Official 3DMark06 Rank Thread

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87dtna said:
OMEGA, It's the CPU making the difference. Better CPU helps SM2 and SM3 scores. Big difference in scores just by switching to an I5 over a Phenom II on the SM2 and 3 scores, and of course CPU score even at same clocks same card same ram/speeds. What latency is your ram? It's only DDR2, that might hurt. I have DDR3-2000 ram. Plus, I have 3 SSD's in RAID 0, this has made the biggest difference in my setup by far. Everything is just faster, everything.

Here's the new score, a measely 35 points short of 3rd place. Still need some more tweaking!

CPU at 4.3ghz, and GPU at 800/950.


Omega, how did you overclock higher than 800? CCC won't let me go higher than 800 core clock.
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I always thought they way they designed 3DMark was so that only the CPU tests reflected the processor, afterall mine was at 4GHz as well and the CPU score was only about 600 points lower then yours.

And I used RivaTuner to overclock the video card and set the fan speed.

87dtna said:
haha yeah it was brought up before.
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And I'll get to it :P
 
Omega I got some pearls of info for you here! Not sure if you know this, but you have to overclock each GPU on the card seperately! This is why my GPUz screeenshot was showing stock clocks, because the one GPU was at stock clocks!!! So with rivatuner, I OC'd both GPU's to the same 825/950 and the results speak for themselves-

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Ahem, I'd like updated to number 3 spot please WOOT!!!

Got a question for thermal reactor though, did he really have two 4870 X2's in crossfire? If so, how come I am doing almost his score with just one and an I5??? Or is it only listed as crossfire because GPUz recognizes this 4870 X2 as crossfired GPU's? I only have one card, and as you can see it says crossfire is enabled.
 
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87dtna said:
Boo-ya! 4870 X2 FTW!

Edit-new score on next page...
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Spontaneous shopping 87dtna? :)

well done with the setup! :good: I have done some research and found proof that an overclocked i5 750 setup is better in overall performance than an overclocked i7 920 D0 setup.

On your question: I'm certain Thermal Reactor had 2 cards before (he said he's only got one of them now though) but you see as of my latest 3Dmark06 bench, the new ATI drivers improved the performance of the card hence the higher score.

So here's the thing FTW big time

If you get a second 4870x2 then you'll blow the lead by miles on an i5 setup OC'd on air, and way,way cheaper than an i7 watercooled build :D
 
87dtna said:
Got a question for thermal reactor though, did he really have two 4870 X2's in crossfire? If so, how come I am doing almost his score with just one and an I5??? Or is it only listed as crossfire because GPUz recognizes this 4870 X2 as crossfired GPU's? I only have one card, and as you can see it says crossfire is enabled.
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Yes I did but in 3dmark06 CPU matters way more than GPU's. Here is an updated score with a single card beating my old score where the CPU was only at 3.8GHZ. I am pretty sure I could score near 30000 now if I still had the other card.

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Domain_Man said:
Spontaneous shopping 87dtna? :)

well done with the setup! :good: I have done some research and found proof that an overclocked i5 750 setup is better in overall performance than an overclocked i7 920 D0 setup.

On your question: I'm certain Thermal Reactor had 2 cards before (he said he's only got one of them now though) but you see as of my latest 3Dmark06 bench, the new ATI drivers improved the performance of the card hence the higher score.

So here's the thing FTW big time

If you get a second 4870x2 then you'll blow the lead by miles on an i5 setup OC'd on air, and way,way cheaper than an i7 watercooled build :D
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Yeah, craigslist! Guys posted up ''must sell tonight- $200'' so I scooped it up!

Yeah while gaming, even with my CPU at 3.8ghz, I don't even use 20% of the CPU! None of the 4 cores ever goes above 20% is what I mean LOL. Talk about overkill!

That would be a pretty insane setup, but my PSU would never handle it!
 
THERMAL-REACTOR said:
Yes I did but in 3dmark06 CPU matters way more than GPU's. Here is an updated score with a single card beating my old score where the CPU was only at 3.8GHZ. I am pretty sure I could score near 30000 now if I still had the other card.

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4.4ghz with only 1.44 Vcore? Daaaaamn! Are you on air?
 
I also really have to agree with the drivers being WAY better. CCC 9.12 is nice. Last time I tried ATI, I had two 4870's in Xfire with CCC 9.9 and it was a PITA.
 
THERMAL-REACTOR said:
I have a Thermalright IFX-14 using AS5. At 4.7ghz my idle temps are at 45oC but with HT on full load the temps spike to low 90`s. Here is what the temps are like when a single core is maxed: http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj422/smercer1000/8742.jpg The max it hit was 68oC.
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You should try a TRUE! At 4.3ghz, I have my Vcore at 1.5875!!! Core temps never see 70c. All I have is a single 70cfm crap 120mm fan on it, so if I had a better fan it might be even lower.
 
THERMAL-REACTOR said:
lol sorry bud, I am planning to go with a 5970 and a 275 for physx in the new year. I had to put my computer on the back burner though because of christmas and present`s for the family.
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Hey, do you already have the 275? I have my 285, want to trade for your other X2?


Edit- ahh nevermind, I was researching GPU scaling without full 16x on both cards and it would take a big hit sine the X2 is so strong of a card. Furthermore, my current board only has 4x second slot so this really wouldn't work at all!
 
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THERMAL-REACTOR said:
lol sorry bud, I am planning to go with a 5970 and a 275 for physx in the new year. I had to put my computer on the back burner though because of christmas and present`s for the family.
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Cmon Thermal, forget physx and go for the Crossfire 5970 setup! :)

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