worrying 3dmark06 score

Just downloaded 3dmark06 and got a score of 3003!! I couldn't believe it... although i had some background applications running i didnt expect results to be this low.. this is with a c2d 2.2ghz and 8600gt card... which some people have managed 4000 marks with! Specs in sig,

why is my system underperforming so badly?

 

Um no first of all, if they did get to 4000 then that was at low resolution not the default and probably overclocked as well. and make sure you ran that at the default resolution so you can compare with others in the review

also should note that some 8600mGTs have DDR3 which performs better

 

yes i used the default 1200 resolution on the program, i even changed my desktop resolution to match it. I closed down programs and anything running in the taskbar (anti vir, firewall etc) and ran the test again and my score went up by 3!!! My card uses the 163.67 drivers and it is not overclocked...

 

dude that is perfectly normal score at that res for your system

my system (in sig) got 3019 at the default res so yea

those who are getting above 4000 are either using the gddr3 version of the 8600M GT like the asus g1s or running the professional version of 3dmark06 which and running the test at 1280 x 800

 

i don't really know if 200pts make a big difference, but i seem to hit 32xx every time.... run it on xp pro though, installed everything myself. do some clean-ups, including the registry...

 

The average score for a DDR2 8600m GT is 3000-3300.
The average score of the Asus G1/2S is 3700.

 

yup your score is normal. If you were running XP you would be in the 32XX range. O/C your core some and you should see your score go close to 4K.

 

Besides, 3Dmark is a crappy way of determening GPU performance. Real life gaming benches are better. My go7700 get's 3000+ in 3Dmark06 (while OC'd). However, your laptop destroys mine at gaming at the same resolution.

 

yea fabarati is right, this is especially true in new games as well, the 7950 mobile card gets above 5000 3dmark06 points and yet its performance in world in conflict (dx9 and dx 10 rendering available) is at 30fps, whilst at the same in game setup (except dx 10 for 8600M GT) the 8600M GT gets 22-25 fps and yet its 3dmark06 is in the 3000-4000 range

 

i think its something to do with how world in conflict is coded... because 3dmark06 runs games graphics to find a score... for example on the desert/castle part of the test i had 0FPS and my screen would move every 2 secs =/

 

That's the CPU test. It lets the CPU render that scene. Mine's the same way.

 

oh really? I thought my CPU was immense... it cant even manage 1FPS oh dear !!

 

i get -1fps in that test, u should be really happy.... u can start jumping up and down now

 

Irronicly my old desktop Pentium 4 D 2.8ghz gets about 4fps on that test, but new laptop (c90) with 2.4ghz Core2duo gets 0-1fps. I'm quite sure that benchmark is no good.

 

That correlates well enough. It's not a linear correlation, if that's what you were looking for.

3DMark 06 works well for what it is intended to do. GPU's that score higher *generally* have better gaming performance. There are exceptions based on certain cards (desktop 8600's) and certain games that stress the cards in entirely different fashions, of course. It's *a* benchmark, not *the* benchmark.

 

Thats a CPU test. The GPU does none of the rendering. Even a high O/Ced Desktop Quade Core does not get more then 5-10FPS.