HD4850 3x CrossfireX First tried

[ZoLKoRn]

Hello :), some quick setup on mine HD4850 with 3x card from three brand too, ASUS, Sapphire and PowerColor

Setup...
QX9770@4.5-4.6GHz on water
ASUS P5E64WS Evolution
CellShock 14400C8@1600 CL6-6-6-15
ASUS EAH4850, PowerColor HD4850, Sapphire HD4850 (16x+16x+4x)
ASUS PhysX
WD Raptor
Gigabyte Odin 1.2kW
Vista Ultimate+Catalyst 8.6

Setup Pic.
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/1.jpg

Results...
2k3
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/2k3_3xcf4850_9770-4.png

2k5
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/2k5_3xcf4850_9770.png

2k6
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/2k6_3xcf4850_9770-2.png

Vantage(Performance)
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/van_3xcf4850_9770-2.png

btw. i'll update again with 4x CrossfireX next time, waiting for receive another card about this sunday ;)

Thanks :)

[jas420221]

Nice thanks!

Looks to scale pretty well in Vantage!

[keldererik]

That looks awesome! Can't wait to see 4x 4850 :hump:

[philbrown23]

wow! I cannot belive you beat my o6 scores! and you have 3 cards and I have 2 3870X2's!

[Baron]

Awesome. :)


Thanks ZoLKoRn.


Heopfully get myself a third when I get some more money. Price gouging to the max in the UK from most shops. :(

[Gorguls]

Plz Bench Vantage X Mode. :up:

[ZoLKoRn]

Thanks all :)


Nice thanks!

Looks to scale pretty well in Vantage!

Yah i thing it better than 3000series :)


That looks awesome! Can't wait to see 4x 4850 :hump:

next time :D


wow! I cannot belive you beat my o6 scores! and you have 3 cards and I have 2 3870X2's!

Sure because your CPU is C2D but mine Quad-Core so if you have Quad-Core i think you'll better


Plz Bench Vantage X Mode. :up:

Ahh.. i not have monitor is can run over 1600x1200 now! :p:

[Marco André]

Thanks for keep us posted Zolkorn :D

How about temps?

[munim]

What, no comments on the sexy pic of the setup? It's awesome, so are the scores.

[jpcastro]

uau great results :up:

i have the evo but never think in use more then 2 cards because of the other 2 PciE being 4x and in theory limiting the performence.

waiting for the quad-fire :shocked:

[vengance_01]

man I want two of these in X-Fire. wow is all I can say. CF+Micro-ATX is going to be sick!

[mascaras]

great results



best regards

[purecain]

cant wait to get mine... i bet you were buzzing when you took those pictures.... propper cool m8....:up:

[dinos22]

hmmm i though '03 would have bigger numbers as well as vantage

still great for what $600 worth of cards :D :up:

[systemviper]

very cool, thanks for the pic's and posting the info.

[Rattle]

nice man, if you can do some cod4 runs that would be awesome, i may have to get another of these lol and a 3 slot mobo

[Pegazus]

Good job M8:clap:

[RockfordFosgate]

CF X Awesome :up:

[K404]

I was expecting higher numbers on 03 as well, but for the money thats pretty good- and very nice to look at :D

[rob[GL]]

Winnar!

[Moneyless]

Very nice! :)

[Nordmann]

you've got some really nice scores there, and I love the piccy of the cards, it just looks great and makes me wish I had those :P

Question.
From the looks of that setup picture it looks like you ran the vantage test without a Ageia PhysX card, right?
Does anyone here know how big impact adding a PhysX card has on Vantage?

[DMH]

you've got some really nice scores there, and I love the piccy of the cards, it just looks great and makes me wish I had those :P

Question.
From the looks of that setup picture it looks like you ran the vantage test without a Ageia PhysX card, right?
Does anyone here know how big impact adding a PhysX card has on Vantage?

Maybe a few more points,add an Nvidia card and you'll see very good scores due to the Physx driver their cards have

[quake6]

Has any1 tried to OC these things :) How far can they go?

[ZoLKoRn]

Thanks for keep us posted Zolkorn :D

How about temps?

63 ํC Idle and 92 ํC Full load.. room temp ~27 ํC lol :D

Thanks m8 :)


What, no comments on the sexy pic of the setup? It's awesome, so are the scores.

Thanks :)


uau great results :up:

i have the evo but never think in use more then 2 cards because of the other 2 PciE being 4x and in theory limiting the performence.

waiting for the quad-fire :shocked:

Quad-Fire coming soon, Thanks :)


man I want two of these in X-Fire. wow is all I can say. CF+Micro-ATX is going to be sick!

