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aaronjb
05-04-06, 06:05 PM
...8975.
Shamelessly trolling for high-fives. Brought the voltmodded 7900 GTs to 730 core / 1600 mem (low, yes). I was thinking "no whammy no whammy no whammy...... yes!" when the run didn't crash. Previous runs with the core above 730 were hardlocking.
I think I still have a memory issue, though. Anything over 800 and I'm experiencing crashes, even with direct cooling and sink'd memory on the cards. Memory is still at stock voltage; maybe it's time for an increase.
Just popped in two sticks of OCZ Gold GX, and cranked them up to 260 Mhz. They made it through a SuperPI 32M run, but I've yet to hit them with Prime95.
The X2 4200 (Manchester) is currently at 10x260 for 2.6 Ghz.
3DMark06 Score (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=280367)
Evilsizer
05-04-06, 06:25 PM
yea you might have to voltmod the V-mem for higher then 1.6ghz.
aaronjb
05-05-06, 07:29 AM
Just noticed that 3DMark is reporting my FSB as 4 Mhz. Zoom!
Any link to the memory voltmod?
Evilsizer
05-05-06, 03:21 PM
Just noticed that 3DMark is reporting my FSB as 4 Mhz. Zoom!
Any link to the memory voltmod?
sorry i have only read about some doing it... they have posted any how-to's as it seems to be a bit harder on these cards. thats the way i understood the posts. there might be some info floating around over at guru3d.com in their forums.
Frogbones
05-05-06, 04:04 PM
OK, I just did a 3Dmark 06.
My score came out as 8438 I didn't know if this was good or not but comparing it to yours I don't think I did to bad. Considering I used the rig I have in my Sig.
My 7900GT is a super clocked Evga specs are stock, set at 550/1580.
At first I thought I did crappy cause during some of those tests I couldn't get over 5fps. SO I was like damn somthin must be wrong with my setup...but when I saw your scores....I fell I did pretty good.
I didn't know you could post results online......Hmmm thats pretty cool...it was around 1:30am last night when I ran mine so I probly didn't see that option.
Oh my res in the test was 1280-1024 AAx2
Evilsizer
05-05-06, 04:19 PM
the cpu tests in all 3dmark programs can run that slow. its like the differnce between software-mode for quake2 vs opengl. all the frame rendering in software-mode is handled by the cpu.
Frogbones
05-05-06, 04:24 PM
the cpu tests in all 3dmark programs can run that slow. its like the differnce between software-mode for quake2 vs opengl. all the frame rendering in software-mode is handled by the cpu.
Cool...... learn somthin new everyday.
aaronjb
05-06-06, 11:28 AM
OK, I just did a 3Dmark 06.
My score came out as 8438 I didn't know if this was good or not but comparing it to yours I don't think I did to bad. Considering I used the rig I have in my Sig.
My 7900GT is a super clocked Evga specs are stock, set at 550/1580.
At first I thought I did crappy cause during some of those tests I couldn't get over 5fps. SO I was like damn somthin must be wrong with my setup...but when I saw your scores....I fell I did pretty good.
I didn't know you could post results online......Hmmm thats pretty cool...it was around 1:30am last night when I ran mine so I probly didn't see that option.
Oh my res in the test was 1280-1024 AAx2
I'm not insinuating that you're exaggerating, but I have a hard time believing that you acheived 8438 with one 7900 GT on a 3500+ clocked at 2.25 Ghz. And with the 7900 at stock core and memory speeds? I'm suspicious, but prove me wrong!
Post the result to the Futuremark ORB (online database) by clicking the "submit your results" button. At least post a screenshot of that run.
A quick look at the ORB shows that SLI machines in the 2200 - 2300 Mhz range are posting scores well under 8000 in 3DMark06. And that's with overclocked GPU cores.
aaronjb
05-06-06, 11:29 AM
AMD Vinice 3500+ 939@ 2.25Ghz Idles @ 24c 32c underload...thats with stock sink/fan.
