790i + 2 9800 GX2s = quad sli is here...

[sonofander]

new beta drivers --> forceware 174.60




We can finally play Crysis lol
in game 1680x1050 DX10 all settings very high 80 FPS!

gonna put together some benchmarking runs in a few

[GAR]

nice system u got there

[sonofander]

gameplay is awesome... Crysis runs great, Lost Planet is running 120 FPS everything maxed

3DM06 scaling is terrible



with this same overclock, I get 20100 with one card.

again, gameplay is amazing and thats what these are all about, but I have to admit I hope for better benchmarking performance with future driver updates

[GLENBOY]

looks like 3d06 is only using one of your 9800gx2's off that score using 2 of the cards the hdr score would be much higher, good setup you have there its just a shame with all these new video cards they don't work as they should right out of the box and that you have to wait for new drivers to rectify it

[sonofander]

thats what I thought too after my first 06 run... thats why I went into some games. In game my FPS are up in every game (by considerable margin in some) so I know its working

I think

[GLENBOY]

try 3dmark 03 if its working you shoulg get a good score as it a really gpu bound benchmark , try it and let us know, should be well over 100k if its working

ps i have a mountain mods u2 ufo which i have had 5 years still like it now still

[SF3D]

Can you please run 06 with 1920x1200 resolution (or 1680x1050) and 8AA and 16AF. Driver settings quality.

I need to know how much GPU power there is

[sonofander]

bumping up my CPU speed a bit to see if I'm not being bottlenecked

try 3dmark 03 if its working you shoulg get a good score as it a really gpu bound benchmark , try it and let us know, should be well over 100k if its working

ps i have a mountain mods u2 ufo which i have had 5 years still like it now still

I'll install and run 03 to check that

and yeah, this case is the best thing I ever did for my PC... all my components change, but the case, SHE STAYS!

Can you please run 06 with 1920x1200 resolution (or 1680x1050) and 8AA and 16AF. Driver settings quality.

I need to know how it will score

you got it

[sonofander]

quad @ 4.5 - don't think we're looking at a cpu bottleneck, huh?




anyway, found the new GPU-Z which acurately reports SLi in Vista

[adamsleath]

We can finally play Crysis lol
in game 1680x1050 DX10 all settings very high 80 FPS!

that's more like it!

[sonofander]

110k in 3D03...
quad sli is working

[sonofander]

3DM06 - 1920x1200, 8xAA, 16xAF

[CyberDruid]

Thanks! Those are great numbers

[sonofander]

And last but not least, here's a quick Crysis bench:
it hiccupped a couple of time dropping to 5 FPS which ruined the AVG FPS... guess theres bound to be some driver bugs to iron out




done with benching for the day... time to go play some games

[GLENBOY]

very nice sonofander especially 03 might as well try 3d05 and 01 now you've wetted our appetite

[metro.cl]

Really nice setup you have there, and that 1900x1200 06 run is awsome!!!

[Charles Wirth]

Trying different drivers for quad now, my 2k6 SM2 score is way off with .53 and trying .60 now but... my 03 score is the the same as yours at the same GPU clocks.

[SF3D]

3DM06 - 1920x1200, 8xAA, 16xAF

Nice!

Here is my CFX (2x 3870X2 @ 918/1100, CPU @ 4GHz) score, just for comparison. Quite similar I see.

[hipro5]

110k in 3D03...
quad sli is working

In 2k3 and 2k5 what is the score at the same (above frequencies) with ONE GX2?....

CPU IS bottleneck on these setups.....I've said it again that EVEN 5700MHz QUAD CPU AREN'T enough to "fill" them.....

[hipro5]

Nice!

Here is my CFX (2x 3870X2 @ 918/1100, CPU @ 4GHz) score, just for comparison. Quite similar I see.

IF you play at the same frequency (4500MHz) what is the score?....

[sonofander]

Thanks guys
working on 05 and then 01 right now

Any other requests?

IF you play at the same frequency (4500MHz) what is the score?....

I bet it'd be amazing! Those ATI cards sure do shine in 3D mark... Too bad they're not so great in real life gameplay. My buddy's got a pair of 3870x2s and he is so dissapointed in their gameplay performance

[Charles Wirth]

so dissapointed in their gameplay performance

As was I, it was like a stepping back to an X850 from the Ultra.

[hipro5]

I bet it'd be amazing! Those ATI cards sure do shine in 3D mark... Too bad they're not so great in real life gameplay. My buddy's got a pair of 3870x2s and he is so dissapointed in their gameplay performance

Ahhh........Then thank God that I don't play games.....

[Charles Wirth]

I play games. Became obvious there was serious problems and that the drivers were heavily optimized for 3Dmark and nothing else.

[hipro5]

......OR maybe NVIDIA "optimisies" their drivers for games (if you take a look into Registry in the NVIDIA VGA - it has 3DMarks AND A LOT of games... )