KCSR Benchmark Hall of Fame (3dmark06, Vantage)

[Scooby24]

Welcome to KCSR's second PC Benchmark Hall of Fame!

In keeping up with the times, we've cut all benchmarks except 3DMark06 and added Vantage.

3DMark06 can be obtained with a free license for the basic version here:
http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark06/download/

Vantage can be purchased for 6.95 here (requires Vista):
http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmarkvantage/buyit/

For 3DMark06, post your overall score and for Vantage post your P-Score (Screenshots). Note that all benchmark standards for the basic version are on a resolution of 1280x1024. If you have a 19" monitor or smaller and are unable to achieve these resolutions, please include that information as your score will be artificially inflated.

While you can simply overclock and be stable enough just for the benchmark, it is generally recommended you find your prime95 or equivalent stability test proven settings prior to posting the benchmark score.

In addition to posting your scores, please feel free to list the following info about your system:

* cpu model / stock speed / benchmark speed (ex. Intel Q6600 Quad / 2600mhz / 3301 mhz)
* FSB (ex. 333)
* motherboard make/model (ex. Asus P5k Deluxe)
* GPU (ex. ATI 2900XT)
* memory (ex. Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 w/ CL 5-5-5-12)
* other notes: OS, hard drives, type of cooling, etc

For 3DMark06, XP will result in a higher score than Vista so as you post your score, it will be noted whether it was obtained through XP (XP) or Vista (V). NOTE: Windows 7 RC now available and marked with (7)


3DMark 2006

1. 29843 (7) - kw
2. 29347 (7) - joesrcool
3. 28936 (7) - Scooby24
4. 27679 (7) - hoostie
5. 27378 (V) - notarealjeep
6. 26797 (V) - 30th SS
7. 26046 (7) - ReidStylez
8. 25927 (7) - ENSU3
9. 25045 (V) - nist7
10. 21151 (XP) - CrashNBurn
11. 20260 (7) - hoostie media center
12. 18772 (7) - BOWLCUT
13. 17532 (V) - kellygtp
14. 17335 (V) - Unimaginablepower
15. 17308 (V) - Zoomin
16. 16541 (V) - I like engines
17. 16508 (7) - RA24_4_Me
18. 16383 (7) - starspy
19. 16236 (7) - 636ninja
20. 15794 (V) - smashed_99cbr
21. 14547 (V) - TheRoach
22. 13639 (7) - aira
23. 13557 (V) - huskerpower02
24. 12843 (V) - FOACAD
25. 12252 (7) - mrcooley
26. 11165 (V) - KissMyWhtSS
27. 10408 (7) - aznguyen316
28. 10162 (XP) - KansasCityCraka



Vantage
1. 47299 - psi_guy
2. 47110 - Quik
3. 42760 - Scooby24
4. 38122 - hoostie
5. 34249 - joesrcool
6. 30951 - kw
7. 27435 - ReidStylez
8. 25916 - ENSU3
9. 24423 - nist7
10. 22843 - CrashNBurn
11. 22495 - kellygtp
12. 18164 - 30th SS
13. 16313 - MO.3G
14. 14306 - starspy
15. 13641 - hoostie media center
16. 13170 - Zoomin
17. 10935 - 88STANGGT
18. 8696 - 636ninja
19. 8646 - aira
20. 8548 - smashed_99cbr
21. 5193 - aznguyen316

[CrashNBurn]

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk227/bradgiesler/22585.jpg


* q6600 / 2.4 / 3.6
* FSB 400
* EVGA 780i FTW
* BFG Nvidia 295GTX
* Corsair Dominator 1066 4gb w/ mounted cooling x3 (clocked at 800 for testing)
* 1 500gb WD 16mb sata. 1 320gb WD 16mb sata, Antec 900 air cooled/OCZ Vendetta II w/ crossbow cooling.

[joesrcool]

3DMark06: 20,071 (XP)
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/05.jpg


Vantage: 13,549
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/3DMarkVantage-393.jpg


*Intel Q9550 / 2.83GHz / 4.039GHz
*475 FSB
*EVGA 750i
*EVGA GTX 260 Core 216
*OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 4-4-4-15
*All tucked in an Antec 1200


-Joe

[Scooby24]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/ga9213/Vantage1.jpg

* q6600 / 2.4 / 3.85
* FSB 481
* EVGA 780i SLI
* BFG NVidia GTX 295
* Patriot Viper 1066 4GB 5-5-5-15 2T
* 1 500gb Seagate 32mb sata. 1 250gb Seagate 16mb sata, Antec 1200, OCZ Vendetta II CPU Cooler w/ crossbow, PC P&C 750 Quad

List updated!

[hoostie]

My vantage score is not like your guys, since I still have the same old cards.

I also do not have screen shots, I did it a while ago. Here is a link to my vantage score saved in the profile.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=730341

[Scooby24]

updated

[kellyrx8]

http://www.boostedv6.com/images/byjj0y82x48czgxf4z.jpg

* e8400 / 3.0 / 4.01
* FSB 445x9
* EVGA 780i SLI
* BFG NVidia GTX 295
* OCZ Platinum 4-4-4-15 2T 2.1v
* 1 650gb WD sata. 1 500gb WD sata, Antec 900, OCZ Vendetta II CPU Cooler w/ crossbow & Scythe KAZE ultra 120mm 3000rpm, Xigmatek NRP 850w Modular PSU

[Scooby24]

295's knockin on the door of 23k.

[kellyrx8]

I KNOW RIGHT!!!
im gonna tweak a little more tonight and see where i get :thumbsup:

[BOWLCUT]

New score for me...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/39993dmark06.jpg

[notarealjeep]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/ga9213/Vantage1.jpg

* q6600 / 2.4 / 3.85
* FSB 481
* EVGA 780i SLI
* BFG NVidia GTX 295
* Patriot Viper 1066 4GB 5-5-5-15 2T
* 1 500gb Seagate 32mb sata. 1 250gb Seagate 16mb sata, Antec 1200, OCZ Vendetta II CPU Cooler w/ crossbow, PC P&C 750 Quad

List updated!

1.536 volts HOLY SHIT! what where your temps? it looks as though you ran prime.

[Scooby24]

New score for me...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/39993dmark06.jpg

:lol2:

you're at 2.6ghz with a 6 multiplier. You need to at LEAST get the CPU to stock clocks through bios before you run 3dmark

[Scooby24]

1.536 volts HOLY SHIT! what where your temps? it looks as though you ran prime.

I did the pencil mod and my voltages are all off whack. I used to have 1.587v in bios to be stable at 3.85 but with vdroop, it was usually right at 1.5. I just threw bios to 1.55 this time around as I knew it would be enough but it was a bit too much. Temps were approaching 70 so it's my voltage limit on air cooling. Should note that it's prime95 stable now at 3.8 with 1.45 vcore.

