Sharkyextreme.com 3DMark Team

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Originally posted by ranger2992
hey good luck to you :D we are all couch quarterbacks at this point and time anyway. I was just doing a side by side comparision with your score and I can see your CPU definently is showing some muscle. Your lobby scores are what really put a hurting to me. In car I lose slightly and I beat you in dragon and nature. I really need my video card to put up some large numbers if want a chance to beat you, cause I am not going to be able to touch those lobby scores :(

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yep, the A64 is really nice for lobby. i see 584 FPS in low detial :eek: how do you find these video cards that do ~500 without v-mods?

it's all luck of the draw...as you can see I didn't get too lucky this time cause I am only getting 495. I am hoping it just needs to be burned in a bit and it will do better. After all this poor thing has only got about 2 hours of use and it has all been above 475 so it hasn't had much time to breath. maybe this weekend I can get it over 500 :eek:

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Originally posted by ranger2992
it's all luck of the draw...as you can see I didn't get too lucky this time cause I am only getting 495. I am hoping it just needs to be burned in a bit and it will do better. After all this poor thing has only got about 2 hours of use and it has all been above 475 so it hasn't had much time to breath. maybe this weekend I can get it over 500 :eek:

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i'm so tempted to buy an XT and hit 25k (with decent clocks), but that would kill my r420 fund, so i guess i'll just wait for that.

I know what you're saying. If Best Buy hadn't been out of stock on XT's I would have one myself. I really wanted to get that card, but I didn't want to have to wait so I went ahead and picked up the pro instead.

Esch, have you had any problems with your HD and stuff? how much vcore are you pumpin through it and whatnot (mine will be in this Friday and gonna mess with that)

You could almost buy 2 9800 pros for the price of one XT, so you can risk the vmods haha ;)

Another card ranger... this makes how many you've killed?

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Originally posted by eshbach
i also see replies that say things like "Yes, 3.5v WILL hurt your RAM."

i'm getting the pc4200, i can always throw voltage at that if i want to. i don't know how hynix chips react, but i've seen people put up some HUGE numbers with 4200 and right now i just need FSB.

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Hynix reacts very poorly to voltage, and will *NEVER* do over 250fsb tighter than 2.5-4-4-7.

Look at the top of the ORB... What are the A64 fellas using? Thought so. ;)

2 9800's and a 9700 is all....not to bad for 7 months worth of overclocking :eek:

Seriously, I am thinking about getting out of this altogether. I really can't afford to keep up anymore and now that i am back in the states there is plenty of other things to do.

Bah, just don't do it as serious as you have been :) When I get new hardware I bench the crap outta it, then find a 24/7 stable thing and just play games and work on it :)

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Originally posted by Saffire
Bah, just don't do it as serious as you have been :) When I get new hardware I bench the crap outta it, then find a 24/7 stable thing and just play games and work on it :)

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Yup. And maybe re-bench now and again if you found a way to get a little more out of it.

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Originally posted by mikead_99
Yup. And maybe re-bench now and again if you found a way to get a little more out of it.

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Or you could be like me and not bench till you get a completely new setup. Myself, I'm waiting for A64 to mature and R425(the one with PCI Express), then, I'll prolly run another benchmark again. ;) Besides, ranger, you can always post hereabouts as your insights are invaluable.;) :D

Edit to add : I can afford to keep up with the jonses and get the very latest and best, but I find it to be a waste of $$ doing such a thing - can't believe I said that here.:eek: Just spent some dough on a new and improved LAZY chair and shelving unit for my HT setup.:cool: Nothing to do with improving my benchmark, all for comfort, plus, this new chair will bring my laziness to a whole new level.:p

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Originally posted by mikeysg
Or you could be like me and not bench till you get a completely new setup. Myself, I'm waiting for A64 to mature and R425(the one with PCI Express), then, I'll prolly run another benchmark again. ;) Besides, ranger, you can always post hereabouts as your insights are invaluable.;) :D

Edit to add : I can afford to keep up with the jonses and get the very latest and best, but I find it to be a waste of $$ doing such a thing - can't believe I said that here.:eek: Just spent some dough on a new and improved LAZY chair and shelving unit for my HT setup.:cool: Nothing to do with improving my benchmark, all for comfort, plus, this new chair will bring my laziness to a whole new level.:p

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Yeah but if I post a new bench every once in a while I get the satisfaction of knowing I made you shift you tuckas in the chair a little to update me. :D

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Originally posted by mikead_99
Yeah but if I post a new bench every once in a while I get the satisfaction of knowing I made you shift you tuckas in the chair a little to update me. :D

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HAHAHA!

Maybe I should benchmark again and have you post my score mikeysg :D

ROFL

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Originally posted by Colossus
HAHAHA!

