HW Gurus OC Week

[quake6]

HW Gurus is officially launched

Test plan is that next week or two days we achieve at least 2000 points for HW Gurus team, and it is not just about hardware points which proves by the fact that there is 5 x GTX 580 cards. During testing, there will be Perica_barii, Dekara, Quake, Gameaddict, dejobar, trut_bar, tonino2, Mare085. During the entire test we will be benching three separate systems with many hardwares, while at the same time will livestream with at least 3 cameras and simultaneous updating scores on forums. Our goal is to have fun, which is certainly the most important in this story, but also there is no easy benching



First of all, we would like to thank some sponsors who have supported us with some ofhardwares that was great help to us. ASUS primarily in supporting motherboards and lot of graphics cards, ECS in the boards. This is just one of many HW Gurus OC Week gatherings, as we are planing to expand this to a far higher level and hopefully we will get support from other manufacturers.







I hope you will follow us via livestream and we hope that we will not have many problems in terms of hardware Since we have a lot of hardware, we hope that we will tested all. How would you be interested, the following pictures are what we are going to test, best regards!


LIVESTREAM LINK



LIST OF HARDWARE
GPU
2x ASUS Geforce GTX 580 Matrix Platinum
1x ASUS Geforce GTX 570 DirectCU II
2x ASUS Radeon HD 5870 Matrix Platinum
1x ASUS Geforce GTX 460 TOP
1x ASUS Radeon HD 2900XT
1x ASUS Radeon X1950XTX

4x Geforce 8800GT
2x Geforce 8800GTS 320MB
1x Geforce 8800GTS 512MB
2x Geforce 8800GTS 640MB
5x Geforce 8800GTX
2x Geforce 9800GX2

3x MSI Geforce GTX 580 Lightning
1x EVGA Geforce GTX 285 Classified (lack of EVBot)
1x nVidia Geforce 8600GT
1x ATI Radeon HD 4870X2

CPU
3x Intel Core i7 990x
1x Intel Core i7 920
3x Intel Core i7 2600k
1x Intel Core i5 2500k
1x Intel Core i5 670
1x Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

RAM
2x 2x2GB G.Skill RipjawsX 2133MHz 8-9-8
1x 3x2GB Corsair Dominator GTX2 2250MHz
3x 3x2GB OCZ Blade 2000MHz 7-8-7
2x 2x2GB Transcend Axe Extreme 2400MHz 9-11-9

MBO
1x ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition
1x ASUS Maximus IV Extreme (P67 rev. B2)
1x ASUS P8P67
1x ASUS P8P67 WS
1x ASUS Rampage Extreme
1x ASUS Commando
1x ECS P67H2-A Black Series
1x ECS P67H2-A2 Black Series
1x EVGA P55 Classified 200
2x EVGA P67 FTW

PSU
2x Corsair AX1200W
1x Antec Truepower Quattro 1200W
1x Enermax Galaxy 1000W

[quake6]

Reserve #1 for all results

[fl0w3n]

Looks like a real fun time, let's see some records

Where will this be taking place?

[Hondacity]

so much goodies

[quake6]

A couple of days are behind us and we wanted to show you what we have managed to do:

Intel Core i7 920 D0
The processor have BCLK wall at 250MHz and don’t like to work without HT and two cores, so we had to keep all cores + HT on. Another thing is that it doesn’t like cold, -80 ° C maximum, everything below that is causing strange behavior of the system.

Super Pi 1M – 7.594s – 5256MHz @ 1.54v, NB 4756 @ 1.48v, RAM 2000MHz @ 7-7-6


Super Pi 32M – 6:58.078s – 5197MHz @ 1.54v, NB 4700 @ 1.48v, RAM 2000MHz @ 7-7-6


Pifast - 16.05 – 5257MHz @ 1.535v, NB 4756 @ 1.48v, RAM 2000MHz @ 7-7-6


Wprime 32M – 4.624s – 5197MHz @ 1.54v, NB 4700 @ 1.48v, RAM 2000MHz @ 7-7-6


Wprime 1024M – 149.125s – 5131MHz @ 1.54v, NB 4642 @ 1.48v, RAM 2000MHz @ 7-7-6




Then we quickly run wPrime so we could know on what clocks we can run Intel Core i7 2600k

