QX9770 - 3x EVGA GTX 280

[JacobF]

Some testing with a QX9770 on Jinu phase and of course 3xGTX 280's :yepp:

http://i27.tinypic.com/2mzf9lk.jpg

http://i32.tinypic.com/208acco.jpg

First run with modest OC on GPU's:

http://i30.tinypic.com/v748aw.png

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=187583

[[XC] gomeler]

Brave man, to lap a chip that's almost certainly going to die ;) Can the shader clocks not go any higher?

[JacobF]

Hmm, I may try to push the shaders some more.

Here is Extreme Preset :D

http://i26.tinypic.com/2l9gkl.png

[Planet]

Nice results Jacob.

[Ghost742]

im pretty sure you could get the shaders to 1600-1800. thats a nice set up but how do those card breath so close together?

[NeverMore]

Looking good Jacob. :up:

[Crazypinoy9]

Awesome job Jacob!

Hey we should dice it up soon with Ev! We need to RMA that Asus board so we can use that...LOL!

[XFreeRollerX]

Holy CRAP that is incredible!

Doesn't that phase change head need insulation or is this something new I don't know about?

[Nosfer@tu]

Grats on the Great Run :D

Maybe with a bit of luck you can get the Cpu to run 450 Fsb at lower multi or just a bit faster :D

[k|ngp|n]

"I think I need some new underpants now" :D. Thats always my favorite comment.
Seriously though great job buddy. Man I need to start watching your moves on the orb now? :up:

[ZoLKoRn]

Great results and nice run :up: wait to see next round :)

[Pedro Rocha]

Very nice Jacob :clap:

This photo :

http://i32.tinypic.com/208acco.jpg

Is PURE:

http://www.forumspile.com/Misc-Porn.jpg

:D

[fubarswe]

sweeeet setup and very nice results.., Congrats! :-)

[3BABY]

Very Very nice jAkUp. those 280's really have some grunt!!:yepp:

[DarthBeavis]

where are the waterblocks on the gpus bud?

[BobyTT]

What kind of power supply you have there jAkUp?

[mascaras]

hehehe awesome rig Jacob and great results :up:


regards

[JacobF]

What kind of power supply you have there jAkUp?

Thermaltake Toughpower 1.2KW

[Ming@s]

great results, and 2001??

[jugeen]

nice scores man! :up:

[Fr3ak]

Nice benching buddy! :toast:

The picture is nice too :D

[gillll]

very nice :clap::clap:

very good pictures !

any chance to see crysis 1920*1200 aa*4 af*16?

[IvanAndreevich]

very nice :clap::clap:

very good pictures !

any chance to see crysis 1920*1200 aa*4 af*16?

Tri-SLI is still broken in Crysis.

[JacobF]

Naw, tri-SLI works good in Crysis :) I will put up a Crysis benchmark tonight.

[aNoN_]

Thanks, can't wait! Maxishine on youtube managed to get an average of 44 fps on Very high in 1920x1200 with no AA using Quad-SLI. Am convinced you can beat him pretty easy!

[SmaKKed]

very impressive jAkUp

[mdzcpa]

That's some seriously sexy hardware and some pretty nice numbers to match!

:hump: :hump: :hump:

[disruptfam]

where are the waterblocks on the gpus bud?

:up: I AGREE

[sobih25]

Lots of great stuff you got there :). Awesome rig.

[JacobF]

Here is Crysis 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF

[gillll]

thanks.

not so good...33fps.

[cptkoulis]

is it playable though?

i used to get like 40+ fps using Quad-SLI but the game was NOT playable because of in-game lag(bottleneck or something i guess)

[JacobF]

Yes, it is very playable, in game it actually runs about 40fps or so. No micro-stuttering :)

[cptkoulis]

thnx for the info jAkUp!

atm it is 100% playable @1920x1200@very high(20-25 fps but really smooth :D ,feels like 40+ fps) using a single GTX280

i'm not sure if it is worth the extra money needed for 2/3-SLI just to play Crysis@2560x1600 :confused: (since a single GTX280 can handle anything else pretty good)

Considering the AA i can't see any visual difference between noAA and 16xQ apart from the yellow numbers at the left corner of my screen(the Fraps fps counter i mean :rofl: )

see for yourself (no AA VS 16xQ)

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc219/cptkoulis/crysisnoAAvs16xQ.jpg

[aNoN_]

Jacob, can you please do a run on the same settings but without AA, so i can compare against the Quad-SLI result i saw from maxishine at youtube...

Thank you!

[JacobF]

Jacob, can you please do a run on the same settings but without AA, so i can compare against the Quad-SLI result i saw from maxishine at youtube...

Thank you!

How about AF? With 16xAF I get 35fps

[aNoN_]

How about AF? With 16xAF I get 35fps

Only 35 fps on Veryhigh in 1920x1200 with no AA and 16xAF? Well that's about 10 fps worse than a Quad-SLI setup, i though 280 in 3-SLI was faster, guess i was wrong...

[cptkoulis]

As i already stated in post #32,Quad-SLI was faster when using the Crysis bench tool BUT the game was not playable

take a look

Quad-SLI
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc219/cptkoulis/vhigh19201200.jpg

GTX280(single)
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc219/cptkoulis/crysis1920x1200vhigh.jpg

Although the framerate looks ...pathetic now,the game is 100% playable(no AA/AF)

PS sorry if the pics are too big

[aNoN_]

I find it very strange that you only get 33 fps on those settings on Quad-SLI. Maxishine on youtube gets about 44 fps witch is aprox 10 fps more than you on the same setup and same settings. It must be driver related or something. So u get lower fps but less stuttering on a 280 Tri setup rather than the Quad-SLI setup? Am i missing some detail here or what?

[cptkoulis]

I find it very strange that you only get 33 fps on those settings on Quad-SLI. Maxishine on youtube gets about 44 fps witch is aprox 10 fps more than you on the same setup and same settings. It must be driver related or something.

Yeah,it could be a driver related problem(or OS,or CPU or....)
I spend quite a lot of time trying to make Quad-SLI work with Crysis and i also tried all the official and beta drivers i could find.Nothing worked(not even an OCed Q6600@3,6GHz)


So u get lower fps but less stuttering on a 280 Tri setup rather than the Quad-SLI setup? Am i missing some detail here or what?

It is 1 x GTX280 VS 2 x 9800GX2,not 3 x GTX280 :D
That's why i asked jAkUp if the game(not the bench) runs smoooooooth using 3-GPU setup ;)

[aNoN_]

Why dont you contact him and ask him about it? I know he's running a E8500 and uses 2 or 4 GB of ddr-3 rams. It must be driver related. Keep pushing!

Still no word from jakup...

[tombman]

Here is Crysis 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF
I get 30fps with 2x GTX280 @ 700/1400/1200.

Could you please run this test again, but this time with OVERCLOCKED cards?

[JacobF]

I will try to give Crysis a run again, here is my new 3DMarkV score :D

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=265034

[dr.noob]

:shocked:nice machine, you must have a warm room with that:clap:

[ChinStrap]

sauce....


i love that picture you use as your avatar over @ evga forums...

[drizzt5]

What do you get in 06 jak?

[pcaddict]

Great pc you got there! are you gonna wc those gtx's?

btw, maxishine get about 30fps in crysis warhead @ 2560x1600 without any AA or AF...

[foxmino]

jAkUp looks like we have the same setup "i wish i had my camera i would take a picture of it" except i have Qx9650 and im on air cooling
heres my best run on air "water scares me" lol
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=508354

[EXPANDER]

Bad score you vantage test physX on:down:

please physX disable start vantage test.