Ben's New PC

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My brother's Athlon XP 3000 was showing its age recently, when he tried to run Beowulf on it. The game simply wouldn't start - which suggested a new PC was required.

He's opted for an Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (@ 2.66GHz); 4GB Geil PC6400 DDR2 along with a GeForce 8800GTS. Having installed Vista Home Premium on it last night, I decided to run 3D Mark 2006 - to see how this new hardware compares to others that I've run the test on.

I know 3D Mark scores should be taken with a pinch of salt - but 9035 is insane when you compare it to Red19's 3892. That's almost (but not quite) 3 times the score, which is comparing a 2.6GHz (overclocked) AM2 Dual Core to a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with the former sporting a 7800GT and the latter utilising the 8800GTS. It just goes to show how much technology has come on in only a year.

What score do you get with 3D Mark 2006?

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When I put this thing together a year ago and ran it then i got 6183. I dont have it installed now, but would be interedted how much the drivers have or have not come on since then.

Adamskii


an idea how to rename music info for itunes sorting quickly? I seem to remember you spending a couple of days doing it manually, wondered if you learnt any new way?

Adamskii


You can select several tracks at a time and update the artist/album etc. which will apply the changes to all tracks selected. I've not found a quicker way to do it, but since renaming all the tags in iTunes a few years ago, I've not had to do it since.

Matt


Run it again when you get a chance and let me know what score you get. I ensured that the 8800 GTS had the latest drivers before benchmarking. That was under Vista Home Premium 64-bit, so I'm guessing XP might have yielded a higher score.

Matt


cheerz for the tip

Adamskii


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