3DMark05 & CPU tests
 

Hi all, I know my PC is a little old:
Doing the tests run well (6144) but what is slowing it down is the CPU, with only bare minimum of services running I get 0 fps on either of the 2 CPU tests, results were actually 0.8fps WOW!!:doh: I knew it would be bad but not this bad! Can anyone confirm if this is correct? Can this be improved without a new motherboard?
Thanks.

If you want a higher cpu score either increase the overclock or get a more powerful cpu, but since you are on a s939 platform like me you would be better off with geting a new motherboard, ram and processor instead of upgrading the processor alone.

I had the same motherboard in Aquarius (my old gaming rig)...I liked it a lot for an AGP board. My brother's using it now.

Those CPU results are not unusual, and in fact, Shadowhawk got similar rates (even though its clocked higher and is a dual-core CPU). I wouldn't be worried about those numbers at all. Keep in mind that there is a lot of stuff going on in those demoes that is being completely loaded on the CPU: the timing of events, graphics, physics, etc.

Thing is in this review (page 7):
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=get...13&articID=553
the review processor was an AMD Athlon 64 3200 with exactly same video card and only 1gig ram with Asus motherboard, their score was 8614 compared to my 6144?:88)
I tried to overclock GPU using Tray tools and although I can change the settings as soon as I apply it changes back to default, don't know why, but then it is a turbo board & overclocking is probably not a good idea!:yep:
I would not be able to upgrade for atleast 12 months that's why I'm trying to get this rig running better.:cry: