Impressive 3dmark05 score for a 2.4 CPU at 3.0 !

[dark_angel]

Yesterday, i got my Inno3d Geforce 6800 GT and decided to run some benchmarks.

Using 3dmark05 my card scored 4273 wich is a low score for a 6800 GT card but normal when combined with an intel 2.4 CPU 533 MHZ FSB.

So I decided to overclock my CPU pushing it to 3.0 GHZ!
and my VGA from 350/1000 to 400/1100

Well what can I say, the increase in score in just amazing. From 4273 to 5441 http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif

Compare Link (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=809206)

Games now run without any lag in huge areas at MAX details!

I am impressed...

[DudeMiester]

I can get about 420/1145 max stable on my vid card what about you? My best 3DMark05 score is about 4850 though, on account of my Athlon-XP 1800 POS.

[dark_angel]

I can get about 450/1150 max stable but my GPU temperature will hit 77 celcius degrees wich is a little bit high!

4850 is a very nice score for an Athlon-xp 1800+ CPU!

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

DudeMiester said:
I can get about 420/1145 max stable on my vid card what about you? My best 3DMark05 score is about 4850 though, on account of my Athlon-XP 1800 POS.



If you forked out $80 or so you can get an Athlon 2400-M, you should be able to hit 2.4ghz with it quite easily on air.

[DudeMiester]

I know, but what's the point? I'm just going to get a San Deigo 3700 probably.

[Jeff]

Can't remember my 3DMark05 score, but the 2003 one was in the upper 9900s. Pretty good I'd say.

[scorpian007]

Mine was something like 11,800 in 3d Mark 2003 and 5,600 in 3d Mark 2005 overcloking my AMD Athlon XP 2400+ to 3000+ speeds. I was using a Leadtek 6800GT overclocked to Ultra speeds.

[Jeff]

Yeah overclocking makes the difference. I've got a stock Athlon 64 3200+ S754, a Radeon X800 Pro AGP (stock, again). That was the first time I got the DX 9 sound test to run, due to me buying a SB Audigy 2 ZS, because of my THX speakers. But you've got to wonder if some of these programs were made for certain cards? Like Doom 3 is for nVidia, and HL2 is for ATI. On my X800 Pro box, it says that it's the recommended card for HL2. Didn't buy it based on that though.

[dark_angel]

scorpian007 said:
Mine was something like 11,800 in 3d Mark 2003 and 5,600 in 3d Mark 2005 overcloking my AMD Athlon XP 2400+ to 3000+ speeds. I was using a Leadtek 6800GT overclocked to Ultra speeds.



Got 12054 using 3dmark2003!

do you have a compare link to your 3dmark2005 score?

[dark_angel]

jeffbthomson said:
Can't remember my 3DMark05 score, but the 2003 one was in the upper 9900s. Pretty good I'd say.



A ~9900 score is a bit low for you system specs!

you should get a least 11000 and up!

[dark_angel]

btw, the only problem I had is that whenever I overclock my CPU greater than 3.0 GHZ the sound becomes unclear and dies after a short period of time.

I guess this is due to the fact the PCI/AGP ( mainly the PCI) bus are working higher than their default frequencies!

Unfortunatly, you can not lock your PCI when using an intel MOBO.

But I am really satisifed with my result, not only because I got higher score in 3dmark05 but because also my games work much more faster ( a jump of 20 FPS in all games), Pretty impressive I guess...

[DudeMiester]

Yes you can lock the PCI, you just have a not so good mobo. Now you might want to be careful if you don't have a PCI lock, because sometimes when you OC too much the harddrive controller (which is on the PCI bus) goes crazy and you loose all your data. That's why having a lock is a very good idea.

[dark_angel]

DudeMiester said:
Yes you can lock the PCI, you just have a not so good mobo. Now you might want to be careful if you don't have a PCI lock, because sometimes when you OC too much the harddrive controller (which is on the PCI bus) goes crazy and you loose all your data. That's why having a lock is a very good idea.



Ouch! Thanks for the heads up!

I guess I will get an 865 MOBO with 800 FSB and AGP8x, probably this one (http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=399&MenuID=22&LanID=0)

[elloehpipati]

Do you have to install any extra cooling thingamajigs when you overclock your cpu that much? Im thinking of overclocking my 2800xp but i only have a single fan cooling the system.

[dark_angel]

Nope, just stock cooling (CPU idle: 31c load: 42c).

[DudeMiester]

Extra cooling does help though, because you can raise the voltage more and thus overclock more, since you have that extra cooling capacity.