Very Low 3dMark05 Score

[Moodyman]

Hi
Just purchased a new video card and ran the benchmark software. My score was only 2509. Is very low. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. My prevoius score was 1509 using a 6600le. i have installed the latest nvidia drivers.Help!!

Are these scores normal for my setup ?
CPU AMD 3700+
Gigabyte K8NF-9 motherboard
Antec 450w true power supply
evga 7800gt oc copper core video card 256mb
kingston DDR ram (2x1gb) pc3200 200mhz
Lg dvd burner
Sharp 37" lcd screen
1 x Maxtor system drive 80gb
2 x Western digital 250gb games drive in raid 0 (done under windows)

 

[vegasgmc]

Do you have the latest motherboard and video card drivers installed? The drivers that come with video cards are usually out of date. Your score should be 5500-6000.

 

[Moodyman]

Hi
Thanks for the quick reply
I have installed the latest drivers for both. still very puzzled. considering i bought the evga to improve things.

 

[vegasgmc]

You may have a program running in the background thats sucking up resources.

 

[swker98]

did you make sure that you pluged the power wire into the viedo card, that is if it needs one

 

[CMH]

what settings is the 3DMark running at? I noticed a very large 37" LCD.... Not sure what kind of res those runs at (1024x768, or some outta-this-world res?)

 

[swker98]

what settings is the 3DMark running at? I noticed a very large 37" LCD.... Not sure what kind of res those runs at (1024x768, or some outta-this-world res?)

thats a very good point CMH

 

[Moodyman]

hi
im running the free addition of 3d mark. so i gather it has all the basic settings.
the res im runing at 1366 * 768 at 60hz
Also additional power has been plugged into the card.
How do i check what software could be chewing up resources

cheers and thanks again