7970 poor graphics score 3dmark 11

[riamu1993]

I just bought my sapphire 7970 today, updated my drivers, and then proceeded to run 3dmark 11's benchmarks. To my surprise i got an abysmal 7460 on the test. Here are the scores. Not overclocked btw. I'm very puzzled...

 

[blastingcap]

cpu etc also matter

 

[riamu1993]

yeah but the graphics score is low, that's what i'm worried about

 

[Jaydip]

ur cpu?

 

[riamu1993]

i7 2600...that's not the problem because my physics score is really good, which reflects on cpu.

 

[riamu1993]

anyone with a logical reason for this?

 

[chloros]

anyone with a logical reason for this?

Best i was able to get with my 7970 was about 8600 but thats with an OC of 4.5 on 2600k.

Popped my 680 and its a different story.

 

[INGlewood78]

My Xfire gets 18500 overclocked, so your score is a little low, but not too far off. Try OC and see what you get.

 

[blastingcap]

yeah but the graphics score is low, that's what i'm worried about

CPU impacts GPU score indirectly sometimes

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-cpu-scaling-performance-review/5

 

[blackened23]

My score with crossfire disabled:

 

[blastingcap]

My score with crossfire disabled:

Didn't you have 680 SLI? What happened?

 

[blackened23]

Didn't you have 680 SLI? What happened?

Still have 'em.

 

[Don Karnage]

12.4 drivers? Power issue?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Turn ccc to performance instead of quality. Your score isn't that off, for a stock 7970 with stock CPU, it is 7.5-8k overall

 

[OCGuy]

Please benchmark your card in a game that you actually play, and then compare it to the multitude of reviews that are available.

We all like synthetic e-peen, but do some practical tests as well.

 

[Rhezuss]

It's probably just me but I don't get the fuss in comparing scores and even running 3DMark...

Why not just enjoy your card in-games?

 

[chimaxi83]

I scored 7618 with a stock 7950/2500K. It's gotta be something in your driver settings. What did you have before this card, and did you clean your system of old drivers?

 

[jacktesterson]

I am hitting 7000 with a 7850....

 

[blackened23]

7970 @ 1225/1700:

Trying for 1275 later

 

[guskline]

adam isn't the 7850 stk at 860? If you are OC'd to 1200 no wonder you are hitting 7000.