Overclocking Comp mk2 is go!!!

[Highland3r]

This is the "master" thread for the second round of the OC comp. All results etc will be posted here to keep things central and in 1 place.
Other threads will be posted elsewhere, but this is the place to look for up to date info, results and comments.

This is a GLOBAL competition, anyone, anywhere can enter!!!!

So, here's the format!
Due to difficulties in sorting cheap PCI-E cards this time around a totally new format has been devised. This competition allows users to enter with their own 24/7 day to day PC's. The only stipulation is that the cards you enter can run 3dmark 2001, 2003 and Aquamark 3.

So how does it work! Well its simple. As last time theres a "stock" round and an "overclocked round" this of course refers to graphics cards!
In the "stock" round, the CPU and system is clocked to the max and the graphics card/s left at stock. In the "overclocked" round, the graphics card/s are overclocked along with the system.
Screenshots are to be provided for each of the benchmarks, along with a superpi 1m run and CPU-z screenshot showing both CPU and memory tabs. ORB compares should be provided for 3dmark 2003 (01 no longer appears to be accepting new scores)

Now, many will ask how exactly is this fair? The guys with the quick systems will win... Well, not exactly! There's a twist. This time we're introducing some control into the benching. It's no longer a case of "who can get the highest score" and more a case of "who can get a certain score"....Scoring is standardised. The below covers 3D01, AM3 and 3D03. Should be a little easier for people to pick up some points, and theres still a nice reward for those that make it all the way!

So, here's the scoring:
25% over stock score = 10 points
20% over stock score = 7 points
15% over stock score = 5 points
10% over stock score = 2 points.

As before, round UP to the nearest whole number (this shouldnt ever occur however..) You have a 100 point +- leway at EACH %.
ie 10k stock, 12400 -> 12600 = 10 points/25%.
Once you've submitted your "exact score" runs, there's a final "drag" score. This is the max score you can make over your "stock" settings. i.e the MAXIMUM overclock you can get from your graphics card.
Scoring on this will be based on percentage score increase from the "stock" score. Points are awarded per benchmark per category on a 10-1 basis. Top % overclock gets 10 points, 9th highest gets 1

A total of 3 scores are submitted per person per benchmark. 1 Stock GFX overclocked system. One "percentage overclock" score and the final "drag" score which is an all out max

Categories are: Air/water (above ambient cooling ONLY. No iced water/pelts and no sub-zero air cooling)
"other" Everything else!

The winner is the person in each of the categories with the highest overall score at the end of the competiton.

Other info
Any CPU/platform can enter AS LONG AS ALL HARDWARE USED IN THAT MACHINE IS PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE FOR THE FULL DURATION OF THE COMPETITION
SLI/Crossfire is allowed.
Softmodded/moddable cards MUST be modded for stock runs
Vmods are allowed (PM Persivore over at XS if you want any mods doing)
NO results will be accepted after the closing date (see below)
ALL entries MUST be recieved by the competition start date.
When entering you MUST state the hardware you will be using and the category you are entering
NO hardware changes can be made UNLESS they are replaced with the SAME component.
Driver DEFAULTS to be used for stock runs. Any tweaks go for overclocked (as long as they DON'T affect your system speed/pi score)
Competiton organisers say is final.

Prizes are TBC, however at the moment we have the following sponsors:
coolercases.co.uk
hosting4peanuts.co.uk
mushkin.com

Big thanks to all the above for offering to sponsor the comp. Cheers guys!

Dates:
Start date: 1st August 2006 00:00:00
End date: 31 August 2006 23:59:59

Any entrants please post the following information:
Category
CPU:
GPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
Cooling to be used:

A record of all entrants will be kept in the following thread to make comparisons easier : Clicky! (http://forums.uk-oc.co.uk/showthread.php?p=207#post207)

[Johnny Bravo]

DIBS! I'm in :up:

[Shpoon]

Hmm, if I use a old rig...can I run the "stock" at stock, not overclocked cpu? It's a Prescott on air cooling, and I don't trust it really....Then I can just aim for a 25% point increase by tweaking everything?

