3DMark 06 Scores

[pc_man_iac]

@ 3.05ghz?

[srpeters18]

No, I haven't updated my sig yet because I'm testing. I'm at 3.4 right now.
Vcore is at 1.456 (1.5 in BIOS)

[pc_man_iac]

at stock mine idles at like 31-34, but then under load at 3.8 only 37-44, figure that out.....

[srpeters18]

Like I said, I need water.

[srpeters18]

13265 for me. That's my first run so far. I'm only using the trial though so most options aren't unlocked, everything just runs default.

Quick off topic question though:
When you guys get temps at load, what do you consider load? Maybe this is a dumb question but I've been checking my temp logs and running CoD4 maxed out or running 3dmark06 for instance, my hottest core hits about 60. Prime95 drives it way higher though. But if nothing else is raising the temp that high, am I gonna be safe?

[pc_man_iac]

13265 for me. That's my first run so far. I'm only using the trial though so most options aren't unlocked, everything just runs default.

Quick off topic question though:
When you guys get temps at load, what do you consider load? Maybe this is a dumb question but I've been checking my temp logs and running CoD4 maxed out or running 3dmark06 for instance, my hottest core hits about 60. Prime95 drives it way higher though. But if nothing else is raising the temp that high, am I gonna be safe?

Most people do run the defaults, and that is what is seen as the way to compare, people who get like 30k, and all that are all running it at stock settings and not fiddling with the options.

Prime 95 Is load, b/c CoD4 won't always push your CPU to the max, but say you were encoding some stuff it can, and you always want to see what the potential highest temp is, b/c then you know the worst case scenario. I personally run CPU Burn-In as it is what I started to test my OC's with way back when, you just open multiple instances of (1 for every core you have), put in your time and let it run.

[srpeters18]

Okay, that's kinda what I figured but I really like this overclock, just not the heat it produces at load. It'll idle all day at 35-ish, but load is really high. I'm just gonna let it run for a few days to make sure its stable and then start cutting back voltage and I'll see where I get.

[Methious]

It's not the best score cause I'm still running AMD after years of running them, but here it is. Waiting to see if the new 45nm AMD offerings come up to par, if they don't I'm headed to the Intel Camp.

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/methious/3dmarks/3dmarks.jpghttp://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/methious/3dmarks/stillno1.jpg

And I ran it on this rig:
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/methious/finished/2ndtime.jpg
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff255/methious/res2.jpg

Asus M3A X2 6400, 4 gig Mushkin, 2 X Maxtor DiamondMax Sata 2, XFX 8800GT 512 Alpha Dog, Swiftech mcp350 pump, Apogee Gt Extreme Water Block, Zalman NB Block, Swiftech triple 120 Rad W/3 Yate Loon 43CFM fans. Idle temps 24C Orthos load X 2 hours 40C.

All those swish Intel scores are about enough to make me switch after 15 years of AMDs. I watered in anticipation of going to Intel, it'd be a shame to go Intel and have to wait to do some uber insane FSB over clocks.

[Kougar]

That's a very healthy score for a dual-core system. :) 3DMark06 has always given QuadCore processors a higher score out of the gate, so honestly comparing dual to quad based 3DMark06 scores isn't really fair for the dualies. Especially heavily overclocked Quads, which seem to be given bonus points.

Since my system configuration is rather similar to yours, here is my score. It actually scores closer to 15,000 but I was focused solely on the CPU scores for this one. I had to modify my watercooling loop a wee bit to clock the CPU that high stable enough to run anything for more than a few minutes. And it was by no means 100% fully stable. Did it only for the Gigabyte overclocking contest. :)

13,251 3DMark06 score
6,615 CPU Score.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4668245

[Methious]

I've run higher but I only post the stable results, there's not much headroom on the X2 6400, maxed out multiplier. So I watered it, watered the NB for FSB clocks, and I've hit 12500 but not entirely stable.

I decided to get uber insane with it and get a water Block for the GPU and do the volt mod on the GPU bios so I can suicide run 450FPS in LightsMark and see what it does for me, currently I run 400FPS with out the mod.

The GPU will be on a dedicated water cooling setup, all I'm waiting on is a Swiftech Stealth 8800 water block.

I'm holding off on going Intel until the 2nd quarter 2008 when AMD rolls out their 45nm duals and quads to see what reviews say about them and how they fare against Intels current offerings. With me it's Amd's last chance to impress me before I go intel after 15 years of AMD loyalty. This was a loyalty build, next build performance only considerations Intel or AMD which ever is rocking it hardest.

[Kougar]

Just keep in mind, by the end of 2008 Intel is changing everything... new sockets, new processors, and DDR3.... nothing Intel makes today will run on their hardware starting in 2009 pretty much.

Of course that is nothing new with the pace of technology, but before you decide to invest heavily in Intel stuff it is something to consider.

That Stealth block does look pretty good, but I decided to not spring for GPU watercooling until I get my beady little fingers on a better GPU. Preferrably that ellusive G100/D9E part. :) If anything it gives time to save up!

[Methious]

I've been thinking about the Stealth and I will probably get better mileage out of a universal block and ram heat sinks. Not as sexy but transferable to other Nvidea based cards.

Yea I saw Intel going to all new setups, won't make a difference for me unless they drop DDR3 prices or have a ddr2/ddr3 alternative. With the new platform your probably looking $1000 memory/cpu/motherboard for a good setup. So I hope AMD has some thing good to offer this round. Might be a good thing if existing Intel hardware experiences a drop, I have nothing against running a generation behind if the price is sweet.

[PP Mguire]

You never mentioned how high you got that 6400+ on water. And, AMD is going all different with DDR3 as well at the end of this year Kougar. I took the 64bit bomb and my score actualy decreased from over 7k to 6800. Lame.

[Sadasius]

The GPU will be on a dedicated water cooling setup, all I'm waiting on is a Swiftech Stealth 8800 water block.


I don't think this water block fits on your 8800GT card. It was designed for the GTX and the Ultra. You may want to check that up if you have not paid for it already.

Stealth Water Block (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=240&products_id=21854)

[Godspeed]

Lets see what i get on 3dmark06 once i get my quad in here!

[Methious]

I canceled the stealth because it was on back order to long, universal with ram sinks and mosfet coolers when i re order.

Cpu speed I've had it up to 4ghz but not entirely stable, highest stable 3.7 running orthos 6 hours no problems. 3dmarks2006 highest 12500 with the 3.7 cpu clock, and 699/980 on the 8800gt 512 alpha dog. Normally I run 24/7 at 3.52. With a better radiator stand off mod I did today idle temps are now 24C and full load 40C Orthos X 2 hours. That's running swiftech water cooling through an apogee gtx cpu block, swiftech triple 120mm radiator, zalman NB water block, swiftech micro res and 3 43cfm yate loon 120mm fans. While I really like the cooling, even better the only fan I can hear now is the PSU fan. Couldn't go that high with a thermalright 120 ultra and 43cfm fan reliably, at 3.7 temps crept up slowly, at 3.52 it held it's own at 49/50C.

