8800 GTX SLi Benchmark

Syncroneyes · November 5th, 2007, 04:45 PM

Hi all, for those who wanted to know (It was a while back now I promised to post benchmark results for my new rig, sorry). I had some problems getting most benchmarks and in particular 3dMark 06 to work on Vista 64, but ta da here it is (the only one I managed to get working, also wanted to wait until I had both GTX cards and a full ram upgrade before benchmarking) - 3d Mark 06 score: 10,773.

Not as high as I thought it would be, I think perhaps my CPU might have let me down a little but pretty tight overall -average high 50's framerate

Athlon X2 6000+

4096mb 800mhz Corsair XMS2

2 x 8800GTX SLi

M2N Sli Deluxe mobo

X-fi Xtreme Gamer

Chaos · November 5th, 2007, 06:33 PM

something is holding you back because I score 10144 with the same CPU 2GB of DDRII 800 and a 640MB GTS clocked to 600/1800

Syncroneyes · November 5th, 2007, 06:41 PM

Hmmm....that is interesting. I will have to look into this a bit further -thanks for the input

....Well, I checked my PC specs, as registered by 3dMark 06 and it actually says that my system only has 1 gpu! So for some reason it is not registering the existence of my second card...I think this is the reason why. But I have installed latest 3dMark 06 hotfix so I don't know what else to do ( I have definately enabled SLi in Nvidia control panel ) any suggestions? Maybe you have to pay for the full version of 3dMark 06 before you can benchmark SLi?

Also, can anyone recommend any other benchmarks to use that will work with Vista 64bit?

85merk · December 17th, 2007, 04:56 PM

hey there, just jumping in to say something's definitely not right, most likely your CPU as 3dmark06 is highly CPU intensive.

I score 10414 with a single 8800GT OC with my Intel E6600 stock.
OC'd to my normal 24/7 setting of 3.4ghz, i score 12100.
SLI'd, it jumps 20% to 14400.

I can definitely try to prove it's your CPU, because i have a brand new X2 5600+ build that I just completed (for reasons i still don't know lol) on which i can throw on one of my 8800s.

All i know, is that my X2 5600+ can't hold a candle to my E6600 stock.
3 mins flat to computer PI to x-decimals vs 1min18s speaks volumes.

Unixlord · December 17th, 2007, 05:24 PM

Welcome to NGOHQ.
If you had cared to read post #2 you would have realized that it is not a problem with the CPU. In fact you score rather poorly for that setup.

Syncroneyes · December 17th, 2007, 08:02 PM

Indeed - welcome! This is still perplexing me .. there is definately something not right!

I still really haven't had time to investigate it fully yet but i will get round to it eventually.. meanwhile any info/thoughts you may have are most welcome..

gen.Rage1991hrv · December 17th, 2007, 08:07 PM

maybe from some unknown reason your sli was offline during tests
check your drivers (mbo and gpus)
or check that nv 3Dsetings in nv control panel under sli performance mode for 3dmark06
maybe it is only one gpu seted for tests

Syncroneyes · December 17th, 2007, 08:13 PM

I'm pretty sure it was offline because 3dmark was saying in my system there was just one GTX card detected.. I think this is where the problem lies.

gen.Rage1991hrv · December 17th, 2007, 08:20 PM

is it working now ???

danno999 · December 17th, 2007, 09:06 PM

Had same problem with 3dmark06 sli only one gpu recognised.
Scored 13200+ with my setup,sli definetly working as
i scored lot less in single card.
hoped score would be higher with cpu clock 3365ghz but the intel boys/girls have the upperhand for the moment.