Um, sure it idles at 24c. I'm calling BS on this as well.
Edit: Idles at 24C in TEXAS no less! Amazing!
It seems like the desire to be the best forces a few to simply lie.
spydeymon
05-06-06, 12:45 PM
maybe he got that score with 3dmark 05 that would make more sense
aaronjb
05-06-06, 12:51 PM
maybe he got that score with 3dmark 05 that would make more sense
Yeah, sounds more like an 05 score.
rofl, its a 05 score..@ 2.95 ghz with my dual opty and 7900GTX single @ stock I only get 6600-6700 06 scores...I gurantee BS
My setup is getting me 8348 in 3dMark06...nice score.
Frogbones
05-08-06, 12:20 PM
:rolleyes: :beer: No BS...really. I don't need to BS. Just tellin ya what I see. No offence taken..... I could be very well running 05 and not payattention...I have both 05-06. And it was late at night for me plus a bottle of wine a fews beers.
I have nothin to proove. SO why lie. Anyways.....I will run it again. And post me results.
Yea I live in Texas and on the coast (nice and humid). It idles at 24C but remember summer has started down here I'm now avrg. 80-88F outside so I'm sure me temps will go up.
I'm at work so I'll run it tonight. 05 and 06
dude you dont get 8.5k with 2.25ghz single core amd and a single 7900gt...
aaronjb
05-09-06, 07:44 AM
I'm at work so I'll run it tonight. 05 and 06
Let's see some screenshots. Better yet, how about a link to a submitted '06 run?
CT Raider
05-10-06, 04:58 PM
Whoa that's good.
Here's my score of 9726
3Dmark06 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=278680)
And compare his components to mine. Wow. He's good.
The FSB thing is funny tho. 4Mhz?:confused:
innervision
05-10-06, 10:52 PM
I'm getting kinda frustrated here. Read my sig for system specs. I'm getting a crappy 5716 score in 3dmark06. Even playing Fear at 1280x1024 (limited cuz of 19") with everything maxed except soft shadows and anistropic is at trillinear and in a lot of places I get around 30-40 fps. I set anistropic to 16x and it ran the same. Any ideas???
Oh I forgot to add that in 3dmark06 everything runs smoothly except canyon flight. Runs more like a slideshow than a video. No aritifacts or anything too.
I'm getting kinda frustrated here. Read my sig for system specs. I'm getting a crappy 5716 score in 3dmark06. Even playing Fear at 1280x1024 (limited cuz of 19") with everything maxed except soft shadows and anistropic is at trillinear and in a lot of places I get around 30-40 fps. I set anistropic to 16x and it ran the same. Any ideas???
Oh I forgot to add that in 3dmark06 everything runs smoothly except canyon flight. Runs more like a slideshow than a video. No aritifacts or anything too.
When I ran 3dMark06 it had both of my cores pegged. You're single-core processor might be holding you back?
CT Raider
05-11-06, 09:40 AM
When I ran 3dMark06 it had both of my cores pegged. You're single-core processor might be holding you back?
Dual core has major advantage as I understand 3DMark06.
I had the same problems for a long time.
The thing is that when you compare 3DMark06 scores looking at dual core and single they are NOT comparable . Even if just comparing cpu only scores.
Tom's Hardware did a nice article that stated that even the VIDEO score is effected to the point you can't compare numbers with a different processor. It would be best to compare same video card and cpu ONLY to get an idea of what you really should be scoring.
snakeskinner
05-11-06, 02:46 PM
I'm getting kinda frustrated here. Read my sig for system specs. I'm getting a crappy 5716 score in 3dmark06. Even playing Fear at 1280x1024 (limited cuz of 19") with everything maxed except soft shadows and anistropic is at trillinear and in a lot of places I get around 30-40 fps. I set anistropic to 16x and it ran the same. Any ideas???
Oh I forgot to add that in 3dmark06 everything runs smoothly except canyon flight. Runs more like a slideshow than a video. No aritifacts or anything too.
