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[Hawk269]

Exactly why not number 1 Because the person who is number 1 is likely to 'have it all' already anyway

But at this rate... I should have made it not number 4 because it's going to be a Dual 580's person anyway

Well, I did not thank you for the thread. It is pretty cool to have something like that on Gaf. Tell you what, I will throw in a copy of Alpha Protocol...but since you are the maker of the thread, you choose who get's it or what position they need to be in to get the game.

 

[Johnny2Bags]

Let me post my numbers and I will bump you out of #4..lol. Or I dont post my score and you send me $5.00??? lol

Haha, it's all good buddy... Post away! I enjoyed the thrill ride for a while in the limelight!

I bought my rig with the money i saved from quitting drinking (I had a problem), and indeed won Corky's contest a year ago'ish .. which gave me a ton of games to tinker with! I've already witnessed the generosity of this forum first hand, and had I won this; would have felt a bit guilty to be honest... or overly lucky.

 

[Smokey]

P11,744 - Link

This is with a very small OC from 832mhz - 849mhz on the cores.

 

[Eight Diagram Bat Fighter]

P6154 - 1x EVGA GTX 460 2Win ( Acts as two cards SLI, but on one card) @ 700 MHz Core(x2), 1800 MHz Memory, default voltage - i7-980X 6-Core @ 3.4Ghz @ 1.44v - 12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 @ 1600 - EVGA Classified X58 - Corsair H50 cooler - bluerei - Link

With a 6-core i7 and a dual core video card, figured it would be higher. Wonder what's holding it back.

 

[Smokey]

P6154 - 1x EVGA GTX 460 2Win ( Acts as two cards SLI, but on one card) @ 700 MHz Core(x2), 1800 MHz Memory, default voltage - i7-980X 6-Core @ 3.4Ghz @ 1.44v - 12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 @ 1600 - EVGA Classified X58 - Corsair H50 cooler - bluerei - Link

With a 6-core i7 and a dual core video card, figured it would be higher. Wonder what's holding it back.

Your CPU and RAM is fine, your speeds on your GPUs is what is holding you back. Look at the small bump I got in the OP compared to my post a few up. That was with an increase of only 17mhz increase.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

P11,744 - Link

This is with a very small OC from 832mhz - 849mhz on the cores.

Gotta save this shit for when you get bumped!!

 

[Johnny2Bags]

Haha ran the test once more for Shits n giggles and it went up a smidge... P6474 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1874450?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1874450?key=LqxtEmjaHNSYaPS05u8HL5rLuzjS8P

I hope I won't need to upgrade much for skyrim and such... maybe rage as well?

 

[Eight Diagram Bat Fighter]

Your CPU and RAM is fine, your speeds on your GPUs is what is holding you back. Look at the small bump I got in the OP compared to my post a few up. That was with an increase of only 17mhz increase.

Yeah I haven't touched a thing, but I get good temps right now. Not sure the right path I should take in even adjusting anything. But right now, it handles pretty much any game at top settings, so maybe I should just leave it be?

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Yeah I haven't touched a thing, but I get good temps right now. Not sure the right path I should take in even adjusting anything. But right now, it handles pretty much any game at top settings, so maybe I should just leave it be?

Leave it be. This is just benchmarking - of course, you can overclock it for a benchmarking run to see what your system is capable of, and then set it back, but if you're happy with how it runs it's a good idea just to keep it how it is.

Honestly though, your cards would probably handle being put up to 750mhz without skipping a beat or having much extra heat no worries.

 

[Smokey]

Yeah I haven't touched a thing, but I get good temps right now. Not sure the right path I should take in even adjusting anything. But right now, it handles pretty much any game at top settings, so maybe I should just leave it be?

Yeah you're fine. Of course you can adjust it if you feel like it. You may see a gain of a few frames but that's about it.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

P5461 - ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 700 MHz/1848 MHz - i7-930 @3.4GHz - 12GB G.Skill 9 @ 667 MHz - Gigabyte X58A-UD3R - SuperSonic1305 - Air - Link

It says my score is low comparable to other similar systems. Any ideas why?

 

[Eight Diagram Bat Fighter]

Oh wonderful, I'm winning Nvidia singles. How nice. Still jealous of doubles.

 

[Johnny2Bags]

Yeah you're fine. Of course you can adjust it if you feel like it. You may see a gain of a few frames but that's about it.

I've found that overclocking your GPU when you have a single card is not worth the extra stress or even frames that it may bring... When I went crossfire however, the magnitude of the increase went up as both cards were performing better and in sync...narrowing margins and all that.. and by mathematics I saw more of a difference.