With a water block on the gpu, and bios volt mod from 1.05v to 1.1v I've seen them run 14000 but not at speeds I'd consider for 24/7 usage.

[PP Mguire]

Least i know what kinda speeds to expect with it. You have the Black Edition right?

[illuxion]

19,604 E8400@4.38ghz@1.475set(1.44v) 8800GTx2 698/998/1750 http://service.futuremark.com/resultComparison.action?compareResultId=5134523&compareResultType=14
10.437s 1M SuperPi


My rig http://www.evga.com/community/ModsRigs/comment.asp?sysid=6822

[darkorb]

very nice score illuxiion, especially with youre dual core!

those things clock like monsters

[illuxion]

Thanks :) I'm anxious to get home and install my new toys and see if I can hit a 20k. Just picked up some water blocks for 8800s, and a triple 120 rad, also going to rip the mobo apart and see if I can get those MCP temps down while I'm in there.

[Dragon]

after fine tuning my Rig i was able to get 20619 out a pair of 3870's on a 4 gighz quad 6600 . 3DMark06 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=4989126) .

[Yggdrasill]

Rly nice score. Hopefully my new rig will reach 15k.

[coxmaster]

I didnt do too bad with mine.. I scored 10524 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5226003) without OCing the CPU, and just a few mhz on the GPU.

I'll push it and see where I can get to.

['Amp!']

3DMark2006 default - 16883

http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php?image=oc4yh2.jpg

[coxmaster]

Update, i got mine to 10989 (http://service.futuremark.com/resultAnalyzer.action?resultId=5240006&resultType=14) with a little CPU overclock. I could have broken 11k, but of course i forgot to launch the GPU overclock..

ohh well

[alfhenrik]

Did some benchmarking last night, this is what I got...

10744 - VISTA 64, E6400 @ 3.0Ghz, 8800GT 600/1500/900
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/584/3dmark06fn9.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3dmark06fn9.jpg)

11430 - VISTA 64, E6400 @ 3.0Ghz, 8800GT overclocked 700/1750/950
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/478/3dmark06ocgf1.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3dmark06ocgf1.jpg)

12030 - XP 32, E6400 @ 3.0Ghz, 8800GT overclocked 700/1750/950
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7743/3dmark06ocxprh5.th.jpg (http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3dmark06ocxprh5.jpg)

[sushrukh]

Previous score with 256MB Foxconn 7950GT :- 5734

Link :- http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5238778 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5238778)

Recent result with 8800GTS 512MB Alpha Dog :- 7853

Link :- http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5534324

This card clocks well but OC'ing didn't improve my score much because of the shortage of the ram & weak CPU.


GPU-Z Default


http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6573/gpuznx8.png



GPU-Z Screenie after OC'ing



http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4307/gpuz2qj5.png

[peti1212]

How do you get such a high overclock? I've seen some review sites where they overclocked the same video card to 830 Core and 1100 Memory. I can only go up to 730 Core and 1030 Memory. Above that it becomes unstable. Why if others can do a much higher overclock with the same card?

[werty316]

Sweet overclock on the video card sush.

[sushrukh]

How do you get such a high overclock? I've seen some review sites where they overclocked the same video card to 830 Core and 1100 Memory. I can only go up to 730 Core and 1030 Memory. Above that it becomes unstable. Why if others can do a much higher overclock with the same card?

I even tried 830 Mhz but found 790 or 800 for core & 1080 for memory to be stable in ATITool & 3DMark 2006.anything greater than these, 3DM 2006 just hangs.Also i'm noticing some artifacts (both in deafult & after OC'ing) in the Canyon Flight & the Deep Freeze tests of 3DM.Maybe you can get a bit higher with the 174.20 drivers for XP.Also you know, about the condition of my case with "zero" ventilation.I didn't even think to get as high as that in that case.I will need to get the artifacts problem solved.

Using 174.20 beta drivers for XP.I've just freshly installed XP SP2.I'll need to see which i can get in Vista.


Sweet overclock on the video card sush.

Yeah only if it could help boost the score a bit more. :( I think, untill i'm not getting (or winning a ram or CPU contest :lol:) there's no need to keep this card under such high Overclocks.It will just torture the card & i'll get the same result.So, better run the card @ stock untill i can arrange a CPU and/or more memories.What do you guyz suggest ? I have to also keep that in mind that i don't have an warranty on it as i don't have any invoice which is must here for applying for an RMA.

Btw, the card is idling @ 55C (with those OC modes i've shown earlier) . Is this normal, good,bad anything i need to know from you guyz please.Thanks in advance.Actually i'll have to take care of it like my baby because if something goes wrong somehow, i will again be left from experiencing the DX 10 goodness.

I've seen people are getting 15K+ scores after overclocking if using with CPU like Q6600 & and 2/4 GB of memories.

[hailscott]

I just managed to break 16K, almost 17K. I wish I would have waited for the G92's instead of the G80's that I have.

16,973

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5610801

SM 2.0 6718
SM 3.0 7741
CPU 5046

[spdracer]

Here's my best. http://service.futuremark.com/results/showSingleResult.action?resultId=5435299&resultType=14

[Dragon_CPU]

Heres My 8800GS youll notice mine is the one that says your sytem you'll see my name. and the second link is it by itself managed to push

11032 out of this setup.

http://service.futuremark.com/resultComparison.action?compareResultId=5435299&compareResultType=14

http://service.futuremark.com/results/showSingleResult.action?resultId=5820476&resultType=14

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5820476

[darkorb]

Finally broke 10k!

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/9755/10kuu1.th.jpg (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=10kuu1.jpg)

Thats with a AMD X2 and DDR1!!! and 2 cards..

[Goliath182]

For some reason i can only get about 10.2k. I can play games at the same FPS as reviews show but when i use 3dMark i get much lower scores than i should.

[PP Mguire]

Darkorb youd get higher in XP.

[Dragon_CPU]

For some reason i can only get about 10.2k. I can play games at the same FPS as reviews show but when i use 3dMark i get much lower scores than i should.
Is that your main sys. the one with the 8800gt and 533 ddr2? if so then your ram is bottlenecking you as i increase my ddr2 800 in speed i get more on 3dmark06 if i drop its speed it gets less. With the card and cpu remaining at the same clock.

[Goliath182]

Is that your main sys. the one with the 8800gt and 533 ddr2? if so then your ram is bottlenecking you as i increase my ddr2 800 in speed i get more on 3dmark06 if i drop its speed it gets less. With the card and cpu remaining at the same clock.

Yea it is. Kinda limited with RAM and the chipset. Only supports 667. If you look around FB-DDR-2 is not cheap. Works really nice if you have to constantly write and read. Since it writes and reads at the same time unlike normal DDR.

