2008 XS Cheapazchips 3D challenge

[dinos22]

lol Andy
just been busy
not pulling any legs heh
will post results on the last day anyways
i'll just go for gold on one session

guess i'll do air benches as my PCI Extender hasn't shown yet so no LN2

[SpikeP]

Got work this afternoon, so decided to use the time wisely, and go as far as i can. I don;t think i will get the time to mod a new cooler and go further, but still think the result is good, being my first contest. hopefully i will stay somewhere at the top!

Well here it is. Screenshot of the result. Possibly my final 3dmark03 score, unless i find ways of going further!



memory as you can see has finished at 605mhz. Used 2.18 to 2.19v to get that. any higher or lower just seemed to cut out, and going up above 605mhz cause the system to freeze.

Scored were done with the 8400gs controller doing the memory, and the x850 delivering the vcore by 3 wires. still on air, but with a 12cm fan at 2400rpm doing the cooling this time round.

Good luck everyone on these last few days. I have got a hectic schedule ahead now, and know there are still some people here staying quiet with no results.

- Paul

[T_M]

Well, after much pain for very little gain, here's my meager update from tonights 3hrs session.
Clock can go up, but the score just sits still heheh. DAMN YOU SAMSUNG RAM.
The core and shader clocks can go further im sure, still only hitting it with 2.1-2.15V. Temps needed to be around -30C tonight for these clocks. Having a hell of a time with pouring, weirdly it will not pass trolls lair without the pot increasing in temp while it runs, if the pot is stable or getting colder it will always fail.
Had a time with '01 so no score there.

T_M 10064 ANYTHING GOES (1098/2754/513) http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5745836

[dinos22]

riser cards arrived

[dinos22]

what's going on fellas

bit quiet in here

you'll LOVE the pics of TTBT mounted on this little card

it looks hilarious

LN2 2moro if it survives the night

[Johnny Bravo]

what's going on fellas

bit quiet in here

you'll LOVE the pics of TTBT mounted on this little card

it looks hilarious

LN2 2moro if it survives the night

Don't worry mate, once I've finished work you'll be hearing from me soon enough

[zakelwe]

My replacement stick of RAM has arrived now the card is dead Might have given me another couple of hundred points in 2001, not sure, never tested with one stick.

I am testing an 8600GT with one stick and at only 650/900 it gives over 50000 points, so it goes to show how much the 8400 is handicapped. I can hit 74000 with SLi. I'll be playing with that tonight.

Regards

Andy

[SpikeP]

Nice to see a bit of movement on here again. awaiting what johnny has to offer!
Anyone got any tips for 3dmark01. I ran through at 810/2050/605 and got 26,500 area. i am thinking maybe the core means more, but sure i can gain some more if i know the tweaks.

Awaiting pics dino. Looking forward to seeing how this card fits with the riser and TTBT.

- Paul

[zakelwe]

Nice to see a bit of movement on here again. awaiting what johnny has to offer!
Anyone got any tips for 3dmark01. I ran through at 810/2050/605 and got 26,500 area. i am thinking maybe the core means more, but sure i can gain some more if i know the tweaks.

Awaiting pics dino. Looking forward to seeing how this card fits with the riser and TTBT.

- Paul

There's the LOD tweaks we talked about before, need a recap again? Not sure how much you run 2001 but

1) From boot up and the first run you may get more in lobby or car games over subsequent runs.

2) People will often run car low last as every few runs it gives a higher score by a percentage.

Regards

Andy

[dinos22]

soooooooooooooo late

yet soooo close to andy in 03
what do i do

my '01 tweaks must be
i'm not even close to top 2 guys

[dinos22]

something is dead
01 crashed as soon as i start it
even at stock volts and clocks

[dinos22]

10415 '03
AIR COOLED GPU
Water on CPU



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5746910



26896 '01
AIR COOLED GPU
Water on CPU



http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9340802







looks like i killed my best set of Dominators

[Fr3ak]

Nice scores! After Cebit, I will join the fun. I am too busy right now

[dinos22]

Nice scores! After Cebit, I will join the fun. I am too busy right now

this comp ends in a couple of days



looks like it was false alarm regarding dominators

they are fine after a changed GFX cards >> guess i'll test the card tomorrow on some other board and new setup and see WTF

[zakelwe]

Wow, I saw Dino finally, or Dinosaw as we say in the UK

I've had far too many drinks tonight to even attempt to update the front page without possibly wiping out all my hours of cut and paste and move up and down to even consider it, but when I sober up tomorrow I'll stick you in as air cooled. Very nice work, good luck with taking it further, Paul needs a run for his money to keep him keen till Friday night.