[notarealjeep]

New score for me...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/39993dmark06.jpg

:lol2:

you're at 2.6ghz with a 6 multiplier. You need to at LEAST get the CPU to stock clocks through bios before you run 3dmark

He has throttling on it was @ 3.99GHz

[smashed_99cbr]

3dmark06 score 15794

CPU: Intel x3210(2.13GHz) Quad @ 3.64GHz on self built water cooling

RAM: OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 5-5-5-15

Hard Drive: Western Digital 500GB sata

Video Card 9800GTX+ @ 785 core/1921 shaders / 2200 memory, Artic Cooling Accelero s1 rev 2.0

Power Supply: OCZ 700watt gameXtreme

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd259/smashed_99cbr/3dmard06.jpg

[kellyrx8]

3dmark06 score 15794

CPU: Intel x3210(2.13GHz) Quad @ 3.64GHz on self built water cooling

RAM: OCZ 1066MHZ DDR2 5-5-5-15

Hard Drive: Western Digital 500GB sata

Video Card 9800GTX+ @ 785 core/1921 shaders / 2200 memory, Artic Cooling Accelero s1 rev 2.0

Power Supply: OCZ 700watt gameXtreme

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd259/smashed_99cbr/3dmard06.jpg

Try Vantage and post that score... :)

[smashed_99cbr]

Vantage 8548

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd259/smashed_99cbr/VANTAGE.jpg

[Scooby24]

Updated with smashed_99cbr's info. :cheers:

[notarealjeep]

New score not much of a gain but something!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/corvettemph200/untitled-14.jpg
i think that's ill getting outta these cards!

[Scooby24]

updated. Awesome score!

[notarealjeep]

updated. Awesome score!

Thanks man!

[BOWLCUT]

My shit's weak son...

[Unimaginablepower]

14757 3dmark06 "version no longer supported"
SM2.0 5842
SM3.0 66446
cpu 4829

[notarealjeep]

14757 3dmark06 "version no longer supported"
SM2.0 5842
SM3.0 66446
cpu 4829

Specs?

[Unimaginablepower]

14757 3dmark06 "version no longer supported"
SM2.0 5842
SM3.0 66446
cpu 4829

Specs?

i7 920
6 gig 12800
Vista 64bit
260 GTX

[notarealjeep]

14757 3dmark06 "version no longer supported"
SM2.0 5842
SM3.0 66446
cpu 4829

Specs?

i7 920
6 gig 12800
Vista 64bit
260 GTX

Nice! i7 OC'ed at all?

[kellyrx8]

still holding 3rd with a dual core woot woot

[Unimaginablepower]

14757 3dmark06 "version no longer supported"
SM2.0 5842
SM3.0 66446
cpu 4829

Specs?

i7 920
6 gig 12800
Vista 64bit
260 GTX

Nice! i7 OC'ed at all?

Nope. When I built my PC the coolers were backordered. I plan to get one though.

[Scooby24]

Updated!

[Unimaginablepower]

Updated!

Should we start a PCmark list as well?

OK just bored and messing around.
Haven't started messing with the vid card yet. And still on stock CPU cooler.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/KCFormula/3dmar.jpg

Sorry if you can't read it.

150MHz
16765 3dmarks
:obama:

[Unimaginablepower]

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/KCFormula/Untitled.jpg

Little more screwing around. Still 100% stock voltage. :yesnod:
17335 3dmarks
6644 SM2.0
5505 CPU

[Scooby24]

great increases so far! I can't see, what frequency are you at now?

[Unimaginablepower]

great increases so far! I can't see, what frequency are you at now?

Still 150MHz, just messing with the Vid card now. :thumbsup:
Here is a better shot
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/KCFormula/wefr.jpg

[Scooby24]

great increases so far! I can't see, what frequency are you at now?

Still 150MHz, just messing with the Vid card now. :thumbsup:
Here is a better shot
http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o93/KCFormula/wefr.jpg

Do you have speed step enabled? What is your frequency at load? You're only showing 1.8ghz there.

[Unimaginablepower]

Do you have speed step enabled? What is your frequency at load? You're only showing 1.8ghz there.

Yes, speed stepping is enabled. I've heard disabling it causes OC's to become unstable. I tried to P95 it with it enabled and it still won't go 100% on all cores. Basically its 3.0ghz until turbo comes on then its 3150

[Scooby24]

Do you have speed step enabled? What is your frequency at load? You're only showing 1.8ghz there.

Yes, speed stepping is enabled. I've heard disabling it causes OC's to become unstable. I tried to P95 it with it enabled and it still won't go 100% on all cores. Basically its 3.0ghz until turbo comes on then its 3150

I don't see any reason why an i7 would be any different than any other of Intel's CPU's. Speed stepping causes OC's to be unstable. Disabling it is what gives you stability. Turbo mode is simply cranking up your multiplier and disabling it will give you the ability to adjust voltages for stability at 100% load at all times with no chance of fluctuation.

[kellyrx8]

exactly...if anything it will make your overclocks more stable. I have not seen one thing on ocforums or overclock.net stating it causes it to be not stable.

[nist7]

Yes, speed stepping is enabled. I've heard disabling it causes OC's to become unstable. I tried to P95 it with it enabled and it still won't go 100% on all cores. Basically its 3.0ghz until turbo comes on then its 3150


dude its the other way around.....ENABLING speedstep may cause unstable OCs because the bclk and the voltage will be fluctuatiing at all times depending on load whereas if u have it disabled u have exactly the OC setting u want at all times

[kellyrx8]

Yes, speed stepping is enabled. I've heard disabling it causes OC's to become unstable. I tried to P95 it with it enabled and it still won't go 100% on all cores. Basically its 3.0ghz until turbo comes on then its 3150


dude its the other way around.....ENABLING speedstep may cause unstable OCs because the bclk and the voltage will be fluctuatiing at all times depending on load whereas if u have it disabled u have exactly the OC setting u want at all times

:wstupid: your volts are going to be bouncing low high low high with the cpu speed which causes your overclock to bomb out...

trust us

[joesrcool]

Squeezed a few more points out of Vantage: 13,806

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/Vantage-407.jpg


Dunno why my CPU score went down, just as stable in prime, even though I had to throw some mad volts at it. Probably as far as I'll take it on air, it was getting a little warm.


Someone needs to sell me their GTX 260 core 216!!!!


-Joe

[joesrcool]

Lalalalala :mrgreen:


3DMark06: 21,417

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/3DMark06-4037-SLI.jpg




Vantage: 22,606

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/vantage-403-SLI.jpg



Still some tweaking left to do.

*Intel Q9550 / 2.83GHz / 4.039GHz
*475 FSB
*EVGA 750i
*EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 *SLI*
*OCZ Reaper DDR2-800 4-4-4-15
*All tucked in an Antec 1200

-Joe

[notarealjeep]

Nice scores!

[Zoomin]

got Some of my new parts today and couldn't hold back on putting one of my 260's in my current system even though its bottle necked to hell. did 12k totally underclocked so i wasn't to disappointed.


http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5381/3d1ihe.jpg
http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7002/3d2.jpg

Old Core 2 e6750 stock cooling and clocks 2.67ghz
msi p35 neo-f board
500w garbage power supply
4gig 3.25gig effective OCZ platinum ddr2 1066 running at 800mhz (no board support)
2 Velociraptors raid 0
gtx260 216
XP x86 pro sp2


Most of the new machine is here, waiting on my x58 board and power supply. D0 stepping 920 and another gtx-260 to be added will retest after the build.

[Scooby24]

nice scores joe! You're nipping at my heels.

Zoomin - Great score given the CPU limitation! Added

[nist7]

My new build:

i7 920
Asus P6T
6GB OCZ Gold DDR3 1600
2 EVGA/BFG GTX260 216 in SLI


http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2503/3dmark0625k.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9439/3dmarkvantageh.jpg

[Scooby24]

goddamn.