[Dragon_CPU]

Yea it is. Kinda limited with RAM and the chipset. Only supports 667. If you look around FB-DDR-2 is not cheap. Works really nice if you have to constantly write and read. Since it writes and reads at the same time unlike normal DDR.
Yep see what you mean, quite a bit of price difference there wow....

[Goliath182]

Yea from what i see to replace my 6GB with 4 it would cost me 600$. Money better spent on a 9800 GX2. :D

[PP Mguire]

If you can it would be better to get away from that kinda thing and get a regular system instead of a server based system. You can get 4/6gig of DDR2 800 really cheap and your FSB wont be limiting you

[Goliath182]

Yea ill wait till Intel's new core comes out and Nvidias 10 series before im going to do anything. Just no real point in upgrading now when i can play Crysis on High. Plus with Intel's new core supposivly coming out later this year... I could get a much better processor. Plus the 9 series is only good at scaling so id rather get a card that was superior to the previous generation.

[Goliath182]

Plus i got it for free. :thumleft: In life you cant beat free lol.

[PP Mguire]

Youll be waiting for a while for a real card from Nvidia id bet.

[werty316]

I would expect something "new" this year.

[Goliath182]

Youll be waiting for a while for a real card from Nvidia id bet.

I hate to say this but if Nvidia wont give it to me then ill get it from ATI. :jawdrop: Eather that or maybe ill SLI... Ive had quite a few SLI boards but ive never actulay use SLI.

[PP Mguire]

I would expect something "new" this year.Thats what we said about the 9800GTX. Didnt happen, so ill believe it when i see it. And youll be getting worse if you go ATI.

[Goliath182]

Thats what we said about the 9800GTX. Didnt happen, so ill believe it when i see it. And youll be getting worse if you go ATI.

That depends on if ATI kicks its game up, which may or may not happen. Only time will tell.

[werty316]

:offtopic:

One word my friend PP, GT200.

Since the 9 Series cards are just recycled G9x cards, Nvidia will have to release something new(GT200) when the the RV770 is out this year if they want to keep the graphics crown.

Some hope is still left with these two articles:
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=256622
http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=256538

[Goliath182]

Its the 7800 and 7900 series all over again!!!
Replacing the 9800 GX2 and 9800 GTX just like the 7900 GX2 replacing the 7800 GX2 only the 7800 GX2 never really gained any popularity, and the 7900 GTX replacing the 7800 GTX.

[PP Mguire]

Grain of salt Werty. Im not going to get all hyped up like i did for 9800GTX and get knocked back down in my seat with disappointment.

[Goliath182]

Yea it feels like that. Wanna hope that the 9900 series will be good but from what Nvidia has done so far with the 9800 GTX i will have to see it to believe.

[werty316]

Yep, that grain of salt is good for now but rest assured, the GT200 will come.

[darkorb]

The 9900 i read is a revamped 9800 G92 core or w/e

I also read (ill look for the site) nvidia is saving the Geforce 10k name for the brand new chips, all the 9 series cards will be the same, rebranded/refurbished/revamped cards.

[Goliath182]

But the 9900 GTX is supposed to outperform the 9800 GX2. Its GPU is supposivly huge, barly able to fit on the PCB. Seems like its going to take a huge amount of power, hopefully it will perform well wihout high temps.

[PP Mguire]

*yawn* yada yada yada this is BS. Nvidia needs to get it together.

[tomato]

...wasn't this thread about 3DMark scores? :P ;)

*back on topic*

[Goliath182]

Yes it is but it kind of bounces back and forth. This perticular chat started out talking about 3dMark but kinda led into other things.

[PP Mguire]

Ill make it on topic, better Nvidia cards means more 3dmarks!!

[ahsalloum]

8800GT
E8400 @ 4.0 GHz

http://xs226.xs.to/xs226/08151/3dm06digerati788.jpg

[PP Mguire]

Not that great but better than before. Im sure id get alot higher score on XP.

Vista Ultimate x64
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/X23dmarkOC.jpg

Im not done with it but i gotta go for the night. Ill try to get more out of it tomorrow.

Edit:

The difference between XP and Vista.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/X2275SLIXP.jpg

And we break 9k
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/X22805SLIXP.jpg

[Muppet]

Here is a run in Vista 32bit. I'm still very CPU bottlenecked.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/CraigCooper/20koverclock.jpg

Here is another run @1920x1200 4xaa 16xaf
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/CraigCooper/19x12finished.jpg

[sushrukh]

Here is a run in Vista 32bit. I'm still very CPU bottlenecked.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/CraigCooper/20koverclock.jpg

Here is another run @1920x1200 4xaa 16xaf
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/CraigCooper/19x12finished.jpg

How can a OC'ed Quad core Q6600 cause a bottleneck ? You have lower amount of ram. ;)

[Sadasius]

Nice OC on the Q6600 Muppet! Are you on air or water? Whats the rest of your build? Just curious because I am getting close to finishing my build and it is somewhat similar.

[PP Mguire]

How can a OC'ed Quad core Q6600 cause a bottleneck ? You have lower amount of ram.If i remember correctly from reviews of the 9800GX2 a QX 9650 @ 4.0ghz was a bottleneck too.

[Muppet]

Nice OC on the Q6600 Muppet! Are you on air or water? Whats the rest of your build? Just curious because I am getting close to finishing my build and it is somewhat similar.

I'm using a Danger Den watercooling setup.
Rest of the components are
XFX 790i Ultra,
2x 9800GX2,
2x1Gb Gskill DDR3 1333 CL7 @1600Mhz,
1,000 Watt Silverstone Olympia PSU,
SB X-Fi
4x 250Gb WD Hardrives Raid 0,
Coolermaster Stacker 831,
24" Dell 2407.

I have ordered a QX9650 that will be here this week.
I will be interested to see your results.

[PP Mguire]

Oh your running 2 9800GX2s? Then your main problem right now is Vista bottlenecked with your SLI.

[Muppet]

Oh your running 2 9800GX2s? Then your main problem right now is Vista bottlenecked with your SLI.

I am using two, but that run was done with one card. Running 2 cards and the score only currently goes up a few hundred points. Drivers are still to imature.

[Miker]

I am using two, but that run was done with one card. Running 2 cards and the score only currently goes up a few hundred points. Drivers are still to imature.

People have been saying that seem think about SLI for like 2 years... :pointand:

[Muppet]

People have been saying that seem think about SLI for like 2 years... :pointand:

I got a huge boost when adding a second 8800GTX in SLI. Both games and benchmarks really took off.

Now with adding a second GX2 games at high resolutions with lots of AA and AF makes a big difference. Games respond really well. But benchmarks like 3DMark06 are a different story.

SLI really does work.

[srpeters18]

What are your temps like at that OC?

