not much difference running on 8800GTS than a 7600GT ?

I think my cpu is bottlenecking my card? I don't see a huge difference in games, what do you think? the thing is my board doesn't support core 2 duo. couly

 Well maybe you just aren't graphics demanding person. Just like me. I have the same problem. I hardly noticed anything with a jump from 9600pro, to x1950pro and new computer you can see in my proflie. i hardly noticed any difference. 

What resolution are you using? There should be a big difference, especially at higher resolutions and AF/AA on.Gog

1360x768 widescreen, 4xAA/AF.  Even company of heroes says 'average' in the performance test, with mostly max settings. Would I get more from a core 2 duo, or am I expecting too much? I upgraded for Crysis and Bioshock mostly. Maybe I need to reduce my resolution?, also playing Rainbow 6 at 1280*800 all max, I get about 20fps, I expected more.

whats the 3dmark06 score ?

I got 8652 without overclocking the 8800gts 320mb and c2d e6600anshul89

I'll check now...

ok it's my CPU, I got a score of 4527 which is terrible. I got less than 1 fps on the cpu tests !!   now I need a new motherboard, similar in size to my ASRock 775-Twins. Any recommendations? I spent so much on my graphics card, and now I need a new CPU/Motherboard. couly

Yup. Your CPU suck. And bytheway, it is normal to get smewhere around 1 FPS in CPU test. CPU isnt design to run gfx. I get 10100 points in 3D Mark 06 everything at stock speeds. 8)

ok it's my CPU, I got a score of 4527 which is terrible. I got less than 1 fps on the cpu tests !! now I need a new motherboard, similar in size to my ASRock 775-Twins. Any recommendations? I spent so much on my graphics card, and now I need a new CPU/Motherboard. couly

Well you can spend just over $200 and that would be a good upgrade, or you can spend all the way up to $300ish.

$100 Gigabyte DS3 rev 1.3
$115 E4300

or if you want to spend a bit more on the processor-

$166 E6320
$186 E6420
$224 E6600

Or if you can wait until July 22 you can get a Q6600 for $266 and the other processors will be even cheaper. 

ok it's my CPU, I got a score of 4527 which is terrible. I got less than 1 fps on the cpu tests !!   now I need a new motherboard, similar in size to my ASRock 775-Twins. Any recommendations? I spent so much on my graphics card, and now I need a new CPU/Motherboard. couly

HOLD ON!! That's normal. The test is capped at 1 fps! What OS are you using? Vista? XP?

[QUOTE="couly"]ok it's my CPU, I got a score of 4527 which is terrible. I got less than 1 fps on the cpu tests !!   now I need a new motherboard, similar in size to my ASRock 775-Twins. Any recommendations? I spent so much on my graphics card, and now I need a new CPU/Motherboard. Gog

HOLD ON!! That's normal. The test is capped at 1 fps! What OS are you using? Vista? XP?

yeah I realised that from an earlier post. I'm using Vista but even that is only a 7% drop in frame rates, I'm also using the latest nvidia drivers. My 3Dmark score is really low.

oh im confused, it shoud be alot higher then that.

are you sure its a 8800gts? :P maybe its broken. 

yeah your CPU is bottlenecking, get a new one and you'll be fine. Probably a C2D. filmography

which means a new motherboard, aaaaargh, how much of an increase in frames would you'd say I'd get?  percentage wise? I know, it's hard to tell.

[QUOTE="filmography"]yeah your CPU is bottlenecking, get a new one and you'll be fine. Probably a C2D. couly

which means a new motherboard, aaaaargh, how much of an increase in frames would you'd say I'd get?  percentage wise? I know, it's hard to tell.

Well i saw a test where they were comparing CPUs. PC whit Athlon X2 3800+, got 40!!! FPS less than E4400 CPU. So i would say that it would be something similar in your case. But not in games where you get only 50FPS. But in games like FEAR etc. where you get like 110FPS. 

40 fps ... like 250 instead of 210 fps right?

And only with older games at low resolutions. Most games are more GPU dependent and will only show a marginal increase with a better CPU, especially at higher resolutions.

I had a Pentium D way back, and even then I didn;t that bad FPS.

Try overclocking that Pentium D to 3.7-4.0GHz (need good cooling though).  

