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[ColonialRaptor]

Green team is smokin AMD on GAF

How's it play during games? Seems like quite a mishmash going on with the different clock speeds etc.

Spoiler

nice score

Yeah I'm going to put the clock speeds at the same and run it again... I know the 6950 could run at those speeds, just easing the 6990 up.

I'm pretty sure it'll handle it considering how it's gone so far.

My CPU is my bottleneck, if I could get it up to 4.0Ghz and be stable I would be the top score I think because my GPU score is higher than the 580 scores, but my CPU is the thing that is holding me back because my CPU seems to only be able to manage 3.5Ghz stable.

I can get it to run 4.0Ghz for a Benchmark run, but it's not stable at those overclocks... I've tried many things on this board to get it to hold stable at 4.0ghz, but I haven't really gone into the finer details of trying to do an in depth overclock to get it there... but BF3 might actually need it (but it might not)... who knows if it will make a difference, but I'm starting to think it would be worth trying to get my CPU clock up to 4.0 stable... but I just think my CPU is a dud of this model (most others reach 4.0 no worries) but anything over 3.5 and as soon as I prime it I run into errors even when I crank the voltage... any advice?

 

[ColonialRaptor]

I just ran a few games and in particular tried out Witcher 2 on Uber Mode and it ran at 40 FPS+ at 2560x1440, UNBELIEVABLE, I'm psyched as. It truly looked amazing, I can't believe how good it was.

Impressive as hell.

I've had enough on the comp for the time being today so I'm going to go watch some TV for now, but I'll be back later, but the smooth feeling of everything of having super high frames at those high graphics settings is a great feeling

I'm very happy with the new setup indeed.

 

[Nolimit_SS]

I don't mind if it's not counted, I ran this in vantage(10.1 dx) so here are results anyway:

P15218 - AMD 4870x2 2GB (750/900MHz/stock) - Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9450 @ 3.2GHz - G.Skill 4GB DDR2 @ 800 - Asus P5Q-PRO- Nolimit_SS - Air(XIGMATEK HDT-S1283) - Link

It reported idle speed at results page for CPU, dunno why, also memory could go to 1000 but not sure if it's worht it, it all worked fine as it is for a while now.

You could add little section for few of us that can't do 11

 

[n0n44m]

I GPU: P5766

2 GPU: P10186

3 GPU: P13542

wow man, I just put those numbers in Excel and you got ~95% scaling with 2 cards and ~47% scaling with the third added (graphics test only obviously). Seems Nvidia did improve their SLI for 4** cards over time for 3dmark at least ;p

[if BF3 turns out to scale the same I'm gonna seriously reconsider lol]

P12,771 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - (936mhz, 2152mhz, 1.113v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz - Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600 - ASUS P8P67 Pro - Smokey - Corsair H70 - Link

well well ^^ your previous crash was probably just too little extra volts and too many mhz. Here's a link to what crashes look like on most 480/580 etc cards, I usually only get the driver crash.

Do you guys reckon it's worth it to upgrade from Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.6 to i5 2500k?

BF3, Skyrim and all those games. I'm jelly of those high scores. :3
It'll probably be just fine for games though.

well as you can see the CPU is not a bottleneck in 3dmark for the graphical tests. My Athlon II X4 @ 3.5 also wasn't bottlenecking 3dmark graphics tests last year, but it WAS a major bottleneck in games. However your Phenom has the L3 cache and is thus a lot quicker than the Athlon ...

When I upgraded to a 2600K it was a huge difference, not only in absolute FPS but especially in the minimal fps. Those used to go lower than 60 from time to time and they broke the immersion.

Taking Bad Company 2 as an example, I suspect you will see higher framerates overall ingame with a 2500K, but assuming the Phenom with it's L3 cache has much better minimum frame rates (close to or above 60), the differences will most likely be less notable because 70 and 90 fps look the same (assuming you don't have a 120hz monitor)

ofcourse I can't predict what future titles' CPU demands will be but when BF3 hits there will be plenty of CPU comparisons to help you decide if it's worth the cash

I just ran a few games and in particular tried out Witcher 2 on Uber Mode and it ran at 40 FPS+ at 2560x1440, UNBELIEVABLE, I'm psyched as. It truly looked amazing, I can't believe how good it was.

lolwut .. that's awesome

also my score is correct in the charts as is the GPU speed, but CPU is still @ 4.8 instead of 5.153 ;p

also also thanks for making it Single GPU instead of Single Card ladders

also also also what's with the 1 watercooled 1 aircooled GPU in the banner?

