added another 8800gtx, score only went up 2k?

I used to get 13k with a e6600 dually and one 8800gtx

my suggestion is to set your PCIE speed to 110mhz... also the rendering mode selected when using sli makes a differnce for when you gaming. in css i saw better FPS with split frame rendering then Alternate frame rendering. play with that a bit in EQ2...

Guys, he said his quad is at stock. That is the main problem.

OP, you will have to overclock that processor a bit over stock to get a much better score.

PearlJammzz said:

So you're saying my Q6600 is the limiting factor? It just has a stock cooler, I'm going water in December-ish so wont OC till then. So w/ a stock q6600 this is a normal score?

The score was run w/ only 2 gigs, I just added the other 2 this afternoon, was hopin someone would be able to tell me while it's not seein 3.2-3.3?

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32-bit OS, and I'll be glad to see how well that quad will do on water.

You can easily get your Q6600 to 2.9ghz or 3ghz w/ the stock cooler for normaly gaming. I was running 3ghz on my Q6600 B3 and the temps were fine before I got a nice heatsink.

Hindsite being 20/20, you probably should have done a lot more reading about Overclocking and getting higher benchmark scores before dishing out the cash for a 2nd card. exp: I overclocked my Q6600 to it's limits (I even lapped my heatsink and Q6600), overclocked my x1950pro to it's limits, squeezed out all I can out of my ram, raided my harddrives, and maximized the airflow in my case... only after I did all that did I buy a 2nd card.

If I were you, I would download and install the 120 day trial for XP64 and run some benchmarks w/ that OS. Benchmarks on a clean OS install will normally be much higher, plus XP64 is about as stable as they come.

i tried to find xp64 but seem ms doesnt allow it any more... either that or i just didnt find the right page on their site.

It's still there. I just recently downloaded it and made a DVD from the iso.

I just went to www.microsoft.com then searched for XP64 evaluation...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/64bit/facts/trial.mspx

Here you go!