers . . . even though you are using the same version, perhaps there is something different about them.

    Note that 3DMark06 is a 32-bit program and thus its performance should be the same. It won't perform any better under a 64-bit OS.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Feb 21, 2009
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  5. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    But has your performance decreased while gaming? 100 points in 3dM06 doesn't equal any difference.
     
    Kevin, Feb 21, 2009
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    it seems about the same
     
    xxbadboys93, Feb 21, 2009
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    you could run 3dmark06 twice on the same computer with the same OS and get scores that vary by about 100 points.
     
    masterchef341, Feb 21, 2009
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    ^^That^^

    Hell, I get 100 point fluctuations b/w each gpu driver update. That's chump change in the Grand Scheme of Things, imo. Don't sweat it and laugh it off.
     
    Signal2Noise, Feb 21, 2009
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