 

[knitoe]

P10603 - 2X XFX AMD Radeon 6970 - 915/1450/stock voltage - Core i7 2600K@4.8GHz - Corsair Vengeance 8GB @ 1600 - Asus P8P67 Deluxe - knitoe - Air - Link

 

[alysonwheel]

P3207 - nVidia GTX560 1gb (840/2000) - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3163 MHz - 2x 2048 MB Mushkin 7 @ 400 MHz - Gigabyte P31-DS3L - Link

Go go cheap PCs! Yeah, my CPU is holding my GPU back (I knew it would when I bought the 560 to replace the 8800GT when I saw how much like butt The Witcher 2 looked; I'm waiting until I can chuck an i5+motherboard+4gb in for under £200) but it seems I can't take it above 333mhz on stock cooling, so meh. My partner's system with a Phenom x4 3.2ghz, otherwise basically identical, got P3693, so I guess at least I have definitive proof now that my CPU sucks.

 

[Hazaro]

I just ran a few games and in particular tried out Witcher 2 on Uber Mode and it ran at 40 FPS+ at 2560x1440, UNBELIEVABLE, I'm psyched as. It truly looked amazing, I can't believe how good it was.

Impressive as hell.

I've had enough on the comp for the time being today so I'm going to go watch some TV for now, but I'll be back later, but the smooth feeling of everything of having super high frames at those high graphics settings is a great feeling

I'm very happy with the new setup indeed.

I highly suggest you try Crysis + CCC 2.21 config.
I just did and man it is nice. Tweaking some LoD and distance stuff along with a weapon mod. Feels like an entirely different game with the speed and smoothness now.

P3207 - nVidia GTX560 1gb (740/2000) - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3163 MHz - 2x 2048 MB Mushkin 7 @ 400 MHz - Gigabyte P31-DS3L - Link

Go go cheap PCs! Yeah, my CPU is holding my GPU back (I knew it would when I bought the 560 to replace the 8800GT when I saw how much like butt The Witcher 2 looked; I'm waiting until I can chuck an i5+motherboard+4gb in for under £200) but it seems I can't take it above 333mhz on stock cooling, so meh. My partner's system with a Phenom x4 3.2ghz, otherwise basically identical, got P3693, so I guess at least I have definitive proof now that my CPU sucks.

Your 560 should be running at 900MHz+. Is that a 3DMARK error or is it way below that?

 

[alysonwheel]

Your 560 should be running at 900MHz+. Is that a 3DMARK error or is it way below that?

It came at 810 and it's still on 840 because that's as high as I could go on my old PSU. Google shows me a bunch of factory overclocked 560s at 900+ though so I'll clean out the fan grilles and give it a shot.

Back in 10 minutes with a smoking hole where my PC once was.

 

[n0n44m]

Your 560 should be running at 900MHz+. Is that a 3DMARK error or is it way below that?

wiki says 560 non-ti = 810 mhz stock ?

edit: and his/her 740 is a typo I guess

Today EVGA dropped their GTX 580 Classified 3GB card! Looks sweet (spec-wise...although physically it's kinda ugly, lol). Great thing is according to NewEgg it's standard size - 11" and dual slot. Love this company.

http://evga.com/gaming/?p=4957

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130732

I'm in love with the water version. 1 ugly motherf'er but close to 1ghz daily should be in the realm of possibilities ^^ and I like they actually made a block for it with Swiftech, so that these cards aren't just for the liquid nitrogen benchmarking crowd but also those who actually play a game every now and then

 

[Salacious Crumb]

My score under "AMD Single' still hasn't been updated. I can't have that, my e-peen needs to look as glorious as possible if I'm going to impress any techno-sluts.

 

[Corky]

techno-sluts.

:O, te...techno-sluts?

*orders quad 580 and a gallon of LN*

 

[ShaunBRS]

Decided to see how close my 570s could get to sk3tch's 580s and I think this is as far as they'll go without assuming the characteristics of a T-1000. Gaming-stable, but hitting 90°C.

P11053 - 2x PoV GTX 570 @ 900MHz/2004MHz/1100mV - Core i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz - Corsair Vengeance 8GB @ 1600MHz - ASRock P67 Extreme4 - ShaunBRS - Air - Link

Also, great job with the thread Raptor.

