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So my 6970's should be here tomorrow or Friday, and I need some benchmarks to run that you guys want to see. So list them off so I can download them since my internet is powered by hamsters on sleeping pills.
So far I have downloaded...
3Dmark11
unigine heavan 2.1
These are the games I have...
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Roadhog/games?tab=all
Definatly interested in seeing this.... You have a eyefinity setup??? Need to see how these new cards perform @ high res, say 5760x1200..... WITH eyecandy turned on....:cool:
Sadly no, just 2560x1440. But I could run with 4x SSAA which is the same as 10240x5760...Quote:
Originally Posted by screwtech02
I would love to see some eyefinity action. I want to know how or if 3 GPU's scale in eyefinity. Yes you could run high settings and high resolution, but this does not accurately simulate eyefinty. Tri Fire ran for the most part just fine on a single monitor even up to 2560x1600 with high settings, however with eyefinity enabled, scaling stopped at 2 cards. I know this 1st hand as I was running 3 HD5870's in CF when I decided to try eyefinity out. Eyefinity is fine with 2 cards, but with 3 or more, it added nothing.
I'll see if I can source some monitors to borrow. Can I use two 24" ones with my 30"?Quote:
Originally Posted by CraptacularOne
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...ty-vs-sli.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by flopper
Thnx guys!!
Thanks mate, 3x 6970 is roughly the same as 3x 580s in a eyefinity setup of 5760x1200, like 300$ cheaper for all 3 cards..
This is good reasoning :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny87au
Too bad Im a single display guy:( Awaiting single gpu that performs as well as 2x5850's:yepp:
I wonder if eyefinity works with the 69xx series in tir-fire or quad-fire, the 5xxx series was a huge fail at that. Have they fixed that yet?
wow.... I think i'll be able to heat my house easily this winter... :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by PaganII
Looks like watercooling will come right away.
Ummmm, running 3 Asus 5830's in tri @ 5760x1200 with no issues.....:shrug:Quote:
Originally Posted by Leopold Butters
Watercooling wont help your ambient temperature unless you place the rad outisde the house :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
I know that, but it will keep the cards cooler. Should have worded my sentence better. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by prava
Forget my words then :up::up::up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Something arrived...
http://imgur.com/CB7sz.jpg
http://imgur.com/EF843.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ansSv.jpg
They are hot and loud... Definitely getting watercooling for them. One card hit 101c @ 75% fan speed in unigine heaven 2.1.
tried -20% power, only hit 82c @ 50% fanspeeds.
http://imgur.com/wIhG7.jpg
3dmark11
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/200793 P9166 3DMarks
What's odd is that none of the cards go over 66% load.
have u tryed the new drivers? they seem to help 3dmark11 by up to 1k each card.. Also try overclocking each and post results :) oh and run crysis and a few other benches :D
Nice result!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Can you run this test in 1920x1200+8xAA all max, for compare please?
Nice
XFX is good for oc
Yep, I will tomorrow. Sleep time now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimofil
I will leave you guys with this metro 2033 result...
Options: Resolution: 2560 x 1440; DirectX: DirectX 11; Quality: Very High; Antialiasing: AAA; Texture filtering: AF 16X; Advanced PhysX: Enabled; Tesselation: Enabled; DOF: Enabled
http://imgur.com/IBzKc.jpg
Options: Resolution: 2560 x 1440; DirectX: DirectX 11; Quality: Very High; Antialiasing: AAA; Texture filtering: AF 16X; Advanced PhysX: Disabled; Tesselation: Enabled; DOF: Enabled
http://imgur.com/At0iB.jpg
Physx doesn't really hurt fps it seems.
I don't know about you, but it looks to me like 6970 CF gives the GTX 580 SLI a run for the money:
Remember the price: 6970: $369 USD, GTX 580: $519 USD
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4061/34648.png
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4061/34644.png
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4061/34626.png
Stalker:
580 is 6.7% faster than 6970, but somehow 6970 CF is 7.2% faster than 580 SLI.
BF:BC2:
580 is 19.9% faster than 6970, but 580 SLI is only 1.7% faster than 6970 CF, 6900's CF scaling is really that good
Also check this out 6950cfx review
http://www.guru3d.com/news/radeon-hd...sfirex-review/
ATi's high end card in SLi competes with NVIDIA's last generation high end in SLi, not bad!
Still, holy **** 580 GTX in SLi, 108FPS in BC2 with 8xAA, 16x AF, DX11, maxed out, high res? That is nuts to.
Cards are advancing so fast this days.
Seems they're about even with NVIDIA scaling according to the BC2 Benchmark, so not bad.
