QX9650 @ mini-cascade | ATI HD3870 CF Stock

[Pedro Rocha]

Setup
- QX9650 cooled by mini-cascade (-85ºC)
- Asus Maximus Extreme
- Cellshock 1440 1800 7-6-6-18
- Silvertsone OP1000W
- 2 ATI HD3870 in CF- stock cards @ 900-1340

The cards dont let me boot with more than 130Mhz PCIe - in this setup can boot with the 2900XT's in CF at 145Mhz PCIe


First the old Aquamark




3DMark 2006 (low CPU speed, mini-cascade not calibrate for 4 cores)




3DMark 2005, with more acceptable CPU speed



+/- 1K less than the 2900XT result with this setup


And last, but not least My Favorite Game



Nature are more than 100fps lower than I get with 2 stock 2900XT CF in exact the same setup other Tests (cars, dragos and lobbies) are very similar to 2900XT


Anyway this results are not to bad for 2 stock unexpensive cards

[AliG]

lower? That's odd, the memory interface can't hamper the performance that much, not to mention the higher core clock has given the 3870 the upper hand in most 3dmark tests

[Pedro Rocha]

lower? That's odd, the memory interface can't hamper the performance that much, not to mention the higher core clock has given the 3870 the upper hand in most 3dmark tests

Yes lower heres is a 2005 in the same setup with 2 stock 2900XT at just 880-990 :



The diference is GT3, graphic intensive test, similar to 2001 Nature ..

[massman]

I'm sure you'll be able to find those 2,5k somewhere else, Pedro!

[Sampsa]

The cards dont let me boot with more than 130Mhz PCIe - in this setup can boot with the 2900XT's in CF at 145Mhz PCIe

Pedro, Radeon HD 3870 supports PCIe 2.0 which doubles the bandwidth by default so your cards are already a lot higher @ 130 MHz than Radeon HD 2900 XT PCIe 1.1 @ 145 MHz. I've been running my Radeon HD 3870 @ 142 MHz.

[Pedro Rocha]

Pedro, Radeon HD 3870 supports PCIe 2.0 which doubles the bandwidth by default so your cards are already a lot higher @ 130 MHz than Radeon HD 2900 XT PCIe 1.1 @ 145 MHz. I've been running my Radeon HD 3870 @ 142 MHz.

Ah OK makes sense Thanks for the hint Sampsa

[Sampsa]

Ah OK makes sense Thanks for the hint Sampsa

No problem, you actually inspired me to try 2001 SE after 5 years. I'm now @ 94k

edit:

My last result was submitted 2002-09-20: 20372 points

[Felipe]

nice cpu and vga

[massman]

No problem, you actually inspired me to try 2001 SE after 5 years. I'm now @ 94k

edit:

My last result was submitted 2002-09-20: 20372 points

Nostalgia is an understatement

[Lightman]

Nostalgia is an understatement

+1

I still got 3DMark99(Max) and 2000 on my HDD.. Shame they don't like XP....
But luckily FinalReality likes

[Pedro Rocha]

Well if we are speaking about nostalgia, what about this :





Now, let's back on topic

[PPInDaHouse]

the temperature -85c is in load?

[SIOUX]

Very nice for budget cards my friend

[pepinorang]

Great results ! I see you have find a good pair... And very similar to mines

Bye
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