What resolution are you at?

we all just got bent over by the i7.

[joesrcool]

Gotcha Scooby :mrgreen:


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/Vantage-393-SLI.jpg


Lowered my CPU clock and got a higher score. Also tweaked the 260's a lil, the new one doesn't like to clock nearly as high. Is that usually the case when running SLI?



-Joe

[nist7]

goddamn.

What resolution are you at?

we all just got bent over by the i7.

My monitor is a 22" so the native res is 1680x1050. The benches were done on default resolution/settings and obviously i had the feature testing turned off for vantage.

Yeah I had an Athlon64 X2 5000+ forever and after seeing the rave over i7 i finally jumped ship and upgraded and I could not be happier....the new i7 920 just r@pes anything ive ever seen and if I had more money/time to build a water cooling setup I'm sure the i7 920 can go even higher, 1.4v is about as high as i want to push it on air cooling (noctua nh-12up)

@joe,
don't think SLI should affect GPU OC. I had a single 260 for a while and then when i got the second one the stability point were pretty much the same. and if you have the evga precision tool it should OC both cards equally. oh and the 260 OCs like there's no tomorrow!

[Scooby24]

Gotcha Scooby :mrgreen:


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/Vantage-393-SLI.jpg


Lowered my CPU clock and got a higher score. Also tweaked the 260's a lil, the new one doesn't like to clock nearly as high. Is that usually the case when running SLI?



-Joe

You go to hell :mad:

[Scooby24]

goddamn.

What resolution are you at?

we all just got bent over by the i7.

My monitor is a 22" so the native res is 1680x1050. The benches were done on default resolution/settings and obviously i had the feature testing turned off for vantage.

Yeah I had an Athlon64 X2 5000+ forever and after seeing the rave over i7 i finally jumped ship and upgraded and I could not be happier....the new i7 920 just r@pes anything ive ever seen and if I had more money/time to build a water cooling setup I'm sure the i7 920 can go even higher, 1.4v is about as high as i want to push it on air cooling (noctua nh-12up)

@joe,
don't think SLI should affect GPU OC. I had a single 260 for a while and then when i got the second one the stability point were pretty much the same. and if you have the evga precision tool it should OC both cards equally. oh and the 260 OCs like there's no tomorrow!

Bravo man. Bravo! :cheers:

[Zoomin]

nice scores joe! You're nipping at my heels.

Zoomin - Great score given the CPU limitation! Added

Thanks man! looking forward to some higher scores :)

[kellyrx8]

Gotcha Scooby :mrgreen:


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/Vantage-393-SLI.jpg


Lowered my CPU clock and got a higher score. Also tweaked the 260's a lil, the new one doesn't like to clock nearly as high. Is that usually the case when running SLI?



-Joe

what model numbers are they???

how hot does the lower clock one get?

[joesrcool]

My older card is one of the earlier core 216 models, orange and black with a backplate. With the 128.08 drivers I can overclock it to 720/1550/1220 without any artifacting or freezing up in any benchmarks or tests. With the fan on 100% it would get into the mid 50's.

On the newer card, I got the core 216 model that is red and black with NO backplate. GPU-Z says it's still a 65nm card, but I don't know. I haven't tried running it by itself yet, but in SLI I can only get it up to 715/1500/1180. This card is always at least 10 degrees warmer than my older card too. During Vantage with 100% fan speed it gets up to the low 70's, while my older card with higher clocks only reached the mid 50's. Idle temperature is 42 on my old card (GPU 1) and 55 on my new card (GPU 2), fan at 47%, clocks are synced at 685/1477/1175 on both cards.

Now when I run my benchmark tests, I sync both cards, so I run them both at the most stable clock speed, which is that of the newer card. The newer card is still always hotter, at least by 10 degrees.

I ran some Vantage tests today with my 24/7 clock speeds, 3.4GHz on the CPU, and 685/1477/1175 synced on both GPU's, to watch the temperatures with the 'AUTO' fan speed control. As I didn't care about the scores, I watched on my second monitor as the tests ran. To my disappointment, the newer card (GPU 2) hit 82 degrees and the highest the fan speed reached was 51%. The older card (GPU 1) hit like 69 degrees, and the auto fan speed never moved from 40%

This is my first ever SLI set-up, I really don't know if these numbers look normal or not, but any advise would be greatly appreciated. I've found that the 128.08 drivers are working the best for me so far.

Here are the two cards I have, older on the left, newer on the right.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/IMG_7952.jpg


Here they are in my dusty case, newer on the bottom, older on top.
http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/IMG_7955.jpg



-Joe

[uselesslabel]

Wow, there is something seriously wrong with my system, Guess its upgrade time because I only scored 505 and my set up isnt that old, its probably my video card killing everything.

[BOWLCUT]

Forgot to change my name on the list :cool:

[hoostie]

Just got a new case and a new card. The old antec p182 just ran too hot. Got a 900 version 2. I will try and get some pics up later. I also got an EVGA gtx295, so I can catch up to the rest of you. Just did one vantage run with everyday settings @3.2ghz. Its been a while since I have overclocked this thing I need to remember what I had it set at. I need to catch up with the rest of you.

What do all of you have your cards clocked at?

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4372/score.jpg

[Scooby24]

685/1477/1200

[hoostie]

Played around with her for a bit. This is cpu @3.6.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/8603/score6.jpg

[Scooby24]

Very nice! I can't see the clocks very well, are the 690/1205?

[hoostie]

Very nice! I can't see the clocks very well, are the 690/1205?

Yes sir. If I try to go any higher it does not seem to like it. Maybe someday I will try to voltage tuner, but I don't think I need to now.

[Scooby24]

Yes sir. If I try to go any higher it does not seem to like it. Maybe someday I will try to voltage tuner, but I don't think I need to now.

That's about how mine is. Much of anything on the memory above 1200 and it dies.

[hoostie]

First vantage socre. Clocked at 3.6. This was at the same settings that I scored 23k on the q9450. Guess the gtx295 is a little bottle necked by socket 775.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2794/vantage1.jpg

More to come.

[joesrcool]

First vantage socre. Clocked at 3.6. This was at the same settings that I scored 23k on the q9450. Guess the gtx295 is a little bottle necked by socket 775.


More to come.


Lame.... hahaha, just kidding! Nice score, keep it up. I just might have to upgrade to i7 over the summer.

[hoostie]

Lame.... hahaha, just kidding! Nice score, keep it up. I just might have to upgrade to i7 over the summer.

Thanks. I have a 780i for you. :)

[joesrcool]

Thanks. I have a 780i for you. :)

Yeah I know. But what am I gonna do with my 750i? Can I trade you and add some cash? lol


I think the only way to beat you i7 guys with my q9550 is to go tri-sli, that is until you go quad-sli.

[hoostie]

Yeah I know. But what am I gonna do with my 750i? Can I trade you and add some cash? lol


I think the only way to beat you i7 guys with my q9550 is to go tri-sli, that is until you go quad-sli.

Cant say I need to trade.:)

See tri sli, you need to do it. ;) I dont see quad sly any time in the near future. Gonna have to make due now. Just spent a decent amount of money.

[Scooby24]

First vantage socre. Clocked at 3.6. This was at the same settings that I scored 23k on the q9450. Guess the gtx295 is a little bottle necked by socket 775.

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2794/vantage1.jpg

More to come.