[Okda]

should i list the system's spec that i will use in this compt. here in this thread or wait till first fo August ?

[phelan1777]

i'll throw in, just to see how bad I do ;-P

[afireinside]

I'm game :D Won't register until the last day though. Changing hardware like mad this month.

[cMw]

I'm game :D Won't register until the last day though. Changing hardware like mad this month.
same here i think i may be changing ram and possibly cpu

[Highland3r]

Hmm, if I use a old rig...can I run the "stock" at stock, not overclocked cpu? It's a Prescott on air cooling, and I don't trust it really....Then I can just aim for a 25% point increase by tweaking everything?

As long as the CPU/System is the same ie you get the same Pi time in both stock and overclocked then thats ok....

Need the specs noted in the first post BEFORE the start date of the competiton

[lawrywild]

I'm in, cmon conroe + 7800GT :D

[C Stat B]

I'm in, should be fun. System TBC as I might be getting a different mobo/CPU/RAM combo soon.

[InSanCen]

I think I'll have a Bash at this... God knows if the system will take a 1% OC though, let alone 20%+... Will be fun finding out though:D

Will post specs later, need to decide which rig I'll run in this.

[N00B]

Ah ah!
i'll use my super computer with my super graphic card!

sempron 2800+ and my fx5200 64bits:p:

[ZX7891]

im, but ill register at the latest date i can

[Highland3r]

Cheers for the support guys, those people wanting to register now can you provide the details as noted in the first post please?

[phelan1777]

Cheers for the support guys, those people wanting to register now can you provide the details as noted in the first post please?



<<<<<< points to SIG :D That count as registration ;)

[vapb400]

Sounds like fun however I'm not to sure that a 25% score increase in 3Dmark01 soley based on gfx clocks is achievable. Please correct me if im wrong.

The CPU is at the same clock for the entire duration correct?

thanks!

[[XC] leviathan18]

you can oc the cpu at stock result but thaat limits you in the oc contest because you have to achieve 25% boost only with gfx power

[-Acid-]

i gonna put my shuttle into this comp should be fun

[Waxman]

Hell I'm in just for the fun of it.:woot:

[[XC] gomeler]

Depending on if I get a Conroe and new gfx cards, I might be down. 25% increase with just GFX power will most likely limit you to crossfire/SLI as being competitive. Conroe + phase here I come!

[SoddemFX]

A rusted old axe can be sharpened much more than a shining new knife :D

Count me in!

Nice competition by the way :)

Tom

[sparkY1000]

Count me in! :)

Category: Air
CPU: XP2500-M
GPU: Radeon 9550
Motherboard: DFI ultra infinity NFII
Ram: Crucial Ballistix 1024Mb
Cooling to be used: HSF

[Highland3r]

Right... based on the fact that 25% is going to be a hard feat for a fair few people have revised the scoring a little.
Scoring is standardised. The below covers 3D01, AM3 and 3D03. Should be a little easier for people to pick up some points, and theres still a nice reward for those that make it all the way!

So, here's the scoring:
25% over stock score = 10 points
20% over stock score = 7 points
15% over stock score = 5 points
10% over stock score = 2 points.

As before, round UP to the nearest whole number (this shouldnt ever occur however..) Scores must be exact. 1 point above or below = no points.

[sparkY1000]

Do you mean that if u get 19 or 26 or something like that u get nil points?

[Shpoon]

Underclocking CPU? This old GFX card can't pull that much weight :p

[SoddemFX]

Will the "drag" round still give 10 points to the entrant with the highest percentage overclock?

Tom

[Highland3r]

Will the "drag" round still give 10 points to the entrant with the highest percentage overclock?

Tom

It will indeed yes

@Sparky yes thats right

[don_vercetti]

Count me in.

I'm not sure what CPU i'll be using by august (or motherboard...my Asus P5WDH is close to being brutally murdered) but i'm sure i'll be using my X1800XT. Oh and i'll be in the air/water section please.