[PP Mguire]

Now with adding a second GX2 games at high resolutions with lots of AA and AF makes a big difference. Games respond really well. But benchmarks like 3DMark06 are a different story.

SLI really does work.I agree it really does work now with ALOT ebtter drivers. I cant wait to run SLI on my X2 5600+ OCed.

[Muppet]

What are your temps like at that OC?

We are just coming to the end of Summer down here. So temps are around the low to mid 20c.
Idle is 38 degrees celcius to 42 degrees celcius depending on which core it is. Load temps are mid to high 60's.

[Sadasius]

I'm using a Danger Den watercooling setup.
Rest of the components are
XFX 790i Ultra,
2x 9800GX2,
2x1Gb Gskill DDR3 1333 CL7 @1600Mhz,
1,000 Watt Silverstone Olympia PSU,
SB X-Fi
4x 250Gb WD Hardrives Raid 0,
Coolermaster Stacker 831,
24" Dell 2407.

I have ordered a QX9650 that will be here this week.
I will be interested to see your results.

Okay my system is a little different.

Q6600 SLACR GO,
9800GX2 (hopefully soon)
X38 Maximus Extreme,
2X1gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600,
Ultra X3 1000,
4X500gb Western Digital raid 0,
Customized Thermaltake Xaser VI with airbrushing,
Customized water cooling setup using.....CPU D-Tek Fuzion....Moffets 2X EKWaterblock 3a...NorthBridge EKWaterblock....SouthBridge EKwaterblock....2X GTX240 gen 2's (all internal blowing out of case)....EK Reservoir 250mm....Tygon13mm tubing....Bitspower 13mm compression fittings + 4 Koolance quickconnects....Dual Swiftech MCP655 with speed control.....8X SilenX IXP-74-14 Ixtrema Pro 120mm x 25mm 14dBA 72CFM Fan w/ Red LED's.

Still not all done with this system as there is still a lot of work to do. But I am keeping build pics of the whole thing. Will make it's own thread after I am done. Still have not fully decided on the monitor yet. Was thinking of going 30" but I may end up going dual 24" instead. Wait till you see the freakin case though...Damn! I have enough air going in and out to suck a dog through...:biggrin:

[Muppet]

Okay my system is a little different.

Q6600 SLACR GO,
9800GX2 (hopefully soon)
X38 Maximus Extreme,
2X1gb Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1600,
Ultra X3 1000,
4X500gb Western Digital raid 0,
Customized Thermaltake Xaser VI with airbrushing,
Customized water cooling setup using.....CPU D-Tek Fuzion....Moffets 2X EKWaterblock 3a...NorthBridge EKWaterblock....SouthBridge EKwaterblock....2X GTX240 gen 2's (all internal blowing out of case)....EK Reservoir 250mm....Tygon13mm tubing....Bitspower 13mm compression fittings + 4 Koolance quickconnects....Dual Swiftech MCP655 with speed control.....8X SilenX IXP-74-14 Ixtrema Pro 120mm x 25mm 14dBA 72CFM Fan w/ Red LED's.

Still not all done with this system as there is still a lot of work to do. But I am keeping build pics of the whole thing. Will make it's own thread after I am done. Still have not fully decided on the monitor yet. Was thinking of going 30" but I may end up going dual 24" instead. Wait till you see the freakin case though...Damn! I have enough air going in and out to suck a dog through...:biggrin:
That sounds like an awesome setup. I'd really love to see some pics of that.

[darkorb]

Sad tell me how that board is :)

[Sadasius]

Sad tell me how that board is :)

No problem. Once it's all done I will include as much info as I can muster along with pics. Basically it will be one big review of the parts working together.

[swmeek]

Okay I ran 3d msrk 06 the other night with my new video card installed and my score was 9777.
my system is Intel x6800 Core 2 Duo at the stock speed (2.93mhz)
XFX MB-680-ISH motherboard
2 GB's of Corsair DDR2 800 ram
XFX 9800 GTX using the 174.74 driver
Windows xp MCE sp2
No overclocking at all.
Is this pretty good ?

[PP Mguire]

No thats horrible. Look at my score. 700 points lower than yours and you machine should be pwning the dog snot outa mine. I think you need to look into what ever is causing your performance decrease.

[swmeek]

I had a feeling it might have been caused by the slower memory for the motherboard I'm using but I'm not sure.
I'm definitely not educated in the finer points of tweaking my system and at the moment my crazy computer won't shut down for some reason.
I think it was the last round of MS updates as the last time it did this I installed a driver for my Merc keyboard from the MS site.
Once I uninstalled it and installed the one from the Ideazon site it worked fine.

[PP Mguire]

Yea i just keep SP2 from the disk i made and updates arent even in my copy of Windows XP. You have all your drivers installed and everything right? Everything stock should be fine and you should be getting alot higher score than that.

[swmeek]

Oh yeah my drivers are all fairly current.
I thought my problem was maybe caused by either Rivatuner which says it's not compatiable with my 9800 gtx or something had gone wrong with the 174.74 driver I downloaded the other day but deleting them both made no difference in my computer shutting down.

[PP Mguire]

When it shuts down is just just sudden? If so then something is overheating causing your computer to imidiately shut down which is usualy the CPU. I believe the 174.74 WHQL drivers where made for the 9800GTX and GX2 so no worries there. Rivatuner even if its not compatible shouldnt be giving you problems. How bout chipset drivers? You running those and are current on them?

[swmeek]

Sorry maybe I confused you but the computer will not shut down or restart using the controls under the start button.
I can press the start button and it will go through the phases of shutting down, says it's saving my stuff,says windows is shutting down,you'll hear the click inside the computer and then the screen saying windows is shutting down stays on and the computer is still running and running and running.
I can still go and hold down the power button and it will shut down then or if i'm just restarting I can use the reset button.

[PP Mguire]

Then something you have running in the background is causing Windows to hang.

[the_dope_chaud]

12326
with my setup, stock clocks on my new 8800gtx, 1280x1024 no AA

Edit: 12804
with a little overclocking.....
I will do 13 000 !!! :grin:

[PP Mguire]

Unplug your LAN cable from the back and turn everything off you have running the background and then do a 3dmark.

[slugbug]

11572: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6191718

[Dritz---]

10800 No overclocks. Core 2 duo- 2.66, XFX 8800GT, 2 gigs of ram, EVGA 680i LT Mother Board.

[Muppet]

New CPU 22,353 http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/CraigCooper/42.jpg

[sushrukh]

Great score Muppet. :)

[Muppet]

Great score Muppet. :)

Thanks. I'm still getting better with this CPU. I'm currently up to 4.4 It will be interesting to see how far I can get on Water.

[Dritz---]

Thanks. I'm still getting better with this CPU. I'm currently up to 4.4 It will be interesting to see how far I can get on Water.:jawdrop: I wish I could overclock my stuff like that. Now just don't fry anything.

