Official 3DMark06 Rank Thread

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11015 WOO I BROKE 11000 YES

Damn it was hard but I'm proud. I'm beating someone's score that has same cpu but a 9800gtx+ and I have a 9600 gt :P

Had to overclock my cpu which was hard because it's never stable and pretty hot.

If I am able to oc to 4ghz maybe I can get 12 k. :P

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WOOHOO! i finaly broke the 16000 mark
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Bartmasta said:
11015 WOO I BROKE 11000 YES

Damn it was hard but I'm proud. I'm beating someone's score that has same cpu but a 9800gtx+ and I have a 9600 gt :P

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OC your CPU and GPU more, you should get like at least 12000
 
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are you kidding? My cpu and gpu are at their limits, and if you look at the scores you can see that I'm beating people with a similar setup.

My cpu is unstable at 3.4 ghz with 1.45 V but I went to 3.45 with 1.475 V! Stock is 1.4V. Even though temps were cool AMD's aren't so good at OC so it wasn't stable.

A stock 9600 gt is 650 / 1800 / 1650. I had it at 750 / 2190 / 1825. That is a huge overclock, don't tell me I can get 12000, cause it's impossible. :P

I think with stock settings I had around 10000, I oc and I got it to 11000 which is pretty big for me, cause AMD is poor at overclocking. I might try to get 3.6, or higher stable but I got a BSOD, error 0x44
 
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Bartmasta said:
11015 WOO I BROKE 11000 YES

Damn it was hard but I'm proud. I'm beating someone's score that has same cpu but a 9800gtx+ and I have a 9600 gt :P

Had to overclock my cpu which was hard because it's never stable and pretty hot.

If I am able to oc to 4ghz maybe I can get 12 k. :P

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Dude, clean up your desktop, get rid of all those icons, optimize your processes running in the background and I bet you can probably jump 500 points.


Also, Is there a new version (or perhaps in the full version) options that take advantage of quad-core processors?
 
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Ill try that. I'm not sure if I should really bother though... I probably won't get 12k, even if I get to 4GHZ. I went from 3.3 to 3.45 and got a 300 point diff. Mehh.
 
tlarkin said:
Also, Is there a new version (or perhaps in the full version) options that take advantage of quad-core processors?
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Omega stated that 3DMark does take advantage of multi-core processors. Never bothered to investigate for myself.
 
Kornowski said:
I'm sure 3DMark Vantage does.
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Possibly, but I don't think the 2006 version of 3dmark really takes advantage of all 4 cores of my processor, as I think that most software doesn't take advantage of all my comps cores.

Omega stated that 3DMark does take advantage of multi-core processors. Never bothered to investigate for myself.
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Well, if Omega said then.......

yeah I am curious. I need to update all my drivers and tweak my system still. I mean I can play Fallout 3 and full settings with 60fps and Left 4 Dead at like 100fps and CSS at over 150fps, so its not like I am really wanting to push my system that much further. I don't think it needs it and I don't think it would make a difference.

I use a wallpaper i just made it black cause I thought it would maybe increase score slightly

yeah but my icons are all messed up
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All those rendered icons take up resources, as well as 3D desktops and other eye candy, and yes they take up Open GL resources. If you want better bench mark scores you should clear all that stuff off, have no icons on your desktop, no 3D effects, no widgets, just a plain old desktop. Then take out all those processes from running in the background. It will make a difference.
 
there should be a new 3D Mark Vantage thread created and made a sticky below the 3D Mark 06 one.
 
tlarkin said:
Well, if Omega said then.......
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I'll take his word for it, although I'd love to prove him wrong. :P

tlarkin said:
yeah I am curious. I need to update all my drivers and tweak my system still. I mean I can play Fallout 3 and full settings with 60fps and Left 4 Dead at like 100fps and CSS at over 150fps, so its not like I am really wanting to push my system that much further. I don't think it needs it and I don't think it would make a difference.
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That's great performance. Read the release notes for the latest nVidia driver and see if there's anything different that applies to you.
 
mep916 said:
Omega stated that 3DMark does take advantage of multi-core processors. Never bothered to investigate for myself.
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tlarkin said:
Possibly, but I don't think the 2006 version of 3dmark really takes advantage of all 4 cores of my processor, as I think that most software doesn't take advantage of all my comps cores.


Well, if Omega said then.......
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Direct from Futuremark:

Both CPU tests rely on AI, physics and game logic to generate a multi-threaded workload that can be distributed on multiple processors, cores or even on a single processor. Aegia PhysX library and D* Lite path finding AI algorithm are used to produce demanding CPU loads. Tests are run in a fixed frame rate of 2FPS for more equal CPU loading. Resolution is locked to 640x480 to decrease GFX influence of performance. The shader profile is locked to 2_0 and no dynamic shadows are used.
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While it doesn't say directly it utilizes all 4 cores, it leads to believe that it can utilize more then 2 processors/cores. I (as well as others) also noticed a significant improvement going from a dual core to a quad core (i.e. E6400 to Q6600 when both are at the same speed).
 
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