Great comp btw, good timing. Ready for the summer, with no pressures on me at all. Woo.

[jrw]

To avoid anyone wasting a lot of hard work, not supplying a satisfactory screenshot, please verify if this screenshot is acceeptable?

Does a 14.55% increase in score qualify for anything?

(The below screenshot is made during testing tweaks, and does not count as a submission by me ;))

[Highland3r]

Yup thats ideal mate. Can everyone else use this format please?

JRW am i ok to use this pic in the other threads?

No, you have to hit the exact percentage. Miss it and it doesnt count.

[jrw]

Yup thats ideal mate. Can everyone else use this format please?

JRW am i ok to use this pic in the other threads?

No, you have to hit the exact percentage. Miss it and it doesnt count.

Feel free to use it in whatever manner you like :)

So, we're talking exact percentages down to a single point in the benches?

[Highland3r]

Feel free to use it in whatever manner you like :)

So, we're talking exact percentages down to a single point in the benches?

Yup thats right.

[jrw]

This is not a 3D contest. It's a patience contest.

:D

[Highland3r]

This is not a 3D contest. It's a patience contest.

:D


Stop yer whining :P

[don_vercetti]

it's true though. Getting that much accuracy is near impossible. It will involve just re-running 3dmark over and over again, hoping this time you get the right score.

Just think, for a minute.
Theoretical situation.

Stock GPU Scores (3dmark05);
9703
so i need to score;
10%; 10673.3
15%; 11158.45
20%; 11643.6
25%; 12128.75

Now i'm not complaing about the height of the scores, i'm sure the ball park's are all achievable. But look, they're ALL decimals, added to which, they are all really obscure numbers. For instance, i just searched the ORB, and no-one has EVER scored 12128. 12129 and 12127 but NEVER 12128.

If you want to make this fun, and fair, then you should have it at least in a certain range. So say 14.5% > score > 15.5% then it is way more interesting. That way, we have to score between 11109 and 11206, which gives us far more to work with, yet still makes it reasonably tough to achieve. That would be a lot more fun imho.

Just my (rather long) two pennies worth, of course.

[jimwah]

So, we're talking exact percentages down to a single point in the benches?

Yup thats right.

Thats gonna have to be some precise benchmarking skills needed! I thought it would be banded scores, like 0-10%, 10%-15% etc etc. The method Don mentioned sounds like a sensible compromise, still quite a challenge.

Don't get me wrong, I'll do badly whatever the scoring mechanism :D I'm deciding between my old 9550 agp, or my pci-e 6200tc at the moment, but I'll be in the runnning soon with something; maybe even that 'orrible 9600se from the last comp ;)

[jrw]

I totally agree with don_vercetti.

Well put and sound arguments.

[Highland3r]

Ok further rule updates. To stop people whining (:P) you now have a 100 point +- cushion over each set %

[don_vercetti]

Any updates on this? 1st August is rapidly approaching.

[farksy]

1 thing .... i noticed that you can underclock your cpu for round 1 and then overclock it for the other 2 categories.

Shouldn't the cpu and ram speeds be the same in both cases ? That way i won't downclock my chip to 1Ghz and run 01SE then clock it to 3Ghz to run the benchmark.

Once i get my card Vmodded, i'm in. :D

[metro.cl]

hmm interesting might get in :)

[Highland3r]

1 thing .... i noticed that you can underclock your cpu for round 1 and then overclock it for the other 2 categories.

Shouldn't the cpu and ram speeds be the same in both cases ? That way i won't downclock my chip to 1Ghz and run 01SE then clock it to 3Ghz to run the benchmark.

Once i get my card Vmodded, i'm in. :D

This is where the pi times come in ;)

@ Don - People need to have their rig specs posted by 1st Aug to be in.. So get em sorted guys ;)

[don_vercetti]

gotcha, i'll write mine up in the near future.

