Why does 3Dmark05 give me this error?

Question

This is a version I got off Limewire and its not full retail. Its only a demo. Got this error:
IDirect #DDevice9:Present failed:Device lost(D3DERR_Divice Lost)
I have the latest drivers off the Nvidia website. What gives? Never used 3d05 before, but I was just testing my new ASUS hybrid card with various benchmarks to make sure things seem to be running right. I do get a posted score in 3dmark05, even though it kicks me out and zaps my screen temporarily to 800X600. 3dmark05, after clicking the ok buttun after the error message posts my score 3,106 which seems about right seeing that I have a slower system.
So far I have only benched this card, havent played any games for more then ten minutes. graphics seem better.Im not seeing the improvements in Far Cry that I though I would get from a 6800GT on full settings. I know this is a DDR128, but I just though things would be a smoother. Clarity is much better then the 9800pro and this card runs suppringly cool that 6600GT I tested was dangerously hot and I didnt want anything that hot in my case.
I dont think there is anything wrong with the card. I tested a 6600GT the other week and the this 6800GT hybrid did get me from 43K to 46K on Aquamark3. My 9800pro was at 41K with a slight overclock.....maybe I try some Farcrytests to see if that shows anything...
BTW I just was going to tell you have the latest drivers and was going to post the version, because after I got the card up and running I downloaded the latest from Nvidia.  Why does my Display Adapter when I click on properties say "7/9/2004" version "6.2.1.1"?....Now when I ran the driver update, it said it was updating the drivers and the drivers name they were version 9/13/05?

Answer 1

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>It sounds like the version you got may be damaged. I would try getting the download directly from futuremark. The link >to download it is http://www.futuremark.com/download/?3dmark05.shtmlQuote
I tried it with another version of 3Dmark05 and got the same error. I also noticed it does it during the CPU test where it tries to make the CPU think its a GPU. I found this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/directx9_c/directx/graphics/programmingguide/gettingstarted/devices/lostdevices.asp
I also checked around the net. Seems like there are two reasons for this "lost" error. A resident program pissing 3dmark05 or a voltage issue....I havent had any problems with my system and only have then with 3dmark05. This is with a new version of 3dmark05 and newest drivers installed after Driver Cleaner. SO I still dont know whats up....Again it only does it durring the CPU test for 3Dmark05 and in particular always errors out right when the monster is emerging from the water During the zepplin test.
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>As far as the jump is scores, that does not seem like enough going from the 9800 to the 6800. I was able to play >FarCry on my machine will ultra settings with my 9800 (but no anti-aliasing or ansiotropic filtering). And only going from >41k to 46k with aquamark also seems low. Did you use a drivercleaner to fully remove your ATI drivers? If not I would >remove both the NVidia drivers and get the cleaner and clean both ATI and NVidia drivers off of the system and >reinstall your NVidia drivers.Quote
In my previous post I noted that I was only using the ASUS drivers dated 4/05. Well I went back and used Driver Cleaner then tested. The scores were about the same, but gameplay and visuals were much smoother as I would expect from a card like this. I though that was odd given I had  pretty much the same scores(meaning Aquamark stayed the same and 3dmark went up about 300 points). I then went back to Nvidias site and got the newest drivers and they loaded right this time
Aquamark: increased 1,000 overal to a solid 47,000-47,500  (I was getting 41K with 9800pro,XTbios OC)
3dmark03: 9608 (from 9137)
3dmark05: same score no changes (as noted above still errors out at CPU test)
Thanks for the input I am VERY happy to be running solid 47000-47500 Aquamarks where as before I was runnign 45500-46000 with driver issues. I not as familiar with 3dmark scores and how the differences pan out when playing games. But you mentioned that My scored seemed low. Is this 47,500 more like what you thought? Also remember the card that I have is a 16,6 6800 GT but has 1ddr128. In this review this guy only gets for 3Dmark03 10,290(vs my 9,608) but he has a 64 bit system. In another review using 3Dmark05 the guy gets 3,838 vs my 4,060 Here the card with some scores:
http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/gffx/nv40-11.html
http://www.ap0calypse.com/showthread.php?t=1287
Things of note:
1.) Graphics seemed less chopy by just using driver cleaner, but scored stayed about the same.
2.) After gettting the latest drivers too. Aquamark showed a significant change, yet 3d05 stay the same
3.) Question Driver Cleaner said to "empty the recycle bin" while in safe mode. I couldnt do this. How do I do that?
4.) All this with the 1.3 Far Cry patch makes the game much nicer. I can do Full Blast settings, but there is some screen rippple every 15 seconds or so. Not to bad, But not flawlwss like a 64 bit system.