 

[alysonwheel]

wiki says 560 non-ti = 810 mhz stock ?

edit: and his/her 740 is a typo I guess

Typo! Fixed! I am dumb.

I've got it Furmarking at 900mhz right now, temps have stabilised 85-88 degrees, which seems okay for Furmark? Full-on fans though, blimey.

 

[Hazaro]

Typo! Fixed! I am dumb.

I've got it Furmarking at 900mhz right now, temps have stabilised 85-88 degrees, which seems okay for Furmark? Full-on fans though, blimey.

FURMark will do that

 

[alysonwheel]

Yep, seems quite happy at 918mhz, and my score has gone from P3207 to P3383.

Thanks for the heads-up Hazaro. Editing my original post.

 

[Hazaro]

Solid 10% boost to frames is nice.

 

[NaughtyPrawn]

P3254 - 1024MB GeForce GTX 460 - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.66GHz - 4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 399MHz - Foxconn G31MX Series (Socket 775) - Link

I've never tried overlocking anything out of fear. Is it generally quite safe to do? Whats some good software to do it with?

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Yep, seems quite happy at 918mhz, and my score has gone from P3207 to P3383.

Thanks for the heads-up Hazaro. Editing my original post.

Better to post again, easier for me to find rather than searching back through the thread I just do all updates onwards from my last update post.

 

[mtommy]

P7162 - i5 2500K@4.5GHz / Single GXT580@875/2025
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1883394?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1883394?key=zu0C836289zrzuXkj0wphaKcrbuxt7

 

[irriadin]

P5715 - 1x 2GB XFX AMD Radeon HD6950 - 900/1375/1.16V - Intel i7 2600K @ 4.6GHz - 16GB DDR3 1866 - ASRock Extreme4 Gen3 - irriadin - Air - Link

EDIT: It seems like AMD cards don't perform as well in 3DMark11 as Nvidia cards. Wonder why that is.

 

[Corky]

nice, tried to satiate my curiosity and see where I land...

3d mark 11 is less stable than ro2, don't know if it's the drivers but the 3d mark software crashes at the same spot every single time.

 

[mblitek]

Damn, I have to reformat and what not. My computer is hanging on the stupidest things. Can't wait to join!

 

[CrazyIvan1978]

P5189 - 2x Sapphire HD5770 - 850/1200/1.0v - Core i7 920 @ 2.67Ghz - 6Gb @ 1600Mhz- ASRock X58 Extreme - CrazyIvan1978 - Air - Link

Edit: 1600Mhz for RAM speed

 

[alysonwheel]

Better to post again, easier for me to find rather than searching back through the thread I just do all updates onwards from my last update post.

Done. Old post returned.

My new score, after overclocking (GPU-Z thinks the 560's at 918, 3D Mark seems to think 915):

P3383 - nVidia GTX560 1gb (915/2000) - Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3163 MHz - 2x 2048 MB Mushkin 7 @ 400 MHz - Gigabyte P31-DS3L - Link

 

[bloodydrake]

What temps does the 6990 get to when it's running at 100%?

What I'm interested to think and know about is what sort of results running two of them in Crossfire will get... with the noise about the 7xxx series cards being delayed until next year I'm concerned about my computers ability to run BF3 at 2560 at the highest settings and this is one game that I just can't afford to 'skimp' out on....

.

EDIT:
Sorry didn't respond was out last night late .. just ran full 3dmark 11 experience and MSI hardware monitor shows min 45 degrees and max 75degrees for both GPU's An specific thing you want me to run to test it under load for a while to see how hot it gets?

I can probably grab another 6990 this week and bench it in cross fire later this week if you want to see difference from 1 to 2.(just built two identical system for boss this week i'm sure he won't mind)

 

[knitoe]

Sorry didn't respond was out last night late .. just ran full 3dmark 11 experience and read temp its at 63degrees Celsius. An specific thing you want me to run to test it under load for a while to see how hot it gets?

I can probably grab another 6990 this week and bench it in cross fire later this week if you want to see difference from 1 to 2.(just built two identical system for boss this week i'm sure he won't mind)

CFX 6990 would be the fastest for sure. Bench it.

