PcCowboy wrote: > I got disappointed in my new video card today. > I have been running a Gforce 7900 gt 256 mb. > I upgraded to a Gforce 8600 gt 512 mb > The problem is that with the 7900 my 3Dmark benchmark was 4400 > With the new 8600 the benchmark is only 4300. 100 points lower than > the old card. > How is it the 8600 is considered a improvement? > > Dallas Maybe a bigger model number, otherwise who knows? -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 497166248 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Terms of trade at http://modecideas.com/lvl22.html?sig Order my novel (RETURN) at http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=1382737 PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -- -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.