crappy a7n8x e deluxe/geforce 6600 256 futuremark score

[tomladd_1]

I have a asus a7n e deluxe with a 6600 256 and a athlon 2600+(2ghz)
cpu with the 233 bus also a gig and a half of ram. I have gotten a score of
like 2000 on 3dmark 05, is that a good score , I think it sucks! Am I wrong?
I would think I would at least have a 3000. Someone please answer me post.

 

[Ruder]

For 3Dmark05 it is a low score - you probably have the LE version of the NV6600. You might need to look at a few optimisations.

I get that score with a Sempron 1.8GHz and a FX5200 card.

 

[tomladd_1]

optmisations?

thanks for the reply,Do you mean bios ops, like upping the agp voltage from 1.5 to 1.7 volts,messing with memory timings, flashing the bios, or adddressing the nview settings, which I have not found many options there. I here the newer cards use more voltage but not in the bios but with the extra power connector
that you connect to the power supply. Other than that I am perplexed with
my 2000 score, that is a little bit higher than my radeon 9600xt 128 megabyte score which isn"t really comparable to a best buy pny 6600 256 megabyte
card!

 

[tomladd_1]

6600 256 t0 6600gt 128

I tried a few things and decided ti take the card back to best buy and go
to a local computer store and buy the 6600gt 128 for even less money and
got a score of 3200, a 3rd faster for less $, however while at best buy I was tempted to buy agp x700 but decided to go with the 6600gt, I am sure the cards are the same in performance?

 

[sllewe]

each card has 8 pixel pipelines, an 128 bit memory interface

x700 might of had more RAM, you didnt say (but its not going to give you much boost in benchs)

GT has a much higher clock rate.

GT might have a slight edge

 

[Ruder]

Both card are aimed at the same market - performance is close.

The GT is the better card.