So I would say give a mild O.C. a shot it could be worth it?

 

[ColonialRaptor]

P5461 - ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 700 MHz/1848 MHz - i7-930 @3.4GHz - 12GB G.Skill 9 @ 667 MHz - Gigabyte X58A-UD3R - SuperSonic1305 - Air - Link

It says my score is low comparable to other similar systems. Any ideas why?

Mine is also, I think it's because most people who 3DMark are heavy overclockers and benchmarkers.

 

[Hawk269]

P12948

Link: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1874496?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1874496?key=v47xUvrhRv9pPk3hkVyE7L5sd7rmqR

P12948 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - OC (932mhz, 2230mhz, 1.143v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.6ghz - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1600- ASUS P8P67 Deluxe - Hawk269 - Air

 

[Johnny2Bags]

P12948

Link: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1874496?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1874496?key=v47xUvrhRv9pPk3hkVyE7L5sd7rmqR

Damn what a beast! grats man

 

[ColonialRaptor]

P12948

Link: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1874496?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1874496?key=v47xUvrhRv9pPk3hkVyE7L5sd7rmqR

Could you please write out your specs in the format for the Ladder? It's a lot of work for me if I have to figure it out from that page for everyone, and / or even edit each person's thing... simply just maintaining the ladder so far has been heaps and it's only just getting started

Cheers dude, amazing score - puts me in slot 4 now

 

[Johnny2Bags]

P11,744 - Link

This is with a very small OC from 832mhz - 849mhz on the cores.

Your Ram is running at a low speed (so Is mine I need to go into BIOS tonight I keep forgetting to set it after a reformat) that could be slightly decreasing your performance... not necessarily on this test, but for real applications?

 

[Eight Diagram Bat Fighter]

P12948

Link: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1874496?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1874496?key=v47xUvrhRv9pPk3hkVyE7L5sd7rmqR

Ron Jeremy has entered the room.

 

[Smokey]

Your Ram is running at a low speed (so Is mine I need to go into BIOS tonight I keep forgetting to set it after a reformat) that could be slightly decreasing your performance... not necessarily on this test, but for real applications?

Hmm..you're right. How do I go about fixing this?

P11,949 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - (875mhz, 2100mhz, 1.013v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz - Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600 - ASUS P8P67 Pro - Smokey - Corsair H70 - Link

You got me Hawk, but as you can see...I'm running at 875mhz, you're at 932. I'll try and catch ya tomorrow

 

[Hawk269]

Could you please write out your specs in the format for the Ladder? It's a lot of work for me if I have to figure it out from that page for everyone, and / or even edit each person's thing... simply just maintaining the ladder so far has been heaps and it's only just getting started

Cheers dude, amazing score - puts me in slot 4 now

No problem, I will edit my score posst with the specs.

 

[Hazaro]

P9084 - 2x HD6950 (880/1266) - 2500K @ 4.2Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

Took me a while to remember tweaks to bump me over 9000. I'm pretty sure I can break 10,000. Depends how frisky I want to get.
Shame my CPU isn't as good as most.

*edit, suck it raptor

 

[Johnny2Bags]

Hmm..you're right. How do I go about fixing this?

You can set it in your bios ... I think advanced settings, and ram frequency 800 = 1600... Sorry I will be tweaking mine tomorrow maybe i'll slip back with more details because I can't remember the exact steps.. it's easy though.

Anyways, goodnight everyone! good luck

 

[Jin]

Score P8737 - 1 x Asus GTX 590 3GB (612Mhz, 3420Mhz, stock voltage) - i7 930 @ 3.2Ghz - 6GB Corsair DDR3 1333Mhz - ASUS P6X58D-E - Hadoken - Air Link

BTW I'm using the latest beta drivers from Nvidia therefore the result said my drivers are not supported.

 

[Wag]

Being that I seem to be the only one with a Tri-Crossfire 6950 (albeit unlocked to 6970) setup here I guess my results will stand out. My setup doesn't o/c well for some reason. I'll post my results later.

 

[Wallach]

P4157 - VisionTek 5850 @ 800/1050 - i5-750 @ 3.6GHz - 4GB XMS3 DDR3 @ 1333MHz - Gigabyte P55M-UD2 - Wallach - Air - Link

Fuck if I know what driver version is approved for AMD right now. I've only ever run release WHQL drivers and I don't think any driver has come up approved.

