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    Stock Drivers: 3DMark06 score of 9138

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by The Biles, Mar 2, 2008.

  1. The Biles

    The Biles Notebook Evangelist

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    How bad is that? Could anyone reccomend a better driver for the 8800M GTX? I have a Q6600, 4GB of RAM, and Vista 64 bit.
     
    The Biles, Mar 2, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Actually that is pretty good.

    If you optimize your OS (disable resource hogs, switch theme to Classic Mode, etc..), you would probably get a slightly better score... but its not needed if you don't want.

    8800M GTX with a score over 9000 is good.

    It will get better soon when the new drivers come out for it. :)
     
    Gophn, Mar 2, 2008
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  3. dexgo

    dexgo Freedom Fighter

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    In xp you should get over 10k
     
    dexgo, Mar 2, 2008
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  4. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    Quad-core + a good high-end GPU = high 06' score.

    3DMark06 to a certain point will become very CPU intensive. A simple Quad core will easily bump up your score. :)
     
    ScifiMike12, Mar 2, 2008
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  5. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    He is using a Quad core. :)

    The score is good... for Vista x64... since the drivers are still getting improved... as compared to the driver support for XP.
     
    Gophn, Mar 2, 2008
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  6. The Biles

    The Biles Notebook Evangelist

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    I probably shouldn't have had FireFox and uTorrent running in the background. >_>
     
    The Biles, Mar 2, 2008
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    I've got the same sys as you, but running XP. I get an avg of 10,300 3dmarks depending on which driver I'm using. What does this mean? Squat! Just try to find an optimized driver for which ever games you run the most. I bet our fps is pretty close to the same.
     
    OV10stang, Mar 2, 2008
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  8. eleron911

    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    :D most definitely not.
    As stated by Dexgo , in XP you`d be close,if not above 10k
    I just realised that XP got me 200 points in 3dmark alone over Vista,and those 200 points make a helluva difference in new games apparently..
     
    eleron911, Mar 2, 2008
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  9. ScifiMike12

    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    I know, hence the equation I developed. :)
     
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  10. wobble

    wobble Notebook Evangelist

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    Biles,

    You can do much better.

    Check out Aryantes' tests on a system similar to yours and note the drivers he used. http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=211255

    The Crysis benchmark is a handy way to check out the graphics capability of your system.

    Good luck
     
    wobble, Mar 2, 2008
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  11. Deodot

    Deodot Notebook Consultant

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    I also think you should do a little better.. I also have vista 64 bit and got 10050 with stock drivers. This is with the Q6700, but that shouldn't add a 1000 points unfortunatly :)
     
    Deodot, Mar 3, 2008
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  12. NavyDad6

    NavyDad6 Notebook Geek

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    Yeah, 10070 on VISTA64 with the Q6700 on my system.
     
    NavyDad6, Mar 3, 2008
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