trowand
12-07-2007, 11:39 AM
Hey, I just installed my new Samsung 1TB hard drive and new 8800GT OC2. The install of everything went very well and smooth (THANK GOD!). I just ran 3DMark05 & 06.
3DMark06= Overall: 13,631 (My old score w/ X1950Pro was 6,106)
SM2: 5680
SM3: 5528
CPU: 4728
3DMark05= Overall: 18,028 (My old score w/X1950Pro was 11,437)
CPU: 12592
AquaMark3= Overall: 171,069
GFX: 33,204
CPU: 17635
I'm confused as to how my 3DMark06 score more than doubled but my 3DMark05 score only went up like 55%. I might have to run it again or something.
When I opened Crysis and chose to detect "Optimal System Settings" and saw it set everything to "HIGH" I nearly fainted from shock and excitement. This card was made for Crysis! Crysis looks absolutely amazing at 1920x1200 with all set to high. Call of Duty looks incredible and Oblivion is gorgeous.
ALSO, this Samsung 1TB drive is supposed to be the new fastest drive to beat. It's got denser platters than any of the competition with 3 x 334GB platters due to Perpindicular Recording. I ran HDTach on her and...
Quick/Short Test= 92 MB/s Reads
Slow/Long Test= 94.2 MB/s
My 750GB WD GP was reading at 73-74MB/s and my older Hitachi HDDs read at 64MB/s! That's friggin' nuts! AWESOME!!! WinXP installed in record time. Boot times, software installs and game loading times are all noticeably faster. I'm sooo psyched. Both of these upgrades have surpassed my expectations. I'm thrilled.
3DMark06= Overall: 13,631 (My old score w/ X1950Pro was 6,106)
SM2: 5680
SM3: 5528
CPU: 4728
3DMark05= Overall: 18,028 (My old score w/X1950Pro was 11,437)
CPU: 12592
AquaMark3= Overall: 171,069
GFX: 33,204
CPU: 17635
I'm confused as to how my 3DMark06 score more than doubled but my 3DMark05 score only went up like 55%. I might have to run it again or something.
When I opened Crysis and chose to detect "Optimal System Settings" and saw it set everything to "HIGH" I nearly fainted from shock and excitement. This card was made for Crysis! Crysis looks absolutely amazing at 1920x1200 with all set to high. Call of Duty looks incredible and Oblivion is gorgeous.
ALSO, this Samsung 1TB drive is supposed to be the new fastest drive to beat. It's got denser platters than any of the competition with 3 x 334GB platters due to Perpindicular Recording. I ran HDTach on her and...
Quick/Short Test= 92 MB/s Reads
Slow/Long Test= 94.2 MB/s
My 750GB WD GP was reading at 73-74MB/s and my older Hitachi HDDs read at 64MB/s! That's friggin' nuts! AWESOME!!! WinXP installed in record time. Boot times, software installs and game loading times are all noticeably faster. I'm sooo psyched. Both of these upgrades have surpassed my expectations. I'm thrilled.