Need some performance suggestions

[gramps]

I just put together this new system:
AMD 64 3400+
Asus K8N
1 gig ram
Geforce 6800 GT

I am trying to maximize performance of this new system. I ran the stress test from:

http://www.futuremark.com/download/

and the video is a bit jumpy...ok it sucks. The FPS got down to 1-2 in the 3rd and 4th test. (scored a 2601 by the way) I am looking for suggestions on how to improve system performance. Let me share what I have done so far:

Freed up memory by turning off XP components
http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id=114

Changed the settings from lovely to power in:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-9/836755/additional3d.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-9/836755/Performance.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-9/836755/Direct3d.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-9/836755/openGL.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-9/836755/untitled.JPG


What am I missing?

AMD 64 3400+
Asus K8N
1 gig ram
Geforce 6800 GT

[psychonaut13]

set vertical sync to always off or off, that will speed up your fps by itself.

[L1veUndead]

Set Vertical Sync and Anti-Aliasing to ALWAYS off.

Also It looks like you have a brand spanking new card but not brand spanking new drivers for your card. The best drivers I have found so far for Nvidia based cards is the 66.81 drivers. Download these bad boys and run a check again and see how things have improved.

http://drivers.softpedia.com/public/drivers/1-1057.shtml

[Animal]

First of all, I dont really see what is so bad about that score. What is it that you dont like about that score? I assume you got that running 3DMark 05.

As for the turn off V-Sync and AA advice. I think thats very bad advice and there are factors that should be taken into consideration when making changes to those settings.

[psychonaut13]

i've never heard anyone saying that turning off aa and vs were bad. and i've only seen good things come of it. but that's just my experience.

[L1veUndead]

If we are talking about CS its always been turn of VS and AA. If were talking about other games thats a different story. Some games run better with VS and AA turned on. The Nvidia driver I posted allows you to setup certain games in your settings and configure each game to a certain block of video setting that can be changed to those settings with a click of the game you want to play.

[Solomn]

Nothing wrong with your score at all Gramps. I only got a 2379 score on the 3DMark05 and feel pretty good about my system. I was bottoming out at 1 fps on those tests also.

[Animal]

i've never heard anyone saying that turning off aa and vs were bad. and i've only seen good things come of it. but that's just my experience.
I didnt say they were bad. I just said that the blanket statement to turn them off is bad. I would rather have 70fps with AA at the max and VS on than 150fps with both disabled... get my drift?

[Hae-Yu]

How does it look and how does it run?

If you have a problem with a certain game then tweak for it, but I'm with AR here. Anything over 70 fps in a game benchmark is gravy. If I'm playing a game, I start with everything enabled. If I encounter slowdowns, then I shut off little by little. Otherwise, the AA & AF improve the picture a great deal. I don't like the jaggies and most PCs can handle most games. Depending on the game, I'd turn down music & sound effects before video. A game like Splinter Cell, on the other hand needs the 5.1 surround sound.