[thomas66]

Category AIR
CPU:805 D
GPU:7900GT
Motherboard:ASUS P5W DH
Ram:2 GIG MDT DDR 667
Cooling to be used:AIR

[Waxman]

Category: Water
CPU: Operon 146 CABNE 0530 APMW
GPU:ATI X1800GTO
Motherboard: DFI Venus #731
Ram: Geil BH5 PC4000 2x512
Cooling to be used:Water

[hixie]

Category: Air
CPU: Socket 478 3.0E
GPU: Radeon 9800SE
Motherboard: P4C800E-Deluxe
RAM: Corsair XMS DDR400

[ZX7891]

conroe e6300
gigabyte ds3
7900GT
ocz pc2 6400
other category

[phelan1777]

Category: Water
CPU: opty 170
GPU: 7900GTX non SLI
Motherboard: DFI ULtra-D
RAM: 2GB G.Skill PC4000HZ

[m0da]

Category: AIR
CPU: P4 550 or if my conroe comes in time, E6600
GPU: X1900XT
Motherboard: ASUS P5W DH
Ram: 2x1GB MUSHKIN DDR 800

[madgravity34]

throw me on the list, i want to enter!

[don_vercetti]

Category: Air
CPU: Intel E6300
GPU: Ati Radeon X1800XT
Motherboard: Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
RAM: 2x1gb G.Skill ZX PC6400

[Highland3r]

throw me on the list, i want to enter!

Post your system specs please.

Cheers guys, keep them coming! Will try and get the entry list and specs sorted over the weekend

[jrw]

CPU: Opteron 146
GPU: X800GT (8 pipes)
MOBO: DFI NF4 Ultra-D
MEMORY: 1GBGH
COOLING: AIR

[Fr3ak]

I am in as well with my shuttle :)

CPU: AMD Athlon XP-mobile 2600+
GPU: Radeon 9500
MOBO: Shuttle
MEMORY: 512MB Centon TCCD
COOLING: AIR

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

Category WATER
CPU: s754 Sempron 2800+
GPU:x800Pro NON-VIVO
Motherboard:DFI NF3 250GB UT
Ram:2x512MB OCZ pc3700EB
Cooling to be used:water

[Johnny Bravo]

Category: Other
CPU: Dothan 780ES
GPU:Leadtek FX5200
Motherboard: Asus P4C800-E Deluxe
RAM: BH5 2x512
Cooling: DICE/Phase

[SoddemFX]

Category: 'Other'
CPU: A64 Venice at ~2.75GHz
GPU: GeForce 3 Ti200 64MB
Motherboard: DFI NF3 S939 AGP
RAM: 2 x 256MB KHX3200K2 (BH-5)
Cooling: Peltier + Vapour

Tom

[Charles Wirth]

Checked into this a bit more, hope all goes well.

Game on.

[don_vercetti]

So is it all go? Is there gonna be a new thread started for results?

[Highland3r]

So is it all go? Is there gonna be a new thread started for results?

See first post for a link. Trying to keep them in 1 place this time around - makes my life easier lol!

Any XS member still wanting to compete, please sign up ASAP.

Cheers, and thanks for the kind words FUGGER are you going to join us in this comp?

[jimwah]

Category: Air
CPU: Celeron Mobile 2.0Ghz@3.5Ghz
GPU:Ati Radeon 9550
Motherboard: Asus P4P800-X
RAM: 2x512 DDR3200


My Dothan 750 is on its way, but not soon enough I think. I've never OC'ed this 9550 so I literally have no idea what's it capable of, will probably regret not using my 6200, but it makes it more interesting for me :)

[sparkY1000]

01 stock

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2016/01stocktm3.jpg

03 stock

http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/8802/03stockhh7.jpg

Aquamark stock

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2025/aquastockjp1.jpg

[comrad]

Category: Air/Water
CPU: Pentium 4 2.60ghz
GPU: ATI X700
Motherboard: Abit IC7-G
Ram: 1gb K-Byte pc3200, 512mb HyperX pc3200
Cooling to be used: Thermaltake Silent Tower on CPU and stock cooling on Video card.