AMAZING! Updated!

[hoostie]

Got one more score last night. I have also tried 3dmark06 and I cant score worth a damn. I got a cpu score of almost 7k, but graphics were not that high. Oh well.

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4015/vantage3.jpg

[kellyrx8]

still 6 with a core 2 duo lol

suck it quad cores!!

[hoostie]

still 6 with a core 2 duo lol

suck it quad cores!!

Out of 7. :)

[kellyrx8]

Out of 7. :)

lol :looney:

there should be more since the 06 list is large...

[hoostie]

I can't get 3dmark to work decent in vista. This is my best 06 score in xp.


http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/8061/061jld.jpg

[Zoomin]

Here is a base run with stock clocks all the way on the new i7 rig.. Single core 216 gtx260 as my second was DOA :( so its in the mail for the RMA. Vista ult.

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8425/3dmark15k.jpg

[hoostie]

That sucks that the card was dead. You stole my wallpaper. :)

[Zoomin]

That sucks that the card was dead. You stole my wallpaper. :)

Yea i wasn't to happy :(

[kellyrx8]

Why are you guys not running Vantage??

[hoostie]

Why are you guys not running Vantage??


I did. I just ran 06 for the hell of it.

[hoostie]

Vantage scores stayed the same, but 06 loves windows 7.



http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3362/3dmark061l.jpg

[Scooby24]

Vantage scores stayed the same, but 06 loves windows 7.



http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3362/3dmark061l.jpg

Cheater! No invalid OS's. :-p

[hoostie]

Cheater! No invalid OS's. :-p

Its valid on evga's top scored, why not here. ;)

I think I might be running this as my primary os now. Once I got all the drivers figured out, its nice. Ever games a lot better.

[Zoomin]

Update with a mild OC. Going to pick up vantage this week so ill have some new scores for that soon, just went vista sooo yea never had the need to get it :) +2k in 06 on a weak overclock not to bad for a single 260! **Edit** didnt see there was a basic free vantage too :) heres those scores same clocks


http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8731/17k3d.jpg


http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6729/13kvant.jpg

[Unimaginablepower]

Zoomin Are you on stock cooler? (EDIT: sorry saw the other post where you got your water block) I am and have 150mhz with same vid card. I wonder if you have a different version of the 920?


I just bought an old XPS laptop to use for automotive tuning. I will try to get some scores with that thing, Its taken apart right now for some "mods" :D

[Zoomin]

Zoomin Are you on stock cooler? (EDIT: sorry saw the other post where you got your water block) I am and have 150mhz with same vid card. I wonder if you have a different version of the 920?


I just bought an old XPS laptop to use for automotive tuning. I will try to get some scores with that thing, Its taken apart right now for some "mods" :D

Sorry man, i don't really understand what your saying. 150mhz of what? My 920 is batch 3836B221 c0/c1 stepping.

[636ninja]

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee109/jeffb0824/3dmark06oc.jpg

ecs gf8200a
amd phenom 8650 x3 2.3 / 2.7
4gb ocz 1066
gigabyte 8800gt

[TheRoach]

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2472/capturezax.jpg (http://img27.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capturezax.jpg)


q6600 oz cooler
Shity p6n sli mobo
8g 1066 ram
9800gtx xxx

[BOWLCUT]

Ahem.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/3dmark.jpg

It's an upgraded but I'm still not completely content. I might have to play with it a little more later on.

[BOWLCUT]

No response?

With the new power supply feeding the graphics card better will this improve much?

[Scooby24]

No response?

With the new power supply feeding the graphics card better will this improve much?

I updated you. If your power supply is what's holding back your graphics as I suspect, you will probably see a small increase, though anything past 15k in 3dmark06 starts to get more into the CPU score.

To put in in perspective, my score with the GTX 295 on 3.0ghz on the q6600 is 16170. I could add a second 295 and it probably wouldn't be much better. 3dmark06 is far too CPU driven and isn't a very good indicator passed 15k as to whether or not your machine is going to see a difference in gaming. Vantage, on the other hand, is a very real indicator of the machine's gaming ability.

[BOWLCUT]

I updated you. If your power supply is what's holding back your graphics as I suspect, you will probably see a small increase, though anything past 15k in 3dmark06 starts to get more into the CPU score.

To put in in perspective, my score with the GTX 295 on 3.0ghz on the q6600 is 16170. I could add a second 295 and it probably wouldn't be much better. 3dmark06 is far too CPU driven and isn't a very good indicator passed 15k as to whether or not your machine is going to see a difference in gaming. Vantage, on the other hand, is a very real indicator of the machine's gaming ability.

I saw the update, I was just expecting feedback. :mrgreen:

I need to run vantage but I want to get that power supply beforehand. I've never seen that test run and I'm curious to what I could get.

Also, I wonder if I could get my E8400 stable on 4.5Ghz for a benchmark...

[Scooby24]

I saw the update, I was just expecting feedback. :mrgreen:

I need to run vantage but I want to get that power supply beforehand. I've never seen that test run and I'm curious to what I could get.

Also, I wonder if I could get my E8400 stable on 4.5Ghz for a benchmark...

In vantage you won't see much of an increase unless your CPU is a bottleneck for your video card. Unlike 3dmark06, at 600mhz overclock shows only a minor increase in score.

[BOWLCUT]

You think it will be? I hope not because I dont feel like upgrading again. I dont use my PC enough as it is lol

[hoostie]

Got a couple new personal bests.

vantage p27255 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1052278

06 26270 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=10869518

[BOWLCUT]

Damn man. Nice scores!

[Scooby24]

Got a couple new personal bests.

vantage p27255 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1052278

06 26270 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=10869518

Goddamn!!!

[kellyrx8]

Got a couple new personal bests.

vantage p27255 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1052278

06 26270 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=10869518

Jesus man!!

[KCBear]

What vantage score do you think I should get with 3 EVGA 8800GT's, EVGA 780i, Q9300 at stock speeds, 4GB PC-6400 ram?

Everything is watercooled too.

I am debating putting vista on it but don't really want to lol

[Scooby24]

What vantage score do you think I should get with 3 EVGA 8800GT's, EVGA 780i, Q9300 at stock speeds, 4GB PC-6400 ram?

Everything is watercooled too.

I am debating putting vista on it but don't really want to lol

8800 GT's can only do 2 way SLI. no 3 way possible.

[KCBear]

Woops, meant 8800GTX's. :/

[Scooby24]

Woops, meant 8800GTX's. :/

I'd say probably around 15-16k

[BOWLCUT]

I got the Xigmatek 650W in there and it seems like it's doing better. I don't think I've had any blinks anymore. New 3Dmark06 score: 15552.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/3dmark15552.jpg

[kellyrx8]

I got the Xigmatek 650W in there and it seems like it's doing better. I don't think I've had any blinks anymore. New 3Dmark06 score: 15552.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/3dmark15552.jpg

ahhhh seeeee dosent it feel good to have stable power :)

[BOWLCUT]

ahhhh seeeee dosent it feel good to have stable power :)


Haha for sure.

BTW, I had my CPU overclocked to 4.23 on that test.

Im beginning to think it's the card again. I got the new PSU in there and it's still blinking. I don't know what the hell else it could be but it's really frustrating.

[kellyrx8]

what do you mean its blinking??? like the screen flickers or flashes???

[BOWLCUT]

what do you mean its blinking??? like the screen flickers or flashes???

