XFX 8800 GTX sucks or ????

Here are my specs
ASUS Crosshair Mobo
AMD X2 6400
Ultra X2 750 watt power supply
2 GB OCZ pc 6400 platinum
XFX 8800 GTX 768 mb Video
Sound Blaster X-FI Platinum
Maxtor 300 gb sata HD

Here is my question why is my comp so slow? I did a 3Dmark2006 and the best I can get is 6700. Everything about this comp is slow from booting to games. I have all the latest bios and drivers. Is it the drivers I'm using 169.21. I just built a $2000 boat anchor. Any help would be greatly welcomed. If not I will send this piece of @#%$ to the bottom of the Ohio River.:bang::bang::bang::bang::stewpid:

 

some things to check, run dxdiag and check to see if everything is runnin right, check temps, check drivers, etc

 

if not, i'll take all of that off your hands after i go salvage your pc at the bottom of the ohio river

 

does it run the same if you use stock fsb ?

 

I had very simular issues when I build my new rig. After many hours I started deleting programs I had installed one at at time untill the issue went away. The program that caused my slow down issues was a part of the Creative x-fi install. I cant recall the name of it but it had to do with loading when windows did, some kind of menu thingy.

 

if i had to say what it was i would say it is the cpu slowing you down. did you make sure AA and AF were off when you ran 3dmark

 

To answer the questions the problem was there with no sound card installed and with a 200 mhz fsb. I dont think it is the cpu . If it is I'm screwd. I will not buy a over priced Intel cpu.:bang:

 

Id have to go for this also, my previous setup was
Pentium D 830 3ghz
2gb 533mhz
8800gts 320mb
Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
3DMark06 = 6500-6700

I got a new cpu which was a Pentium e6850 3ghz and got a 3DMark06 score of 9800

Didnt think that the Pentium Ds sucked so much, but once i upgraded i didnt believe the improvement, its was crazy especially in WOW and CS which i play most.

 

Wow, if even booting is slow. It's definitively not the card. It look more of an hardware issue to me.

-Fragmented Harddrive
-Overheating, thus throtling
...
at this point it could be anything.

Massively infected from Malware!? Who know.

I don't think it's the CPU thaugh, maybe a setting in the bios get this all fubar. Disable everything you can in the BIOS, such as energy saving features and not used components.

 

Im not sure if its ok to post a link to another forum here or not but.
I think it might be your PSU, I have the same one, no problems yet but you should read this review.
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTQ2MCwxLCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

 

Which Bios version do you have I'm have version 804 and did you install Amd dual core optimizer / Microsoft update kb/896256. I have the same set up and score 11285 on 3D06

 

Its not the GFX card if it is working alright. My XFX 8800GTx and my system gets 13000+ 3dmark06 score on Vista.

 

13 000+ ??

I'm getting about 12k on my system with Vista32.

 

i am getting 11k with single card,13500 with sli and 15000 with mild overclock of cpu to 2.66ghz

 

Might wanna consider OC your GPU.
On my GTS I get 12,543 in 3dmark06.
And that's a single card.

 

This is not the subject here.

 

i get 16367 in 3dmark 2006!!
but he has an amd 6400+ and the score is lower tah an intel c2d or q6600, but 6700pts is to low,

 

Did you try some games?

Don't stare blind at 3dmark, my score is bad with my tripple sli i get about 13400... like my pc is crap... not!!
In crysis @ 1600x1200 i go not under 30 fps @ all very high 16 x AF no AA very smooth...

I suggest to try some games first...

Edit: if i should rely on 3dmark i had to throw my pc in the river al long ago heheh:3eyes:

 

I think youre CPU is bottlenecking. Try OC:ing it a bit, might help. It propably is hard for a cpu to keep 3 gfx cards fed. Bc you should score much more in 3dm06. I score more than you with one card? I mean it should not be like that?

 

Try running memtest on your RAM. Also try booting up with your soundcard unplugged. Check your HDD settings in your BIOS. These are the only things that come to my mind...