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| Thread ID: 65563 | 2006-01-22 20:53:00 | NVIDIA GeForce 6600 | MartynC (5610) | Press F1 |
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| 423395 | 2006-01-22 20:53:00 | Hi :help: I am looking at a friends computer they just bought over the holidays, a compaq AMD 64 3200+ machine with a NVIDIA GeForce 6600 PCIe 256Meg video card. After running PCMark05 & 3dMark05 to benchmark the video card, they both told me the GPU Core Frequency was 9 MHz. I also ran PCDoctor 2006 which gave the same result. Looking online at 3dMark05 or similar machine results, they had the core speed at 400 or 500MHz. Checking online via Google, i'm sure the speed should be in the 400 - 500 MHz range. my questions for help are: (1) Is 9 MHZ likely to be correct? - any other way to check? (2) Does the GPU run at a slower speed if nothing happening? Specs: Windows XP Home AMD 64 3200+ 1.5 G Ram 200GB SATA NVIDIA GeForce 6600 3D PCI-Express Graphics 256MB DDR Thanks for any help/suggestions in advance :thumbs: |
MartynC (5610) | ||
| 423396 | 2006-01-23 10:33:00 | what was teh score acheived in 3dmakr05? | Mirddes (10) | ||
| 423397 | 2006-01-23 20:53:00 | what was teh score acheived in 3dmakr05? Hi it is 2095 text of report General Information Operating System Microsoft Windows XP DirectX Version 9.0c Mobo Manufacturer MSI Mobo Model AMETHYST-M AGP Rates (Current/Available) N/A / N/A CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 1990 MHz FSB 200 MHz Memory 1534 MB Display Information Graphics Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Driver Name NVIDIA GeForce 6600 Driver Version 8.1.9.8 Driver Status WHQL - FM Approved Video Memory 256 MB Core Clock 9 MHz Memory Clock 501 MHz Benchmark Settings Program Version 3DMark05 Revision 2 Build 0 Resolution 1024x768@32 bit Anti-Aliasing None Texture Filtering Optimal Vertex Shader Profile 3_0 Pixel Shader Profile 3_0 Force Full Precision Off Disable DST Off Disable Post-processing Off Force Software Vertex Shaders Off Color Mipmaps Off Repeat Count Off Main Test Results 3DMark Score 2095 3DMarks CPU Score 4110 CPUMarks Detailed Test Results Game Tests GT1 - Return To Proxycon 9.5 fps GT2 - Firefly Forest 6.0 fps GT3 - Canyon Flight 10.2 fps CPU Tests CPU Test 1 2.0 fps CPU Test 2 3.8 fps Feature Tests Fill Rate - Single-Texturing N/A Fill Rate - Multi-Texturing N/A Pixel Shader N/A Vertex Shader - Simple N/A Vertex Shader - Complex N/A Batch Size Tests 8 Triangles N/A 32 Triangles N/A 128 Triangles N/A 512 Triangles N/A 2048 Triangles N/A 32768 Triangles N/A |
MartynC (5610) | ||
| 423398 | 2006-01-25 19:52:00 | Any ideas? | MartynC (5610) | ||
| 423399 | 2006-01-26 02:53:00 | the card is running fine. probably just clocking itself down. i have the agp version of that card. amd 2600+ barton 1.92ghz and i score 2052 points in 3dmark05. so this has made me relised that as far as synthetic tests go i wont see any performance boost by overclocking my cpu when i get a new mobo. |
Mirddes (10) | ||
| 423400 | 2006-01-26 03:23:00 | Clocking itself down to 9mhz? Even if the performance is as expected from a low level card like that one ( no doubt paired with a low level mobo and a heinous software setup) the system reporting back a false number is never a good sign, Its obvious their is a gremlin in the system somewhere, Impossible to say where or what if any long term effects will be. I would ring Compaq, Ask them to explain, and then get it replaced for a non-faulty system.Compaq can afford it. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 423401 | 2006-01-29 21:19:00 | hi, i've bought a new PC with nvidia geforce 6600 256 graphical card and when i plugged inn the lcd monitor it started to turn itself off randomly - sometimes even every 2-3 seconds. i have tried the monnitor on an other compuer it worked fine and have also tried a different CRT monitor with my computer and it worked well too. Can anyone give me any hint what can be the problem? Cheers, bea. |
bevatka (9670) | ||
| 423402 | 2006-01-29 21:27:00 | hi, i've bought a new PC with nvidia geforce 6600 256 graphical card and when i plugged inn the lcd monitor it started to turn itself off randomly - sometimes even every 2-3 seconds. i have tried the monnitor on an other compuer it worked fine and have also tried a different CRT monitor with my computer and it worked well too. Can anyone give me any hint what can be the problem? Cheers, bea.Duplicate post - see here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz). |
Jen (38) | ||
| 423403 | 2006-01-30 01:23:00 | 1st off, this version of the 6600 is the vanilla one, ie, slower core and memory speed to that of the 6600GT. Its core should be 300mhz, the memory speed is up to the manufacture's. I would say the o/s isnt reading the hardware correctly, hence the 9mhz core speed show but actual in 3dmarks. I would check for new card drivers, sp2 installed? You could have an older version of 3dmarks! |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 423404 | 2006-01-30 07:55:00 | Clocking itself down to 9mhz? Even if the performance is as expected from a low level card like that one ( no doubt paired with a low level mobo and a heinous software setup) the system reporting back a false number is never a good sign, Its obvious their is a gremlin in the system somewhere, Impossible to say where or what if any long term effects will be. I would ring Compaq, Ask them to explain, and then get it replaced for a non-faulty system.Compaq can afford it. Although I agree with your views on Compaq, his 3Dmark Scores are fine. I am not exactly sure why his core is reported back at 9MHZ but it's clearly performing at about what you would expect for a vanilla 6600(certainly not 9MHZ). I seriously doubt it is any kind of hardware error, more likely a software issue in the way it reads the core clock frequency's maybe through some lame Compaq version of the Nvidia driver set, definately an ignore who cares!. |
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