Yeah.

And I know it's not the monitor because I've tried it on 2 different ones.

[notarealjeep]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/corvettemph200/Untitled-17.jpg

Just got my 4870X2 installed wait tell i get XP on this bad boy!

[notarealjeep]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/corvettemph200/Untitled-18.jpg

i just noticed that it says my cpu is at 4GHz in the 3dmark site and 4.2GHz on CPU-Z that's weird cause throttling was disabled

[hoostie]

not bad scores. I wonder if you can use one of your old gtx's for physx. Dont know if its possible. Never looked into it. Then you could get you some vantage scores.

[BOWLCUT]

I never thought I'd see the day when Nick went ATi... He always made fun of my ATi card... You 1 upper, you.

[BOWLCUT]

So yeah. Vista Ultimate x86...

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/3dmark260.jpg

With my new GTX260.

[notarealjeep]

and again even with throttling off it says my CPU is slower in 3dmark06? but the right speed in CPU-z?!?!!??? Oh. well.. yeah yeah 3dmark06 it CPU dependent i know i know!
UPDATED!
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/corvettemph200/OMGi7D0.jpg

[kellyrx8]

why are you still using 06?

I still dont get why people are posting 06 scores...please use vantage...

[notarealjeep]

why are you still using 06?

I still dont get why people are posting 06 scores...please use vantage...


Will do. by the way wanna by my C0 i7 cheap?

[silver5liter]

Will do. by the way wanna by my C0 i7 cheap?
How much? pm me

[silver5liter]

Anyone have any advise on how to get my friend's 3dmark scores up? Computer is freshly built, q6600, 2 gtx 260's, 8gb ddr3-1600 ram and can still only manage a little over 12k on 3dmark. It is not over clocked at all and runs every game on full setting perfect. Wouldnt you think it would be able to muster better than a 12k?

[BOWLCUT]

Anyone have any advise on how to get my friend's 3dmark scores up? Computer is freshly built, q6600, 2 gtx 260's, 8gb ddr3-1600 ram and can still only manage a little over 12k on 3dmark. It is not over clocked at all and runs every game on full setting perfect. Wouldnt you think it would be able to muster better than a 12k?

Something is definitely not right.

[Scooby24]

Something is definitely not right.

The q6600 is only a mild performer at stock speeds and my dual 8800gts's were also 12k on stock settings. At stock speeds, the q6600 is a bottleneck.

Another reason why we're telling you all to ditch 3dmark06. CPU dependent, not gaming realistic. If they were to run vantage with a q6600 at stock speeds, you'd see scores more in line with the computer's gaming abilities.

Going off the current scores, you might think his rig would be worse at gaming than an i7 with only one 260 scoring around 18k but you'd be mistaken.

[silver5liter]

hmm, what would you recommend as some stable overclocked settings?

[Scooby24]

hmm, what would you recommend as some stable overclocked settings?


3.0 is usually easy as pie. Keep multiplier at 9. Set FSB to 1333 and set the CPU voltage to manual and run the VID listed in CoreTemp.

Example: In coretemp, my VID is listed at 1.2250 V. Set CPU voltage to 1.2250, FSB to 1333 and be done.

I had rock solid 24/7 stability and my scores bumped up very nicely. I run it daily and rarely overclock more than that anymore.

[silver5liter]

3.0 is usually easy as pie. Keep multiplier at 9. Set FSB to 1333 and set the CPU voltage to manual and run the VID listed in CoreTemp.

Example: In coretemp, my VID is listed at 1.2250 V. Set CPU voltage to 1.2250, FSB to 1333 and be done.

I had rock solid 24/7 stability and my scores bumped up very nicely. I run it daily and rarely overclock more than that anymore.

Thanks, ended up getting it to 3.0ghz and got a 15525 on 3dmark06. Still low, but it was nice to see an improvement lol

[kellyrx8]

Thanks, ended up getting it to 3.0ghz and got a 15525 on 3dmark06. Still low, but it was nice to see an improvement lol

What cooler do you have on it? stock?

[silver5liter]

What cooler do you have on it? stock?

ocz vendetta 2 with crossbow

[kellyrx8]

oh right on....that should handle 3.6 if im correct...

you should be able to hit 3.2 easy with that cooler...

[silver5liter]

oh right on....that should handle 3.6 if im correct...

you should be able to hit 3.2 easy with that cooler...

Im new to the whole overclocking thing. Its completely new to me. Any tips on hitting 3.6?

[kellyrx8]

what motherboard do you have? i may have missed it if you posted it..

[silver5liter]

what motherboard do you have? i may have missed it if you posted it..


I may have completely forgot to post it. Its a evga 790i FTW

[kellyrx8]

first, did you run a stability check?? if not lets check that first just to be safe...run one of the 2 for a few hours to make sure your overclock is stable or your going to have a headache in the long run trying to find the right settings...

When/ if it starts to error out you will know really quick if its stable or not.

run either Orthos Prime
http://www.overclock.net/downloads/138142-orthos.html

or Prime95
http://files.extremeoverclocking.com/file.php?f=103

and use a temp monitoring system to make sure the cpu isnt overheating to the point where it will hurt itself..

Coretemp
http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

or Realtemp
http://www.techpowerup.com/realtemp/


try these settings for 3.6..... Voltage 1.35~1.4, FSB 1600, Bus 400 x9 (9 is multiplier)
http://www.boostedv6.com/images/3lvfb260ltvmqtxw2g0q.jpg

[silver5liter]

I will try it out tonight. We ran occt for about an hour last night and the highest the temp ever got was 49

[kellyrx8]

I will try it out tonight. We ran occt for about an hour last night and the highest the temp ever got was 49

that's fine, as long as it wasn't throwing errors..

[silver5liter]

IDK, we changed the settings like you showed and it blue screened in the windows load screen. There isnt a place to change the bus speed. Do i need to mess with the fsb voltage as well?

[kellyrx8]

unlink your ram under memory clock mode

I may have missed this also....what speed ram are you using?

[silver5liter]

unlink your ram under memory clock mode

I may have missed this also....what speed ram are you using?

It is already unlinked. It is running 8gbs of patriot DDR3-1600

[BOWLCUT]

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/17142.jpg

I don't move up at all but yeah..

I don't even think I changed anything, honestly. I don't know what happened. LOL.

[BOWLCUT]

Anyone have any updates? Mine has yet to be added...

Just wondering if anyone has been toying with their system lately.

[kellyrx8]

no money=no tinkering :(

[BOWLCUT]

no money=no tinkering :(

So true...

[30th SS]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/th_18172vantagepost.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/?action=view&current=18172vantagepost.jpg)

P18164 Vanatge

Vista Ultimate SP1 x64
i7 920 2.66ghz (1.0v bios)
4.095ghz (1.26250v bios), 3.51ghz unCore & QPI
Asus P6T6 WS Revolution (bios 0402)
HIS 4870x2 (800/950) CCC 9.7
GSkill Pi (not black) 1580mhz 7-7-7-24 1T
HAF 932, no fan changes
WD 300gb Velociraptor
OCZ Vendetta 2 with Xiggy 120mm fan
Enermax 1050w 85+ Revolution

[Scooby24]

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/th_18172vantagepost.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/?action=view&current=18172vantagepost.jpg)

P18164 Vanatge

Vista Ultimate SP1 x64
i7 920 2.66ghz (1.0v bios)
4.095ghz (1.26250v bios), 3.51ghz unCore & QPI
Asus P6T6 WS Revolution (bios 0402)
HIS 4870x2 (800/950) CCC 9.7
GSkill Pi (not black) 1580mhz 7-7-7-24 1T
HAF 932, no fan changes
WD 300gb Velociraptor
OCZ Vendetta 2 with Xiggy 120mm fan
Enermax 1050w 85+ Revolution

Great Score and nice rig! Added you to the list.

