Phenom II X4 + GTX 295 Quad SLI = AMD 3DMark Vantage WR

[Sampsa]

Hi everyone,

I finally got some time to try Asus M4N82 Deluxe motherboard which is based on NVIDIA's nForce 980a SLI chipset. Officially this chipset / motherboard supports 3-Way SLI but I decided to try Quad SLI configuration and after some initial problems I got the system up and running with 4 GPUs

I used NVIDIA's latest WHQL-Certified GeForce 185.85 drivers, which will be soon also FM approved.

System:

Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
Asus M4N82 Deluxe
4 GB G.Skill 1066 DDR2
NVIDIA & Asus GeForce GTX 295
Corsair HX1000W + PC Power & Cooling 1200W
GeForce 185.85 drivers
Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit





First I did tests with all default (CPU @ 3,2 GHz):

Single GeForce GTX 295 = ~P15000
Two GeForce GTX 295 = ~P18500

Then I overclocked the CPU to 3,72 GHz (18 x 206,7 MHz), NB to 2687 MHz and GFX 675/1475/1245 MHz.



The score was 22320 in 3DMark Vantage which seems to be new AMD WR:

hwbot.org: Phenom II X4 940 BE 3DMark Vantage results
hwbot.org: Phenom II X4 955 BE 3DMark Vantage results

I gained ~3300 points raising CPU clocks from 3,2 GHz to 3,72 GHz (+520 MHz) so it will be interesting to see the result when CPU goes under LN2 and hopefully runs Vantage @ +6 GHz. I'm thinking +30k