stellarola Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I decided to build a new hackintosh because the current setup I had was too slow. I decided to buy a MSI 945gm3 mobo and also a Pentium D 805 2.66ghz. I saw that a few people had this setup and everything ran super smooth. I'm not getting the same results. Could someone help me understand what my problem would be... The new rig's specs is... MSI 945gm3 mobo Pentium D 805 2.66ghz Dual Core 2gb DDR2 800mhz Seagate 320 16mb cache 7200rpm SATA Nvidia 7600GT 256 (Natit drivers) I'm getting a Xbench score of around 76.29. I don't have smooth 1080p playback, it's fairly choppy. I'm pretty sure it's not suppose to be like this. I'm going to post a link to the xbench scores of my old setup and my new one. For some reason the Pentium 4 SSE2 has a CPU Test of 58 and the Pentium D has a score of 49? http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=244931 Thanks in advance! -Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSupachicken Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 You won't get smooth HD! I have a 915 Pentium D 2.8GHz not smooth! You need something like a Core2Duo for smooth playback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrizz Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 you need to oc that PD 805 so it performs much better.... I had mine at 3.6GHz on air... got me 97 on cpu xbench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Sadly, my mobo doesn't support oc. I think I'll go for a Core 2 Duo E6600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurk Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 your cpu really sucks and so does your graphics card....see my results..i get smooth playback with a score of 52. http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=245070 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouscree Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 your cpu really sucks and so does your graphics card....see my results..i get smooth playback with a score of 52.http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=245070 Zurk, that drive of yours is really bringing down your score - http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=241189 That is a comparison with my machine and we're neck and neck until the drive section. I'm using an old WD Caviar, so it's not even that good anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zurk Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 yeah im using an old (8 yr old) 6GB laptop hdd with a laptop to desktop ide adaptor. this mac is basically serving as a gateway/firewall so i dont care about speed. it does what its supposed to do nicely. i get a 140 without the hdd tests. see this : http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=245071 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenaciouscree Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I decided to build a new hackintosh because the current setup I had was too slow. I decided to buy a MSI 945gm3 mobo and also a Pentium D 805 2.66ghz. I saw that a few people had this setup and everything ran super smooth. I'm not getting the same results. Could someone help me understand what my problem would be... The new rig's specs is... MSI 945gm3 mobo Pentium D 805 2.66ghz Dual Core 2gb DDR2 800mhz Seagate 320 16mb cache 7200rpm SATA Nvidia 7600GT 256 (Natit drivers) I'm getting a Xbench score of around 76.29. I don't have smooth 1080p playback, it's fairly choppy. I'm pretty sure it's not suppose to be like this. I'm going to post a link to the xbench scores of my old setup and my new one. For some reason the Pentium 4 SSE2 has a CPU Test of 58 and the Pentium D has a score of 49? http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=244931 Thanks in advance! -Ben Looks like you haven't got the video card drivers working from that Xbench result. A GMA950 doesn't stand a chance against a 7600GT, so the scores suggest that it isn't actually doing it's job properly. Look around for "MacVidia" drivers - apparently they should do the job for your card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royco Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 Try looking at the E21xx class cpus(cheap!), they are core2duo based and runs cool. I get a smooth video and a score of 110 (E2140, 7300GT videocard) when not overclocked. Goes to 2.4ghz easily on a good mobo. If you are sticking it out with your motherboard then go with the E43xx class cpu.If you want to stick with your board and cpu then look at other overclocking alternatives like BSEL mod, go search for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 I should be getting my Core2duo E6600 tomorrow. I'll see if that helps much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
consolation Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Looks like you haven't got the video card drivers working from that Xbench result. A GMA950 doesn't stand a chance against a 7600GT, so the scores suggest that it isn't actually doing it's job properly. Look around for "MacVidia" drivers - apparently they should do the job for your card. A) anyone who uses xbench to compare either hd or video card performance should be anally raped with a giant sledghammer, now, this instant. Once and for all: Xbench is a JOKE. MacVidia are obsolete, as they do not allow QE/CI. They are only relevant to cards that don't work with Natit/Titan, nvidiaEFI et al. A 7600GT is a damn decent card that only needs natit to initialise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 So I got my E6600 2.4ghz in today. Now, for some reason it shows up in OSX86 as a 1.2ghz E6600. WTF? I'm having so much trouble with this stuff.... Can anyone fill me in? -Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrizz Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 q6600 almost as much as e6600 ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 So I ran geekbench and it recognizes it as 2.4, but it says the clock speed is at 1.2. So, how do I go about fixing that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 Looks like the mobo went dead... I called MSI, they suck. Don't buy MSI products!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarola Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Well, the board isn't dead...yet. I found some interesting stuff... http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/7770/halfspeedhi2.th.png This is Windows, it shows it running at 1.2 instead of 2.4ghz. These are some geekbench scores... My cpu clock seems to fluctuate between around 1.2ghz to just shy of 900mhz. Check them here... http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/19260 and http://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/19255 I found another guy with the same problem on another tech forum here... http://www.techimo.com/forum/t191608.html He has the exact same motherboard as me. 945gm3-f. and this guy as well... http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums.../m/770007117831 It seems my entire system has been underclocked. Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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