[CrashNBurn]

I may have to dust off the ol' OC settings and re-run this. My original score, was done on a horrible OC (3.4/800) when I can manage 3.85 and 1066+.. Should be able to get in the 23-24k range hopefully. Im still not ready to dump the 6600 in lieu of a 920 even though they are 199 @ Microcenter.

[hoostie]

I may have to dust off the ol' OC settings and re-run this. My original score, was done on a horrible OC (3.4/800) when I can manage 3.85 and 1066+.. Should be able to get in the 23-24k range hopefully. Im still not ready to dump the 6600 in lieu of a 920 even though they are 199 @ Microcenter.


920 DO, I say go for it.:thumbsup:

[30th SS]

Great Score and nice rig! Added you to the list.

Thanks, I still need a better cooler but got to wait till end of month cause bills are due. The Vendetta 2 works well at that vCore.......if I have my 3000 Ultra Kaza on it. Not really my idea of a quite pc even when slowed down. Wanting to get a ifx-14 or that similar looking Noctua that was shown back at the beginning of June (forget the name of the show), but I've yet to see any news on when it will be released.

[30th SS]

Thought I throw in the 06 score. Only difference is the uncore is down a little, but keeps it stable with less volts. Still got to do a thorough linX run through, but it is looking like this is 24/7 stable settings.

Batch: 3903A468
Pack Date: 5/15/09

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/th_254943dmark06_4095i7920.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/?action=view&current=254943dmark06_4095i7920.jpg)

I've never got so lucky in all my life. Awesome memory, board and one sweet processor.

[joesrcool]

Felt like running some more benchmarks. I went with the older nvidia 182.50 drivers and love them. For one they boot so much faster and two they give me better benchmark scores.

23,093

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/3DMarkVantage-3932.jpg

[I like engines]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/ze_beeved/benchmark1.jpg




5 day old bone stock dell xps studio 435. 3 gb ram. ATI radeon 4870. i7-950

[30th SS]

Upped the speed a little and turned off HT since games play smoother with it off.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/th_26797k3dmark06.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/?action=view&current=26797k3dmark06.jpg)

[kellyrx8]

Upped the speed a little and turned off HT since games play smoother with it off.

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/th_26797k3dmark06.jpg (http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z43/mastrdrver/?action=view&current=26797k3dmark06.jpg)

use vantage.

[kellyrx8]

woot woot....still #6 in vantage with my whimpy lil core 2 duo!!!

[30th SS]

I have used Vantage but I think I'm about maxed out with my 4870x2 at just over 18k. If prices drop enough with the new ATI 5 series cards then I might sell off my 4870x2 and get a couple GTX 285s. Other wise the score isn't going to get any better for me in Vantage.

[notarealjeep]

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/corvettemph200/27k-1.jpg

Yeah, yeah use vantage blah blah blah...

[hoostie]

No one has even come close to me in vantage. :mrgreen:

But I am beat pretty good in 06.

[joesrcool]

No one has even come close to me in vantage. :mrgreen:

But I am beat pretty good in 06.


Ummmmm.......



http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/40GHz33067.png



:mrgreen:

[kellyrx8]

nice man!

[hoostie]

Ummmmm.......



http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/40GHz33067.png



:mrgreen:

Aren't you borrowing a card? that doesn't count :mrgreen:


Either way nice score

[Scooby24]

Cheater!

[joesrcool]

What makes you guys think I didn't pick one up today when I got my CPU?

[Scooby24]

What makes you guys think I didn't pick one up today when I got my CPU?

Did you really?

[I like engines]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/ze_beeved/benshmark.jpg
16541 - tweaked the gpu settings

[Scooby24]

^ updated your score.

joe, let me know if that's really a score with your honest, non borrowed setup and I'll add your score.

[joesrcool]

^ updated your score.

joe, let me know if that's really a score with your honest, non borrowed setup and I'll add your score.

The 33,000 was tri-SLI with a borrowed card. This was the first run with just plain SLI the other night, it's legit.


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/40GHz25170.png

[hoostie]

YAY, still number 1. :mrgreen:


I have a feeling its not going to be for that long.

[joesrcool]

YAY, still number 1. :mrgreen:


I have a feeling its not going to be for that long.



Haha, yeah for now. I should have picked up another 260 while I was in KC. They had one a Micro Center for $160 before rebates. Oh well, I'll just have to see what I can do with two of them. Both scores posted were only at 4.0GHz. From what my temps are looking like now, I should be able to do 4.5GHz on air for benchmarking.

[ekhatch]

Haha, yeah for now. I should have picked up another 260 while I was in KC. They had one a Micro Center for $160 before rebates. Oh well, I'll just have to see what I can do with two of them. Both scores posted were only at 4.0GHz. From what my temps are looking like now, I should be able to do 4.5GHz on air for benchmarking.

what cpu r u running?

[kellyrx8]

what cpu r u running?

i7 d0 920

[joesrcool]

Hey, a higher score is a higher score.

25,467

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/43GHz25467.png


Notice my CPU score went up 3,000 points since my last, but it only gave me 300 in the final score, lame....

[ENSU3]

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2990/basel.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/basel.jpg/)http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/basel.jpg/1/w1603.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img96/basel.jpg/1/)

Everything set to stock but at least I have a score to beat!

21329

[joesrcool]

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2990/basel.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/basel.jpg/)http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/basel.jpg/1/w1603.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img96/basel.jpg/1/)

Everything set to stock but at least I have a score to beat!

21329

Keep it coming, I want to see a 4.3GHz run!!!

[ENSU3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/hala_kahiki/25419.png

I'm back :mrgreen:

..on Windows 7

Oh and heres a new pcmark06 score (25927)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/hala_kahiki/25927mark06.png

[Scooby24]

Holy shit, nice jump in score!

You an Joe are neck and neck now. :shock:

[joesrcool]

Holy shit, nice jump in score!

You an Joe are neck and neck now. :shock:


Yeah, I see that. lol

[ENSU3]

Joe, it is on like Donkey Kong

[ENSU3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/hala_kahiki/25665.png

Made some adjustments. Which in turn brought my score up to 25665!

[ENSU3]

Also, Scooby could you update my 3DMark06 score to 25927.

Proof on post #166

:cheers:

[joesrcool]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/hala_kahiki/25665.png

Made some adjustments. Which in turn brought my score up to 25665!

:io:

^^That's me going out to buy a third 260

[ENSU3]

:lolg:

Look how well it fits in your case...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/hala_kahiki/i7/IMG_3749.jpg

[ENSU3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/hala_kahiki/25801.png

More tweaking. Seeing a higher rate of improvement in my vantage score from my GPU's. Sad part is I have no idea what I'm doing there, I just keep increasing my core clock and mem clock at a 1:1 ratio :loco:

[joesrcool]

I'm not going down without a fight!!!!!


