6800GT Performance Not Up To Par????

[imported_FoCaL]

I recently built a new computer and Im having some issues with its performance. I have everything listed below about what I built and I cannot figure out why I should not be seeing better numbers from my 6800GT. I ran 3dmark05 and cant get more than 2300 with my video card overclocked to 423/1.12. Even using the old version of 3dmark I cannot get the high numbers I see others get. Im using the most current non beta drivers for everything. I just dowloaded and reinstalled them last night thinking maybe that was the problem. So I donwloaded my video, chipset, sound card, and raid drivers. Didnt seem to do any good. Also Im basing my performance on Doom 3, Counter Strike Source, and the online database that futuremark keeps. Im looking for suggestions and things to try to help my video performance. I havent looked into it much more than what Ive said above and Im posting here on a friends suggestion as a place to look for more info. So any help would be appreaciated. If you have any questions or if I left something out you would like to know please ask and Ill respond as soon as I can.


Abit IC7-G
Pentium 4 3.2 Prescott @ 3.6 (225mhz FSB)
1GB Kinston HyperX DDR 3200 2-3-2-6-1T (2x512MB)
eVGA GeForce 6800GT (Arctic Cooling NV5 Heatsink) (423/1.12)
Zalman ZM400-APS 400watt PS
2x36GB Western Digital Raptor (RAID 0)

 

[theslug]

Have you gone into the nvidia control panel and just made sure that everything there is set to optimal performance?

Here's a guide that shows exactly what should be set to do this (follow the stuff in the green boxes)

 

[imported_FoCaL]

Thats a good link. While I have not followed that guide I have gone through most of those settings. However I did not change many I left most to their default configuration. Ill check things out later today and see if that guide helps change my result.

 

[imported_Bleh]

My setup is an overclocked p4c 2.6 to 3.3 ghz and the geforce 6800 with unlocked pipelines and vertex shader (350mhz core/ 700mhz memory). I also have the same ram as you but slower hard drives and i get like 3900 on mark05 with my setup. Try running the 66.81 drivers (you can get them at www.guru3d.com), the 61.77 drivers get about 1000 less.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Sounds like you've got AA or AF forced in the drivers. Double-check those.

- M4H