FIRST place ranking for 3D mark 06 on E8400 + ATI 3850 (crossfire)

[bhavv]

All mine XD

I had 18.5k+ for a while and only realised that this is currently first place for an Intel E8400 and 3850, and second place for Core 2 duo after Eva2000 (E8500) for all Core 2 duo's.

And im using the cheapest 3850's I could buy lol. :clap:

My first ever record.

Some photos as requested of my setup:

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/bhavvv/DSC00068.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/bhavvv/DSC00056.jpg

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o102/bhavvv/OCZFlexII1200-2.png

I dont have a screenshot of the 3D mark score sorry. I thought the record for my setup was well over 19k when I got it, but that was for the 3870.

Thats an outdated version of CPU-Z too with the incorrect voltage, I'm a nubcake at this. The actuall CPU voltage for 4.25 Ghz is 1.35v.

The 3850's are overclocked to 776 / 2100.

[Pedro Rocha]

Congrats..but...
You should post some pictures of the result and photo of the setup used..

[bhavv]

Congrats..but...
You should post some pictures of the result and photo of the setup used..

Photos are in the second link in my sig, I didnt screen shot the score when it happened becasue I didnt think it was anything special lol.

I put some photos here, for more check the second link in my sig :)

[[XC] gomeler]

You need some more voltage on those chips man, 775MHz on stock voltage? Those chips will do 950 to 1GHz on air depending on the cooling and your guts, should take about 1.52v to 1.57v depending on the GPUs. They respond really well to voltage though, sadly requires some hard mods to get above 1075MHz unless you have a godly core :up:
3D06 for the HD3850's is mah gold cup (http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=738575) though :p:

[bhavv]

Yea if either you or eva put an E8400 on your 3850s you will beat me easy XD. But for now I have the top score for my CPU/GPU combination.

I definately wanted to volt mod them, but only to 3870 volts (1.35v), but I searched and searched for ages and it cant be done as a softmod :(

I dont risk hard mods or anything more then air cooling because I dont want to break anything, and I like the copper, but if I could volt mod them, I would have them running at 850 Mhz easy. My CPU tops off at 4320 Mhz but is unstable, 4275 is its maximum stable frequency on 1.35v, and then it doesnt respond at all to 1.4v. The ram is only benchable at 1200 Mhz, I either need to reduce the FSB to 480 for 1152 mhz, or I can change the divider to 1:1 for 1000 Mhz and more FSB overclocking. But I tried 525 mhz and it booted, but cant even complete 1m super PI lol.

If it can be softmodded to 1.35v, please let me know how.

776/1053 is the maximum stable and artifact free frequency on stock volts - 61 degrees max on one card, 50 degrees on the other which is under my case fan. Those zerotherm coolers do a great job.

[ZenEffect]

Yea if either you or eva put an E8400 on your 3850s you will beat me easy XD. But for now I have the top score for my CPU/GPU combination.

I definately wanted to volt mod them, but only to 3870 volts (1.35v), but I searched and searched for ages and it cant be done as a softmod :(

I dont risk hard mods or anything more then air cooling because I dont want to break anything, and I like the copper, but if I could volt mod them, I would have them running at 850 Mhz easy. My CPU tops off at 4320 Mhz but is unstable, 4275 is its maximum stable frequency on 1.35v, and then it doesnt respond at all to 1.4v. The ram is only benchable at 1200 Mhz, I either need to reduce the FSB to 480 for 1152 mhz, or I can change the divider to 1:1 for 1000 Mhz and more FSB overclocking. But I tried 525 mhz and it booted, but cant even complete 1m super PI lol.

If it can be softmodded to 1.35v, please let me know how.

776/1053 is the maximum stable and artifact free frequency on stock volts - 61 degrees max on one card, 50 degrees on the other which is under my case fan. Those zerotherm coolers do a great job.

it can be softmodded. head over to techpowerup, download the bios for your card, atiwinflash *or atiflash for dos*, and RBE, it will allow you to modify volts, fan profile, and core/mem speeds via bios. i use it for my 2900pros and used it on gf's 3850... works like a charm. :up:


gomeler;3042219']You need some more voltage on those chips man, 775MHz on stock voltage? Those chips will do 950 to 1GHz on air depending on the cooling and your guts, should take about 1.52v to 1.57v depending on the GPUs. They respond really well to voltage though, sadly requires some hard mods to get above 1075MHz unless you have a godly core :up:
3D06 for the HD3850's is mah gold cup (http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=738575) though :p:

3850's are so cheap... dont tempt me, im going to be needing a 2nd set of video cards soon that i plan to kill :p:
thats right. a plan to destroy hardware.

[bhavv]

Finally someone tells me how to do it lol. I was told in the 3800 mod thread that they cant be software modded. I'll look into tomorow.

Is 1.4v safe for 3850's 24/7 on air? 1.35v should definately be fine.

I can extract and modify my own bios I think.

I also have two fan cards sitting around and will put one next to the hotter card. Hopefully I can get them both below 50 degrees at their current clock.

[bhavv]

3850's are so cheap... dont tempt me

In the UK, these Club 3Ds are only around £70 each, the lowest Ive seen them for is £64.

3870s cost around £120, 8800 GTS is £140. I couldnt resist the huge copper heatsinks, and it does seem they are very highly binned cores.

I was lucky enough to get a difference of 1 between the two part models. When I bought two pairs of ram once, they had a difference of 30ish, so you dont always get a matching set from ordering two parts at once.

[bhavv]

Ok, the volt mods didnt help much. I tried both 1.327 and 1.4v mods to both cards. I lost all artifacts over 776 Mhz, but even at 800 Mhz which was artifact free, the cards errored and VPU recoverer kicked in.

I have kept them at 1.327v, and 783 Mhz is stable at least .... But 796 = crash. :(

[ZenEffect]

Ok, the volt mods didnt help much. I tried both 1.327 and 1.4v mods to both cards. I lost all artifacts over 776 Mhz, but even at 800 Mhz which was artifact free, the cards errored and VPU recoverer kicked in.

I have kept them at 1.327v, and 783 Mhz is stable at least .... But 796 = crash. :(

im not sure what the bios mod will allow max volts to be set at. in my case it is 1.35v. perhaps a hard mod is in order.

im in the US, the parts i get are usually tested *by me* then retested then tested one more time before i decide whether it is a "good" one or a "bad" one. i get things locally so i abuse return policies.

[bhavv]

I have now gotten them stable at 816 Mhz on 1.327v, artifact free, but 823 Mhz froze my PC. I disabled VPU recoverer and they went up to 816 Mhz.

Kind of reminds me of my X1900 xtx that couldnt exceed a ram clock 1640 Mhz with 1800 Mhz chips, I seem to be unlucky with graphics cards and fine with everything else lol. I wanted 850 Mhz on these cards.

[[XC] gomeler]

Need more voltage ;) Do you have a multimeter? I forget but I think there was a pencil mod for the reference cards, could be an option but you really need to do the hardmods to unleash the cards.

[bhavv]

19k:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7030105

I got my CPU up to 4325 Mhz stable, cards running at 816/1071.

[eva2000]

nice congrats... coincidently I'm just cleaning up my drivers on my new DFI LP UT X48-T3RS (http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=6657) rig so i can install my 2x 512MB HIS IceQ Turbo3 HD3850 CF :D