4-Way + 3DMark 11, lots of photos

Finally, my NV curse is over :D

I was trying 4-Way on Sunday but nothing was working, then my Quattro 1200W blew up so I had to RMA it. This time decided to use 2x HCP 1200W instead of combo HCP + Quattro and got only few litres of LN2 left :(

Platform:

i7 990X ES - thx Intel Polska @ F1 EE
Rampage III Black Edition - thx Asus Polska
ROG Xpander - thx Asus Polska
4x Asus GTX 580 DirectCU II, CBB mod, OCP mod, OCP per phase mod @ duniek slimpots
2x Antec HCP 1200W - thx Antec
2x2 GB Goodram PRO 2000 CL7 - thx Wilk Elektronik
Goodram PRO 64 GB SSD - thx Wilk Elektronik
EVGA Frostbite - thx EVGA

some photos:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1180/img2251m.jpg

4-Way on AC :up:

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/4167/img2252a.jpg

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/900/img2253q.jpg

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4359/img2263yc.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/984/img2267v.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3941/img2268zk.jpg

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1430/img2269q.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/9886/img2270u.jpg


The result:


http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5351/3dmark11m.png

http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1543689

3th place on HWBOT :D not too shabby I think :up:

http://hwbot.org/submission/2190943_...80_23308_marks

Processor temp. - 110*C

GPU scaling:

1100 MHz GPU @ 1.25v / 1100 MHz Mem @ -55*C
1150 MHz GPU @ 1.30v / 1100 MHz Mem @ - 85*C

I couldn't achieve 1200 GPU stable but I think I can do it next time :up: have to do vmem mods and have much more LN2 :D

Stay tuned!

very nice

tpq1200 is not reliable...

ENVY!

Damn nice setup bro :)

Sweet clocking and sweet scores :up:

ROG Xpander :down:

Not too shabby indeed :D Look forward to your runs w/ the memory mod in place.

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

Sweet clocking and sweet scores :up:

ROG Xpander :down:

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Don't hate the player, hate quad-SLI :p:

that is awesome ,so in the near future the vga's that come with this nerby performance must be like a 4 x gtx 580...hard work to engineers!

Nice benching

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

very nice

tpq1200 is not reliable...

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Thx :D I used this Quattro almost 2 years and it was good till now. But HCP is better :D

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Originally Posted by Vivi

ENVY!

Damn nice setup bro :)

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4-Way is a beautiful beast :) Thx my friend :)

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

Sweet clocking and sweet scores :up:

ROG Xpander :down:

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Thx my friend :) I understand your frustration about Xpander. I also HATE IT. I begged for 3 months polish department of Asus to organise Xpander, finally they got 2 pieces, one failed :/ and it's the only one. They have no warranty so I have to treat it like na egg. I always am afraid it would break and then I couldn't push 4-way on Asus motherboard. If we could buy it like other staff it would be ok, but it's only "limited edition for our special overclockers/departments of Asus worldwide"...

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Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler

Not too shabby indeed :D Look forward to your runs w/ the memory mod in place.



Don't hate the player, hate quad-SLI :p:

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I hope everything will go better next time :) I will keep pushing it!

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Originally Posted by hersounds

that is awesome ,so in the near future the vga's that come with this nerby performance must be like a 4 x gtx 580...hard work to engineers!

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Haha, yes efficiency is marvellous, can't wait to new generations of VGAs :D

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Originally Posted by T_M

Nice benching

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Thx my friend! :)

well done and nice pics my friend :-)

Very nice :clap: Good pics, gotta love 4 way always :D

Loving the 4-Way action!!

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

ROG Xpander :down:

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There is a way to get it:

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Originally Posted by AndreYang

This is not a big issue. You know how to pm me

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awesome results and great pictures. :up:

great pics and nice scores!

lets see 1200Mhz on gpu's and better score now that curse is up! :D

I just complain because I can sometimes. I'm getting close to running my first 4-way setup, but it's 5870s so it doesn't even need the Xpander!

Didn't mean to distract the thread... this is some sweet benching. Makes it even harder for me to wait until I get to bench next!

Oh bass, you silly complainer.


Sweet results Miravo, always love seeing 5 pots...it must be hard controlling them all at once.