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/44GHz25889.png




:mrgreen:

[30th SS]

:lol2: Your guys Real Temp gpu temps are killing me. Looks like your gpus are phase changing themselves.

[Scooby24]

First Try. That was a bit anticlimactic. I was expecting to struggle with this a bit more.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/ga9213/Vantage-1.jpg

[hoostie]

Your getting close.:mrgreen:

It took me a bit to get over 27k. My damn card kept getting too hot and crashing.

[Scooby24]

Your getting close.:mrgreen:

It took me a bit to get over 27k. My damn card kept getting too hot and crashing.

You aren't kidding. I got a bench stable 4.3ghz clock and reran with the same video settings, expecting to get over 27k and I only got to 26,889. The CPU bumps you good initially but then the excess has to be made up in video OC.

I need to voltmod the 295.

I just RMA'd it complaining of buzzing, and hoping to get a single PCB card for better cooling, but I don't think I'm going to get that lucky. The shipping label in the e-mail has the same part number as the dual PCB that I have so I guess they still have dual PCB's around for RMA's. I'll find out tomorrow when it shows up.

[joesrcool]

Hmmm, I really want another 260, but then I'd also have to get a new power supply. I don't link my Corsair 750W would hold up long with tri-SLI 260's. And I also want to do water cooling..... so many decisions.

[Scooby24]

Hmmm, I really want another 260, but then I'd also have to get a new power supply. I don't link my Corsair 750W would hold up long with tri-SLI 260's. And I also want to do water cooling..... so many decisions.

Same boat here. The 750 will get be by with water cooling as long as I don't get a ridiculous pump, but I definitely would have to get a new PSU or have a dedicated PSU for video with another 295.

I've heard people are getting by fine on dual 295's with a dedicated 650 watter which can be had for around a hundred bucks. But then you have to deal with a second PSU in the case...or externally which is just plain nasty.

[hoostie]

Same boat here. The 750 will get be by with water cooling as long as I don't get a ridiculous pump, but I definitely would have to get a new PSU or have a dedicated PSU for video with another 295.

I've heard people are getting by fine on dual 295's with a dedicated 650 watter which can be had for around a hundred bucks. But then you have to deal with a second PSU in the case...or externally which is just plain nasty.


I think my 1100 watt psu should be good for another gtx295.:mrgreen:

[kellyrx8]

hell yeah it would...lol

i don't think ti would fit in the 900 lol

[Scooby24]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/ga9213/3dmark06.jpg

[hoostie]

hell yeah it would...lol

i don't think ti would fit in the 900 lol


I have a 1200.:mrgreen:

[kellyrx8]

I have a 1200.:mrgreen:

I know...but it wouldnt in my case....that PSU is huge

[notarealjeep]

Oh its on!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g78/corvettemph200/4794df3b.jpg

Don't make me install XP

[Scooby24]

Better install XP

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/ga9213/3dmark06_45ghz.jpg

[ENSU3]

Better install XP
:lolg: Or just give up and run Vantage!

[joesrcool]

:lolg: Or just give up and run Vantage!

werd

[Scooby24]

:lolg: Or just give up and run Vantage!

I think he's scared to. :mrgreen:

[ENSU3]

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6264/25916.png

[hoostie]

I know its not a whole lot better, but I got a new score. I am still working to see if I can get any higher, but I dont know if it will happen.

On a side not these D0 chips are so much easier to overclock.

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5395/vantage11.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5395/vantage11.jpg

[hoostie]

Alright I am done for the night. I think it might have a little more in her, but its going to take a while to find out.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3381/vantage15.jpg

[kellyrx8]

I guess I don't feel so bad now....im stable at 4.2 at 1.388v

however this new bios they put out for the LE really dosent like my board....If I OC at all i get the post code 05 which is reset display.

i go back 1 version of the bios v19 and its rock solid.

[hoostie]

Just ran an 06 run.


http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4183/3dmark061.jpg

[notarealjeep]

SHIT! i think I'm beat...

[joesrcool]

Since everyone else is throwin up 3DMarl06 scores, I suppose I can too. On Windows 7 btw.


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/0644GHz27931.png

[kellyrx8]

Since everyone else is throwin up 3DMarl06 scores, I suppose I can too. On Windows 7 btw.


http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/0644GHz27931.png

joe where did you get your wallpapers?

[joesrcool]

joe where did you get your wallpapers?


I made them.

[kellyrx8]

I made them.
seriously?
share the wealth!

[hoostie]

seriously?
share the wealth!


:agree:

[joesrcool]

seriously?
share the wealth!

:agree:


This is actually how it looks in its full.... (low-res of course. High-res is 3360x1050, spread across two 19in monitors at 1680x1050 each)

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/Wallpaper.png


Shoot me a PM with your emails and I can send them to you. I can even make one that says just GTX 260, or GTX 295.

[Scooby24]

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j123/ga9213/Vantage4_4ghz.jpg

:-D

[ENSU3]

4.4 :shocked: nice Scooby!

[mrcooley]

I'm running a Q9550 @ 3.3 ghz with 4 gig of 1066mhz ram on an asus p5kpl-cm with Windows 7.

My benchmark is only around 5500. any ideas?

[I like engines]

damnit. I can't help but notice that if I had kept the original video card it came with I could have picked up a gtx 295 for cheaper than the one I upgraded to.

[hoostie]

I'm running a Q9550 @ 3.3 ghz with 4 gig of 1066mhz ram on an asus p5kpl-cm with Windows 7.

My benchmark is only around 5500. any ideas?


vantage, or 06? What vid card?

06 likes cpu speed more. Vantage haas more to do with the gpu.

[Scooby24]

I'm running a Q9550 @ 3.3 ghz with 4 gig of 1066mhz ram on an asus p5kpl-cm with Windows 7.

My benchmark is only around 5500. any ideas?

What video card? 5500 on 3dmark06 sounds like 9400gt/3650 territory

[ReidStylez]

What video card? 5500 on 3dmark06 sounds like 9400gt/3650 territory

He has a 9500GT actually.

[hoostie]

Good job on beating me Greg. I tried to beat your score tonight, but my card just gets too hot and crashes. I am working on it though. You have the lead, for now.:mrgreen:

[mrcooley]

It kept memory dumping...so I backed it off to 3.1ghz. Yeah, the 9500GT is what I have currently.

[joesrcool]

Good job on beating me Greg. I tried to beat your score tonight, but my card just gets too hot and crashes. I am working on it though. You have the lead, for now.:mrgreen:


Yup, he won't have the Vantage lead after tomorrow...........

[joesrcool]

It's legit this time.



34,249

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/44GHz34249.png

[joesrcool]

Oh, and this.....


29,347

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p303/jplynch87/0644GHz29347.png

[Scooby24]

DAMN!

3 way sli scales great! Congrats, I can't touch either of those scores.


Yet. :-)

[kellyrx8]

I cant get my 260 to OC like joes....mine artifacts all over the place. the 260's shaders dont overclock very well. how did you ge yours tha high without artifacting?

[Scooby24]

I cant get my 260 to OC like joes....mine artifacts all over the place. the 260's shaders dont overclock very well. how did you ge yours tha high without artifacting?

Use the evga voltage tuner. minor tweaks give you crazy boosts in overclocking ability. Just watch the temps.

[kellyrx8]

Use the evga voltage tuner. minor tweaks give you crazy boosts in overclocking ability. Just watch the temps.