[Sadasius]

New CPU 22,353 http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/CraigCooper/42.jpg

Can't you lower the multi and raise the FSB to get a better score on that chip. Also a good trick is to turn down the mipmap in rivatuner to gain an extra 1 or 2k. Shhhhh you did not hear that from me.

[Muppet]

Can't you lower the multi and raise the FSB to get a better score on that chip. Also a good trick is to turn down the mipmap in rivatuner to gain an extra 1 or 2k. Shhhhh you did not hear that from me.

I did not know that. Hmm Mipmap. Thanks :smile: The 4.2 was just a trial right off the bat to see how it went. You are definitely right about lowering the Multi though.

[darkorb]

Wana tell me where the mipmap is? :)

[Sadasius]

Wana tell me where the mipmap is? :)

Sure....It's in the Direct3d section. Here is a screenie....Now what you have to do is slide the slide bar to the plus side...Not the negative as that would take more performance out of your pc. You will notice a big gain in points as it is making it easier even though you have the same screen resolution etc.

[darkorb]

raised it to 1 and comp froze.

oh well

[PP Mguire]

Also a good trick is to turn down the mipmap in rivatuner to gain an extra 1 or 2k. Shhhhh you did not hear that from me.I got less 3dmarks and it looked like poo.

[Sadasius]

play around with the settings and you will find your sweet spot. Does not make it look the best as you will get shimmering but it will score higher when you have it dialed in right. Done it many times.

[srpeters18]

Lol, Cheater!!!:icon_tiphat:

[Sadasius]

There are so many ways to cheat that bench it is not even funny. I have seen people do all kinds of things. Not that I would do anything like that. :devildance:

[PP Mguire]

Well my 9k is legit.

[srpeters18]

So is my 14K+. I never even thought of trying to cheat the system. Course, had I known about it...

[PP Mguire]

A quad and 8800GT. Youd figure you would be getting alot more than me.

[srpeters18]

5K isn't a lot? Plus I'm running Vista and you're running XP.

[PP Mguire]

Still. DDR2, Intel Quad high OC, and 8800GT. Im catching up hehe.

[srpeters18]

That's also with the memory running under 800mhz, cause I was still working on stability on the proccy. I'm still planning a new build for my wife and some upgrades for me, so I plan on that score going up again in the near future, hehe.

[PP Mguire]

My memory is running at 420mhz :D And when i got that 3dmark score it was running a stock 400mhz.

[Arctic88]

Well with my new card i scored 6224, I am sure that my CPU is a bottleneck. Any suggestions as to what i should upgrade too to better my scores and not break the bank?

[Muppet]

Well with my new card i scored 6224, I am sure that my CPU is a bottleneck. Any suggestions as to what i should upgrade too to better my scores and not break the bank?

Your CPU is killing your scores. Hell I didn't even know you could run one of them in that board.

[Arctic88]

Why would my board not be able too?, seems to be working great.

[Muppet]

Why would my board not be able too?, seems to be working great.

Didn't say it wouldn't be able to, I just said I didn't know it did. But back to your question, your CPU is your bottleneck for that video card. Time for a core2duo :smile:

[Arctic88]

I have a duo, just a budget one :)

[Muppet]

I have a duo, just a budget one :)

Yes, now get a core2 or core2quad. Your scores will love you for it.

[Arctic88]

Ah i get ya, still learning... big difference between dual and core 2 lol

[Muppet]

Ah i get ya, still learning... big difference between dual and core 2 lol

Oh yeah, it is a huge difference. :jawdrop:

[Pablo 54]

9900 No OC

[Limbo]

18723 with E6850: ORB (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6459300)

[Sadasius]

18723 with E6850: ORB (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6459300)

Nice OC there. Good score!

[Limbo]

Nice OC there. Good score!

Thankee Sadasius! Anywhere to post 3D03 scores??? :wink: Seems to be what this card likes.

[Muppet]

This is the best I have been able to come up with on the QX9650. If I want any higher, i think i'll need phase or LN2

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/CraigCooper/237k445.jpg

23,789

[sushrukh]

Although it's a great score but you should have gotten better scores than that with your double 9800GX2s.People are getting 23000+ with a single 9800GX2.

[Muppet]

Although it's a great score but you should have gotten better scores than that with your double 9800GX2s.People are getting 23000+ with a single 9800GX2.
That is a single card score in XP. Vista and Quad SLI just doesn't scale well in 06 at all. XP score is higher with a single card than dual cards in Vista. Now Vantage is a whole different kettle of fish. Quad SLI rules in that benchmark.

[HSMTruman]

So heres my 3dMark06 score with my new comp... 15377.
thx to the_dope_chaud & Schwarz for helping me choosing my new parts and helping tunnig them.

Hell Yeah!

Result Pic Link (http://www.geocities.com/simon_punk/3dmark06.15377.jpg)

[Schwarz]

Oh yah nice !!
You finally beat me... ill have to update soon or else im losing the edge :o

[Dragon_CPU]

Guess I'll post mine for my new build so far.....12194

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6747610

[Chakka]

Just started benchin my vid cards last night before I hit the sack - I got 17,778 with 2 9600gt cards in SLI. For each 9600gt card in single use, it was 12,126. Not bad for 2 "lowly" 9600 gt cards I got for $120 each imo. I ran my e8400 cpu at 8x500=4ghz.

Overclocked cards to 750 core, 1900 shader, 2100 mem - typical overclocks based on reviews of the Palit Sonic 9600gt cards. Min temp was 42c and Max temp was 56c for the first card and 40c/54c for the second. Interestingly, the first card by itself runs 2c cooler than the second but in SLI it run 2c hotter.

[Chakka]

New score of 17824. Made the first page of all scores for the 9600gt...I think Im number 16 on the list for 9600gt 3dmark06 benchies. Im running 2 sonic palet vid cards in SLI. Pretty good since I only paid $120 for each vid card. Pretty pleased with my new rig.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6760493

[darkorb]

Heres mine totally stock

Q6600
4gb Ram
8800GTS 640MB

3DMark Score
10615 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score
4381
SM 3.0 Score
4475
CPU Score
3443

[Limbo]

19886
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8121/19886sdx9.jpg

[Limbo]

19958

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4784/19958sjj5.jpg

[Dragon]

very nice score limbo :) ...

[Limbo]

Thanks Raptorfury, it was done on air with a TRUE 120, stock 9800 GX2, many crashes and reboots were involved. Not sure what the limiting factor is now, I am guessing cooling. Would love to get to the 20000 mark.

EDIT: Woot! 20016

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6729/20016sgj7.jpg

[Dragon]

Congrats :) ... with 06 its cpu dependant .

