- Sep 6, 2007
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I have a Q6600 B3, with an 8600GTS 256M. While I don't game a ton, I was fiddling with 3DMark06 to see how I stack up. I can't get a score better than about 6,400. I am OC'd stable at 3.3G (8x412 or 9x366 both stable), Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 @ 1050 mHz at 5-5-5-12. It looks like I should be scoring around 10,000 based on comparables.
My CPU is clearly not the limiting factor as I am getting frame rates around 2.7-2.8 on the CPU tests.
I can't POST if I change the PCIx frequencies in the BIOS. In nTune, I can boost up to about 4375 SPP / 4175 MCP, but that only helps my scores by about 200 points compared to running both at 2500.
nTune won't let me adjust the (675 mHz, 1450 mHz, 1008 mHz) core frequency, the shader frequency, or the memory frequency on the GPU. Riva tries, but locks up and dumps on me. I have adjust the driver settings all to performance, and don't know what else to try.
Any ideas? From what I have read around on different forums, and on the 3DMark06 comparisons, the 8600 GTS with my setup should be scoring much higher.
Thanks,
Sherpa.
My CPU is clearly not the limiting factor as I am getting frame rates around 2.7-2.8 on the CPU tests.
I can't POST if I change the PCIx frequencies in the BIOS. In nTune, I can boost up to about 4375 SPP / 4175 MCP, but that only helps my scores by about 200 points compared to running both at 2500.
nTune won't let me adjust the (675 mHz, 1450 mHz, 1008 mHz) core frequency, the shader frequency, or the memory frequency on the GPU. Riva tries, but locks up and dumps on me. I have adjust the driver settings all to performance, and don't know what else to try.
Any ideas? From what I have read around on different forums, and on the 3DMark06 comparisons, the 8600 GTS with my setup should be scoring much higher.
Thanks,
Sherpa.