:D


great results

best regards

Thanks :)


cant wait to get mine... i bet you were buzzing when you took those pictures.... propper cool m8....:up:

Thanks :)


hmmm i though '03 would have bigger numbers as well as vantage

still great for what $600 worth of cards :D :up:

Yes, i think that too for price and performance it looking good ;) Thanks :up:


very cool, thanks for the pic's and posting the info.

Thanks :)


nice man, if you can do some cod4 runs that would be awesome, i may have to get another of these lol and a 3 slot mobo

I'll try for you if i have some time for play it :)


Good job M8:clap:

Thanks :)


CF X Awesome :up:

Thanks :)


I was expecting higher numbers on 03 as well, but for the money thats pretty good- and very nice to look at :D

Thanks :)


;3081371']Winnar!

:)


Very nice! :)

Thanks :)


you've got some really nice scores there, and I love the piccy of the cards, it just looks great and makes me wish I had those :P

Question.
From the looks of that setup picture it looks like you ran the vantage test without a Ageia PhysX card, right?
Does anyone here know how big impact adding a PhysX card has on Vantage?

I used PhysX card on vantage test but i see a little different with without it :)

Thanks


Maybe a few more points,add an Nvidia card and you'll see very good scores due to the Physx driver their cards have

Maybe it'll good with nVidia card :)


Has any1 tried to OC these things :) How far can they go?

my card can max at your see because it very hot but some friend here can OC to 700MHz core with new cooler, so 700MHz is max from CCC :D

Thanks :)

[quake6]

Some better cooler is coming with vgpu? :D:p: Come on,give us something more :D

[thomas66]

nice scores but how come that "masterchorch" beat your 06 score with 2 cards?

[ZoLKoRn]

So come to update for 4x CrossfireX HD4850 and system on setup same as first time but cpu freq on 2k3 is lower than first time about 100MHz because my room temp higher on testing :) and my memory timing change to 2T from 1T because my cellshock it dead :( , well for GFX link on CF are 16x+4x+16x+4x come to see some impressive results from 4xCF :D

http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/IMG_7272.jpg

2k3:eek:
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/2k3_4x4850CF.png

2k5
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/2k5_4x4850CF.png

2k6
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/2k6_4x4850CF.png

Vantage Performance Preset
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/van_4x4850CF.png

Vantage Entry Preset
http://www.overclockzone.com/zolkorn/Pic/4850Extreme/Evan_4x4850CF.png

looking good for price and performance :up:

[NiNe_iZe]

Oh wow ,,

last update is Great bro, :up:

[fubarswe]

setup looks really sweet.., nice job and we preciate the effort You put in! keep it up! :-)

[George_o/c]

That's just great Zol ! :up: Incredible 03 score, 05's looking good too ;)

[thomas66]

what i still dont understand is 3d06 scores.

4x4850 665/1060 get 26000 something on a quad @ 4,5ghz

I get :

1x4850 670/1080 - 13000 something on a 6420 @ 3,3ghz


Maybe iam noobish but comapared it really doesnt impress me.

[GTI]

waiting for 4870 quad :)

[[XC] gomeler]

Very interesting.. this will prove very hard to beat, especially that 03 score. Nice job Zolkorn :up:


what i still dont understand is 3d06 scores.

4x4850 665/1060 get 26000 something on a quad @ 4,5ghz

I get :

1x4850 670/1080 - 13000 something on a 6420 @ 3,3ghz


Maybe iam noobish but comapared it really doesnt impress me.

06 doesn't scale 1:1 with the addition of GPUs. 26k is pretty nice for what is effectively a stock run. Now.. to achieve 30k with 2 cards :cool:

[SnipingWaste]

Another problem is the setup is being bottlenecked by PCI-E 4X and will limit the cards that are getting a 16 lane PCI-E. The last 2 PCI-E 16X slots only have 4 lanes to them. What will be better would be 4 PCI-E 16X slots with all haveing 8 lanes.

[Mechromancer]

Another problem is the setup is being bottlenecked by PCI-E 4X and will limit the cards that are getting a 16 lane PCI-E. The last 2 PCI-E 16X slots only have 4 lanes to them. What will be better would be 4 PCI-E 16X slots with all haveing 8 lanes.

For this reason a 2x CF system may actually be just as fast or faster han a 3x system.

Heres a review about all that: http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1483/radeon_hd_4870_in_crossfire_at_4ghz/index.html