 

[beast786]

P14841 - 3xSLI Triple EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 825 MHz/1536 MB/1113 voltage - Intel Core i7-980X Processor@ 3830 MHz - 12288 MB @ 667 MHz -EVGA X58 SLI Classified - beast786 -Water - Link

New Score with OC.

 

[Zel3]

P4681 - 1 EVGA GTX 470 SC 625/1250/0.9v - i7 920@ 3.7Ghz - 6GB Kingston 9@ 667mhz - EVGA 141-BL-E757 - Air - Zel3 - Link

400 Series represent!

How do you guys have your 470s at 800 clocks? :O Mine already reaches 90c while playing games.

 

[Mazdarati]

P5745 - 1x EVGA GTX 570 HD (732/1900/stock) - Core i5 2500k @ 4.2Ghz @ 1.27v - PNY 8gb DDR3-1333 - MSI-P67A-GD55 Mazdarati -Air - Link

 

[Beaner]

P6447 - 1x EVGA GTX 580 - 772 MHz/2004 MHz/Stock Voltage - i5 2500K @ 4190 MHz - 8GB Mushkin 9 @ 1333 MHz - MSI-P67A-GD65 - Beaner - Air - Link

For my memory, it has the two modules listed as running at 667 MHz each. Does that mean combined they are 1333 MHz or could I have done something wrong with building the PC?

 

[bloodydrake]

reran with Turbo Fast setting enabled @ 4400 and Video OC'd

P10064 - (1x R6990) - Core@880/Mem@1376 - i7 2600k@3.4 with Turbo 4400 - Kingston 8GB 1600 @ stock 1600 - Asus P8Z68 Delux - BloodyDrake - Air - Link

 

[Smokey]

For my memory, it has the two modules listed as running at 667 MHz each. Does that mean combined they are 1333 MHz or could I have done something wrong with building the PC?

That's correct. For me I have 1600mhz memory and in cpu-z it shows as 800mhz.

 

[knitoe]

For my memory, it has the two modules listed as running at 667 MHz each. Does that mean combined they are 1333 MHz or could I have done something wrong with building the PC?

With DDR1/2/3, you have to take speed X 2. Thus, 667 X 2 = ~1333mhz. They are running at the correct speed.

And, I think we should use another benchmark software, like Unigine Heaven 2.5 DX11. The basic 1280X720 resolution is too low for current video cards.

 

[Phat Michael]

Here is Mine

Score:P6437
Stats: ( i dont know all the stuff you guys put in there - its all stock anyway)
1x HD 5970 GPU - Core i7950 CPU @ 3.2Ghz - 6GB Patriot Ram - 1066mhz - Gigabyte X58A-UD3R - Phat Michael -Air

Link: http://3dmark.com/3dm11/21259;jsess...dm11/21259?key=BnJaFrs3pbEVQYVrX70CpQ7mkQyXtv

This was from earlier this year i believe.

 

[Red]

I just updated to the 11.8 Catalyst drivers. CCC is reading my GPU clock at 870MHz and mem clock at 1250, but these are the 3DMark results:

P4707 - 1x Vapor-X 5870 - 599 MHz/300 MHz/Stock - i7 920@4GHz - 12GB Corsair @ 667 MHz - Asus P6t Deluxe v2 - Crunched - Air - Link

The results seem off, why are my gpu clock speeds in 3DMark way lower than what's shown everywhere else?

 

[Black_Stride]

For my memory, it has the two modules listed as running at 667 MHz each. Does that mean combined they are 1333 MHz or could I have done something wrong with building the PC?

667 x 2 = 1333.
No worries, its correct.

 

[Piano]

P3491 - MSI N460GTX CYCLONE - 725/1800/Stock (975) - Phenom II X4 955 @ 3.6GHz - 4GB DDR3 @ 668MHz - ASUS M4A87TD EVO - Piano - Air - Link

I've got my CPU OC'd from 3.2 to 3.6 which I do for most games (except Team Fortress 2...oddly enough it performs worse when I overclock). My 460GTX, however, is all at stock since I haven't been able to find a good guide to how much I can OC with MSI Afterburner without risking frying the thing. I'd just like a moderate boost for certain games.

Can anyone help?

 

[RukusProvider]

Damn you multi GPU folks! I'm still leading the Single GPU scores.

Tempted to go past 900/1800/2200 on my GTX580. Not sure though with a stock cooler....