Maybe I should benchmark again and have you post my score mikeysg :D

ROFL

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What?!!! :eek: You gotta be fricking kidding me!:p Ever heard of DIY?:p :D

I'll get C man to post some pics of my new and improved bedroom HT setup and my MW 550 setup.:cool: Most importantly, I'll also include pics of the new luv of my life - the new and much improved LAZY chair!:p Crap! I'm one lonely and sad guy w/o my GF.:p :D

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Originally posted by mikeysg
What?!!! :eek: You gotta be fricking kidding me!:p Ever heard of DIY?:p :D

I'll get C man to post some pics of my new and improved bedroom HT setup and my MW 550 setup.:cool: Most importantly, I'll also include pics of the new luv of my life - the new and much improved LAZY chair!:p Crap! I'm one lonely and sad guy w/o my GF.:p :D

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DIY? Yeah I did... It will be what I say to you after I post my new scores "Did It Yet?" :D

Woohoo! More pics! Please dont include anymore dirty pics... My wife is getting jealous :D

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Originally posted by Colossus
DIY? Yeah I did... It will be what I say to you after I post my new scores "Did It Yet?" :D

Woohoo! More pics! Please dont include anymore dirty pics... My wife is getting jealous :D

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Dirty pics - what are those? :confused: I'm quite innocent and clean minded you know ......:p :D

intel strikes back

CPU:Intel P4
Stock Speed of CPU:3.0
Overclocked speed of CPU:4.04
MotherBoard:Abit IC7
Ram:Corsair PC3500
Video Card:Ati 9800XT
Stock Core of Video:412
Actual Core of Video:513
Stock Mem of Video:365
Actual Mem of Video:418
Cooling Used:CPU Custom R404/ GPU watercooled
Your scores with links:24400

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Originally posted by oz_soth
intel strikes back

CPU:Intel P4
Stock Speed of CPU:3.0
Overclocked speed of CPU:4.04
MotherBoard:Abit IC7
Ram:Corsair PC3500
Video Card:Ati 9800XT
Stock Core of Video:412
Actual Core of Video:513
Stock Mem of Video:365
Actual Mem of Video:418
Cooling Used:CPU Custom R404/ GPU watercooled
Your scores with links:24400

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Not bad... But I would like to see 26k out of this setup. :D

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Originally posted by oz_soth
intel strikes back

CPU:Intel P4
Stock Speed of CPU:3.0
Overclocked speed of CPU:4.04
MotherBoard:Abit IC7
Ram:Corsair PC3500
Video Card:Ati 9800XT
Stock Core of Video:412
Actual Core of Video:513
Stock Mem of Video:365
Actual Mem of Video:418
Cooling Used:CPU Custom R404/ GPU watercooled
Your scores with links:24400

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gah, it's more like your video card striking me down. if you had an A64 processor you'd be well over 25k... nice score though, now i'm back to needing v-mods.

ever tried running aquamark?

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Originally posted by oz_soth
intel strikes back

CPU:Intel P4
Stock Speed of CPU:3.0
Overclocked speed of CPU:4.04
MotherBoard:Abit IC7
Ram:Corsair PC3500
Video Card:Ati 9800XT
Stock Core of Video:412
Actual Core of Video:513
Stock Mem of Video:365
Actual Mem of Video:418
Cooling Used:CPU Custom R404/ GPU watercooled
Your scores with links:24400

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Originally posted by oz_soth
intel strikes back

CPU:Intel P4
Stock Speed of CPU:3.0
Overclocked speed of CPU:4.04
MotherBoard:Abit IC7
Ram:Corsair PC3500
Video Card:Ati 9800XT
Stock Core of Video:412
Actual Core of Video:513
Stock Mem of Video:365
Actual Mem of Video:418
Cooling Used:CPU Custom R404/ GPU watercooled
Your scores with links:24400

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Updated!

Very nice! But come on 25k should be in the bag! :) :p

well i think i'm going to try to volt mod my radeon tonight. i no longer have the corsair RAM so i'm back to 233x10 and the only chance i have now is to get my core to about 500mhz.

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Originally posted by eshbach
well i think i'm going to try to volt mod my radeon tonight. i no longer have the corsair RAM so i'm back to 233x10 and the only chance i have now is to get my core to about 500mhz.

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Luke! Vmod the RAM!

Practice on something else first ;) Dun wanna see you ruin a good card and be out of the action for a while.

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Originally posted by xDUCK
Luke! Vmod the RAM!

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i cannot solder to one leg of a tiny SM IC... i am not that good, at least not with my current equipment. if i find a clip small enough, i will definately try it, but i think i can do the video card as there's no incredibly tiny pieces i have to solder to.