I cant on mine

the voltage tuner only works on the models 160 and up

mine is a 155 its dosent have the correct voltage chip in it to control the voltage.

[joesrcool]

I cant get my 260 to OC like joes....mine artifacts all over the place. the 260's shaders dont overclock very well. how did you ge yours tha high without artifacting?

That's as high as I can get my shaders while remaining linked. I can bump up my clock speed a little bit more if I unlink it from the shader. I also had to drop my memory clock down from 1200, which is where I originally started. I've tried the Voltage Tuner, but it had no effect on my cards.

[BOWLCUT]

Fuck I need to build a new system. You all are making me look bad.

[ENSU3]

Fuck I need to build a new system. You all are making me look bad.

DO IT!!!

[BOWLCUT]

DO IT!!!

Then someone buy mine! I want to go i5/GTX285 combo.

[mrcooley]

so on the CPU test, 3dmark is only using 2 cores of my q9550. any ideas?

[joesrcool]

so on the CPU test, 3dmark is only using 2 cores of my q9550. any ideas?


3DMark Vantage or 3DMark06? '06 isn't written for multi-core use.

[30th SS]

The CPU test part of 06 will max out your cpu load on a 4 core though.

[mrcooley]

3DMark Vantage or 3DMark06? '06 isn't written for multi-core use.

here's my answer.

yeah, when I watch Core Temp - it is only utilizing 2 cores.

[mrcooley]

Looks like I read it wrong - it's using all cores.

I guess 13k seems to be pretty high for this motherboard.

[Scooby24]

What do you mean for this motherboard?

Your motherboard has very little impact on any scores unless the motherboard is preventing you from overclocking to a higher potential that better boards have.

The majority of the score is going to depend on 6 things.

1) your CPU
2) your CPU Overclock
3) your GPU
4) your GPU Overclock
5) your Memory
6) your Memory Overclock

Your motherboard is just the path to interconnect all of them and push them to their potentials.

[mrcooley]

I guess I really just don't know a whole lot about overclocking.

When I attempt to use the "preset" overclocks at 15% - my cpu voltage won't stabilize and it crashes.

When I go manual - and set my CPU bus to 366, that is just about as high as I can go to keep the system stable without blue screening me on boot.

I wish there was a site to say...with this chip and this board...use these settings.

Here is my benchmark...might as well add me to the Hall of Fame. (FYI - I benchmarked at 1762 last week. This damn program made me spend money and upgrade.)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9806/capturega.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/i/capturega.jpg/)

CPU-Z shows my idle speeds and such. It clocks at 3111 mhz.

[Scooby24]

I guess I really just don't know a whole lot about overclocking.

When I attempt to use the "preset" overclocks at 15% - my cpu voltage won't stabilize and it crashes.

When I go manual - and set my CPU bus to 366, that is just about as high as I can go to keep the system stable without blue screening me on boot.

I wish there was a site to say...with this chip and this board...use these settings.

Here is my benchmark...might as well add me to the Hall of Fame. (FYI - I benchmarked at 1762 last week. This damn program made me spend money and upgrade.)

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9806/capturega.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/i/capturega.jpg/)

CPU-Z shows my idle speeds and such. It clocks at 3111 mhz.

There's a lot to learn when it comes to overclocking, and there's no real universally stable setting for your motherboard and CPU combo because there are variances in the hardware that require your own unique settings.

If I remember right, you have a 680i board right? If so, here's an overclocking guide for it: http://www.nvidia.com/docs/CP/45121/nforce_680i_sli_overclocking.pdf

edit - nvm you have a p5kpl-cm. I don't know much about that board but you should definitely be able to get a higher clock with your hardware. I got an e5300 to 3.46ghz without even changing voltages with the g31 chipset.

[30th SS]

Rrunning a quad on a P35 board going to limit on how far he can push it. Mostly depending on how comfortable he is with voltages. Though, I would think that if the ram is good enough, 400 bus wouldn't be too much of a problem.

[ReidStylez]

http://i33.tinypic.com/14bu6pu.jpg

This is on XP 32bit. :D

[joesrcool]

http://i33.tinypic.com/14bu6pu.jpg

This is on XP 32bit. :D


Not bad at all!

[ReidStylez]

Got it up to 3.6ghz.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2cntwmf.jpg

[Scooby24]

You can go higher than that!

Just keep going and post your final score, rather than me update the list 10 times. :lol2:

[kellyrx8]

post your OC settings reid and ill get you to 4.2 easily.

[ReidStylez]

You can go higher than that!

Just keep going and post your final score, rather than me update the list 10 times. :lol2:

I know, I was just geeking out last night.

[CrashNBurn]

First time OCing this in many months. 3.6/1066/ 10% oc on gpu. Slight upgrade over last score.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk227/bradgiesler/oc-1.png

[636ninja]

okay, so my amd setup finally went toast, stayed on a budget so no i7 till taxes lol. but this does blow my old scores out of the water. not bad for a media pc/occasional gaming. thanks to scooby for answering a few questions.

gigabyte ep45-ud3l
intel q9550 2.83/3.39
8gig ocz gold 1066--pretty sure its my bottleneck for 4.0
evga gts 250
wd 150hd
wd 500hd
win 7 ultimate

will run another at 4.0 and some card oc'ing, not happy with it yet, vantage score was on trial version, not sure what defaults on it are

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee109/jeffb0824/mark06.jpg

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee109/jeffb0824/vantage.jpg

[636ninja]

3.39 to 3.5hz update
max temp looks high, but was running prime before hand
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee109/jeffb0824/cpuclockup.png

[kellyrx8]

3.39 to 3.5hz update
max temp looks high, but was running prime before hand
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee109/jeffb0824/cpuclockup.png

nah those temps are fine

[aznguyen316]

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n471/aznguyen316/Benchmark1-2-10.jpg

http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n471/aznguyen316/1-1-10Performancetest.jpg
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Sager NP8662 Laptop
P9700 2.8Ghz
GTX 260m
4GB DDR3
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Definitely doesn't compare to your desktops, but works for me! Just got this laptop, love it.

[Scooby24]

Scores updated.

That's a very nice score for a laptop but damn, that couldn't have been cheap.

[aznguyen316]

Scores updated.

That's a very nice score for a laptop but damn, that couldn't have been cheap.

I got a great deal on it (IMO) for what it was. $1100 shipped. Very happy with it so far!

[RA24_4_Me]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5185/3dmarkpk.jpg

My new rig. No overclocking. I am not very computer savvy, a buddy gave me a parts list to order and built it for me.

[starspy]

Here is mine. I'll update it some more in a second. 16,005. Windows 7

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y244/starspy69/Untitled.png?t=1265500015

[TylerC161]

Are you only benchmarking the 3DMarks here?

No PCMark love? :(

[BOWLCUT]

I took back my P5N-D today. Picked up that Gigabyte EP45-UD3L.

Here's a screenshot of my new score.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u182/kst8guy02/3dquad.png

Full system specs:
Intel Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock. OC'd to 4.0Ghz)
Gigabyte EP45-UD3L
4GB G. Skill DDR2-1066Mhz
EVGA Nvidia GTX260 216core
Vendetta II CPU cooler
WD 500GB Caviar Black
Xigmatek 650W PSU
Lian-Li Aluminum Mid-Tower

[Scooby24]

all scores update/added. Nice work guys.