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Mow share those damn XP tweaks! lol. Cuz I just ordered my MSI GF4 Ti4400 a few minutes ago and I want to atleast break 11,500 :DQuote:
Originally posted by vertices
heh heh I know. I didn't "win" but I am at the top for now. I was just all excited by the big lead and proclaimed my championship. lol.
I know it won't be long b4 one of these guys around here takes my crown.
Way to go!! This is the highest score I've ever seen!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
There isn't much to tweakin XP (sorry to disappoint). I just went to .www.tweakxp.com and followed some of the tips. I honestly don't remember exactly which ones I did back then because I imaged my drive when I build this new P4 rig and did the tweaks immediately b4 imaging so I wouldnt have to do them anymore.
I just did some standard things like locking the swap file and putting it on a separate partition. There was a guide that was posted on hardocp to get the highest 3d mark scores which I followed. One of the things was to make sure your desktop is set to 1024x768x32 to match the default 3D mark settings.
I also have 2 images of my system. One is right after an install of XP with only benchmark software loaded. The other is with all my apps and stuff loaded up. When I want to benchmark I reimage my Drive with the benchmark only setup. This way I always have a nice new install of XP all setup for benchmarking. Then I easily switchback to my "totally installed" setup in about 15 minutes when I'm done with benchmarking. I could do this differently with a dual boot setup and then reimage only 2nd install but this is retty easy too.
I hate people who obviously cheated to get their score. Look at the #1 guy. He has 16000 with a Dell Dimension 8200 with a 100mhz FSB.
Or the #2 and #3 guy with low scores across the board but their nature scores are all of a sudden 260fps.
That is lame.
Macci is the real #1 but due to cheaters he is only #4.
Well you should be very very proud. That's a tremendous result. Also you may hold this lead longer than you realize. Certainly four or five guys are within reach of that mark but it will be challenging to match you. I have seen guys OC their 4600's to speeds exceeding your own, but then again you've got that wicked FSBQuote:
Originally posted by vertices
heh heh I know. I didn't "win" but I am at the top for now. I was just all excited by the big lead and proclaimed my championship. lol.
I know it won't be long b4 one of these guys around here takes my crown.
I still may exchange this card for another one. Not quite sure yet.
really would like higher than 315 core.
HaHa, no it's quite alright, you gave each of us a new target to shoot for ;) I will still give it a go today and see what happens. Awsome score once again :)Quote:
Originally posted by vertices
Mystif were you about to beat butchers score?
Heh heh sorry buddy. I beat ya to it.
Hey Vert, are you running your AGP and PCI out of spec? Or are they locked at 66MHz and 33MHz? Would that help speed it up a bit?
AGP/PCI are locked. I'm not sure if that would help or not. I dont think it would.
In a month or two I'm gonna perform my next upgrade. Watercooled peltier setup to get my CPU even higher. I'll watercool the GF4 as well but not with pelts. Then we will try again.
One other tip I will share: I usually run the nature test first by itself. Then run all the other tests aftrwards. I find the nature test runs best if its run first. The other tests don't really matter.
That was a big tip IMHO. I have to keep some secrets;)
Wow man...very impressive score! :D
What kind of temps are you getting out of your GF4? Do you need pelts? Is it running really hot or something? From what I've heard and read the GF4's are more limited by voltage than heat, but that's just what I've heard.
I'd think long and hard before I did a volt mod & pelt cooling on my $400 video card ;) I don't think you'll get an RMA once you've done a custom soldering job :D
I dont know what kind of temps I'm getting from my GF4. Probasbly not to high since I only have the core at 315.
I wasn't going to put pelts on the card. I was only only going to watercool it. I may or may not do pelts on my CPU but watercooling is definitely in my near future.
I built a big external watercooler 2 years ago for my Athlon 500@800. It was fun. Now I want to build one smaller ones that fits inside the case. www.dangerden.com is gonna get some of my hard earned money.:D
I beg to differ. Now I'm not sure you could run with your FSB and agp bus as high as you had them but unlocking the agp should definitely raise you score. Someone took his FSB from 133 to 135 with his P4 and by merely unlocking his agp gain quite a few points and that's at 135.Quote:
Originally posted by vertices
AGP/PCI are locked. I'm not sure if that would help or not. I dont think it would.
