Quote Originally Posted by 'Taipan',index.php?page=Thread&postID=48440#post48 440
My Vista Family system (not SP1 yet) is very similar to yours, apart from the Quad6600 and the Raptor drive : I get around 18 000 at 3Dmark5 (not 6) so you should be around there too.
Note : I got this 18 000 both with the 8800GT 512mo and the ATI 3870 512mo, running the free 3dmark05 benchmark.
Q6600 is Intel, he's got an AMD. So not only are we talking different CPU's, but also different motherboard chipsets, BIOS and hardware controllers. Not huge changes, but not minor ones.