Your CPU is a big bottleneck in your system, no doubt about it. But your score still seems low, even for that CPU, with 7900GTs in SLI. I've never run SLI, and don't know much about it, but the score looks like about right for a stock single card score. Is SLI working right on your system?
My single 7900GT does 6750. I would think you should be able to beat that with SLI and just about any CPU.
Marlon
innervision
05-11-06, 03:56 PM
I know for sure that my SLI is running. I turned off vsync and played FEAR with everything maxed out, even with anistropic at 16x and I was able to get about 60-70 frames average (again this is @1280x1024). Sometimes I'd even hit 125 frames. There were some like 2 or 3 times though that I hit like 19 frames but that was really rare. I ran aquamark also and the most I got was 82,000. I've tried all SLI rendering modes and it really doesn't change much. I have a really wierd problem which I did think was cpu limitation but I should be getting a higher score than that.
Update: I ran each card in 3dmark06 individually and got about 5500 for each.
snakeskinner
05-11-06, 11:40 PM
I know for sure that my SLI is running. I turned off vsync and played FEAR with everything maxed out, even with anistropic at 16x and I was able to get about 60-70 frames average (again this is @1280x1024). Sometimes I'd even hit 125 frames. There were some like 2 or 3 times though that I hit like 19 frames but that was really rare. I ran aquamark also and the most I got was 82,000. I've tried all SLI rendering modes and it really doesn't change much. I have a really wierd problem which I did think was cpu limitation but I should be getting a higher score than that.
Update: I ran each card in 3dmark06 individually and got about 5500 for each.
5500 in 06 is a good score for a single card at factory overclock settings. 82000 in aquamark isn't all that good, but I susect thats the CPUs fault, not the video cards. If I remember right, I get around 112000 in aquamark, but thats with a dual core opty at 2.7ghz and about 710 core clocks.
Sounds to me like a SLI problem, but I don't know what it could be. Like I said before, I never have run SLI so I don't know much about it. Maybe some guys on here that have some experience with SLI could help you figure out the problem.
But a second card in SLI should give more that 200 points extra in 3dmark06 regardless of the cpu. Something isn't working right for sure.
Marlon
innervision
05-12-06, 02:07 AM
Alright guys I figured it out! It's my damn antec PSUs! I've been reading about different incompatablility issues between antec PSUs and Asus boards so I though that I test it out. I checked my voltages and saw that my NeoHe was only giving 11.84v to my board. So I switched to my backup trupower 480w and it gave me the same voltage reading. I contacted antec and they said that I have the exact issue that everyone is talking about and the only way to fix it is to RMA the PSUs because the revised PSUs aren't anywhere retail and could only be obtained from Antec themselves. This blows but at least I found out what the problem was. Now my only problem really is to find the reciept :bang head
I thought we already came to the conclusion that it was your cpu? Have you compared your results to other single-core benchmarks?
How are you reading your voltages?
innervision
05-14-06, 12:30 AM
Actually I returned my Antec PSUs and paid the extra and got a PC Power & Cooling 1k PSU and everything works great. If I remember correctly I scored around 8500 in 3dmark06 but can't confirm that because I didn't upload to futuremark. I can run it again and post but it would have to be another day because I'm writing a different bios for the KO right now. I'll also post the new bios when I've tested it and made sure that it runs properly.
twoeyes
05-14-06, 10:35 AM
Whoa that's good.
Here's my score of 9726
3Dmark06 (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=278680)
And compare his components to mine. Wow. He's good.
The FSB thing is funny tho. 4Mhz?:confused:
Okay first you say its your score then you refer in third person, be straight with us lol
Those components are verymuchso better then yours he has a dual core CPU which as mentioned helps a LOT + he has a GTX not GT.
CT Raider
05-15-06, 09:45 AM
Okay first you say its your score then you refer in third person, be straight with us lol
Those components are verymuchso better then yours he has a dual core CPU which as mentioned helps a LOT + he has a GTX not GT.
I was drunk. :beer:
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