 

[Smokey]

Score P8737 - 1 x Asus GTX 590 3GB (612Mhz, 3420Mhz, stock voltage) - i7 930 @ 3.2Ghz - 6GB Corsair DDR3 1333Mhz - ASUS P6X58D-E - Hadoken - Air Link

BTW I'm using the latest beta drivers from Nvidia therefore the result said my drivers are not supported.

ColonialRaptor make sure you put this result under SLI.

 

[Thoraxes]

Good thing I saved this for posterity. I remember when I used to be number 1 around these parts.

 

[Hazaro]

P4157 - VisionTek 5850 @ 800/1050 - i5-750 @ 3.6GHz - 4GB XMS3 DDR3 @ 1333MHz - Gigabyte P55M-UD2 - Wallach - Air - Link

Fuck if I know what driver version is approved for AMD right now. I've only ever run release WHQL drivers and I don't think any driver has come up approved.

They've always been super slow on verifying drivers.

 

[Hawk269]

P9084 - 2x HD6950 (880/1266) - 2500K @ 4.2Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

Took me a while to remember tweaks to bump me over 9000. I'm pretty sure I can break 10,000. Depends how frisky I want to get.
Shame my CPU isn't as good as most.

*edit, suck it raptor

Yeah...if this thread gets more popular we may attract those people that do "suicide runs" for benchmark purposes. Some of these people are crazy though...they will OC at max, then try to get a benchmark to run just to post a high score...they dont care if it is stable or not as long as it can make a run of whatever benchmark they are running is what they are after. I mean it is neat to see the scores, but for everyday use it is not whay they run at.

 

[Hazaro]

Yeah...if this thread gets more popular we may attract those people that do "suicide runs" for benchmark purposes. Some of these people are crazy though...they will OC at max, then try to get a benchmark to run just to post a high score...they dont care if it is stable or not as long as it can make a run of whatever benchmark they are running is what they are after. I mean it is neat to see the scores, but for everyday use it is not whay they run at.

Yeah I used to do some of that. The old 06 tricks didn't work on 11 and my score went down and I was kind of sad.
Had an E8500 that could do 4.6Ghz+ on air. Some DDR2 667 sticks that could clock past 1000

Aligned my memory speed a bit more to match core and score went up a fair amount. Fans to max, turned off second monitor, etc, etc.
Maybe I'll do a 1.35V run, clock my RAM, and up the voltage on my 6950's. Sort of re interested in how capable my hardware actually is. Depends how much I need to pull to 10,000 I guess.

I'll only feel competitive if someone else with dual 6950's posts though.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

P4790 - 1 x Asus GTX 570 1280 MB - 742 Mhz / 1900 Mhz / 1.5 V - i5 2500k @ stock Speed - 8GB @ 1600Mhz - Asus p8p67 PRO - Vulcano's assistant - Air - Link

I'm doing something wrong. Any tips?

Edit:
Scratch that one above, I am getting equal performance with the stock voltage of 1.013V

P4795 - 1 x Asus GTX 570 1280 MB - 742 Mhz / 1900 Mhz / 1.013 V - i5 2500k @ stock Speed - 8GB @ 1600Mhz - Asus p8p67 PRO - Vulcano's assistant - Air - Link

 

[Hazaro]

P4790 - 1 x Asus GTX 570 1280 MB - 742 Mhz / 1900 Mhz / 1.5 V - 2500k @ stock Speed - 8GB @ 1600Mhz - Asus p8p67 PRO - Vulcano's assistant - Air - Link

I'm doing something wrong. Any tips?

CPU is not at 4.2Ghz
GPU is not overclocked 20%

That is why you are below average. Almost everyone that runs this is already at a mild overclock.

 

[Revolutionary]

P9556 - 1x ASUS GTX 590 @ 675/1710/stock voltage - i7 950 @ 4.0ghz - 12GB G.Skill DDR3 @ 1600 - Rampage Formula III - Revolutionary - Air - Link

Could do with a better processor but it gets the job done for 99% of games (GTAIV still puts up a fight). Can't wait for BF3. My PC is ready.

Edit: Had the wrong value for memory clock (put shader clock instead), and incorrect speed for RAM (recently switched to 12GB @ 1600 from 6GB @ 2000 due to stability issues). Everything is good now.

 

[Wallach]

Yeah I'm not doing any bomb runs. Just what I actually run the kit at 24/7.

This benchmark is very GPU heavy. Sign of the times I guess.