Edit, I might use my AM2 system but I am not 100% sure, ill find out later today.

[thunderstruck!]

Category: Water (ordering WB soon)
CPU: E6600
GPU: 7800GT
Motherboard: DS3
Ram: PC8000UL
Cooling to be used: Storm, MCW-60 (or stock air if I can't get ahold of WB), 50Z, MCR220.

[Shpoon]

I'm gonna try on a prebuilt :)

Air
P4 2.8
9700Pro
1gb pc 3200 kingston :banana::banana::banana::banana: ram
Generic intel mobo

[InSanCen]

AIR cooled
(Thermaltake Sonic Tower or Big Typhoon and LOTS of Delta's)
San Diego 3700
6600GT
MSI Neo2 Plat
1GB (2x512) TCCD-F

[Serra]

I hope that by August 1st, they mean by the end of August 1... because if so, I'm in too.
Category: Air/Water
CPU: AMD Opteron 170
GPU: Sapphire Radeon X800 GTO
Motherboard: DFI NF4 UT SLI-D
Ram: 2x 1GB Mushkin PC 4000
Cooling to be used: Storm + BIP 3 on CPU, stock cooling on video card.

[Highland3r]

Cheers guys, will get the entry list sorted later.
Thanks for posting stock results too Sparky :)

[persivore]

Category: Air/Water
CPU: A64 3700 san diego
GPU: 9500 non-pro 64mb @ 9500 pro
Mobo: Asrock dual-sata 2
Mem: 2*512 OCZ 3200 TDDD
Cooling: water

[fhpchris]

Category AIR
CPU: Intel T2600 "Yonah"
GPU: ATI X1900AIW
Motherboard: Aopen i975XA-YDG
Ram: 4GB Teamgroup 667 3-4-4-8
Cooling to be used:AIR

[madgravity34]

Category: Air/Water
CPU: x2 3800+
GPU: 7900gt
RAM: 2 x 512mb TG BH-5 UTT
Mobo: DFI Expert (but maybe Ultra-D depending...)
Cooling: Water

[[cTx]Philosophy]

Too late :(

[Highland3r]

Since the thread was gone for 3 days mate, you can enter.

Entries are closed now tho... You've got til the end of the month to post benchies :)

[Serra]

Any chance on getting a full list of entrants put up? I know you'll have people from a few forums, so maybe just a count of people... something like that. It'd just be nice to know how many people are entered.

[Highland3r]

33 entered so far.
Sorry for the delay on the entrants list, I'm a lazy arse.

[madgravity34]

I just wanted to confirm that I was entered. I also might have to change my cooling from water to air, I will make sure I let you know before posting results.

[afireinside]

Is it to late? I posted a while back but didn't have my setup finalized. By the time I remembered about this competition it was past august 1st :( If I can still enter (I posted I would on first page) heres my setup:

cooling: water
CPU: 3800+ x2
GPU: x1900xt
mobo: foxconn c51xem2aa
ram: 4*512 PC5300 ballistix

[fhpchris]

Good luck guys, but remember -

I have already hit 25% from only GPU overclocking in 3d01.:toast:

;)

[[cTx]Philosophy]

I was wondring if its too late to enter too?
Im lost as to whats going on...
25% vod card alone is crazy, Im Impressed by that alone..

[Shpoon]

Where can we check to confirm we entered?

[fhpchris]

Why do we even need to run Aquamark3? It is crap...

Every time I run it, it does this...

http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/am3isdogpoopie.jpg

Edit: I am trying the patch now, it should fix it...Thanks Sean.

[don_vercetti]

could you link to the patch? Aquamark does that to me as well.

[Highland3r]

Where can we check to confirm we entered?

When I get off my ass and upload the entrants list :p

@Madgravity - yes your entered.
@AFI/Philosophy - Since you both showed interest before I closed the entries your both ok. LMK your system specs.
@Shpoon - Your on the list.

