3D mark scores BS?

[kimbo.ati]

ok heres the story i have a quite new system run everything well no problems,

i was told by a mate to run 3d mark 06 to test my computer agianst his.

My computer :

Thermaltake 430W psu
amd athlon 64 3200+ 939
mobo pci-e dual channel etc
sapphire x800gt 256mb
dual channel corasair 2-2-2-6
250 gig 7200rpm 8mb cache hdd

i got a total score of 1456

His computer:

antec 300w psu
P4 2.8 ghz (old version)
mobo agp
6800gs 256mb
dual channel generic ram
80gig 7200rpm 8mb cache

his total score 1986

i thought to my self WTF!
his system has a major bottle-neck and it general is poor.
how could his system be better than mine?

Hints: neither computer is overclocked or has been overclocked
my system is brand new
His is old
Both systm with latest drivers
both ran 3d mark with same setup with resolution and AA etc

any ideas? i think he is just plain lying

 

[SOcRatEs]

Hello

Out here in the "up over" (Arizona western US)
We have a saying, 'If it quacks, waddles, smells & has feathers like a duck, there's a distinct possiblity that it's a duck".

Does he have Hyper thread cpu, 533 fsb?
I have p4 2.8 ht 800 fsb, dual channel ddr
OC'd to 3.2 and do not get a score that high.

 

[Greenmachine]

6800GS is just a better card

Your card is more on par with a 6600GT. The X800GT only has 8 pixel pipelines whereas the 6800GS has 12 pixel pipelines. More pipelines = better performance. A 300Watt psu is pretty weak for that 6800GS though.

Your Card ($119)
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102636)

His Card ($225) assuming eVGA because it is middleground card
(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130264)

 

[kimbo.ati]

His cpu is hyper threading 533fsb

hmm i guess you are right about the g-fx side of the equation.
i just realised that there is 3 marks in the 3dmark test.

Cpu
shader2
shader3

for some reason i am missing the shader 3 as i dont get a score for it :S. thats probably why i lost. But in all honesty which system is better?

 

[SOcRatEs]

Off to the races

With a better video card, I think your system would score better as
GM is suggesting. When it comes to scores, most of the OC site I've
been on tend to use 5 or 6 bench marks, such as HERE.
No one benchie gets everyones approval. Try pcpitstop.com too!
I doubt seriously his 533fsb will keep up.

 

[peterdiva]

His card supports shader3 and yours doesn't,if this is included in the final score(where you score 0)then it isn't a fair result.A better comparison would be 3DMark03 or 05.

 

[kimbo.ati]

thanks for the tips guy i will be sure to use other benchmarking programs.

oh and btw: i tryed 3dmark 05 thrashed him thanks alot!

 

[someone124]

yea, the 6800GS is the same performance as a 6800GT, which is much faster than a X800GT. However, i heard X800GTs overclock well, so you might wanna try that, just don't get carried away, or you'll end up with a fried card

but, your CPU will kill his, so if you run Aquamark 3 on both your systems, you may get a lower overall score, but you will get a much higher CPU score.

 

[YellowC4S]

3dMark06 is really optimized for DC processors. I've got an X2 4400 and my 3DMark06 score is 4594.

 

[kimbo.ati]

Yeh thanks for the tips, im getting a 7800gtx soon when the new nvidia card comes out becuase the prices will drop.

 

[LNCPapa]

oh and btw: i tryed 3dmark 05 thrashed him thanks alot!

He can still probably outperform you in games on his machine Gotta remember that these days it's all about GPU performance and memory.