3DMark05 lower scores in Vista than Windows XP, SMP?
I have an HP Pavilion DV6405US laptop. It's got the 1.7 Ghz TK-53 Dual Core CPU, 2 GB of RAM, 250 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm hard drive. And the Geforce Go 7200 graphics card.
I had run it on 3DMark05 when the computer had Vista Home Premium on it. With 2 GB of RAM, it scored 1347 3DMarks and 7820 CPU Marks. Several tests has somewhat varied scores but this is the average score more or less.
I installed the new 7200 rpm hard drive and loaded it up with XP Home SP3. Got all the drivers installed to get the computer fully functional.
With 2 GB of RAM, the 3DMark05 was showing me scores of 1476 & 1502 3DMarks in 2 tests, and CPU scores of 4186 & 5088. A wide range in score, and much lower than before on the CPU test.
I expected to see the 3DMark scores rise a bit once Vista was gone, but why did the CPU scores drop so much?
Could it be because I installed XP Home which doesn't support twin CPUs?
I could install XP Pro (supports SMP) if that might help any. Would it?
I had run it on 3DMark05 when the computer had Vista Home Premium on it. With 2 GB of RAM, it scored 1347 3DMarks and 7820 CPU Marks. Several tests has somewhat varied scores but this is the average score more or less.
I installed the new 7200 rpm hard drive and loaded it up with XP Home SP3. Got all the drivers installed to get the computer fully functional.
With 2 GB of RAM, the 3DMark05 was showing me scores of 1476 & 1502 3DMarks in 2 tests, and CPU scores of 4186 & 5088. A wide range in score, and much lower than before on the CPU test.
I expected to see the 3DMark scores rise a bit once Vista was gone, but why did the CPU scores drop so much?
Could it be because I installed XP Home which doesn't support twin CPUs?
I could install XP Pro (supports SMP) if that might help any. Would it?
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"Could it be because I installed XP Home which doesn't support twin CPUs?" I'm not quite sure what you're getting at. The processor you are using is dual core, which is supported in WinXP Home as two processors. WinXP Home will show a quad core CPU as four distinct processors.
lolwut
Vista: 1347 3DMarks and 7820 CPU Marks.
XP: 1476 & 1502 3DMarks and 4186 & 5088 CPU Marks.
XP got a higher 3DMark score which is the only score that matters.. the XP system would get higher FPS than Vista in a game based on those numbers, regardless of CPU score.
I saw on eBay that there were also TL-62 (2.1 Ghz), TL-64 (2.2 Ghz), and TL-66 (2.3 Ghz) CPUs, but they were more expensive. I paid $55.80 with shipping for this TL-60.
I ran 3DMark05 4 times in a row to get scores.
3DMarks were: 1606 1625 1651 1633
CPU Scores were: 5006 5163 5270 5202
In addition to being higher, this set of scores was also much more consistent.
When I first got this laptop, with Vista, the TK-53, 1 GB of RAM, and the original motherboard with Geforce Go 6150 graphics, it was showing 439 3DMarks and 5956 CPU scores.
Quite an inprovement!
Total upgrade costs : $120 for 2 GB of RAM and a 7200 Seagate 250 GB hard drive.
$55.80 for the TL-60 CPU.
Not bad!
And in addition, it plays WoW at good frame rates with moderate video settings too. The original setup sucked even on minimal settings.