Very nice results man, looks like a beast of a setup too!

So, what do you think of that new EVGA thermal paste?

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Originally Posted by canna1988

well done and nice pics my friend :-)

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THX my friend :)

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Originally Posted by SoF

Very nice :clap: Good pics, gotta love 4 way always :D

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THX :D 4-way is THE challenge!

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Originally Posted by massman

Loving the 4-Way action!!

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I also love it :)

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Originally Posted by Turrican

awesome results and great pictures. :up:

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Thx. Really appreciate! Soon more pictures :D

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Originally Posted by Wumpus

great pics and nice scores!

lets see 1200Mhz on gpu's and better score now that curse is up! :D

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Thx mate, but I think without more mods I won't be able to push more in 4-Way. 2x GPU does 1350 MHz GPU, others: ~ 1250 GPU in single. I think I have to replace those worse!

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

I just complain because I can sometimes. I'm getting close to running my first 4-way setup, but it's 5870s so it doesn't even need the Xpander!

Didn't mean to distract the thread... this is some sweet benching. Makes it even harder for me to wait until I get to bench next!

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No problem :) Keep pushing! Really want to see some 4x GPU action from You!

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Originally Posted by fl0w3n

Oh bass, you silly complainer.


Sweet results Miravo, always love seeing 5 pots...it must be hard controlling them all at once.

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Thx, yes it's hard. After today, 5 hours of 4-way benching (only one result lol :D:D ) I am really tired!

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Originally Posted by Lsdmeasap

Very nice results man, looks like a beast of a setup too!

So, what do you think of that new EVGA thermal paste?

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THX :)

About EVGA Frostbite - it's the way to go! My CPU is very sensitive cause it's has CB but does great MHz but temp. must be almost rockstable and is very sensitive for thermal grease:

For instance, tested some:
Ceramique -> CB on my CPU - 160*C, 6.3 GHz without HT with 4.5GHz+ Uncore
Noctua -> don't remember correctly, but it was nothing special
no name silver grease -> CB -149*C 6.5 Ghz without HT with 4.5 GHz+ Uncore but sucked in HT testing
Thermalright Chill 2 -> CB -135*C, 6.32 GHZ with HT with 4.5 GHz+ Uncore BUT I could bench it only for 20 minutes cause after that time my CB moved to -149*C so I could forget about benching with HT cause it wasn't stable (6.1 GHz max)
Thermalright Chill3-> CB -149*C, nothing special
EVGA FrostBite -> CB -129*C, very good for HT testing, especially with high load like CPU tests in Vantage, my CPU does always with it 5.95 GHz (like on new screen with new score), it's rock stable at -125*C. It doesn't loose it's performance, after 5 hours everything is OK. And what is more important, I didn't unmount pot after last benching on Thursday and still it works the same. For comparison on other pastes my CPU does 5.92 GHz with 3ghz uncore... or 5.7-5.8 GHz with normal uncore. So for me Frostbite is my choice :)

Ok, so UPDATE



I benched for 5 hours to obtain one score. I am not too happy with it, my target is ~ 73K+. After using vaseline (thx PURE!) I had less problems and could bench for hours.

Platform:

i7 990X ES - thx Intel Polska @ F1 EE
Rampage III Black Edition - thx Asus Polska
ROG Xpander - thx Asus Polska
4x Asus GTX 580 DirectCU II, CBB mod, OCP mod, OCP per phase mod @ duniek slimpots
2x Antec HCP 1200W - thx Antec
2x2 GB Goodram PRO 2000 CL7 - thx Wilk Elektronik
Goodram PRO 64 GB SSD - thx Wilk Elektronik
EVGA Frostbite - thx EVGA



The result:

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/8006/vantaged.png

http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3339543

http://hwbot.org/submission/2192124_...calculate=true

according to bot it's 6th result, not bad but as I said I want MORE.