 

[Hazaro]

P9556 - 1x ASUS GTX 590 @ 675/1350/stock voltage - i7 950 @ 4.0ghz - 12GB G.Skill DDR3 @ 2000 - Rampage Formula III - Revolutionary - Air - Link

Could do with a better processor but it gets the job done for 99% of games. Can't wait for BF3. My PC is ready.

Aw fuck I can't stand for this.
brb figuring out safe voltages.

 

[Htown]

P4384 - Zotac GeForce 560 Ti - Core i5-2500K @ 3.7 MHz - 4096 MB Corsair 9 @ 667 Mhz - ASUSTeK Computer INC. P8P67 LE - Htown - Air (Cooler Master 212) - Link

 

[Salacious Crumb]

Hopefully no one on gaf has a 6990 so that I at least have a chance of staying #1 in one of the categories.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

CPU is not at 4.2Ghz
GPU is not overclocked 20%

That is why you are below average. Almost everyone that runs this is already at a mild overclock.

Thanks, I might check in the other thread for guidance before overclocking.

 

[ArtistDude88]

My PC was pretty moderate 2 years ago, except for maybe the videocard! I don't even like to OC anything... Didn't expect it to do very well against these newer, brutal, machines, but here you go! :0)

P3630 - 1xSapphire ATI Radeon HD 5850 - Stock (724 MHz/1024MB/Default Voltage) - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz - 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 @ 1600 - ASUS P5P43TD Pro - ArtistDude88 - Air - [Link]

 

[RukusProvider]

P7723 Link: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1874738?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1874738?key=Pt7Dv7uhfZ28F5DCmDLVrBqfKHHEeA

GTX580 at 900/1800/2200
2600k at 4.6ghz

edit: hawk was right! I forgot to hit "apply" in the Afterburner thus I re ran the test.

 

[Wazzim]

Shouldn't physx be off for NVIDIA cards? That's what we did on another forum because it was unfair or something.

 

[Hawk269]

P7070 Link: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1874689?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1874689?key=XWtNsuU4B2AhA33zc08HjeXT2pU86F

GTX580 at 900/1800/2200
2600k at 4.6ghz

Specs in the link are lower than what you stated you have. Might want to change your oc or your post to reflect the right speed of your GPU.

 

[RukusProvider]

Specs in the link are lower than what you stated you have. Might want to change your oc or your post to reflect the right speed of your GPU.

Not sure why it's coming across like that. In MSI afterburner, I'm at the higher clocks. I'm using the nvidia beta driver. Could that have something to do with it?

 

[Hawk269]

Shouldn't physx be off for NVIDIA cards? That's what we did on another forum because it was unfair or something.

I may be wrong completely, but I thought I read somewhere that 3dmark11 does not consider the physics cards for the benchmarks. Even if installed and configured, the bench does not use it. I may be wrong though...I am very tired!

 

[Smokey]

Here's my last update for the night. I changed my RAM to reflect 1600mhz (thanks Johnny2Bags), and it's showing correct as 800mhz in CPU-Z, however 3DMark still shows it as 600ishmhz. It must have taken affect because my score jumped into the 12k's :shrug

P12,191 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - (875mhz, 2100mhz, 1.013v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz - Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600 - ASUS P8P67 Pro - Smokey - Corsair H70 - Link

 

[Wallach]

Not sure why it's coming across like that. In MSI afterburner, I'm at the higher clocks. I'm using the nvidia beta driver. Could that have something to do with it?

The results pages have all kinds of issues picking up the proper frequencies. It does the same on my 5850.

 

[JRW]

P5500 1x EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 - 700 Mhz/1848 Mhz (stock clocks and voltage) - i7 920 @3.36Ghz (stock voltage & heatsink) - 6GB Corsair XMS3 @ 667 Mhz - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R (rev 1.6) - JRW - Air - Link

I built this rig in 2009 and still runs everything great.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

P3496 - XFX Radeon HD 6850 - 800/1050/default volts - Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1 GHz - 4GB G.Skill DDR3 @ 1333 - Biostar TZ68A+ - MrOogieBoogie - Air - Link


Should I be concerned that 3DMark told me that my score is low compared to similar systems? Is it because it doesn't recognize my video drivers?

 

[Smokey]

P3496 - XFX Radeon HD 6850 - 800/1050/default volts - Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.1 GHz - 4GB G.Skill DDR3 @ 1333 - Biostar TZ68A+ - MrOogieBoogie - Air - Link


Should I be concerned that 3DMark told me that my score is low compared to similar systems? Is it because it doesn't recognize my video drivers?

No. Most people running this have a OC on the CPU and GPU.