Video Card Not At Full Capacity!!!

Blazing_Javelin · 07-23-2008, 08:10 PM

I have a XFX 8600 GTS XXX which is the oc'ed version and I wanted to compare my peformance to other cards with 3DMark 06 and I compared my tests and for some reason I have around the same score as a slightly underclocked 8600gt......my drivers are up to date......WHATS GOING ON!!

My GPU / Regular XFX 8600 GTS XXX

Overall Score: 4617 / 6309 (irrelevant because of CPU differance)
SM3.0/HDR: 2083 / 2241
SM2.0: 2214 / 2507

tknick90 · 07-23-2008, 08:16 PM

The scores shouldn't really bat THAT much different, if you are just talking about one regular 8600 GTS, and one overclocked 8600 GTS. Did you just replace the Card, or are the tests with two different computers? If so what are the specs of all both?

Blazing_Javelin · 07-23-2008, 08:35 PM

My Computer is the one on the left. The computer on the right has extremely high quality stuff in it excluding the graphics card...its exactly the same as mine...

My Computer / Test Computer

CPU: Pentium 4 516 OC'ed 3.4 Ghz / Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66GHZ
GPU: XFX 8600 GTS XXX / XFX 8600 GTS XXX
RAM: 2GB PC2-4200 / 2GB PC2-8500
MB: MSI 7091 / EVGA 680i

Intel_man · 07-23-2008, 09:14 PM

^^ That's the problem. Benchmarking doesn't only look at the videocard, they look at the Processor, Ram and such and it seems to me that you have a Quad Core compared to a Single Core.

Blazing_Javelin · 07-24-2008, 12:30 AM

even for the shader 2.0 and 3.0 tests???....isnt that gpu devoted.....because they also have cpu devoted tests too.

Kornowski · 07-24-2008, 12:33 AM

The MOBO plays a big part in it too. Don't forget the GPU is attatched to the MOBO.

tknick90 · 07-24-2008, 02:02 AM

Exactly, the test computer has much better specs than yours which is why you are getting the results. Even if the benchmark is just for the graphics card, other components namely the processor and motherboard can still bottleneck the graphics card.

just a noob · 07-24-2008, 04:31 AM

the cards have to be tested on identical hardware for it to be valid, its like taking a radeon 3450 on a skulltrail motherboard with 8gbs of ram and all the cores at 5 ghz, and then taking tri sli and then putting a 1.5ghz celeron on it, but what really matters is the actual game performance

07-23-2008, 08:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blazing_Javelin Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 56	Video Card Not At Full Capacity!!! I have a XFX 8600 GTS XXX which is the oc'ed version and I wanted to compare my peformance to other cards with 3DMark 06 and I compared my tests and for some reason I have around the same score as a slightly underclocked 8600gt......my drivers are up to date......WHATS GOING ON!! My GPU / Regular XFX 8600 GTS XXX Overall Score: 4617 / 6309 (irrelevant because of CPU differance) SM3.0/HDR: 2083 / 2241 SM2.0: 2214 / 2507

07-23-2008, 08:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
tknick90 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,542	The scores shouldn't really bat THAT much different, if you are just talking about one regular 8600 GTS, and one overclocked 8600 GTS. Did you just replace the Card, or are the tests with two different computers? If so what are the specs of all both? __________________ MOBO: ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66 GHz (@3.0 GHz) GFX CARD: ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX AMP! Edition RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDRII 800 MHz (@900 MHz) HDD: Western Digital 500GB, 7200 RPM PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 600w CASE: Antec 900

07-23-2008, 09:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
Intel_man Platinum Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 886	^^ That's the problem. Benchmarking doesn't only look at the videocard, they look at the Processor, Ram and such and it seems to me that you have a Quad Core compared to a Single Core. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 1.86GHz MOBO: Asus P5BW-LA PSU: CoolerMaster Power Extreme 500W VGA: eVGA 9600 GT 512mb GDDR3 @ 750/1870/1000 HDD: WD 250 GB SATA RAM: 4 GB DDR2 PC2-5300 - Crucial Rendition MONITOR: LG Flatron W2242TQ, NEC MultiSync LCD1530V NETWORK: D-Link DNS-323 - SeaGate Barracuda 500GB SATA2 OS: Windows XP Professional SP3 __________________

07-24-2008, 12:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kornowski VIP - Graphics Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool, UK Age: 18 Posts: 13,369	The MOBO plays a big part in it too. Don't forget the GPU is attatched to the MOBO. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.4Ghz EVGA 750i SLI FTW 4GB Crucial Ballistix @ 850MHz 2 X 8800GTS G92 in SLI @ 765/1885/1000 Corsair HX520W Windows Vista Home Premium Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11 & WD 120GB Tuniq Tower LED OCZ XTC RAM Cooler Antec 900 (Modded)

07-24-2008, 02:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
tknick90 Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Connecticut, USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,542	Exactly, the test computer has much better specs than yours which is why you are getting the results. Even if the benchmark is just for the graphics card, other components namely the processor and motherboard can still bottleneck the graphics card. __________________ MOBO: ASUS P5N-D LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66 GHz (@3.0 GHz) GFX CARD: ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GTX AMP! Edition RAM: CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDRII 800 MHz (@900 MHz) HDD: Western Digital 500GB, 7200 RPM PSU: OCZ StealthXStream 600w CASE: Antec 900

07-23-2008, 08:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Blazing_Javelin Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 56	My Computer is the one on the left. The computer on the right has extremely high quality stuff in it excluding the graphics card...its exactly the same as mine... My Computer / Test Computer CPU: Pentium 4 516 OC'ed 3.4 Ghz / Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700 2.66GHZ GPU: XFX 8600 GTS XXX / XFX 8600 GTS XXX RAM: 2GB PC2-4200 / 2GB PC2-8500 MB: MSI 7091 / EVGA 680i

07-24-2008, 12:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
Blazing_Javelin Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 56	even for the shader 2.0 and 3.0 tests???....isnt that gpu devoted.....because they also have cpu devoted tests too.

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