I can't wait for this ;) :DQuote:
Originally posted by vertices
I dont know what kind of temps I'm getting from my GF4. Probasbly not to high since I only have the core at 315.
I wasn't going to put pelts on the card. I was only only going to watercool it. I may or may not do pelts on my CPU but watercooling is definitely in my near future.
I built a big external watercooler 2 years ago for my Athlon 500@800. It was fun. Now I want to build one smaller ones that fits inside the case. www.dangerden.com is gonna get some of my hard earned money.:D
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Originally posted by sapasion
I beg to differ. Now I'm not sure you could run with your FSB and agp bus as high as you had them but unlocking the agp should definitely raise you score. Someone took his FSB from 133 to 135 with his P4 and by merely unlocking his agp gain quite a few points and that's at 135.
That was butcherbeard wasn't it? I'm still not totaly sure it would make a big difference but you got me wondering enough to do some exprimentation.
:)
If I am not mistaking I did see a review that had the Asus V8460 to 320 or was it 325....cant remember sorry.Any ways I think that the Asus card would be nice to try.What ya think??????:) :) :)Quote:
Originally posted by vertices
I still may exchange this card for another one. Not quite sure yet.
really would like higher than 315 core.
I'm wondering why you haven't hit in the 320-335 area. The MSI has one of the best stock coolers, and the core OCs extremely well. I hit 325 on my core, but I did add AS3 under the stock cooler; you might try that if you haven't. Good Luck :)
Thanx mystif but I already put AS3 on it. that was the first thing I did. An ultra thin layer of AS3 on the core adn I have 2 80mm blowholes cooling the card down.
I like the sound of thatQuote:
Originally posted by vertices
That was butcherbeard wasn't it? I'm still not totaly sure it would make a big difference but you got me wondering enough to do some exprimentation.
:)
Maybe he got a bad card. As always there is some variance amongst cards from the same vendor. Poor old vertices and his weak little 4600 and his sad little 13500 score :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by mystifmagic
I'm wondering why you haven't hit in the 320-335 area. The MSI has one of the best stock coolers, and the core OCs extremely well. I hit 325 on my core, but I did add AS3 under the stock cooler; you might try that if you haven't. Good Luck :)
I just can't wait for him to mod the sucker and kick the door down to 14K
Well, I didn't intend it that way. I just wanted to see if he tried it all, since most MSI 4600's hit higher core. Sorry you took it that way.Quote:
Originally posted by sapasion
Poor old vertices and his weak little 4600 and his sad little 13500 score :rolleyes:
Well I just had a look at the highest AMD 3DMarks for a 1900-2000Mhz XP and the highest is still in the 12K area...none in the 13K.
I guess you're going to hold onto this one at least until the T-Breds hit and we can see how they OC.
Once again vertices, Congrats on a job well done! ;)
I was being sarcastic there. I didn't really take it that you were being that way ;)Quote:
Originally posted by mystifmagic
Well, I didn't intend it that way. I just wanted to see if he tried it all, since most MSI 4600's hit higher core. Sorry you took it that way.
Are you sitting down Kev?Quote:
Originally posted by KJY9
I guess you're going to hold onto this one at least until the T-Breds hit and we can see how they OC.
http://www.vr-zone.com/#2324
I can't wait either. Although (at this point) I dont plan on modding it. (we'll see how long that lasts). I bet with a new card that hits 325-330 and with some ramsinks to get the memory up to 750-760 that I could hit 14000 without Vmodding the card.Quote:
Originally posted by sapasion
Maybe he got a bad card. As always there is some variance amongst cards from the same vendor. Poor old vertices and his weak little 4600 and his sad little 13500 score
I just can't wait for him to mod the sucker and kick the door down to 14K
Theres always a bigger and brighter horizon. You hit 13500 and all you think about is how to get 14000. OCing is funny like that.
:)