Click me for entrants list (http://82.110.105.22/drunken-student.co.uk/oc_comp_mk2/Entrants_list.JPG)

Click me for rig specs (http://82.110.105.22/drunken-student.co.uk/oc_comp_mk2/rig_specs.JPG)

[fhpchris]

could you link to the patch? Aquamark does that to me as well.

http://www3.telus.net/~3wiebes/Aqua3%20dll%20Fix.zip

Am3 scales like crap too, no way will I get close to 25% with only GPU in AM3.

I can do ~15% exactly on stock cooler, will try a better cooler soon, but I dobut I will reach 20%.

[don_vercetti]

bummer, oh well. Thanks for the patch, anyway.

[sparkY1000]

Here are my 25% oc's

01

http://img428.imageshack.us/img428/7935/0137541825ie9.jpg

03

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/5256/0337540825uh8.jpg

Aquamark

http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/4244/aqua33140025fh9.jpg

:)

[Johnny Bravo]

...and people were complaining it would be difficult!

[m0da]

it's a little more difficult with higher end systems, but still fun nonetheless. I'll be fine-tuning for a while. August 31 is the deadline date, I've got time ;)

*edit: by the way, I'll be using my P4 550 for this. And I'm watercooling the CPU and using stock air for the vid card. Sorry about the confusion Highland3r \=

[hixie]

Spoon, i thought i had the lowest end system, but your's is even lower than mine! Good luck, hopefully i won't loss to you :p:

[fhpchris]

...and people were complaining it would be difficult!


Its not hard to get 22k*25%

I get like 100k Am3 stock, getting 125K from only gpu isnt easy...

But I will do it...

[lawrywild]

Category - AIR
CPU: Conroe E6600
GPU: 7800GT
Motherboard: ASUS P5WDH
Ram: ADATA VITESTA DDR2-667
Cooling to be used: AIR

PS: Spoke to Andy (Highland3r) over msn and because I was on holiday until a couple of days ago I can still enter... :)

[Highland3r]

Guys, can you make sure you put CPU-z in the screenies please, and provide ORB compares where you can

[-Acid-]

Rig Air cooling
dothan 710 1.4 stock :P
asus p8p400se
6800le
2x512m xblk patriot
tagan 480w

this should be fun i take it i have untill 31 august to do all benchies

[elefsinaras]

so it isnt too late for enter ?

Category = AIR COOLING
CPU = CONROE E6600 (2.4)
GPU = XFX 7950GX2
Motherboard = ASUS P5W DH DELUXE
Ram = G.SKILL 2X1GB 6400 HZ
Cooling to be used = AIR COOLING

[Highland3r]

yea, afraid it is now guys

[Jochenp]

Will there be another one of these contests? I'd really like to enter in one, but my system is arriving next week, so I couldn't enter now.

[Highland3r]

Will there be another one of these contests? I'd really like to enter in one, but my system is arriving next week, so I couldn't enter now.

hopefully yea :)

[SoddemFX]

2001 stock:

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92335

2001 at +25%:

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92336

2003 stock:

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92337

2003 at +25%

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92338

Aquamark stock:

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92339

Aquamark at +25%

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92340

Tom

[InSanCen]

Gonna have to withdraw from this one... No time, (New job, GF is pregnant, Flat needs decorating etc etc):(

Mebbe the next one...

InSanCen

[Highland3r]

OK mate, cheers for letting us know :)

Guys, only a few days left to get the benchies in!

[fhpchris]

OK mate, cheers for letting us know :)

Guys, only a few days left to get the benchies in!

EIST is enabled, so at idle this cpu has a multi of 6, but its normal multi is 13.
13*233=3030mhz.

All are done same ram speeds and same cpu speeds.
25% are tweaked and have different gpu and video card ram speeds.
Full are full tweaked and clocks on GPU...

