9800 GX2 only uses single core!, Only 11073 from 3DMark

[luv2sd]

I bought a used KFA2 9800 GX2 and I'm almost beginning to think that it's faulty
I've updated driver to the latest 177.41 Vista 64bit and I've tried many different settings in nVidia control panel but no luck...

3DMark still gives me score of about single core from 9800 GX2

I've checked temperature and fan speed with gpu-z

I'm not sure if both should have fan speed but one of them has fan turned off
I've used rivatuner to manually set fan speed to 100% and ran 3DMark but I still get same low score with 9800 GX2


I have Q6600 overclocked to stable 3.3GHz and use windows vista ultimate x64
Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem here if the grahpic card is not faulty?

I got a OCZ 1000W PSU just in case it's the PSU not providing enough power but I don't know... I have OCZ 600W PSU right now

 

[cal8949]

3d mark sucks just compare game fps with other people who have a 9800gx2

 

[luv2sd]

so you think it's the 3DMark that is problemetic? what other methods should I use to test if grahpic card is faulty or not?

 

[stridervm]

Umm... Whats your processor?

 

[luv2sd]

Q6600 overclocked to stable 3.3GHz

 

[invisik]

oh wow i have lower specs then u and my previous 9800gx2 scored 15,100 strange. do u have all the latest drivers? try oc ur gpu.

 

[luv2sd]

yeah I have the latest driver... in my original post

 

[invisik]

how much ram to u have?

 

[roadrunner197069]

Try a oler driver. You probably got a driver specific to another app. Nvidia loves to make drivers for certain apps that performs terrible on others.

 

[monsta]

Try sticking the 9800GX2 into a friends pc and see if it runs right on theirs