So 600$ for a little less performance as 1000$(2x GTX580's) 400$ less, for about 13-14FPS less. Reasonable, for sure.
For the price of a single 580 you could Crossfire two of these babies.
Good going ATi.
Congrats on getting 3 6970s. Wish it were me ha ha. I have 1 card coming in a few hours.
Try the 10.12a hotfix driver = 5 x 1L Eyefinity. :)
Yeah, basically it was either two 580's with less performance, or 3 6970's with more performance for the same price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny87au
Damn, 39FPS min with -20% power... These cards sure are powerful! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Congrats on your purchase! :up:
http://imgur.com/TQfBt.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Kimofil
Ran it on extreme since you said all max.
Thank you man!:toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Stock clock for this run?
Great spped, not too far off GTX580 tri-sli:
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4...islisto.th.png
Yeah, stock clocks. They are far too hot due to poor airflow. The moron who designed the heatsinks must have thought that stacking boxes on top of each other would leave space in between...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kimofil
I'm actually amazed that they are that close to 580 tri-sli! The minimum fps are dead even. O_O
HK2207_DX11
Frames: 3531 - Time: 50061ms - Avg: 70.534 - Min: 27 - Max: 97
6970 CF @ 950/1450Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Heaven v2.1
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9...1712001386.jpg
not the same res...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaul
Forgot to turn off -20% power for that. ooops.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
All u need to do is wait for some waterblocks and cool these babys! Can you run 3dm11? :D
I did, the score was pretty low, like P9300 since each card was only about 60% load. Guess it's a driver bug.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny87au
that for 3 cards? seems heaps low.. u using the new driver hotfix??? U gonn watercool these seeming as you mentioned there heating up ?
Yeah it's with the hotfix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny87au
Yes i'm suprised too-they are very close, new driver can bring it on par:up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Don't be surprised.
For resolution over 1080p, for exemple 2560X1600, 6970 Crossfire or Tri-Fire will get ahead of 580 SLi or Tri-SLi with next gen graphic intensives games. It's already ahead in some of the most graphic intense games out today!
And this with early drivers!
Sadly, for lower resolution, the 580/570 SLI are better choices for now... We will see after a couple of new drivers from AMD if it stays like this at lower resolutions... But for 30'' LCD and higher resolutions, a 6970 Crossfire/Tri set-up is a better choice for the upcoming games. :)
For 2560X1600 or multiple screen set-up, then the 6970 Crossfire/Tri-Fire will get ahead with upcoming drivers. The 2Gb of memory WILL make a difference.
It's really impressive. For 300$ less (2X140-150$), at 2560X1600, a 6970 Crossfire is on par, and often BETTER today then 580 SLI. Impressive...
And I don't care for 1980X1200 and lower resolutions. Top of the line cards are for 2560X1600 with high AA levels, and/or multiple screens set-up. And there, the 580 SLi set-up is a joke for the price right now. IMHO. :)
wow....3x6970 very good performance
Well said, dont think I could of said it any better :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Levesque
Oh man great results. You so lucky! :p
I can't wait to get my single (maybe eventually double) 6970's.
Are you having any microstutter issues? Any game issues recognizing Xfire? Pretty much, disregarding price/heat, is there any downfall to Xfire as there seemed to be with the 58xx series?
Anyway you can run GTA4 with MAX settings on all sliders and such? My 465 GTX just killed itself after 5 months of use and I'm thinking 570/580 or 6950/6970 as a replacement.
Edit - For games, I suggest these as it is the most taxing graphically at max settings:
GTA 4 and / or ELFC
BFBC2
Metro 2033
Stalker COP
Just Cause 2
Far Cry 2
CoD - BO
Crysis
If you can run it all at 8xAA (who cares about 4xAA with your power), 16xAF, MAX Quality with all optimizations turned off as a basis, then cycle through the DX versions if available and with and without SSAO, DOF and TESSALATION, that would give a clear picture of what CFX can do.
880 core/ 2200 mem tri-GTX 580, lastest quadro driverQuote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
wow good to see multi-card setup
Quote:
Originally Posted by fl0w3n
No microstutter issues at all. Don't see why people complain about that so much as I have never had it on these or my 5870's, and I never run vsync(causes input lag).
5870 xfire was good, the scalling was terrible though, so even though these cards are only about 20% faster than a 5870, if you go crossfire it is a HUGE upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Neova
Are you talking about metro2033 with that last paragraph?
GTA 4 and / or ELFC - Don't have.
BFBC2 - No way to benchmark, but it runs amazing.
Metro 2033 - Already posted benchmark results.
Stalker COP - don't have
Just Cause 2 - Is there a benchmark tool?
