Xtreme Grand Prix racetrack 3 discussion

**saaya** · 07-25-2005, 05:24 PM

i noticed quite a few people were interested in running pcmark or another more system performence related test, so here you go

with 2k1 beeing 5 years old now it has become a pretty good system performence bench and isnt nearly as vpu limited as most other videocard benches

if theres a 3d bench that likes a fast cpu and fast and low latency memory its 2k1, so tweak your memory and max out your cpus, this is the bench that will most benefit from a tweaked system and not only videocard

oh and btw, i made a collage for the grand prix

i wanted to have this done when the competition launched but was too busy... :/

**n00b 0f l337** · 07-25-2005, 06:23 PM

Here comes the dothan pwnage...

**mr_gibs** · 07-25-2005, 06:27 PM

ahhh i didn't know it was anything goes in am3! i get an extra 4k with the 80.40 drivers! o well...

**saaya** · 07-25-2005, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by SillySider03

Ok, I'll be the first to ask...FM approved drivers? Or are we treating this like AM3, where anything goes?

Also, is there going to be some kind of results thread? Something to compare scores without having to go through all the results in that weeks thread? Just wonderin'...Good Luck to everyone!

fm approved drivers only please

and yeah imma work out a ranking for each week and an overall ranking, if im too busy i will ask somebody else to help me or do it for me

**Bloody_Sorcerer** · 07-25-2005, 07:05 PM

you don't have any motherboard boxes in the collage! those are the most common cases I've seen on these forums

**saaya** · 07-25-2005, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by mr_gibs

ahhh i didn't know it was anything goes in am3! i get an extra 4k with the 80.40 drivers! o well...

sorry, i said so in the week2 discussion thread and thougt everybody read it. :/

Originally Posted by Bloody_Sorcerer

you don't have any motherboard boxes in the collage! those are the most common cases I've seen on these forums

hahaha yeah, i thougt about using one as well, and a prommie case etc, but those are really hard to work with, hard to cut them out of a pic and paste em into the collage... i planned 30mins for it and ended up spending over an hour on it

if we are going to have another grand prix in 2006 im gonna ask lalpooo or malves who are photoshop masters

i made another one

**HousERaT** · 07-25-2005, 07:26 PM

Saaya, that picture is mint.....

**TMM** · 07-25-2005, 10:07 PM

LOL nice one

**InSanCen** · 07-25-2005, 10:50 PM

HEre ya go saaya, a quick photochop for ya.

Only mobo box i could find quickly, at near the right angle

Now, back to benching...

**Jamo** · 07-26-2005, 02:59 AM

Originally Posted by saaya

fm approved drivers only please

as i've said many times and no ones really answered, i cant use approved drivers and open the 8 pipes, as soon as its softmodded futuremark detects this somehow and they become not FM approved, if this is a big problem i'll pull out but if i do then theres gonna be one less in the GP and theres isnt exactly loads competing in the first place

**Der_KHAN** · 07-26-2005, 05:52 AM

Originally Posted by saaya

i made another one

hilarious

**InSanCen** · 07-26-2005, 10:07 AM

Weird, 3Dmark01 won't let me publish my project, giving this reason:-
"This project can not be published due to detected CPU speed variation."

Any Ideas? I'm running the same FM Approved Drivers i ran for 03.

suggestions appreciated, as I know I can better this score, just a first untweaked run to set me a baseline for myself

**HousERaT** · 07-26-2005, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by InSanCen

Weird, 3Dmark01 won't let me publish my project, giving this reason:-
"This project can not be published due to detected CPU speed variation."

Any Ideas? I'm running the same FM Approved Drivers i ran for 03.

suggestions appreciated, as I know I can better this score, just a first untweaked run to set me a baseline for myself

I've only seen that once with an old version. I'm guessing you have the most up to date version? It happened when I adjusted my clock speed using clockgen instead of doing it in bios.

**InSanCen** · 07-26-2005, 10:30 AM

YEah, it the 01SE version with the patch applied.

NEver had a problem before, so kinda stumped.

Ah well, mabye it's a Format & Reinstall calling. Should bump my marks up anyway (All runs on all tracks so far are on ym everyday system, little with very little in the way of Tweaks)

**afireinside** · 07-26-2005, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by saaya

sorry, i said so in the week2 discussion thread and thougt everybody read it. :/

hahaha yeah, i thougt about using one as well, and a prommie case etc, but those are really hard to work with, hard to cut them out of a pic and paste em into the collage... i planned 30mins for it and ended up spending over an hour on it

if we are going to have another grand prix in 2006 im gonna ask lalpooo or malves who are photoshop masters

i made another one

classic

Whats that thing after car and before all the people getting roasted at the castle supposed to be?

**Entity_Razer** · 07-26-2005, 12:02 PM

whtas the best system(os) to run 2001 on? + tweaks?

**Jamo** · 07-26-2005, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Entity_Razer

whtas the best system(os) to run 2001 on? + tweaks?

like i'm gonna tell you

but isnt it well known already?

**Entity_Razer** · 07-26-2005, 12:13 PM

I think I know but I'm not sure

I know of one tweak that just HAS to be done, just don't know if it works on AMD's also?

**harleybro** · 07-26-2005, 06:04 PM

I need a replacement graphics card. As long as I get another 7800gtx it shouldn't matter which brand right?

2. What if a part of my system dies?
If your CPU/Mainboard/Videocard/Memory dies you can only replace it with the same piece of hardware or you get disqualified.
you could use hardware that performs better in the early benchmarks at first and then switch hardware that performs better in later benchmarks to reach a higher overall score.
Any other parts of Hardware like the PSU, the HDDs etc can get replaced with other brands and models wich isnt a problem since it doesnt have a direct impact on the systems performence.

**Gryph** · 07-26-2005, 07:15 PM

I would think you could put in whatever 7800gtx you want since they are all the same right now except for the bios and art work.

Gryph

**Gryph** · 07-26-2005, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by harleybro

I need a replacement graphics card. As long as I get another 7800gtx it shouldn't matter which brand right?

Ok Harleybro what did ya do to your card? Did it fry on volts? I am just wondering cause I am trying not to kill my card just yet.

Gryph

**harleybro** · 07-26-2005, 07:32 PM

Booted up and burned a chip.

Got a good pic of which chip but not a good pic of the burn. The burn pic is all fuzzy lol. The chip is to the left of the bottom ram sink w/ 8 legs.

http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?im...ture3166qy.jpg

**HousERaT** · 07-27-2005, 04:56 AM

this hobbie can get real expensive....... sorry to hear that bro.

**Jamo** · 07-27-2005, 06:13 AM

first run, being on s754 really kills me for this one, heres 462/385...more to come

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8663271
23,353

**Ugly n Grey** · 07-27-2005, 06:25 AM

Just curious, maybe it's my memory (the stuff in my head not on my mobo) going or my setup. But I barely got over 25K with my x700pro, Athlon at 2.7Ghz (RAM stuck at 195 while RMA in progress). I loaded a stripped down win2k image, about 6 processes running, ricky tweak, DX 8.1, basic driver (6497) priority set, card clocked at 505/520 (from 425/~434). Stock cooling.

I can barely beat most of the 9800's and I can't beat all of them. Have I gone totally insane? Or should I just expect a 9800 to be better at a DX8.1 test?

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