Budget PC: 3D Mark '03

[StykFacE]

hey, 1st poster here. got ahold of 3D Mark 03 for download, just wanting to get some idea and 2nd thoughts. i just built a budget PC for a friend of mine, for under $800, here's the specs, then the score, and tell me if it is a good score or not. i built for video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 for low budget motorcycle DVDs, that's what this guy does for cash on the side - any other suggestions/comments are gladly welcome. here goes....

OS
MS Windows XP Home SP2

Mobo
Asus P5L-MX, i945G Intel Chipset

Proc
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz overclocked to 2.1GHz

Memory
1GB DDR-2 PC5300

Vid Card
nVidia GeForce 7600GS PCI-e x16

HDD
WD 250GB S-ATA 3.0

onboard audio/lan/etc, w/ cheap Pioneer DVD-R/RW drive. 400Watt PSU. like i said, budget PC. total $765.00, now on with the scores:

Main Test Results
3DMark Score 8986 3DMarks
CPU Score 1004 CPUMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury 270.4 fps
GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 58.9 fps
GT3 - Troll's Lair 55.1 fps
GT4 - Mother Nature 57.9 fps

CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 123.1 fps
CPU Test 2 15.9 fps

Feature Tests
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1260.9 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 5085.0 MTexels/s
Vertex Shader 29.0 fps
Pixel Shader 2.0 192.4 fps
Ragtroll 30.5 fps

Sound Tests
No sounds 62.4 fps
24 sounds 54.4 fps
60 sounds Not Supported

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k, that's the sha-bang. good or no?? thanks for all who critique.

[jfk]

That's a decent budget system. The C2D will do very well in video rendering/modelling. He certainly can't complain for the price. For gaming, the biggest limitation is ram (2Gb preferred for a gaming rig) and the vid card (good, but not top end). The score is solid for the system. As a comparison, same benchmark, my sig rig scores around 20,100 with a CPU score of just under 1,400, but I would expect that as this was built to be a gamer. JMO.

[StykFacE]

'ight cool. i just wanted some reassurance is all. this will not be playing any games at all, i've always known about 3D Mark so that's what i did just to run a test. i wanted the 2GB, but he didn't want to spend the extra, not right now anyways.

lemme ask ya, is there a "general PC" performance rating program out there? or even a video editing performance rating program? maybe i can get a better idea of what the computer was originally intended for. :-)

[Panama Red]

3DMark tends to provide testing and comparison numbers for graphics more than the overall system. PCMark will provide a better system evaluation. You would also get a good comparison idea by running the System evaluation at PCPitstop.com.

[jfk]

I always check my systems at PCPitstop. It's a free and good evaluation that can highlight any issues with the PC.

[newbuilder14]

That's not what was discussed in General Discussion I hope... that was way off, saying GLC's P4 machine owned Alaron's A64 x2 system.

[blue60007]

Not sure if I would overclock the computer - unless the client is fully aware of what it means and its risks and is ok with that.

[StykFacE]

Originally Posted by blue60007 Not sure if I would overclock the computer - unless the client is fully aware of what it means and its risks and is ok with that.

on stock cooling that baby ran at a sustained 40 deg C on while rendering a 30 minute HD video in Premiere Pro (and it was 2.0 btw, not 1.5) which is surely a full load. i don't think it's gonna be a problem. the new Core2's are just that good.

thanks for the PCPitstop tip, ima try it out and see wuts up later.