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I wouldnt say that something is wrong :DQuote:
Originally posted by xDUCK
Something is wrong with his nature score... 130FPS is too low for an XT. I get that with my 9800 Pro!:confused:
More like stock speeds :D But it also depends on what drivers were used...
I get that with my 9800 Pro at STOCK speeds. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
I wouldnt say that something is wrong :D
More like stock speeds :D But it also depends on what drivers were used...
Looks like CPU power isn't useless in Nature. :D
Well it all leads one direction xDuck, we are going down. It's just a matter of when he feels like blowing us out of the water :eek: :D
Yes and no - he could if he actually WANTED to, but it might not be as turnkey of an enterprise as I anticipated. :) While it is scaling reasonably well, I don't know if stock aircooling is up to the challenge (and you wouldn't want to risk all that brand new hardware anyway, right Thermo? :D).Quote:
Originally posted by ranger2992
Well it all leads one direction xDuck, we are going down. It's just a matter of when he feels like blowing us out of the water :eek: :D
I dont agree... Stock aircooling can easily blow away both your scores with a simple overclock from the card alone now :DQuote:
Originally posted by xDUCK
Yes and no - he could if he actually WANTED to, but it might not be as turnkey of an enterprise as I anticipated. :) While it is scaling reasonably well, I don't know if stock aircooling is up to the challenge (and you wouldn't want to risk all that brand new hardware anyway, right Thermo? :D).
That's what I said... I'm just saying, perhaps Thermo doesn't want to risk a thermonuclear reaction (haven't you heard about that? it's an XT bug....... ;) ;) ;) :D).Quote:
Originally posted by Colossus
I dont agree... Stock aircooling can easily blow away both your scores with a simple overclock from the card alone now :D
Dude you're nuts if you don't think he's going to smoke us. After re-looking at his score and seeing the low nature score, I can be 100% sure he ran that bench with the VC stock. We all know that a good VC overclock is good for a couple of thousand points.
Just look at his lobby scores. In high he is already beating me by 10fps. If you look at all his scores accross the board he is only losing to me because of his VC. When he gets that thing going, break out the crying towel cause there is nothing we can do. I will be able to push my rig to about 24.5 with Vmods and the new mushkin ram, but after that I am out of tricks:(
I daresay it can go further than 24.5k... If you are willing to pump the vdimm (that fellow I know has been running 4.1v through his Corsair TwinX3200LL for 2 months, problem free :D :cool: ), you could have some massive gains from 1:1/2-2-2-5. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by ranger2992
Dude you're nuts if you don't think he's going to smoke us. After re-looking at his score and seeing the low nature score, I can be 100% sure he ran that bench with the VC stock. We all know that a good VC overclock is good for a couple of thousand points.
Just look at his lobby scores. In high he is already beating me by 10fps. If you look at all his scores accross the board he is only losing to me because of his VC. When he gets that thing going, break out the crying towel cause there is nothing we can do. I will be able to push my rig to about 24.5 with Vmods and the new mushkin ram, but after that I am out of tricks:(
I am not going to risk blowing up $200 worth of ram. I bought it more for my upcoming purchase of the P4EE anyway. I will be happy with what I get from my current rig and then concentrate on putting up the big numbers with the EE :D :D
I hope you know the EE will be retailing for over $1,000 USD... :( And btw, I guarantee 3.6v and down will not blow up your RAM... ;) I cannot guarantee anything past that point :D, but there are countless stories of people who have run higher than that with no problems whatsoever. After 3.6v, you have breached the "safe" limit. :pQuote:
Originally posted by ranger2992
I am not going to risk blowing up $200 worth of ram. I bought it more for my upcoming purchase of the P4EE anyway. I will be happy with what I get from my current rig and then concentrate on putting up the big numbers with the EE :D :D
Yeah I will go with 3.5V, but when you start talking about 4.1V I am not going there. BTW, I already have a grand put away for the EE. I will probably buy it in december or january. I am hoping the 3.4 will be out and I can buy that instead of the 3.2 :D
Not to mention, he only has like a 150 mhz oc on that thing and is running on the stock AMD heatsink :)
*sighs* Its almost time to break the piggybank and see what I can conjure up (due to jealousy and greed).
