E8500 and PALiT 9600GT "Vanillas" - 93K '01 and 21485 '06

First the CPU
http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/6885/cpuaj6.jpg
is capable of -
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9141/56067su3.jpg
http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/354410.png
So my E8400 died and this is its replacement, I am so happy!

The cards clocked well in stock form - 650 core - up to 750 core and 1000 mem (900 stock)... I felt I could do better and decided to preform a vmod on both cards (figured out by largon ) and settled on 1.3v for now getting to a stable 845/2112/1000 (no mem mod)...for cooling I switched to Accelero S1 Rev2 air coolers with standard 120mm fans.

now as far as cooling goes I use Dunieks 2 piece Aluminum pot with DICE and Acetone ... got like 25-30 lbs for just freaking $10 USD :up:
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/781/dicekf9.jpg
Specs
E8500
Evga 790i Ultra (testing was on P04)
PALiT 9600GTs "vanilla" in SLI
OCZ Platinum 1600 7-7-7-20 running as close to 1000MHz as possible @ 8-7-7-24 2T
dual Raptor 74GB (16MB) in RAID 0
PC P&C 750 Crossfire Edition
XP PRO
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/130/sidexe4.jpg
I will post some of the pics of my setup and provide ORB links here in a bit as I am swamped w/ things to be done ... not all were submitted as I didn't feel I had gotten to the best yet...

Please feel free to add any comments or tips that you would feel useful in my screenshots

Thanks
-Ryan


here are the e8500 SLI results w/ DICE (2nd time doing so):up: :up: :up: :up:
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7656/2148506bc8.jpg
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http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/415/93010ql2.jpg
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8731/7481603ak4.jpg
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4152/3349805ft8.jpg
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/363/2148506tt2.jpg


which gets me this-:D
Now running with the "big dogs" you think?:confused:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9128/yeazn4.jpg
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5946/gooddo6.jpg

wow ! amazing score !

this was all the first runs - will do more testing and tweaking today as the DICE will be gone soon - will load up tomorrow again for the weekend

nice results m8 :toast:

Wow...

Very impressive 33k 05... For 2 64 shader vga is awesome :D

Bye

now I am confused- when i ran PCMARK 05 I couldn't submit as there was no score at the finish...even when I pushed the button I got to ORB and - NOTHING ... anybody have any ideas?

Have you installed everything that's needed for the benchmark? Windows media player updates, for instance.

Good benches, I hope you're still aiming at higher speeds :D

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Originally Posted by massman

Have you installed everything that's needed for the benchmark? Windows media player updates, for instance.

Good benches, I hope you're still aiming at higher speeds :D

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hell yeah I want better speed :D but working on that - I will try the updates for sure

amazing cpu there... what did you do with the other one... the one that you said died out on you?

yeah - the replacement is being delivered tomorrow - though I am burnt out on testing...for now -I need a reliable system for daily use so the E8400 is going for that

with Dice - how much better temps will I get moving from the ALUMINUM pot to an atleast Copper bottom pot (alu/cu) or full Cu pot? as I need to bench GSOs next week andmay be up for one if it will at least help a bit --- I know it will but just want a bit of prodding to buy :P as I need GPU pots more

I WILL be re-benching these cards with the latest driver as I see it might be a loit better now as I lost the '01 #1 spot to a lower clocked E8500 and over 100MHz lower cards and all around lower clock I guess

You should hook up that rad, and the water blocks")

hooled up the GTX 480 and everything (maze 5s ) and now the 9600GT (single right now) is at 901/2252/1000 rhthdrbl no prob at 33-34C and idle 28-29C this is at 1.45vcore no vmem mod (yet) so I am gonna swap out and tune the other card soon

Will edit this post with single card run results at 4.05GHz(air)

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/7201/7167601ep6.jpg

Nice shader clocks there :up:

Check this - 950/2375/1000 and at load (rthdrbl) 36C - I LOVE LIFE ! :D

Seems that OCP is a little above 1.6v will have to get a mod for that ;)

I am currently running at 830 core on '01

Edit: back at 950/2375/1000 in '01

Impressive! Non-reference PCB with resistance based voltage mod? 1.45vgpu for that is impressive, wonder how high it'll scale with dry ice.

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Impressive! Non-reference PCB with resistance based voltage mod? 1.45vgpu for that is impressive, wonder how high it'll scale with dry ice.

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1.55v~ now

I do need GPU pots - the DICE run will be in the next 72 hours

testing SLI now - 900~core

Will post result for sure

Niiiice moves, sweet setup and nice chip u got there!.., race is on!!! :-)

you got it :D

The race is ON!!!!!!

almost tweaked to the max (GPUs), well... at least for water:up:


http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/5305/80174qj5.jpg

EDIT: 18361 in '06 same settings

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Originally Posted by fubarswe

Niiiice moves, sweet setup and nice chip u got there!.., race is on!!! :-)

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ok - prepped for battle w/ you... are we limited to public or beta drivers for this one?:rolleyes::rolleyes:

lets use what ever drivers out there! :-)

too much acetone EEK

294~~~ AQ3 but I can do better :p:

:eek:.., I´m in trouble...

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:eek:.., I´m in trouble...

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Also did 100~~~ '01 but figured I could do better with beta drivers :p:

Picked up 35 lbs of DICE pellets for $10 usd:up::yepp::D - gotta love that -

you going down -> *tonight* because I gotta let the acetone get to room temp to get it out and get the right amount in there :rolleyes::(