Drag scores:
3d01
40276 / 27816 = 44.8% increase over stock
3d03
20809 / 10243 = 103% increase over stock
AM3
117351 / 86305 = 36% increase over stock

3D01 Stock
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/3d01_stock.jpg

3D01 25%
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/3d01_25.jpg

3D01 Drag Score
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/3d01_full.jpg

3D03 Stock
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/3d03_stock.jpg

3D03 25%
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/3d03_25.jpg

3D03 Drag Score
http://www.sspmustang.com/OT/3d03%20tweaked%20tew.JPG

AM3 Stock
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/am3_stock.jpg

AM3 25%
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/am3_25.jpg

AM3 Drag Score
http://www.sspmustang.com/ot/xsc/am3_full.jpg

[sparkY1000]

Well here goes

01 Drag @ 77.4%

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8045/0115398df5.jpg

03 Drag @ 91.7%

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/5459/034370fy7.jpg

Aqua @ 113.7%

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/4163/aqua627564pv8.jpg

:D

[Highland3r]

WOAH :| *falls over* AWSOME scores mate :D amazing work :D

[Johnny Bravo]

*heads for door*

[SoddemFX]

I'll get my coat.... :D

[fhpchris]

WOAH :| *falls over* AWSOME scores mate :D amazing work :D

Good results, but I am suprised that you cannot get a higher % in 01 over aquamark.

My rig is not crappy enough to score that low, getting 77% in 01 or 100+% am3 isnt even possible for me :(

[sparkY1000]

Yeah I really thought 01 would be my strongest benchmark and that 03 and AM3 would be my weaker benchmarks, but when all the tweaking and overclocking was done I was amazed by 03 but nothing prepared me for AM3!! :D

I had so much fun I thought I had pushed the card before but now I really see what it is capable of! I know it isnt a £300 monster or anything but for £40 I dont think you can complain!

[fhpchris]

I will not feel bad comming in second place to you, but I wish you would give me a chance at least! :toast: :slap:

[don_vercetti]

Fwiw, i am gonna be too busy for the forseeable future as well. I've got training for rugby over the next few days. So sorry, but i won't be putting forward any results.

best of luck to everyone else.

[jimwah]

Sorry, but I' not going to have enough time to get results in either. I've got to move at the weekend, you don't realise the amount of junk you own until you have to jam it in boxes & stuff it all in the back of a transit. Enjoy the comp :thumbsup:

[HaxR3]

Nooooooooo. Im gonna be doin my watercooling next week, cant really vmod g card till then :(

[SoddemFX]

The card set up in the system, insulation was proving very difficult so I didn’t bother. Let her freeze over! :D

The temperature of the GPU was held at roughly -50C by a small homemade single stage vapour phase change cooler charged with r404a. The GPU voltage was 1.95v, a few days previous I had ran ~2.0v which resulted in the output inductor de-soldering itself when running at over 300MHz clock frequency, hence the slight “back off” on voltage.

Whilst benchmarking the temperature of the memories cold plate was fluctuating between -17C to -13C, indicating that this memory at 4.00v and up to 610MHz was putting out a reasonable amount of power for only eight memory IC’s…

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92697

My favourite bucket, I estimate that the four 30W peltiers and the load of the memory was in the region of 160W. Over the course of one and a half hours I had to siphon out and refill the bucket 12 times as the water temperature rose. The water block temperature never exceeded 30C.

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92698

There were a few millimetres of frost over the memory cold late. I knew that with running un-insulated I could not power down the peltier or vapour phase change system due to the thaw and subsequent damage to the card this would cause. Because of this the system remained powered until I had finished, which was a pain in the...

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92699

Protection for the motherboard courtesy of a plastic carrier bag, Morrison’s is an overclockers best friend :D

At the end of the benchmark runs the cooling systems were turned off and the card allowed to thaw once removed from the motherboard. Water quickly began to drip down the card as the ice melted.

