W3520 H20 + HD4870x2 CF

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06-01-2009, 02:31 AM
eva2000

W3520 H20 + HD4870x2 CF
My first ever Xeon W3520 experience and I like :D

http://nx.i4memory.com/reviewimages/...845a935_tn.jpg

System:
- Intel Xeon W3520 3845A935 D0 (Xeon equivalent of Core i7 920 D0)
- EK Supreme LT 1366 / FESER 480 / MCP655
- DFI UT X58-T3EH8 04/28 beta
- 2x HD4870x2 Crossfire (Powercolor + Gigabyte flashed to Asus Top bios) with ATI Win7 9.4 (8.612 WHQL)
- 6GB Corsair Dominator GT DDR3-2000Mhz 7-8-7-20
- 750GB Samsung SATAII
- Silverstone OP1200 PSU
- Triple boot - WinXP Pro SP3 / Vista Ultimate 64Bit SP2 / Win7 Ultimate 64bit RC
3dmark06 @21x215bclk - 4509Mhz

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3dmark05 @21x215bclk - 4509Mhz

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3dmark Vantage @21x215bclk - 4509Mhz

New PB lands me #4 world ranked HD4870x2 CF 3dmark vantage score of 28,338 http://hwbot.org/listResults.do?gpuM...true&limit=100 ! Right behind Dino at #3 :D

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Clocked GPUs a bit higher at 862/2000 and equaled Dino's #3 placed score of 28,559 :D

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3dmark2003 @21x215bclk - 4509Mhz

140k broken :)

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Can't seem to get AM3 to run on Win7 Ultimate 64bit RC - AM3 crashes immediately with error popup prompting to close app ?
06-01-2009, 02:34 AM
jcool

Great scores mate,

I wish my X2 would OC like that, stuck at 830/930 on water :(
What is up with the Vcore BTW? I know it's not 1,13V for 4,5Ghz :D
06-01-2009, 02:37 AM
eva2000

1.136v idle and 1.376v load :D

http://fileshosts.com/intel/DFI/DFI_...1024m_load.png

http://fileshosts.com/intel/DFI/DFI_...4m_i7turbo.png

My HIS HD4870x2 does 860mhz GPU out of the box, but Gigabyte HD4870x2 stuck around 840mhz GPU out of the box. I use Rivatuner softmod for voltage to get weaker HD4870x2 to 862mhz in vantage and all benchies excep 3dmark06 - for some reason GT2 freezes if Gigabyte HD4870x2 uses >847mhz even with up to 1.4v GPU volts applied!!!
06-01-2009, 03:00 AM
jcool

Yeah I tried the voltage softmod, doesn't net me even 1mhz higher clocks :(
By the way, the card won't accept voltages above 1,35V (someone measured the amps only rising up to the 1,35V setting) so don't bother using higher ;)
06-01-2009, 04:21 AM
Viss

Nice scores Eva. AM3 wont run on any X64 OS afaik. Win 7 & Vista 32b work but score wil be very low (~215k with i7 @ 4,2ghz and 3x4890 here :()
06-01-2009, 04:27 AM
TheKarmakazi

awesome results eva, that looks like a really nice 3520!
06-01-2009, 07:50 PM
STEvil

Quote:

Originally Posted by loc.o

Nice scores Eva. AM3 wont run on any X64 OS afaik. Win 7 & Vista 32b work but score wil be very low (~215k with i7 @ 4,2ghz and 3x4890 here :()

Delete/replace directpll.dll
06-01-2009, 08:02 PM
road-runner

Nice scores, I love the W3520... :up:
06-01-2009, 11:35 PM
Viss

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEvil

Delete/replace directpll.dll

First thing i do after AM3 install.
06-03-2009, 04:10 AM
eva2000

thanks guys :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEvil

Delete/replace directpll.dll

Yeah tried that too and same problem :(
06-03-2009, 04:57 AM
loonym

Quote:

Originally Posted by eva2000

thanks guys :)

Yeah tried that too and same problem :(

There's an exe fix... http://www.geocities.com/superxpfx/A...Bit_Patch.html
06-03-2009, 05:47 PM
STEvil

Quote:

Originally Posted by loonym

There's an exe fix... http://www.geocities.com/superxpfx/A...Bit_Patch.html

ah, even better!
06-03-2009, 07:05 PM
tajoh111

Not bad eva, but I know you can do better. I am a flunky as an overclocker and my i920 d0 with 3 card setup of a 4870x2 + a 4890 gets too close and this is with out bios flashing. 792 on x2 and 970 on the 4890

Cpu under water, VGA under air.

http://f.imagehost.org/t/0644/31K_06.jpg

http://g.imagehost.org/t/0868/3dmark05may_16.jpg

Your a world class overclocker, get that cpu power higher.

And maybe bench on vista 32, as my cpu score shouldn't be that much higher.