Post if you get over 9000 in 3dmark06

I've not been getting the scores I was expecting from my Clevo, the best I've ever got is about 8801 (1280x1024).

If you get over 9000 from your single 8800m GTX, could you say what settings, drivers, configuration, etc you're using.

Thanks.

 

Score and system in my sig. Using 174.82 driver and Vista 32bit. Havnt overclocked the X9000 yet as dont see the need to do so yet. As my system ages and games get more demanding ill look into OCing further. Could prolly also OC the 8800m GTX quite a bit without problems.

 

I got 94xx,Clevo D901C with E6500,8800M GTX 2GB RAM.The driver was 174.xx.

No OC.

 

I used to get ~9200 in 3DMark06 with the stock 167.44 driver. Now I get ~8800 with the new 175.63 driver.

 

I tried that driver and I lost about 300 points too.

 

Did u guys try the 174.xx(82/84/72?) series?It gave about 9430 points.

 

The 174.xx drivers especially 174.93 sucked hard for me! 174.82 was still okay....

 

With WinXP and a Q6600, out of the box 10,300 3dmarks.

 

Spec in sig, i got just under 9200 for my system running Vista 64 bit, i believe the drivers im using are 174.74

 

Exactly the same spec as me too (apart from 64-bit Vista and HDD).

This is bizarre, we have practically identical laptops, yet there is a 400 point anomaly

 

oh yeah its about 9460 or someting

 

i think everyone got over 9K here.
mine 9200 with 174.93, XP pro SP3

 

10200 on XP

 

Do not just post total score.

(since many notebooks are using different CPUs)
To really get accurate comparisons, post:
- SM2.0 Score
- HDR/SM3.0 Score
- CPU Score

Then compare the SM2.0 & SM3.0 scores with your own.

 

Driver:174.90

9168 3DMark
4229 SM2.0
3978 SM3.0
2289 CPU

Driver: 175.63

8805 3DMark
4051 SM2.0
3744 SM3.0
2279 CPU

See sig.

 

wprime test with 4 threadson XP.

32M gave 16 s
1024 M gave 450s

Version: 174.82

3DMark Score 10603

SM 2.0 Score 4304
SM 3.0 Score 4145
CPU Score 4334

Version: 174.74

3DMark Score 10669

SM 2.0 Score 4321
SM 3.0 Score 4153
CPU Score 4449

Version: 167.40.

3DMark06 Score 10611

SM 2.0 Score 4304
SM 3.0 Score 4145
CPU Score 4359

 

Hmm, it seems to be the SM3.0 score that's dragging me down.

 

Just ran it again using 174.90:

8748 overall.

SM2.0: 4022
SM3.0: 3714
CPU: 2271

Looks like I am going to have to send it back, I don't want to but it's clearly defective.

 

Personally, I do not think the system is defective.

If you do decide to send it back....
You dont have to send the entire unit back, just cross-ship a new videocard.

I would contact them first to see if they can give you a new VBIOS for the videocard.

 

it can't be defective. if it is defective then you are more likely to score 1000 or none at all. obviously this is simply driver/OS related.

 

System BIOS is 1.00.08, GPU BIOS is 62.92.23.00.14.

Also, GPU-Z reports my GPU as running at 383/301/767 for some reason. Could it be underclocking?

I may also try re-installing Vista.

 

underclocking will bring you down to 4000 or less

 

Well, here is a breakdown of the scores I get with different drivers/overclocks:

Forceware 167.43

1280x1024 default settings, all tests

std------cpu 3200----cpu 3522

8948------9498--------9916
4129------4142--------4380
3936------3961--------3964
2187------2808--------3100

Forceware 167.51


1280x1024 default settings

cpu 3200---cpu 3522---cpu 3200/gfx 600/1500/800

9575--------10191---------10523
4179--------4483----------4732
3995--------4249----------4416
2825--------2963----------2899

Forceware 175.63

1280x1024 default settings

3522/550/850---3357/600/900---3365/600/950

10642-------------10834----------11021
4735---------------4934-----------5032
4321---------------4482-----------4573
3177---------------2987-----------3010

What I find interesting is that 175.63 reduces my overall score by ~300 but increases my cpu score...

 

thanks for that, I get the same problem with 175.63, I scored just 8200 with them.

 

However, 175.63 are far more stable than any of the other drivers I have used. They also solved a few issues I was having which I didn't think were remotely connected to video drivers...

 

hey fellas in your opinion which is the better driver to use.

174.93 or 175.63

 

ill re-run it again but last time i did it was just over 9000 ..i dont remember the exact number

 

could you guys post your OC value? I wanna know what are the highest numbers i can go

 

I get about 91xx on mine. T7700 2.4, XP SP2, 174.82 drivers.

 

Well, I just installed XP Pro x64 edition with the 174.93 driver and got 9210!

SM2.0: 4169
SM3.0: 4026
CPU: 2344

So maybe my card isn't defective after all?

 

nice, you can relax now. Overclock that mother, should do 600/950 without stressing anything

*at least for dells there is better overall driver support for vistax64

 

Nice dude.

 

I get 9528 in xp with all stock, and get 9200 in vista stock, all 32-bit.

 

ms500 why dont u try xp-32bit?

 

I've put Vista 32-bit back on there now with the stock 167.43 drivers, and I'm getting 9100+

This is realy weird, I was using the same OS and drivers before but was only getting 8600, now I've done a fresh install it's running great.

 

Well that was most likely your problem, something with vista. Do you use system restore & index features?

 

Don't think about it. Vista is weird anyway.
Next time have a bit more patience and only think about RMA as a last resort.

Enjoy your laptop and just be happy about your score

 

No, I don't. I'm thinking it must of been something to do with drivers, since I installed Vista before I upgraded the RAM and CPU.

I also took extra care to install the drivers in the right order as shown in the manual this time.