I7 965 in the Mini-Cascade + 3 Stock GTX280's - Some 3D numbers

[Pedro Rocha]

Finally get motivation to bench with Tri-SLI

Setup:
- Setup:
- I7 965EE 3835A538 - Vcore 1.52v
- Asus Rampage II Extreme
- 3 DDR3 Sticks Cellshock 14400 - VMem 1.80v
- 3 EVGA GTX280
- Seasonic 1200w + Seasonic 650w
- OS: Vista (i hate Vista)


Photo:




Video Cards with very low OC - no air flow betweem then seems to decrease OC


OK, let's start with the numbers :


3DMark 2003



125K, no bad for green stock cards


3DMark 2005



More than 42K - really cool

Compare: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=4618920


And now the hard benchs that do some real damage on my poor mini-cascade


3DMark 2006



Compare: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9036644

Graphics tests nice for low clock on the cards - but the dam Vista really kill the CPU score droping from more 9100 on XP to 7800 on Vista


3DMark Vantage

And finally the inevitable Vantage - I'm really not a fan on this bench, the best expression to drescribe it is: "a pain in the ass"





30K without PhsyX of course - not bad for start, but this sure will improve in the big cascade the hold much better the brutal load ..


Well that's it for now, hope your enjoy it ...