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    dell 1705 2GB ram, t7200, 7900GS with only 3400 3dmarks?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Abyss, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. Abyss

    Abyss Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an inspiron 1705 with:
    T7200
    7900GS
    2GB RAM

    that only gets 3400 3dmarks. (3dmark06)

    It is running vista, and is a little bogged down. Is that an average score or should it be scoring somewhat higher? It could use a formatting (which I think it will be getting) but what score should it be getting?
     
    Abyss, Aug 22, 2007
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  2. Jonno000

    Jonno000 Notebook Consultant

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    I believe the 7900gs is pretty much on par with the 8600m gt, and that is around what the 8600m gt gets in 3D Mark, so it sounds about right.
     
    Jonno000, Aug 22, 2007
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  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    As mentioned, it's about right. In addition 3DMark06 seems to be influenced by the processor as well, so thats a factor there as well.
     
    coriolis, Aug 22, 2007
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    Hi,

    I've got a pretty similar machine (see below) and I get around 3830 3DMarks, but I have Win XP. I'm not 100%sure if Vista also influences the 3D Mark score, but could imagine so. Which driver do you use?

    Greets
     
    Tobi1982, Aug 22, 2007
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  5. Abyss

    Abyss Notebook Evangelist

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    Ok, thanks I thought that maybe it'd be getting into the 5000 range or so.

    I'm sure its processor dependant too. I was more asking if the whole combo should be getting that, not sure what the bottleneck is in that case.

    Suppose 5000's too much. Do those parts OC well at all?

    @Tobi. Looks like practially identical, with mine having a T7200 instead of your T5600. Of course if the bottleneck is the 7900GS that wont give any more 3dmarks. With XP and optimization I should be able to reach (maybe) 4000. Especially if OCing is possible.
     
    Abyss, Aug 22, 2007
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    Vista is the problem here. It definately has an impact on gaming and synthetic benchmarks, check out the article on Tom's Hardware.

    Vista performs about 10-15% worse than XP, all other things being equal. Don't worry, as new drivers should come out that will sort out the problem (hopefully). :D

    Also, if you have a WUXGA screen, it forces 3Dmark06 to a higher resolution and you will loose maybe a few hundred points.

    So don't worry about it. If you need the extra performance, you might want to install XP on another partition.


    EDIT: The 7900gs has a good reputation for overclocking, since it is underclocked from the factory, and it is esstentially a 7900GTX chip with disabled pipelines. Check out this article in the stickies.
     
    Burning Balls, Aug 22, 2007
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