DIY PC problems

[XION]

I decided to put together my own PC after my old one(intel celeron D, nVidia 6200 se turbocache, 1 gig of ddr, old old gigabyte motherboard, windows xp) rated in the bottom 2% of computers tested. The new comp runs off a intel core duo extreme 6800, nVidia 7600 GT, 2 gigs of DDR2 OCZ, 600w OCZ power supply, windows vista 32 bit and a gigabyte 965p chipset motherboard. yet it still only rates in the bottom 10%.

Am i wrong in thinking it should rate higher??

Am i suffering from a bottle neck?

 

[Geoff]

It would help if you tell us what program your referring to that gives you that percentage.

 

[XION]

3Dmark06, sorry

 

[XION]

i see you have your own 3Dmark score posted. mine was 213- with old pc, now its 3691 with this one

 

[ghost]

now its 3691 with this one

That will be down to your 7600GT, If your wanting a better benchmark then your gonna have to get a better graphics card.

 

[XION]

when i run the test it runs through the graphics tests at 20 frames per second, not that good, but the cpu test runs at 2 fps

 

[Geoff]

You're looking at the chart on the right, correct?

I wouldnt go by how many PC's are higher and lower then you, but that score sounds about right for your system. If you want a higher score and better gameplay, you should upgrade your video card.

Heres a link to my 3DMark06 score: http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b...tuff/?action=view&current=3dmark06_online.jpg

 

[taylormsj]

Its definatly the video card as the 7600GT is very outdated now adays

 

[XION]

ok, any recommendations on a better card? the 8800gt?

 

[XION]

and do you think 2 fps for a cpu as new as the C2D extreme 6800 sounds right?? it runs at 2.93ghz 1033fsb unclocked

 

[Cleric7x9]

it is supposed to run at 1-2fps for the CPU test, that is how the test worked. it ramps of CPU usage them measures the time it takes your computer to process it.