Regards

Andy

[dinos22]

[zakelwe]

And that's just your wifes rig for doing Ebay and emails ....

Regards

Andy

[G H Z]

I'm glad you didn't kill your Dominators doing this dinos, pretty smokin Wings though

Almost looks like your drivers wern't set right for '01.

[systemviper]

And that's just your wifes rig for doing Ebay and emails ....

Regards

Andy

now that a work rig.....

Love it!

[dinos22]

I'm glad you didn't kill your Dominators doing this dinos, pretty smokin Wings though

Almost looks like your drivers wern't set right for '01.

yeah man wings are very good but i lose out to Andy in GT2 and GT3

looks like it's just our LOD settings


i was worried about this riser card impacting on scores but it seems to be ok




i used the same driver for '01 but lower clocks and i think that wasn't a restart either so probably with the right clocks and restart i'd get closer but Andy is pretty good at '01. i would have to bench for a few extra nights to creep up there

too bad the card looks dead
i'll try pull off the freezer trick and stick it under F1EE and see if it will take 3v

p.s. you have no idea how happy i am they are still OK dude......i love this kit of RAM......best piece of silicone i ever had



Comparing Andy again cause he's got similar clocks

    Car Chase - Low Detail 	357.25 FPS 	369.54 FPS
    Car Chase - High Detail 	233.73 FPS 	237.54 FPS
    Dragothic - Low Detail 	335.24 FPS 	360.13 FPS
    Dragothic - High Detail 	227.38 FPS 	237.84 FPS
    Lobby - Low Detail 	        344.75 FPS 	360.64 FPS
    Lobby - High Detail 	230.64 FPS 	239.2 FPS
    Nature 	                134.45 FPS 	141.34 FPS

damn G H Z
some serious FPS here wow

    Car Chase - Low Detail 	357.25 FPS 	385.79 FPS
    Car Chase - High Detail 	233.73 FPS 	253.12 FPS
    Dragothic - Low Detail 	335.24 FPS 	352.92 FPS
    Dragothic - High Detail 	227.38 FPS 	240.09 FPS
    Lobby - Low Detail 	        344.75 FPS 	353.81 FPS
    Lobby - High Detail 	230.64 FPS 	240.88 FPS
    Nature 	                 134.45 FPS 	142.79 FPS

i used LOD 2.1 which works well for 8800 cards on all tests except nature (4.4 for me)

probably the problem

order i ran was LL>DL>DH>LH>CH>N>CL i think





i think running 2.23v on RAM may have killed them
i could bench 555MHz on RAM with 2.21v and i just bumped to 560 and reran '03 and noticed some serious artifacting during the run which is ok hgahahah >> i was playin with volts during the run and got it up to 2.23v but didn't help....knocked it back to 2.21v and finished the run

after that i tried '01 = bluescreen with nvdia driver error message
tried stock = crash
tried superpi at stock =error EEK
one stick at a time was fine for a few loops before i stopped it
changed cards over in system = superpi perfectly fine
ran '01 on 8800GT and ran ok through Cars so i stopped it and went to bed at 4am >> or was it 5 hahaha

[G H Z]

i used LOD 2.1 which works well for 8800 cards on all tests except nature (4.4 for me)

probably the problem

order i ran was LL>DL>DH>LH>CH>N>CL i think

You gotta run '01 on a fresh boot. I used 4.3 on everything - DL, DH, LL, LH, CL ,N, CL x 20

You lost ram MHz on '01, that hurt you also

[dinos22]

You gotta run '01 on a fresh boot. I used 4.3 on everything - DL, DH, LL, LH, CL ,N, CL x 20

You lost ram MHz on '01, that hurt you also

hahah i ran CL about 10 times try to figure out which barrel i'm supposed to miss hahahah
thanks for the tips

if this car is ok i might try it in the new mobo i got here seeing Charles got the FSB i need out of it

fingers crossed freezer trick works like it does with my RAM

[STEvil]

You probably just need a reboot for the ram (power down, walk away 10 mins, power on).

Mine has done that a few times and it was usually cleared up by doing that.

Gonna test the Sparkle today I think since nobody seems to know how to do an overcurrent mod around here lol!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=176410&page=2

[dinos22]

Gonna test the Sparkle today I think since nobody seems to know how to do an overcurrent mod around here lol!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=176410&page=2

errrrrrrrrrrm

oomhs did it on my card and tested at 2.3v on air

[T_M]

Wow, video Mem is slaughtering me with only minor increases