Processor temp. - 125*C during CPU tests, GT -100*C~-120*C, -129*C CB

GPU scaling:

1100 MHz GPU @ 1.36v / 1100 MHz Mem @ -70*C

Vantage needs more voltage on GPU's much more. This run was made with 5.95 ghz during whole vantage and I think it's my bottleneck. Tried more CPU power but one slot froze so I will try score better during night (got 30 litres left). And tomorrow again 90 litres :D I think I can do 6.2 - 6.3 GHz through GPU tests so it should raise my score a lot. Maybe more CPU power in CPU tests, but 5.95 GHz through vantage CPU tests is rock stable always and don't want to risk after today's struggle.

Stay tuned!

Very nice my friend, 5 pots yourself is hard work !!

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Originally Posted by Viss

Very nice my friend, 5 pots yourself is hard work !!

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Wow, I agree. Nice work!

vaseline FTW :D

i think you should change your name so its the same from kpc and here :D

Whoa... well done again!

I prefer liquid electrical tape. It works just as well as vaseline (if not better) and just peels off when you're done.

http://www.overclock.net/dry-ice-liq...e-awesome.html

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/x...x/c82d73f1.jpg

yea but we mean putting Vaseline inside the PCI-E slot :).

but that stuff looks cool too.

that nice quad sli !!!

Nice thread MIravo :)

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

vaseline FTW :D

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haha you got the point lol

As I told addict, hard work here! Impressive guys..even to get any results from a 4-way 5 container LN2 session is tough, let alone great ones like yours. 4-way FTW!
:up: :up:

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Originally Posted by Viss

Very nice my friend, 5 pots yourself is hard work !!

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THX Bart :D Hard work which gives a lot of satisfaction

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Originally Posted by sanctified

Wow, I agree. Nice work!

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Thx again :)

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Originally Posted by Hondacity

vaseline FTW :D

i think you should change your name so its the same from kpc and here :D

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THX my friend. I pm'ed administrator some time ago but got no response :(

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Originally Posted by bassplayer

Whoa... well done again!

I prefer liquid electrical tape. It works just as well as vaseline (if not better) and just peels off when you're done.

http://www.overclock.net/dry-ice-liq...e-awesome.html

http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/x...x/c82d73f1.jpg

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Thx Bass :) this liquid tape seems to be very interesting, have to find some place in Poland where I can buy it. Need to try! :D

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Originally Posted by Vivi

yea but we mean putting Vaseline inside the PCI-E slot :).

but that stuff looks cool too.

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Thx :)

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Originally Posted by PatRaceTin

that nice quad sli !!!

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Thx! :) Quad is the way to go :]

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Originally Posted by sofos1990

Nice thread MIravo :)

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Thx sofos :)

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Originally Posted by k|ngp|n

As I told addict, hard work here! Impressive guys..even to get any results from a 4-way 5 container LN2 session is tough, let alone great ones like yours. 4-way FTW!
:up: :up:

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Thx Vince :) Soon I should score better :)

Now pretesting 580 GTX under singlestage, I have to many 580 DCU to pretest them all on LN2 and have to finish 4-Way project this weekend cause more hardware wait to overclock! :D

Amazing stuff & nice pics, but this is the one I liked the most -

Attachment 119098

I love 3D mark :D

well done man, 4way benching is :banana::banana::banana::banana:ing awesome fun :D

Thx dinos22 :D

@i_max2k2


Yes those ORB comparison system is sometimes really funny :D


Little update in Vantage:

So finally I picked up four best cards and did all vmods. But still I am not satisfied with my 4-Way efficiency. I managed to score a bit better in Vantage. But experience is priceless. This time no problems only GPUs overclocked weakly (cores), maybe I need third PSU? This time I bumped a bit CPU in GPU tests up to 6150 MHz (x31 multi)

i7 990X ES - thx Intel Polska @ F1 EE
Rampage III Black Edition - thx Asus Polska
ROG Xpander - thx Asus Polska
4x Asus GTX 580 DirectCU II, CBB mod, OCP mod, OCP per phase mod, mem OVP, vmem, vpll @ duniek slimpots
2x Antec HCP 1200W - thx Antec
2x2 GB Goodram PRO 2000 CL7 - thx Wilk Elektronik
Goodram PRO 64 GB SSD - thx Wilk Elektronik
EVGA Frostbite - thx EVGA Tajwan


http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/5345/72k.png


ORB



Stay tuned :D

Looks like now all you need is an SR2 and two X5690s!

:yepp: