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Originally Posted by Jeffro64
Hmmmm.... But how does that really work over there? I mean every time I submit it is a better score than what I submitted the last time, and some things just get no points at all.
Maybe I should have started out with stock settings and one GPU and worked my way back up to where i'm at now. And using XP to start LOL!
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Well first your run has to warrant points. There are two main categories; hardware (whatever you are running) and global. The hardware points can be very tough. If I remember right, you have to be in the top 25 for that piece of hardware to get the points. For example, you would need to have a score that was within the top 25 of all scores in 3Dmark06 with gtx280 Tri-SLI, or top 25 of all QX9770's in super pi, pi fast, wprime etc.
The global points start coming a little faster. If you rank I think in the top 1000 or 500 (can't remember right now) you begin to get points. The only time you get points for beating an old score is if that old score already was warranted points. You only get points for your highest score for a particular set of hardware on a particular bench.
That kinda somes it up but you can go here to get the official explanation...
http://hwbot.org/hwbot.post.do?postId=38
I hope I didn't make that too confusing
One thing to remember about your setup Jeffro is that your hardware was the most popular for xtreme benchers for some time and has been benched to death. That means that it's gonna take a great score for alot of the benches to get hardware points. With your setup, global points should still be obtainable. One thing that will speed up the points process before you build your bench rig is definitely upping the OC on the CPU and video cards. Even if you don't have a copy of XP right now, you could still install a copy of vista on a spare HDD for benching. This protects you from losing data on your day to day hard drive due to a failed overclock. That's what I do anyways. I game on my bench rig daily, but have an extra HDD that I use to bench.