Thread: AMD phenom quad cores....

Originally Posted by investigater

I would post my 3dmarks but they are shit. I bomb on the processor test and i do not know why. I am close to the lowestr score for same rig built and it drives me nuts to not know why it does this.

I have an e6850 3.0, nvidia 8600gt that is slightly OC, 3 gigs of ballistics ddr2 800mhz ram, 650 w power supply, p35 gigabyte MoBo with windows vista home 64. I get shit for scores in 3dmark but i can play crysis, 2142, world in conflict, cod4, whatever i throw at it, it can play with all settings on high with high FPS and no jaggies or particals.

What do you mean by "bombing?" I get between 0.9 and 1.4 FPS on the CPU test! And that is fairly normal.

That E6850 oughtta push hard, its a sweet processor. From your CPU-Z post earlier, I noted along with SFG and Standard you oughtta be running 3.0Ghz and not 2.0 But that aside, a score around 1 FPS on the CPU test is normal. If you link your 3dMark we can use it as a diagnostic tool too. We can use the information maybe to help you bring that score up! Post it man!

definitely something to look into inv - your CPU is not running at the clock it should be.

You 3d06 score should be 8000 or so range which is plenty respectable.

ah, thats fine then, if its throttling up to 3.0 when needed - in fact thats a great way to save power when unneeded.

You need to register i think, but you dont need to pay.

Originally Posted by standard235

BigDog, I think some of the people behind you are tools. No offense, and I mean you know how to build a computer, but so does my 7yo sister. I just think that sometimes your fanboyism gets in the way of true bang for your buck. I think that people should solely buy a motherboard that they can overclock with (Intel X38/P35 anyone?) and overclock the hell out of anything they buy. If you are going to overclock, chances are you won't NEED the processor for 10 years and then some.

utter ridiculousness.

you want to pick a fight.....fair enough. you get one.

#1. Buy $2000 worth of shit from newegg, pour it onto you kitchen table, and have your 7 year old sister put it together. I'll call anyone's bluff on that one. This isn't checkers, and it aint easy. Can anyone do it? Of course. Just like anyoen can probably rebuild the engine of their car. DO THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING IT? DO THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO DO IT TO CERTIFY IT'S STABLE AND READY TO GAME?

No, they don't. so they buy a dell. And then buy another one when that one starts sucking.

"My 7 year old sister can do it".......that's just stupid ass insults from a nobody. Who are you, and what entitles you to insult everyone here that doesn't build? Are they stupid? No. And with the TTP collective, I say "keep that shit to yourself, ass".

#2. I overclock. I overclock all sorts of shit. Overclocking was great and wonderful back in the day, when you could take a XPmobile from 1.8Ghz to 2.4Ghz with a few clicks in the BIOS. But then of course, you have to deal with heat, and voltage fluctuations, and instability. Anyone that tells me their oc's are effortless are either NEW TO THE OC GAME, or aren't actually OCing anything. you're just speeding it up, taking a screenshot, and then slowing it right back down. Pussies. Why even mess with it then?

the benefits of overclocking or for those who LIKE messing with computers. People like you and me. The people that call me to build them a box DON'T like messing with computers, are NOT prepared to deal with the consequences of an OC crash keeping them from being able to turn on their computers, of fuckign up their home PC. You and I might think it's no big deal......but the mere fact they call and ask for help means that THEY DON'T FEEL THAT WAY. So again, "keep that shit to yourself".

Saying you buy your hardware based on the assumption you will acheive X% of an OC simply means you don't buy a lot of hardware.

Processors are binned the way they are based on the performance characteristics when they leave the factory. Processors are locked down on multipliers, forcing you to step them up.......even worse. And even then, now you have to worry about stability on the RAM's clock OC.

Take your bragging and condecension to some OMG I CAN OC forum. Amateur.

bottom fucking line $$$ for benchmark, the AMD phenom, out of the box, wins the day.

and that wins the day for 99% of the PC world, who don't even know what their BIOS is, much less how to use it.

no offense.....to all you non PC-nerd losers.....but it's the truth.

I gave up on keeping up with what's new and hot. My computer doesn't suck until the games I want to play on it start telling me it sucks. Then I know it's time to get a new one.

I'm comfortable putting it all together and loading an OS but to get hot and heavy into the BIOS and stuff - I'll leave that to the pros.

I know I can get more bang for my buck if I assemble it myself, so that's what I do. I also know that I know just enough about software to make it run OK.

if I need help, I come here or other places to ask for it and have yet to be let down.

Don't shit where you eat.