[Dragon]

my last run before i gave the 3870 to my girls . 21904 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6903542)

1 3870x2 892/1020 1 3870 866/1266 ( crosfire X )
c2q Q6600 @ 4.0 gighz .
4 gigs mushkin 800 @ 890 mhz 4,4,4,12
vista 32 bit

[Limbo]

:wow: I like!! :grin:

[Limbo]

Don't think I can catch you but a little better,20074

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/2967/20074sac0.jpg

[Dragon]

considering u running a dual core that machine is smoking ... if u had a quad that machine be even faster ... ;)

[Andrew1990]

you people and your high scores. I probably have one of the lowest scores, and I am going to try and get it lower!

Score - 324
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7091491

Intel Celeron 1.7GHz Wilamette @ 1.85GHz Socket 478
MSI 645 Ultra Motherboard
Radeon 9500pro 128mb
256mb PC2100 DDR Ram
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Samsung 120gb 7200rpm ATA133 HDD

I am going to bring my cely to stock speed and underclock the ram and the video card. I am hoping I can get the score under 100. LOL

:icon_tiphat:

[Limbo]

Good luck! :wink:

[Goliath182]

you people and your high scores. I probably have one of the lowest scores, and I am going to try and get it lower!

Score - 324
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7091491

Intel Celeron 1.7GHz Wilamette @ 1.85GHz Socket 478
MSI 645 Ultra Motherboard
Radeon 9500pro 128mb
256mb PC2100 DDR Ram
Windows XP Home Edition SP2
Samsung 120gb 7200rpm ATA133 HDD

I am going to bring my cely to stock speed and underclock the ram and the video card. I am hoping I can get the score under 100. LOL

:icon_tiphat:

Ha good luck. Keep us posted. :icon_tiphat:

P.S. You can also try lowering the multi on your CPU to get an even lower score.

[Dragon]

well could allways try and get the lowest scroe on a fairly upto date video card .. like a 8800 eries card ... i seen a 8800 gts 320 get 3200 points in 06 .... yes only 3200 points ...

[Limbo]

20408, thats all folks.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/803/20408sbv1.jpg

[Andrew1990]

well could allways try and get the lowest scroe on a fairly upto date video card .. like a 8800 eries card ... i seen a 8800 gts 320 get 3200 points in 06 .... yes only 3200 points ...

Wow, only 3200 points on a 8800GTS? It must have been really downclocked. I can get 2650 on my PC in my sig when the 7800 is underclocked because it doesnt have enough power.

What type of CPU was he using, a Celeron 331, lol?

[Dragon]

a celery @ 3 gighz . stock clocked no doubt ... and just bout every bg app you could possibly imagine .. hes a software geek not hardware ...

[darkorb]

here it is!

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/152/resultdi4.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=resultdi4.jpg)

[Limbo]

Itsy bitsy bit more, 20589:

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/1549/20589sbp7.jpg

Had to go to my 2GB kit of PC2-8500 Ballistix for this.

[swmeek]

Okay I ran 3d msrk 06 the other night with my new video card installed and my score was 9777.
my system is Intel x6800 Core 2 Duo at the stock speed (2.93mhz)
XFX MB-680-ISH motherboard
2 GB's of Corsair DDR2 800 ram
XFX 9800 GTX using the 174.74 driver
Windows xp MCE sp2
No overclocking at all.
Is this pretty good ?

Crap I just ran this test again and my score was 7900!! :jawdrop:
What the hell?

[slugbug]

Overclocked my 8800GT to 725/1812/950 and scored 13,826

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7196979

[Max9k]

Hey all! Just sharing my 3D06 benchmarks!

14096 - http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/323/140963d06wy6.png

[peti1212]

Crap I just ran this test again and my score was 7900!! :jawdrop:
What the hell?

Check your temperatures, your video card and CPU might be overheating. It down clocks itself right away as it gets hot just so you know.

Also make sure there are not background applications running, and that you have the latest drivers.

To check the temperatures get Intel's Thermal Analysis Tool. You want to stay below 65C at least, that is my rule in temperatures. For the video card, use something like RivaTuner to check for the temperatures.

[swmeek]

Yeah I forgot to turn off all my background stuff when I did it .
Is there any way with the free version to not be connected to the net to see your scores?

[Methious]

Not with the free version, gotta go to the net to get the scores.

[PP Mguire]

Heres mine.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Cars%20and%20PCs/8800GS06.jpg

I got over 9k in XP without the massive OC :( Guess its the price you pay for wanting DX10.

[PP Mguire]

Oh joy i got bored again.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/068x.jpg

AthlonXP 2600+ 2.3ghz
1gig PC3200
Leadtek 6800GT

[Dragon]

must be whens you breaking out the 6800gt ... not bad considering the card it is .

[PP Mguire]

Be even better if i OCed it and was running 2gig.

[Dragon]

well whatcha waiting on

[pugboy9]

My 3dmark06 scores with a Q9550, 8GB of 1066 ram, and 2 9800GX2s, all OC

21281 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7761765)

[sushrukh]

Improvement as expected after upgrading to a Q6600.Got 16597 using 177.79 in XPSP3. My previous score was 7000+.


http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1864/165973dmarks2006inxpsp3xf9.png


Compare Link :- http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7847856

[the wip]

19066 with one 9800gx2

all in sig

[PP Mguire]

My 3dmark06 scores with a Q9550, 8GB of 1066 ram, and 2 9800GX2s, all OCSeems a bit low for that kinda system considering this guy here with only 1 9800GX2 is on your shirt tails.

[darkorb]

wow nice sush. how many volts needed for 3.6? and what are ur temps!

[sushrukh]

Thanks Dark. :) 1.5125 volts in Bios Dark but Everest & CPU-Z is reporting lesser voltage than what i've selected in Bios.Tell me if that volt is risky for the CPU & i'll lower the OC a bit.

For temps,see here :- http://bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=25440

[PP Mguire]

Id say 1.5v is pretty risky.

[Dragon]

1.6 is where i hold mine , i was told thats bout where max voltage for the q6600 . but you will need great cooling for them volts as well as speeds .

[sushrukh]

Which CPU cooler are u using for that high OC Raptor ?

[Goliath182]

Thanks Dark. :) 1.5125 volts in Bios Dark but Everest & CPU-Z is reporting lesser voltage than what i've selected in Bios.Tell me if that volt is risky for the CPU & i'll lower the OC a bit.

Yes thats normal. For some reason Intel came up with the idea of makeing your voltage lower. :coocoo: What does CPU-Z say your voltage is?

[werty316]

Which CPU cooler are u using for that high OC Raptor ?
Raptorfury is using water as you'd have to be crazy to run that chip 24/7 with a vcore of 1.6v using air cooling. 1.5v is pushing it and I would only set the vcore to that value when running benchmarks.

[Dragon]

yea dont even consider them volts . i say for air cooling i stay below 1.5 volts . and i have to agree with werty .

[sushrukh]

Raptorfury is using water as you'd have to be crazy to run that chip 24/7 with a vcore of 1.6v using air cooling. 1.5v is pushing it and I would only set the vcore to that value when running benchmarks.