Wprime 32M – 4.399 – Intel 2600k @ 5591MHz, 1084MHz @ 7-7-7


Wprime 1024M – 137.498 – Intel 2600k @ 5591MHz, 1084MHz @ 7-7-7





Zotac 8800GT 512MB
It worked over 130°C for about 6-7h of benching. On the card we did VGPU and OCP, but for memory we forgot to do. Day after we did that also but no help for memory frequency. Voltage card was around 1.45v, there was no OVP till 1.55V, but the cards at that voltage almost died. The memory on the card was very strange, everything above 1000MHz was on the edge of cracking (perhaps due to excessive cold). Vantage caused a lot of the problems. We benched it for about 3-4h but for some reason we were getting very low results. We tried Vista and 7, old, new drivers, factory clocks, practically everything, but it just didn’t worked.

3D Mark 2001 – 94402 – 8800GT @ 846/987/2106


3D Mark 2003 – 58788 – 8800GT @ 994/999/2430


3D Mark 2005 – 37673 – 8800GT @ 999/1053/2592


3D Mark 2006 – 22052 – 8800GT @ 999/1053/2592


3D Mark Vantage – 8750 – 8800GT @ 999/1044/2430


Aquamark – 391 121 – 8800GT @ 999/1053/2592





ASUS GTX 460 TOP 768MB.
The card has a non-standard holes so we couldn’t mount the pot on the card, but we did put Megahalems cooler and the maximum temperature on the card was 30°C

3D Mark 2003 – 89902 – GTX 460 768MB @ 980/1090


3D Mark 2005 – 47913 – GTX 460 768MB @ 1000/1095


3D Mark 2006 – 33359– GTX 460 768MB @ 1050/1117


Aquamark – 401 774 – GTX 460 768MB @ 1032/1120




ASUS DirectCu II GTX 570
All the time we had a problems with low results, namely HDR3.0 in 06, low Vantage and very low Nature scores. This morning we finally figured it out what the problem was (mbo), so that the results of the GTX 570 will definitely be improved, since the results should be okay in terms of perf with other motherboard. ASUS DirectCu II GTX 570 had a CB at -60 ° C, the maximum voltage was 1.213v, memory doesn’t like high frequency so we have been very limited.

3D Mark 2003 – 119499 – GTX 570 @ 980/1090


3D Mark 2005 – 49706 – GTX 570 @ 1164/1019


3D Mark 2006 – 38581 – GTX 570 @ 1148/1024


3D Mark Vantage – 30803 – GTX 570 @ 1106/1004


Aquamark – 417 227 – GTX 570 @ 1211/1024




So far, that would be all. Currently we are running the GTX 570 and you can see all the progress live right now on www.livestream.com / hwgurus

A few photos and movies



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1oIkxFpTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdC7yjbXE1A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QJ50INwMfU

[kokomiscool]

lets the party begin ...

[Vivi]

nice pics!!

[zzolio]

nice scores

run the 920 on a R3E an 2 mem stiks

it is the R3E BE ther holds you back

post som bios pics

[quake6]

We tried that too, but no luck with R3E BE

We finally got lucky There was a lot of first places, a lot of 2nd, so it is the best for you to see the results. There was too much pictures to post it so we post just link for hwbot


7900GT
We were messing up a bit with a 7900GT card which proved to be a failure. -20 and -50 there were no difference, vgpu was at 1.45v, and we worked in parallel with the 2900XT, which has spent a lot of horrible LN2. The results for this card is not the best, but again not too bad.

3D Mark 01 – 81017 – 7900GT @ 750/950 MHz – 4th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193461_...gt_81017_marks

3D Mark 03 – 32778 – 7900GT @ 755/955 MHz – 5th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193455_...gt_32778_marks

3D Mark 05 – 14465 – 7900GT @ 765/970 MHz – 10th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193457_...gt_14465_marks

3D Mark 06 – 8336 – 7900GT @ 760/980 MHz – 12th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193460_..._gt_8336_marks

Aquamark – 221047 – 7900GT @ 760/963 MHz – 12th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193458_...t_221047_marks