 

[Prince]

P4361 - 1x XFX HD6870 - 900/1050/Default Voltage - i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz - Kingston Hyper X Genesis 8 GB 1600 MHz - Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 - Prince - Air - link

 

[ToastyBanana]

P8738 - 2x Asus GTX 560 - 965/2370/1.087 - i7 920@3.93Ghz - 6GB Corsair @1656 - Gigabyte X58A UD3R - ToastyBanana - Air (Thermalright IFX-14) Link

 

[MisterNoisy]

Haven't OC'd the video card yet, but here's my current box with a very mild CPU overclock:

P5803 - 1x Asus GTX 570 1.25GB (742/1900) - i5 2500K @4.2Ghz - Corsair Vengeance Low Voltage 8GB PC3-12800 - ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 - MisterNoisy - Air - Link

 

[sk3tch]

Decided to see how close my 570s could get to sk3tch's 580s and I think this is as far as they'll go without assuming the characteristics of a T-1000. Gaming-stable, but hitting 90°C.

P11053 - 2x PoV GTX 570 @ 900MHz/2004MHz/1100mV - Core i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz - Corsair Vengeance 8GB @ 1600MHz - ASRock P67 Extreme4 - ShaunBRS - Air - Link

Also, great job with the thread Raptor.

That is crazy, man. I had no idea 570s could basically equal 580s like that. Nice! I guess I am glad I bought mine for $375 each...which is about what a 570 costs.

Edit: Also, who/what is "PoV"? Anything special about your cards? It seems like they are real performers! Just lucky or?

 

[Smokey]

Not related to benching, but is related to my machine. Played Bad Company 2 MP in honor of the BF3 beta this week. I have a 120hz monitor, and of course set all settings to max with vsync on in BC2. I was getting 120fps with each GPU using only 55% utilization lol.

Felt sooo smooth

 

[Corto]

Just look at my pen... PC!!! I'm pleased.

P5655 - 1x Asus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 (742 MHz/1900 MHz) stock - i7 870 @ 2.93 GHz stock - 8GB Samsung 9 @667 Mhz - Asus P7H55-M LX - Corto - Air - Link

 

[NullPointer]

Well it was fun being in the top ten while it lasted ;P

 

[n0n44m]

That is crazy, man. I had no idea 570s could basically equal 580s like that. Nice! I guess I am glad I bought mine for $375 each...which is about what a 570 costs.

Edit: Also, who/what is "PoV"? Anything special about your cards? It seems like they are real performers! Just lucky or?

the brand Point of View I guess ?

570s are nice chips, but the VRMs on the reference design cards is a bit limited compared to the 580 and the 480, even when taking into account it's lower energy usage.

but yeah 730 to 900 on stock air is really nice, especially with just 1.1v ... those are two golden chips surely

 

[Globehopper]

My entry...

P5596 - 1x XFX 6970 - 880/1375/stock - Core i7 2600k @ 4.2Ghz - Corsair Vengeance 8GB @ 1066Mhz - Gigabyte P67A-UD5 - Globehopper - Air - Link

Was expecting maybe a few points higher but I don't think this is a bad score. One funny thing is that my memory isn't matched, I bought two sticks of Corsair Vengeance 4GB/1600Mhz (in unopened retail packaging and everything), but one shows up in the BIOS as a different part number and 1066Mhz. This is the most stable PC I've ever used (zero bluescreens/system crashes since January) so I'm not in any rush to change it even though it isn't optimal performance-wise.

 

[gunbo13]

Wow a little overlocking vibe here. I wish I wasn't retired.

Shit happens when you decide that you would rather benchmark then game...

Just thought I'd share from an ex-addict. Good luck with your scores.

 

[beast786]

Wow a little overlocking vibe here. I wish I wasn't retired.

Shit happens when you decide that you would rather benchmark then game...


Just thought I'd share from an ex-addict. Good luck with your scores.

How about the scores and spec?


;P

 

[n0n44m]

hehe nice although you could've just opened the window judging by the weather outside

nah I've still got a Prometeia Mach 1 lying around in my room somewhere, bought it when I was young but couldn't really afford the hardware to sacrifice on it so I ended up searching for a more permanent setup... might try to make a water chiller out of it in the future

benchmarking is fun for some hours but building something for everyday use is more rewarding for me =]

is that a cascade or just a really big single-stage?

edit: or is it a chiller?