I've found that in Orthos test,temps are reaching 68C.So, i'll keep the speed b2in 3.2-3.3 & the volts under 1.5.I don't wanna change the values in Bios again & again.So, keeping the speed at that range should be sufficient for me both in normal works,games or for benchmarks.

[the wip]

My 3dmark06 scores with a Q9550, 8GB of 1066 ram, and 2 9800GX2s, all OC

21281 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7761765)


do your sig so we can help get that up a bit

[the wip]

I've found that in Orthos test,temps are reaching 68C.So, i'll keep the speed b2in 3.2-3.3 & the volts under 1.5.I don't wanna change the values in Bios again & again.So, keeping the speed at that range should be sufficient for me both in normal works,games or for benchmarks.


i would re-seat that cooler using as5 because that temp is too high for that chip.
my vids- http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=slEwappTylI
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jfen__BgiU
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=w_jpEFgC9yI

[sushrukh]

i would re-seat that cooler using as5 because that temp is too high for that chip.


That temp is after OCing.I was getting 32-35C in idle when my CPU was running at stock.What do you think, the idle stock should be ? My room's/city's ambient temp is 30C now btw.

[the wip]

should get 3.6's at under 1.50v with max temps of what your gettin

[the wip]

anyway, back to the thread topic- 19125

[the_dope_chaud]

Yes thats normal. For some reason Intel came up with the idea of makeing your voltage lower. :coocoo: What does CPU-Z say your voltage is?

Its called vdrop or vdroop, cant remember, its nothing new and it ALWAYS happens, you wont get 1.5v bios= 1.5v windows. Some mobos will do differently, but its gonna be there.....

[Goliath182]

Its called vdrop or vdroop, cant remember, its nothing new and it ALWAYS happens, you wont get 1.5v bios= 1.5v windows. Some mobos will do differently, but its gonna be there.....
Thats for Intel boards. AMD doesnt have vdroop.

[the wip]

and now 19250pts

[darkorb]

the wip, his temps are normal for 30C ambient and 1.5 volts.

i was getting load temps like that with my Vendetta 2, 1.52volts bios and 3.6ghz

[the wip]

yeah but he is only at 3330mhz!

[sushrukh]

yeah but he is only at 3330mhz!
Yeah currently it is so but those screenies have been taken when the proccy was running at 3.6.

[the wip]

i stand corrected, didn't see screenies m8. sorry

[{uZa}D.O.A.]

http://imagenerd.com/uploads/screenshot_2008-09-15_21-28-00x2a7.jpg (http://imagenerd.com)

[Miker]

http://imagenerd.com/uploads/screenshot_2008-09-15_21-28-00x2a7.jpg (http://imagenerd.com)

Wow, close to my score with a Q6600 @ 3.2, a 8800GTS and Vista, that is messed up.

[Limbo]

20947, all air, E8400 & 9800GX2: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=8038422

[Miker]

20947, all air, E8400 & 9800GX2: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=8038422

4.5Ghz, wow.

[Limbo]

http://imagenerd.com/uploads/screenshot_2008-09-15_21-28-00x2a7.jpg (http://imagenerd.com)


That is 2x 8800GTS cards correct?

[Methious]

What kind of voltage did you have to push to run 4.5 on the q6600 Limbo?

[Dragon]

i am goin to guess bout 1.8 - 2.0 volts . for me to get to 4.1 need 1.8 volts granted every chip is different but thats way to many volts for these quads .

[{uZa}D.O.A.]

That is 2x 8800GTS cards correct?

Correct!

[Limbo]

What kind of voltage did you have to push to run 4.5 on the q6600 Limbo?

It is an E8400 Methious. About 1.58 or 1.6V in BIOS I think it was, my CPU-Z screenie shows only 1.568 in Windows though. It won't boot on air at 1.65V and this board increases a 1/2 volt at a time after 1.6V. Don't try this unless you are willing to lose something of value in your rig, I was trying with all my might to beat: http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showpost.php?p=152584&postcount=636

But I failed miserably.... :frown:

[Dragon]

that took a lil bit of work to do . have you ever considered running water ?

[Limbo]

that took a lil bit of work to do . have you ever considered running water ?

Not seriously, thought more about a DICE or LN2 pot to be truthful but doubt I will ever go that far.

[srpeters18]

You should consider water. I'm running 1.54v full load on a quad (about 1.62 in BIOS) and my load temp, with a 27C ambient, is right at 60C

[ol'norton]

Not seriously, thought more about a DICE or LN2 pot to be truthful but doubt I will ever go that far.

You should have said, I have an F1 pot you can have if you want to get a new bracket from Vince.

[Limbo]

You should have said, I have an F1 pot you can have if you want to get a new bracket from Vince.

Seriously? :jawdrop: yourock:I was hoping to see you get evil on that FoxConn/QX9650 with it at least once Ol'norton. 8-) :bowdown: If I had a template a bracket shouldn't be too hard to make..... I am thinking a new mobo would be a necessity in my case as well because of the limited FSB on this P35-DQ6???

EDIT: This one is pretty: [XF]ASUS X58 series, ture 16+2 phase PWM - P6T Deluxe (http://forum.xfastest.com/viewthread.php?tid=14037&extra=&page=1)

[ol'norton]

K|ngp|n is sending me a new bracket.
I would do a couple of runs with the DQ6 first, before trying an expensive new board. You'll probably get a bit more fsb on dice anyway.
But if you do go 1366pin, you'll have to make a new top & bottom bracket.
PM me your address again.

[Limbo]

Address sent, hope you reconsider though as it is a no-brainer that in your hands it could be a far more valuable tool. :bowdown:

[Limbo]

21126 0n air: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=8258170

[Dragon]

Very nice score limbo :) ... i am having issues on viewing your details tho :( ..

[Limbo]

Very nice score limbo :) ... i am having issues on viewing your details tho :( ..


Thanks Raptor :icon_tiphat: and my bad on the link :redface:, does it work now?

[Dragon]

you welcome , and yeppers it is now :) good job again .... crank it like you stolle it

[the_dope_chaud]

GODANG !
A ln2 pot on bjorn !
yay....
Can't believe I missed that. I would love to bench with DI or ln2, many times I have talked to shwarz about having a OC club in montreal. Unfortunately, I'm leaving to mexico and I'm gonna forget about that for a while, but when my life will afford it, I will do. I can't wait to see that F1 pot used on bjorn, and bravo for wanting to give it and spread the love !


Sorry to be so :offtopic:

[Limbo]

No Dewar so I will probably tinker with DICE for the time being. Just hope I don't mess it up. :ahhhhh:

[AJ.]

Meh, ~16K. I'm not too pleased with it.