2900XT
The card was spending a lot of LN2, A LOOOOOT, it was something terrible. For half a minute it will come from -60 to +10 if the pot is empty, so we spent too much LN2 on it. The results are not bad, but the card had CB at -80. VGPU was 1.65V, vmem at 2.45v, and the 2.5V VDDQ

3D Mark 01 – 110500 – 2900XT @ 1,117/1,125 MHz – 4th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192899_...b_110500_marks

3D Mark 03 – 55676 – 2900XT @ 1,171/1,125 MHz – 4th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192903_...mb_55676_marks

3D Mark 05 – 36096 – 2900XT @ 1,158/1,107 MHz – 2nd place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192905_...mb_36096_marks

3D Mark 06 – 17281 – 2900XT @ 1,050/999 MHz – 7th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192908_...mb_17281_marks

Aquamark – 324808 – 2900XT @ 1,144/1,089 MHz – 5th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192906_...b_324808_marks


ASUS GTX 570 Direct Cu II
The card ran at -65 ° C because CB was a little below 65°C. We did not get any software or BIOS, which would move CB a little or a possibility for more voltage via smart doctor or GPU tweak, which were limited to 1.213v so this was the best we could do

3D Mark 01 – 126672 – GTX 570 @ 1,154/2,308/1,060 MHz – 1st place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192619_...0_126672_marks

3D Mark 03 – 139349 – GTX 570 @ 1,154/2,308/1,060 MHz – 2nd place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192624_...0_139349_marks

3D Mark 05 – 51225 – GTX 570 @ 1,154/2,308/1,024 – 2nd place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192625_...70_51225_marks

3D Mark 06 – 40654 – GTX 570 @ 1,154/2,308/1,060 MHz – 2nd place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192627_...70_40654_marks

3D Mark 11 – 8246 – GTX 570 @ 1,101/2,202/1,004 MHz – 3rd place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192635_...570_8246_marks

3D Mark Vantage – 126672 – GTX 570 @ 1,117/2,234/1,019 MHz – 8th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192630_...70_31202_marks

Aquamark – 428877 – GTX 570 @ 1,190/2,380/1,071 MHz – 2nd place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192617_...0_428877_marks

Unigine Heaven – 1684.51 – GTX 570 @ 1,070/2,140/1,004 MHz – 7th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2192637_....51_dx11_marks


8800GTX
Here things really started to get better. The card ran at -120 ° C, vgpu was 1.6V and the memory at 2.15V. With the card, we took three 1st places and one 2nd place.

3D Mark 01 – 99789 – 8800GTX @ 792/999 MHz – 25. place (out of LN2)
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193273_...tx_99789_marks

3D Mark 03 – 67549 – 8800GTX @ 945/2,106/1,269 MHz – 1st place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193222_...tx_67549_marks

3D Mark 05 – 38021 – 8800GTX @ 945/2,052/1,269 MHz – 1st place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193227_...tx_38021_marks

3D Mark 06 – 23322 – 8800GTX @ 972/1,998/1,188 MHz – 2nd place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193268_...tx_23322_marks

Aquamark – 403925 – 8800GTX @ 999/2,052/1,269 MHz – 1st place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193270_...x_403925_marks


Intel Core i7 2600k
In addition, we did some wPrime results with other 2600k processor.
Wprime 32M - 4sec 265ms – Intel Core i7 2600k @ 5,654MHz – 48th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193140_...00k_4sec_265ms

Wprime 1024M - 135sec 155ms – Intel Core i7 2600k @ 5,659MHz – 48th place
http://hwbot.org/submission/2193149_...k_135sec_155ms

[sofos1990]

Great benching guys !

[Perica_Barii]

Thx...Will try more in next few days...

[slamms]

nice work, my friend!

[Xtreme Addict]

Great results with older but still kicking ass hardware. It's a big success, benching so much hardware with good results. Keep pushing

[Perica_Barii]

Little update from testing cpu for 3dmark05....


Hardware news, Overclocking Competitions, Reviews

[Poci]

Where did you get your hands on all that hardware? And more important the cost, teh monies?!?!?

[deachus]

Where did you get your hands on all that hardware? And more important the cost, teh monies?!?!?

Looks like OP stated it was sponsored, then listed the current sponsors (first post)