The 3.4 will start at $1,200, IIRC. ;)Quote:
Originally posted by ranger2992
Yeah I will go with 3.5V, but when you start talking about 4.1V I am not going there. BTW, I already have a grand put away for the EE. I will probably buy it in december or january. I am hoping the 3.4 will be out and I can buy that instead of the 3.2 :D
Might as well go for a Prescott, if they're out by then...
21829 is all I going to get from the system alone. I'm at the limits of the heatsink on the CPU. But it puts me soundly into the top ten :cool:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7225477
Now I need to figure out how to work the card up a little.
Anyone want to coach me up some?
If the Prescotts can oc any that is :) But if you're dropping 1k on a proc, what's another 200 eh?Quote:
Originally posted by xDUCK
Might as well go for a Prescott, if they're out by then...
Thermo -- I think first off you have to disable that overdrive stuff. Then use rage3d or riva to up your clocks. I'm impatient so I go up by 10s on each thing until I get artifacts/lockups/crashs, then I work down a bit.
aww, come on, go get TT's Silent Boost K8, and put a Tornado on that, and you'll be fine :)Quote:
Originally posted by Thermo
21829 is all I going to get from the system alone. I'm at the limits of the heatsink on the CPU. But it puts me soundly into the top ten :cool:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7225477
Now I need to figure out how to work the card up a little.
Anyone want to coach me up some?
What about drivers? Is there one that is better than the rest?Quote:
Originally posted by Saffire
If the Prescotts can oc any that is :) But if you're dropping 1k on a proc, what's another 200 eh?
Thermo -- I think first off you have to disable that overdrive stuff. Then use rage3d or riva to up your clocks. I'm impatient so I go up by 10s on each thing until I get artifacts/lockups/crashs, then I work down a bit.
I don`t know if you can use earlier drivers with the 9800XT, but the Cat 3.5`s are the best for running 3D Mark in XP I think, and also using Win2K gives the most points on 3D Mark when using AMD. Edit to add: running DX8.1 instead of DX9 will give you more points too.Quote:
Originally posted by Thermo
21829 is all I going to get from the system alone. I'm at the limits of the heatsink on the CPU. But it puts me soundly into the top ten :cool:
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7225477
Now I need to figure out how to work the card up a little.
Anyone want to coach me up some?
Oppainter over at Xtreme forced old drivers onto his card.
Read it here
What lone said. Also when you have 3dmark up, goto task manager and set it to real time. That'll give you a few points. Also disable as many services as you can. Try running them in different order (selecting a test, letting it cool down a bit, run another test). I got my score by running them something like this (i forgot what i did exactly)
Drag High
Lob High
Nature
Rest of tests
Each rig is different though, so you'll have to experiment to find the one that works best for you.
:eek: :eek: With a swing of the Hammer there is a new AMD#1 and a new overall #2 :eek: :eek:
I cant wait untill swifty rolls out a heatsink for this thing :D
http://groups.msn.com/ThermodynesPla...oto&PhotoID=24
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7226068
Aw come on, you're like *this* close to ranger -- Keep goin! And turn the stuff in the way the peeps want it! ;)
What vid card clocks is that at?
How about running 3DMark 2003.Quote:
Originally posted by Thermo
:eek: :eek: With a swing of the Hammer there is a new AMD#1 and a new overall #2 :eek: :eek:
I cant wait untill swifty rolls out a heatsink for this thing :D
http://groups.msn.com/ThermodynesPla...oto&PhotoID=24
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7226068
That was at 418mem and 479core IIRC.Quote:
Originally posted by Saffire
Aw come on, you're like *this* close to ranger -- Keep goin! And turn the stuff in the way the peeps want it! ;)
What vid card clocks is that at?
I'm not that much of a 3D whore............Yet:DQuote:
Originally posted by lonewolfroger
How about running 3DMark 2003.
OMG, just push it past 24k... I want to see AMD up at #1 :D :D