9850BE @ 3.2
9800GX2 @ stock clocks
2GB's PC8500 @ 1100

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/451/screenhunter01oct022056rf6.th.gif (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenhunter01oct022056rf6.gif)http://img140.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[Muppet]

That Phenom is holding you back. Time to change to Intel and use the force Luke :help:

[Limbo]

DICE DICE Baby! 25371: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=8418249

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5886/sta51148oi6.jpg

[Limbo]

25903:

http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/653/25903ndsd5.jpg

[Dragon]

nice lil overclock Limbo :) .. my intial results on the 4870x2 with cpu @ 4 ghz Here (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=8523752) i am going to gander i am actually bottlenecking the 4870x2 now ...

[Bio-Hazard]

I'm not even going to bother posting my 8800GT on here, I think its on its way to the big video card grave yard in the sky. Either to high of OC's or to many bios flashes or something just funky with the card, I'm getting artifacts all over the place at anything other than stock speeds anymore. Even then under DX10 it's happening from time to time.

[Muppet]

Very nice Limbo. Now when is the LN2 coming :wink:

[Limbo]

Very nice Limbo. Now when is the LN2 coming :wink:

When are you sending the dewar? :lol:

@ Raptorfury, sure seems to be something funny going on, you hosed me in the Canyon Flight 1 shader model 3.0 portion.

[Goliath182]

Who wants to see my beastly 4870 X2 score?!?! ME!! :lol:

This just sweats out BEAST!!!

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/goliath_182/4870x2.jpg

[coxmaster]

Have to say.. i scored higher than that with my 8800GT

[Methious]

I been pulling 21700 with the 4870X2 pretty much untuned.

[Goliath182]

Yep this is a great example of what a CPU bottleneck can do to you. :lol:

Kids remember DFAC (Dont Forget About CPU)

[coxmaster]

Im having a tough time understanding why you spend that much money on a new GPU.. when your old one was bottlenecked by the CPU. For that money you could have gotten a much better CPU+Mobo combo

[werty316]

Im having a tough time understanding why you spend that much money on a new GPU.. when your old one was bottlenecked by the CPU. For that money you could have gotten a much better CPU+Mobo combo
Its all about the ePenis.

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/82/epenishc0.jpg

[Goliath182]

Im gettin a Maximus II Formula with a Q9550, and i didnt spend a dime on it. It was a play toy to keep me occupied for a bit.

[typh4u]

Im gettin a Maximus II Formula with a Q9550, and i didnt spend a dime on it. It was a play toy to keep me occupied for a bit.

Can I play too???:lol:

[Goliath182]

Lol thats up to your wallet. :lol:

[typh4u]

Lol thats up to your wallet. :lol:

Well my wife keeps that under lock and key. So I guess no having fun for me.

[foxmobouser]

Well here it is 3dMark06 sli: 17358 :icon_tiphat:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1310/77310766nc6.th.jpg (http://img503.imageshack.us/my.php?image=77310766nc6.jpg)http://img503.imageshack.us/images/thpix.gif (http://g.imageshack.us/thpix.php)

[PP Mguire]

I actualy get a better score running 144x900. Take a look and see

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Desktops%20and%20benchmark/Am241440.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v701/pp_mguire/Desktops%20and%20benchmark/AM23.jpg

[Methious]

I just got one of the 9800GTX+ in for the FarCry nightmare, I'm seeing some strange results on it too.

Runs faster at some higher resolution is some tests. You can imagine the fun I had rerunning those tests and tracking down confirmation.

At lower resolutions Graphics are more CPU intensive, the CPU is chugging to keep up. Moving to higher resolutions it's more GPU intensive. In your case I'd say that's what your seeing.

That's from reading about 5 or 6 sites opinions on low vs high resolutions. Think I stumbled across it on 3dgameman.

[PP Mguire]

You where right this card eats AA and high res for breakfast.

[Methious]

Does decent until you hit 1920x1200 then fades pretty good. DX10 that resolution cards are hard pressed.

[Bio-Hazard]

My little setup at 1920 x 1200................;)

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1915/19203dmarkuw2.jpg

[Goliath182]

Finally broke out the 3DM06 on my system heres what I got.

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/goliath_182/3dm06.jpg

[Goliath182]

Heres with these stats:
Q9550 @ 3.55
ram @ 1397 6-6-6-16
4850 @ 700 core/ 1103 mem

http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii202/goliath_182/3dm06-1.jpg

[PP Mguire]

You would get alot higher if you canned the BS in the background.

[DanD]

well....

my 3DMark Score is 17329

two nvG90GTS_320MegaBytes@oc_614/1434/900 with lots of lines running :) :) :)

crysis makes lots of fun only with pathing ;)

[Methious]

:takapic: or it didn't happen (Forum Rule)


well....

my 3DMark Score is 17329

two nvG90GTS_320MegaBytes@oc_614/1434/900 with lots of lines running :) :) :)

crysis makes lots of fun only with pathing ;)

[Dragon]

24121
1 4870x2 @ stock clock speeds, core i7 920 3.9 GHz
3DMark06 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=8926319)

[darkorb]

Q6600 @ 3ghz, 4gb ram DDR2 800 , 5-5-5-15, 8800GTS 640mb @ 621/1674/1872

Vista 64bit

3DMark Score
12366 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score
5074
SM 3.0 Score
5153
CPU Score
4173

[Dragon]

nice score dark :D ....

[darkorb]

thanks! when i get some free time im gonna go for 3.4ghz and ill report back. gonna try vantage also soon. only have 1 try so..

[Bio-Hazard]

Latest 3D Mark 06 run on air, thinking about installing the card on my old second loop to see what it'll do.

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/7513/3dmark06eh5.jpg

[below ambient]

messing with my 3850...

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9634403

my old 1950 pro crossfire score is 8877 :icon_tiphat:

[Bio-Hazard]

New 06 results as well..........;)

24033 3DMarks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9819482

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5127/3dmark06xh9.jpg

[3o5]

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7720/60712075pb3.jpg

[Meatball]

Just got a new 1GB HD4870 and got 10879 3DMarks, think I may need a CPU upgrade though.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9656931

[swmeek]

I ran a test the other nite and got a score of 10426.
Pretty sad methinks!

[foxmobouser]

Your score is dependent on the resolution you use for the test please post them along with your scores.

At the default 3DMark06 settings i get over 17k score as well with is pretty useless since i use a 22inch monitor.

[cdawall]

http://img.techpowerup.org/090130/Capture030.jpg

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9829984

[swmeek]

Ok ran it again and got a tiny bit more out of it.
Nothing running besides this and the firewall.
Sorry the picture doesn't do it justice so I just attached a zip file of the piccie!

[Bio-Hazard]

Here's a new one for you all..........;)

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9909405

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2038/3dm06nv2.jpg

[Limbo]

Here's a new one for you all..........;)

Almost got me there Bio-Hazard! :wink: http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showpost.php?p=173529&postcount=710