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92700

3DMark2001 was run first using the 40.72 drivers and DirectX 8.1, LOD 10, 12, 4, 3.8. The first trial run was at 250/620MHz to test the memory performance under peltier cooling as I had not tried this before on this card, after a few runs it became apparent that the memory was degrading with the high Vdd being used, the remaining runs were done quickly as I was loosing about 5MHz every 20mins. I ended up running at 303/610MHz, I could have gotten another 2MHz from the core but I wanted to be quick:

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92701

Aquamark3 at 305/610MHz was run with 40.72 drivers and DirectX 9.0C, LOD at 10 - by this time the memory was beginning to artefact slightly:

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92702

3DMark2003 at 305/591MHz was run with 66.93 drivers and DirectX 9.0C, LOD at 10 - by this time I had a few bad runs and with the memory rapidly going the way of the dodo 591MHz was the best I could manage:

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92703

Interestingly with the memory at 500MHz and stock memory voltage I was able to run the core frequency to 320MHz, perhaps this PCB didn’t lend itself to combined high core and memory clocks, or perhaps it’s something within the GF3 architecture… who knows…

This Ti200 was a good card core wise reaching 260MHz on stock air but quite disappointing considering it used 4ns memory. The maximum memory clock achievable on stock air was 500MHz with slight artefacts, which is poor for 4ns IC’s. Cooling and massive over voltage on the memory together have given a great increase. After the benchmarks were complete I played with the card until the memory was falling below 550MHz at this point I decided to pull the plug, I don’t think it’ll work again –and I don’t mind :)

With an average over the three benchmarks of 77% I think the old girls done a grand job.

Never surrender! :D

http://www.pclincs.co.uk/Forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=92705

2001 = +69.4%

2003 = +64.8%

Aquamark = +97%

Average increase is +77%

Tom

[m0da]

im not gonna be posting up scores either.
i thought it would be possible with my school schedule, but school takes a lot of your time (f cal bc, bio2, phys2)!

[Highland3r]

Closed to new entries now guys.
Thanks to those who participated. Will get the results posted up later today

Cheers

[fhpchris]

Closed to new entries now guys.
Thanks to those who participated. Will get the results posted up later today

Cheers

Or Hopefullly Saturday :)

[Highland3r]

Or Hopefullly Saturday :)

Yea sorry, just sorting them now... :blush:

[Highland3r]

Results
http://82.110.105.22/drunken-student.co.uk/oc_comp_mk2/OC_comp_mk2_results.JPG

Congrats to Sparky for edging chris out by 1 point, and grats to Tom for taking the win in the "other" cat.

Thanks to everyone who took part, can you all drop me a PM please and we'll sort out the prizes :)

Will try and organise round 3 of the comp at some point, need to make sure its better organised etc than this round though!

Cheers guys

[sparkY1000]

Well done everyone! Was a fun competition! Congrats to Tom for winning the "other" category and congrats to chris ur 03 was impressive :)

Thanks to Highland3r for running yet another good competition :clap:

[fhpchris]

Good job sparky! There was no way I could touch you in AM3 or 01!


Thanks to Highland3r for running yet another good competition

Yep! :)

[SoddemFX]

Good going guys,

Thanks to Highland3r for organising this :)

Cheers!

Tom

[Charles Wirth]

Yep, thanks for staying on top of things. Good to see all the effort going into organization and following through.

[Highland3r]

Cheers guys.
Will hopefully be back again for the 3rd round, maybe a new format... who know's!

Thanks for all the support and a huge thanks to all the sponsors too :D

[X300]

im not sure what drag means so!

SUPERPI 1M
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/3623/superpiql6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3dmark05
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/8857/3dmark05zj8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

3dmark03
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2521/3dmark03fz7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)




I'll edit post after I done the other benckmarks

[-Acid-]

i wanted in this but was late so i deffo up for the next one :)

[[cTx]Philosophy]

At first I thought theres no way anyones gonna be able to do this, and now im shocked, ppl have gotten ownage % over stock..

Id never be able to get this kinda results with my conroe and GX2

[mukmaster]

Im In please

[jimwah]

A little bit late muk :fact: Hopefully they'll be another comp along soon.