8C Ambients + Corsair H50 = 24608 Marks 3DMark06

[Slappa]

http://slappablog.wordpress.com/2010...arks-3dmark06/

Opened up the window last night and let the winter air flow:



This is single card only. The 5870 was running at 900MHz/1300MHz.

[FlanK3r]

ooo, nice score!

[Zeus]

You gotta love winter. If you can, try using Vista 32bit for 3d mark 06. CPU score will be lower but total score will be quite a bit better. My thuban runs 4.5GHz on all cores through 06 with a bit of cold air through the rad and it ain't one of the best. Keep pushing it.

[Jaivan]

You lucky Albertans, over in BC it's just wet and mild...

[I.nfraR.ed]

Mine does 4.5GHz on 17-18C ambient without a hassle. This voltage is a little bit high and not needed for that frequency, normally I run it at 1.54V.
I'm sure yours can do the same, even better. Keep pushing it! And you're using only H50...

[Slappa]

ooo, nice score!

Thanks!

You gotta love winter. If you can, try using Vista 32bit for 3d mark 06. CPU score will be lower but total score will be quite a bit better. My thuban runs 4.5GHz on all cores through 06 with a bit of cold air through the rad and it ain't one of the best. Keep pushing it.

Yeah I'm thinking of switching over to vista or win 7 for benchmarking. higher 3d and less stress loading OS. Then I can also do vantage

If i push the voltage I can get 4500MHz

You lucky Albertans, over in BC it's just wet and mild...

muhahaha. We get some nice days to take advantage of the cold air for overclocking. Last year I was OCing on -27C ambients

Mine does 4.5GHz on 17-18C ambient without a hassle. This voltage is a little bit high and not needed for that frequency, normally I run it at 1.54V.
I'm sure yours can do the same, even better. Keep pushing it! And you're using only H50...

I will push it again when I have time Wish I could tonight but I gotta get sleep for an exam tomorrow.

[Zeus]

Ok, cause i'm the kind type of person, i'll give you something to shoot for:





Cheers

[PatRaceTin]

wow i want some 8C ambient!!!

[Slappa]

Ok, cause i'm the kind type of person, i'll give you something to shoot for:





Cheers

I can reach that CPU speed.

However the GFX OC is a no go because I have a non-ref board. = no voltage increases. So you'll always have an advantage over me. Oh and just realized youre on crossfire too

[chew*]

Ok, cause i'm the kind type of person, i'll give you something to shoot for:





Cheers

Hehe your learning that poking just a tad makes people push harder

My turn just for notalgia I tossed in a 5870, not cold water just decent water setup.

Weren't you chasing 26K single for a while there zeus

[Manicdan]

anyone notice that the score chew just posted has 7790 cpu score,
while a near identical setup from slappa is getting 8219

whats the secret?

[stangracin3]

probably vid drivers and CPU-NB

[chew*]

anyone notice that the score chew just posted has 7790 cpu score,
while a near identical setup from slappa is getting 8219

whats the secret?

It must be my uber cheats in all seriousness if we measured a score only by cpu score I would bench XP but since total overall score is what matters I choose vista

[Zeus]

Weren't you chasing 26K single for a while there zeus

Actually no, i was chasing 27K with 2x5870 Xfire but with a Deneb CPU.

Only got 26569, 27K was out of reach.

anyone notice that the score chew just posted has 7790 cpu score,
while a near identical setup from slappa is getting 8219

whats the secret?

Windows XP.

[stangracin3]

also in slappa's run

This is single card only. The 5870 was running at 900MHz/1300MHz.

[chew*]

Actually no, i was chasing 27K with 2x5870 Xfire but with a Deneb CPU.

Only got 26569, 27K was out of reach.



Windows XP.

you forgot?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1172

[crazydiamond]

it seems to be time to show some x6 3dm06 runs?

here is my 5850 single card + x6 @ over 70*F ambient on win7 64bit.... 1more htt & win vista/7 you should be able to beat it slappa maybe not even any more cpu speed

[Manicdan]

It must be my uber cheats in all seriousness if we measured a score only by cpu score I would bench XP but since total overall score is what matters I choose vista

did things change recently? i remember that if you wanted a faster score for 06, you had to use XP not vista? and win7 was ok, but still not as good as XP

[chew*]

did things change recently? i remember that if you wanted a faster score for 06, you had to use XP not vista? and win7 was ok, but still not as good as XP

game tests carry more weight than cpu score does.

here's a perfect example I nerfed my VGA clocks to same speed as slappa now.

Also this should show that only canyon really shows any gains with VGA clocks compared to my run above

[Manicdan]

game tests carry more weight than cpu score does.

here's a perfect example I nerfed my VGA clocks to same speed as slappa now.

Also this should show that only canyon really shows any gains with VGA clocks compared to my run above

i understand the weightings of 3dmark, i just recall very clearly that vista was a drop in performance for everything, and win7 was almost back to the same levels as xp. did a service pack change things?

[chew*]

i understand the weightings of 3dmark, i just recall very clearly that vista was a drop in performance for everything, and win7 was almost back to the same levels as xp. did a service pack change things?

I would not know, I never listen to anyone, I like to verify things for myself.

5850 I capped at 900/1300

[I.nfraR.ed]

Compare these 2 scores - the same cpu, memory, only different cards. Both results are with almost the same CPU clock, but on the first one I have used my 24/7 memory and CPU-NB clocks.

7848 CPU score


9573 CPU score


Is Red Valley CPU1 score on first one normal?

[Zeus]

you forgot?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1172

Hehe, appearently you didn't.

I wasn't actually chasing anything single card, it was just a try with just one card.
The real goal was 27K cause i saw theoldtimer and equinox do that.

As you can see, Canyon flight is the only test that gains massive from going X-fire. But i didn't need to tell you.

[chew*]

Compare these 2 scores - the same cpu, memory, only different cards. Both results are with almost the same CPU clock, but on the first one I have used my 24/7 memory and CPU-NB clocks.

7848 CPU score


9573 CPU score


Is Red Valley CPU1 score on first one normal?

yes your second result has bugged cpu test for whatever reason.

More specifically your second run test 1 cpu test is wicked bugged, test 1 should always be lower than test 2.

My guess would be your ram clocks aren't stable, clocking ram really doesn't help 06 anyway.

[I.nfraR.ed]

Thanks for clarification. I'm not much into 3DMarks.
So, it seems that CPU test 2 score on second SS is normal, but the CPU Test 1 is bugged, it should be more like 100 points higher than the one on the first SS.