obiwong Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 The reason is he had physX enabled initially so the program was using his graphics card to run the CPU tests as well, which boosts the performance figures. that was my guess as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted February 23, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted February 23, 2009 From what I see, PhysX doesn't boost GPU score, but the CPU score by taking the load off the CPU and putting it onto the GPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker1986 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 From what I see, PhysX doesn't boost GPU score, but the CPU score by taking the load off the CPU and putting it onto the GPU. Thats exactly right. Its a bit of a dodgy thing to look at realistically though, because in the real world youe GPU cant do physX and graphics with its full power as it does with this test, if you see what I mean. Having physX enabled in game will lead to some detriment of frames, just depends how powerful the GPU is. Any how, some more for the table shift: This is my Uni PC (PC2 in my sig) Neowin Username: Hawker1986 CPU: Q6600 (333x9) Processor Heatsink/Fan or Watercooling Setup: Silverstone NT06-E + 1600rpm Scythe S-Flex fan Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R RAM: 4x2GB (total 8GB) 416mhz 5-5-5-15 Video Card: Nvidia 8800GT 700/1750/1950 - Zalman VF-1000 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 3DMark 2006 Score: 13402 3DMark Vantage Score: 7486 Hawker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted February 23, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted February 23, 2009 Will update as soon as I get home. But yeah, 3DMark is a really general gauge of computer performance. There ARE some flaws with the way the tests are run in that they are quite heavily weighted upon CPU. When in real word performance testing, a 3.0GHz + Core 2 Duo would perform just as well as a 3.0GHz + Core 2 Quad; at that point the GPU really becomes the main deciding factor in performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 clocks with my gtx260 / scores...also overclocked my cpu a little more to 4.1GHz for 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted February 27, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted February 27, 2009 Database updated with Lyric and Hawker1986's information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin.B Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Well...I just installed my Evga GTX 260 SC. No other hardware changes. I want to ask before I post a screen shot: My previous score was something like 14,475 and now it's 14,946...Is that really the maximum increase? I only ask because I expected a higher one. I know it's just a silly benchmarking result and doesn't reflect gaming performance but...Yeah. I was hoping for 16k or so heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 nothing overclocked or any fancy stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted March 13, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted March 13, 2009 (edited) nothing overclocked or any fancy stuff You're going to have to submit that with the required information. Thanks! Things you forgot to include is a GPU-Z screenshot as well as the submission format that I've requested. Sorry for the inconvenience but it's for consistency sake. @ DigitalManifestation Are you using PhysX? You're only about ~100 points off from the 15k mark so maybe not bad of an increase. Things I would try are to try and push your CPU more as well as maybe overclock your video card as well. Might yield a couple hundred more points. Edited March 13, 2009 by shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker1986 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hey digitalmanifestation, the reason there is little improvement is because 3dmark06 is very CPU limited with modern hardware, so the fact your CPU is at the same speed explains it. If you benchmarked vantage you would have seen a good improvement in score, so dont worry. If you want the extra points in 06 the only way to get it is to boost up your CPU speed :s. Hawker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin.B Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Thanks for the replies guys. I overclocked my CPU to 3.2 and it yielded higher results. I did have Physx enabled both times. I'll run 3DMark Vantage and edit the results into this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin.B Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Okay, here's the new 3DMark results and the new 3DMark Vantage results. Neowin Username: DigitalManifestations CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad @ 3.2GHz (356 x 9) Processor Heatsink/Fan Setup:Stock Intel cooling Motherboard:Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR RAM: 2X2GB DDR2-800 4-4-4-15 Video Card: EVGA GTX 260 SC @626/1350 /1053(Factory OC) OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 3DMark 2006 Score: 15680 3DMark Vantage Score: P12230. I ran Vantage with the performance settings as my monitor does not support the resolutions used for high. Speed step kicked in on the last screen shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker1986 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Just for a point of note, PhysX doesnt help your 3dmark 06 result at all, only vantage :) Hawker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted March 17, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted March 17, 2009 Updated. For comparison's sake I've included DigitalManifestation's old score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin.B Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Thanks Shift. Now to add more work for you, here's my scores with an overclocked GPU as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) My new system did 22,000 in vantage. Here is my laptop. Edited April 6, 2009 by Typhon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhon Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 Here is my core i7 setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted April 10, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted April 10, 2009 Please provide all the required info. Go take a look at what's required on the first page and what other people have posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMELTN Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Neowin Username: SMELTN CPU: E6750 @ 3.2GHz (400 x 8) Processor Heatsink: Stock Intel Cooling Motherboard: Gigabyte EP35-DS3L RAM: 2X1GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-400 4-4-4-15 Video Card: BFG GeForce 8800 GT 512MB @625/1566/900 (Factory) OS: Windows 7 Beta 7100 (32bit) 3DMark06 Score: 10291 3DVantage Score: P5981 - GPU: 4768 - CPU: 25293 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Neowin Username: Lyric CPU: i7 920 @ 4GHz - (191 x 21) CPU Cooler: CoolerMaster V8 Motherboard: EVGA X58 3x SLI (B2-BL-E758-TR) RAM: 3x2GB (1600mhz) Corsair Triple Channel kit Video Card(s): Tri-SLI GTX-260 SSC Cards (55nm, Core 216) @ 702/1404/1053 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit) 3DMark 2006 Score: 26,513 3DMark Vantage Score: P31,536 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 lol wow tri SLI (Y)(Y) nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted May 20, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted May 20, 2009 (edited) Haven't had time to update due to work, doing that right now :) By the way, NICE Tri-SLI score. UPDATED - May 20th 2009 @ 1:00AM Notes: Lyric's i7 database entry incomplete. Memory timing + RAM model required as well as total graphics memory (896MB assumed) Edited May 20, 2009 by shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhon Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Huh I had almost the same setup as you do but I got 35,000 in vantage with tri sli 260 core. Ill post a new one with my 285's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+shift. MVC Posted May 20, 2009 Author MVC Share Posted May 20, 2009 Make sure you follow the requested format, I know it's long and tedious but it makes updating MUCH easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyric Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Notes: Lyric's i7 database entry incomplete. Memory timing + RAM model required as well as total graphics memory (896MB assumed) each vid card is 896mb, ram timings 9-9-9-24 @ 1484mhz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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