Far Cry 2 - ok
CoD - BO - don't have, but i can bench cod2 since its the same thing... ;)
Crysis - k
Wow, thanks for this "mini-review"! I figured to order some of these when they release Matrix/SOC/Lightning versions!
Thanks for the Metro info. Amazing you get such high FPS with your resolution.
Stalker COP - there is a demo version with benchmarking tool. It kills all cards on the MIN FPS except for the 580 so far.
Just Cause 2 - Is there a benchmark tool? There is but you need to find it online...
CoD MW or MW2 would work.
I think you need to OC your cpu some more. I bet you have so much more headroom in there until you crank in something crazy like 16xAA!
what res should i run the COP benchmark on? it has 30 mins left.
Run your max res with all settings maxed, heres layout..Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
http://img.techpowerup.org/091125/COPsettings.jpg
Well. Couldn't get the stalker benchmark to run with any AA. Just kept saying cards don't meet the minimum specs. But it would run without AA. So here is what I got.
2560x1440, enhanced full dynamic lighting dx11, hbao to high and tessellation enabled.
-20% power
http://i.imgur.com/ieJ5b.jpg
When AA failes, MLAA comes to save the day.
http://i.imgur.com/omVw7.jpg
UGH I had -20% power on for those. I keep forgetting. :( I will rerun them later.
Seems AA is free on these cards lol..
2560x1440 NO AA
http://i.imgur.com/7EVIK.jpg
2560x1440 16xQ AA
http://i.imgur.com/tbEBK.jpg
Only lost 3FPS
only lost 3 fps is that right?? Anyways nice results for a 4x stock cards, I couldnt imagine the scores you'll be getting overclocking these under water! try running 1920x1200 everything maxed wanna see what kinda fps you can pull :)
3D mark vantage. This actually loaded my GPU's to 100%
http://3dmark.com/3dmv/2809158
P35070 3DMarks
Graphics Score: 41058.21
CPU Score: 24396.58
Jane Nash: 114.38 FPS
New Calico: 126.35 FPS
AI Test: 3441.85 operations/s
Physics Test: 30.68 operations/s
Nice roadhog, TRI 580s are hitting only 50k GPU score but thats with a nice hefty overclock of 910 core, Im sure if you threw these under a loop you would close or get ahead quite easily!!
Nice scores!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Nice setup with the trifie , do your fans also shoot up to high on benchmarks . . . Im thinking definitely watercoolin these suckersQuote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Here is the bench with 0% power setting lol.
http://i.imgur.com/fUOcR.jpg
The min FPS on the Day bench is odd. First run it was 21, then 2nd it was 41. It varies too much. I didn't feel like running it a third time lol.
So, here is my temporary cooling solution until I can get water cooling.
If you look closely, you can see the high tech zip tie spacers in between the cards to cure flaccid card syndrome.
http://i.imgur.com/qwvCv.jpg
Lol nothing wrong with ziptying a fan to a reservoir and the other to the 24 pin hahaa :D, full ghetto i like!! How much have your temps increased using the 2 fans ?
does that baby levitate with all those fans :rofl: nice rigging for sure :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
12c on unigine heaven. O_O So not too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny87au
What about running furmark?
never ran it before so nothing to compare to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny87au
Why 'sadly'? and having both giant screens and regualr 1080p screens in 3x configurations at the same moment running i can tell you that the 1080pQuote:
Originally Posted by Levesque
screens 580 sli is not a joke and can pull 120fps in games like f1 w/ all options on, that means wi a 120Hz refresh you can use all of that power in this typical resolution.
Same with metro, please explain any other confuguration that can hit 120fps w/ all options turned on in metro on these "i dont care for" resolutions you speak of?
Right now 2 gtx 580's can beat 3 6970's in heaven, yea they are overclocked but guess what? due to the design you can't overclock 6970's in 3x crossfire brick mode due to the shell overheat issue.
Please take your 2560x1600 cad monitor - yea thats what they are for - and enjoy your weak azz 59Hz refresh rates with optinos turned way down.
Whoa, somebody didn't get what they wanted for the holidays.Quote:
Originally Posted by twistedneck
Someone had a bowl of Troll for lunch. :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by twistedneck
Nice CPU waterblock ;) you need this to match [shameless plug]Quote:
Originally Posted by Roadhog
Joke aside, I had two of these on the bench and set the fans at 100% just to try. Say again? Sorry I couldn't hear you.. Reminds me of the days of the MC2000 with 4 x 33cfm 60mm Delta's. Now 3 of these at 100% fan speed.. 2012!
Quote:
Originally Posted by gabe
Maybe if they were released I would have a few of those. :D
Yeah, if I put them on 100% fan speed I can hear them outside my house a fair distance away. Good thing they never go near 100% on load though.