A 8800GTS is 250% faster than 7600GT

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=716&model2=707&chart=310

A E6400 is 25% faster than a Pentium D 3 ghz

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=439&model2=433&chart=174

Do you still think the CPU is the solution to your problem?

40 fps ... like 250 instead of 210 fps right?

And only with older games at low resolutions. Most games are more GPU dependent and will only show a marginal increase with a better CPU, especially at higher resolutions.

Gog

I just tell what i see. I cant remeber the site. I think they were testing Prey, or something similar. WHit X2 3800+ they got 84 FPS,a dn whit C2D E4400 they got around 120 Frames. Thats what i was talking about.

what are your specs?

ram

cpu

power supplies

?? 

A 8800GTS is 250% faster than 7600GT

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html?modelx=33&model1=716&model2=707&chart=310

A E6400 is 25% faster than a Pentium D 3 ghz

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=439&model2=433&chart=174

Do you still think the CPU is the solution to your problem?

Gog

I take back all my posts, after seeing this. I think that there is seriously wrong whit your PC. Anyway, i have a question too. I am running my system at stock speeds, everything at stock. I just want to know if my 3D mark 06 score is fine. I get around 10100 pints in 3D mark 06. Is this normal?? 

ok it's my CPU, I got a score of 4527 which is terrible. I got less than 1 fps on the cpu tests !! now I need a new motherboard, similar in size to my ASRock 775-Twins. Any recommendations? I spent so much on my graphics card, and now I need a new CPU/Motherboard. couly

Mobo:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813157107

 can use c2d and ddr2 and pciex16 

This is what I ran:

http://img398.imageshack.us/img398/7472/cpulz7.jpg

3DMark06:

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/resultanalyzer.jsp?projectType=14&XLID=0&UID=9521864

oh and it's a pentimum 4 3.0 ghzcouly

That explains all. But why are you saying that you have dual core procesor? LOL. For P4 is normal such a low score, cause it sux. 

I defo have 2 cores, I might try overclocking, thanks for all input.couly

I though that the Pentium D was just 2 P4 cores on one chip!? [correct me if i am wrong] IMO C2D kills a Pentuim D and also a P4 you just can't beat a Core 2 Duo even a little E4400 can reatch almost 4.0GHZ!

yeah it says:

 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz   2.99GHz

I don't know whether I should get a new board and cpu.  Also, in the vista performance test my cpu is 4.2 which is the lowest of all tests.

yeah it says:

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz 2.99GHz

I don't know whether I should get a new board and cpu. Also, in the vista performance test my cpu is 4.2 which is the lowest of all tests.

 

couly

don't jump out and buy a new CPU yet, very few games are bottlenecked by the CPU and even fewer take advantage of dual core processors.

is your forceware driver up to date? 

ok it's my CPU, I got a score of 4527 which is terrible. I got less than 1 fps on the cpu tests !! now I need a new motherboard, similar in size to my ASRock 775-Twins. Any recommendations? I spent so much on my graphics card, and now I need a new CPU/Motherboard. couly

what power supply are you using? and did you plug in that 6 pin PCI-E power connector to your card? 

I have the latest forceware drivers and I have a 600W Arctic Power Supply.couly

that is weird i just did a test on COH as well (i have Pentium D 2.8, a 8600GT) on 1280*1024 i got a result of "good" with 32fps average with all max setting except medium for shadow and physics.

i think something is funky with your card, since we got similar performance and COH don't have dual core support so to COH your CPU is actually better than mine too.

actually try uninstalling your forceware completely 1st, than reinstall it. i had similar problem before with a 6800, one day it suddenly performed much worse than before, but after i did a uninstall and reinstall of forceware performance went back to normal. 

[QUOTE="couly"]I have the latest forceware drivers and I have a 600W Arctic Power Supply.nohnaimer

that is weird i just did a test on COH as well (i have Pentium D 2.8, a 8600GT) on 1280*1024 i got a result of "good" with 32fps average with all max setting except medium for shadow and physics.

i think something is funky with your card, since we got similar performance and COH don't have dual core support so to COH your CPU is actually better than mine too.

actually try uninstalling your forceware completely 1st, than reinstall it. i had similar problem before with a 6800, one day it suddenly performed much worse than before, but after i did a uninstall and reinstall of forceware performance went back to normal. 

aw man, i didn't want to hear that, I don't know what to do!