x600 series challenge

[perry_78]

The Challenge - I prefer air, but you may use water - I'll use water + evt. 80W TEC if you're too good

1. First to break 2400 points in 3dMark05
2. First to thrash 5700 in 3Mark03
3. First to destroy 20,200 in 3dMark01
4. Top of The List in 01, 03, 05 by the 1st of JUNE

5. Cherry Pick - First one to surpass 25,000 points in 01SE (if its possible) gets a bouquet from me personally

Small update to figues and date to enable more "users" to participate


Cheers and good luck to all participants!
- Shame our cards and drives aren't arriving as they are supposed to

Results

1. Althes surpasses 2400 points in 3dMark05
2. Althes surpasses 5700 points in 3dMark03

[gocchin]

Hmmmm let me see if I can find an x600xt....

It's always fun benching with you

[perry_78]

Hmmmm let me see if I can find an x600xt....

It's always fun benching with you

Glad to hear it - though with your luck I am scared what I'm up against Not to mention FX-55 and Vapochill LS

First 03 run: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3947996

Having terrible throttling problems at the moment When above the 620 range on the core and above 450 range on ram card randomly throttles back to 500/350.

Both using Radlinker and RivaTuner Looks like I'll have to resort to water sooner than I wished to

[Rippthrough]

looks like memory clocks give a massive boost with the 9600's then.

[althes]

very nice juliette, let the fun begin

[perry_78]

Indeed. Minor improvement in 03: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3950337

Minor improvement in 05 : http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=830228 - getting there

New score in 01 : http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8562515

NEW TRIFECTA!

What amazed me was the goo Ati put on the card as "thermal paste". I wanted to change it with AS5, but lo behold, the goo felt like normal chewing gum! I had to use cleaning benzine and isoprophyl alcohol to get rid of it.

Nonetheless, should give me some more mhz on the core Will mount water later next week.

Screens below. Shame althes pulled his score, now he'll take me down for 05 I'm sure

[zakelwe]

Sounds like you are having fun with the X600XT , good luck !

What actually is an X600XT, is it a suped up 9600 ? I'm a bit dumb when it comes to Ati sometimes ...

Regards

Andy

[Rippthrough]

PCI-e version of the 9600XT

[althes]

Scores will be coming shortly.

[perry_78]

Good althes. The 6515 drivers gave a few points boost btw., though not worth publishing. Evt. check out screens.

Have to mount the water soon, 621 / 452 is the max the card will go really At least now it's stable in all benches.

I have a feeling that my Trifecta will be taken down very very quickly, my back up scores are not high enough to challenge your 639 / 460 possibilities in 05

[althes]

The 6525 drivers are the best at the moment

[ALT-F13]

Hmm... I'm in with Sapphire card (never even tried to overclock it, hehe)...

Though I propose to give a lil' bit bigger time scale - i.e. up to 30th of May. 6 days isn't enough for a challenge IMO.

[althes]

Nice yo see you join the action f13

[althes]

Your 2400 is broken.
I cant submit any scores for 3d03 or 3d01 any help.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3951325

[althes]

I still cant submit any scores is futuremark down.
Beginning to get on my nerves

[perry_78]

Can't upload my anything either, with more testing, 6525 is the best.

btw. are you using another card or what? The user email is different. Please write in a NAME to ensure it is you, not just "XS.org"

[althes]

Ok juliette, will right in my name.Sorry about that.Nope using same card.Just messing with ya.

[gocchin]

Alright! Just won an auction on ebay for a powercolor x600 xt 256mb (not a bad price at $81).... now just to wait for it to get here so I can join you guys!

[M.Beier]

I bet gocchin will dominate in 01SE - And properly 03+05 as well :P

But for sure in 01SE, hehe..

[althes]

cool goochin, nice card.

[perry_78]

Very nice!

I don't think there is any 100% of anyone dominating, as even 01 we are all GPU limited, though a good CPU will help of course. Getting a good clocking card is more important! Of course 256mb is a plus

Depending how well my card does after I mount the water (the TEC I have to cut into the neoprene, as I have 2 caps in the way).

Quoting Robot Wars, "Let the games begin"

edit - saw your name althes :e ROFL :e

[M.Beier]

#21

I guess gocchin will hit about... - 25000-27000 marks... Depending if he choices to use Win2k or winxp

01SE is VERY CPU/mem based... - I gained about 1500 marks by raising corespeed 92 mhz !! - And gfx-mem 84mhz

- 12k

[perry_78]

#21

I guess gocchin will hit about... - 25000-27000 marks... Depending if he choices to use Win2k or winxp

01SE is VERY CPU/mem based... - I gained about 1500 marks by raising corespeed 92 mhz !! - And gfx-mem 84mhz

- 12k

This is a x600xt, or basically a PC ICE 9600xt. It is only CPU dependent if it is not limited by GFX, which it is.

WR with 9600xt with DI is 20100. So dream on. If he breaks the 21000 marks I will send him a postcard saying congrats.

[M.Beier]

Hmm, my bad, fought it was somewhere near 9500 - But... Still... 25000 should be doable... - The performance leep by using win2k instead of WinXP will up the score 1,2k or such... - And.. If my memory aint totally wasted... Gocchin got quite a CPU :P 600 mhz faster, and... FX class...

- 12k

[perry_78]

Don't think its anywhere near possible, the 6600 vanilla cards have enough trouble with that. When proshop-direkte sends my new drive I'll be smoking win2k as well

Gocchin, if you beat the 25K mark I will send you a bouquet of flowers