Drykill
I Like Waffles.
+47|7170|England
Hi all,
I have an AMD 64 4200+ 939 dual core CPU with default clock of 2.2Ghz. Default speeds I get 5244 in 3Dmark06 (SM2-2381, SM3-2074, CPU-1576)
If I overclock it to 2.67Ghz using slightly higher than default HTT and RAM speeds I get 5412 in 3DMark06 (SM2-2376, SM3-2093, CPU-1839).  I  expected a slightly higher performance increase in 3Dmark and not a decrease in SM2 score and barely anything changing in SM3.

So my question is, Have I done something wrong or is my CPU not a bottleneck on a 8600GTS?

CPU performance had increased. When from 4250 to 5154 in the Everest CPU Queen test which brings it just behind a C2D E6700. Super PI times were lower too. Is it my not so amazing graphics card thats the problem?

I've got another 8600GTS (was/is planning on going SLI) and similar results except this card is 100 3Dmarks marks better than the other, blue PCB > green PCB I guess.

What you reckon?
elite.mafia
Banned
+122|6931|USA
??? A 4 point difference isn't a loss in performance.
ceslayer23
IN YOUR MIRROR
+142|6839|CLOSER THAN I APPEAR

elite.mafia wrote:

??? A 4 point difference isn't a loss in performance.
It's hardly a gain though
elite.mafia
Banned
+122|6931|USA
1576 to 1849 is a pretty big gain...
Drykill
I Like Waffles.
+47|7170|England
Yes there's a rise in CPU score but I would of thought the graphics score would of increased somewhat with having a higher clocked CPU.
ReDevilJR
Member
+106|6829
Memory, did you up the memory frequency & latency?

AMD's aren't as good with higher frequency, rather, lower latency.
Crypto_420
Member
+25|7321|Portland
the only way the graphic would of went up is by OCing the PCIE bus,   OCing just the FSB & Multipliers alone will not boost the GPU.  You need to OC the PCIE Bus along with the GPU and MEM on the video card

Nvidia has a program called NTUNE that allows you to do this kinda OCing, just be warned last time I tried it the program was a little unstable and crashed alot.  I did noticed a difference tho. 

Im running 2 7950 OC which I noticed about a 1000 points increase in 3dmark06

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