Sharkyextreme.com 3DMark Team

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Originally posted by Thunderbird1GHz
bisonator, how long have you had your a64 and 9800? I think several months. you started at like 17500 marks then worked your way all the way up! even 20k isnt easy to hit, it does take some tweaking skills. yes the 9800 will help out though. I dont think I can hit 20k with my ti4200 but once my 9500s arrive, ill go for 22k :D

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Tbird: the only tweaks I did was set the D3D and OGL detail sliders in the omega control panel to "Best Performance". (I think the tests also came just after my regular defrag.)

Seems I'm top for the 9800 class for both '01 and '03, shame there's only about 8 others! lol

Also, something else very interesting, I am 25 overall in '01, and 26th has almost identical GPU clocks to me, ~100points less, and 1.5GHz more P4. All these stats to play with...

Nice score mikead_99! looks like
you and eshbash are going to be jumping
around the #1 spot. Crank it up!:D

i have to ship my computer today...

:(

if only i could have moved last week instead of next week...

well mikead_99, you've probably got an easy 2 weeks to have #1, so go for it :D

if i can't be first, i'd rather see you there than anyone else... but i'll be back come 12 september. At least i don't have to worry about keeping AMD on top now ;)

great score, keep them coming.

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Originally posted by mikead_99
Your scores with links:
30712

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Awesome, simply awesome!!! Good job!

Thanks for the support guys. :) I love how these cpu's go! That run was only 1/2 tweaked, and I haven't used more then stock VCore(1.55V on this board). I have no clue atm how much further it should go, I've heard that the board I have can limit your o/c, I'll find out whether that's true or not over the next few days, but I pre-ordered the DFI too, just in case. For $90 for this board, I just couldn't wait any longer to play with one of these chips. :D It looks like I can be happy with this setup until 90nm FX-xx. :cool:

I know you all are looking forward to eshbach and the DFI, but the real fun is going to start when he puts that under phase-change cooling. I think we'll end up keeping each other on our toes. I'm teh noobie on this platform, and I know I've got a learning curve to make it through. When it's all said and done though, I'm hoping to see at least 2 of us Sharks on page 1 of the Orb! :eek:

Thanks again. I'll post results from time to time just to keep everyone in the picture before I get to my "final" score.

edit to add: @ eshbach: I'm kind of glad you are packed up atm, I've got a lot of little personal things to deal with this week, that keeps the pressure off to try to match you run for run over this period. Looking forward to seeing what you can do with everything nice and cold though. :)

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Originally posted by mikead_99
Thanks for the support guys. :) I love how these cpu's go! That run was only 1/2 tweaked, and I haven't used more then stock VCore(1.55V on this board). I have no clue atm how much further it should go, I've heard that the board I have can limit your o/c, I'll find out whether that's true or not over the next few days, but I pre-ordered the DFI too, just in case. For $90 for this board, I just couldn't wait any longer to play with one of these chips. :D It looks like I can be happy with this setup until 90nm FX-xx. :cool:

I know you all are looking forward to eshbach and the DFI, but the real fun is going to start when he puts that under phase-change cooling. I think we'll end up keeping each other on our toes. I'm teh noobie on this platform, and I know I've got a learning curve to make it through. When it's all said and done though, I'm hoping to see at least 2 of us Sharks on page 1 of the Orb! :eek:

Thanks again. I'll post results from time to time just to keep everyone in the picture before I get to my "final" score.

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all kinds of tweaks for A64:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...threadid=37345

enjoy!

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=8085918

update again:D

after 4.5(yeah that's wright mobo was broke cause the power went of during biosflash, got a new one after a half hour talking to the guy at the shop) and 1 format later, it finaly recognizes my cpu again:D

eh... killed the ol 2600+ while doinga custom mount i tihnk. eerything starts up except no beeps and the screen is black. the fans and prommy and everything works just no beep from speaker and the screen is black...:(

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Originally posted by JetForce Gemini X
eh... killed the ol 2600+ while doinga custom mount i tihnk. eerything starts up except no beeps and the screen is black. the fans and prommy and everything works just no beep from speaker and the screen is black...:(

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try the motherboard with normal cooling and a different processor....

maybe you should just break down and buy the mounting kit.

i just relaly dont want to pay $100 for a piece of metal and 2 piece of plastic that costed $3 to make.... i'm asian so i want to save as much money as possible ;)

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Originally posted by JetForce Gemini X
i just relaly dont want to pay $100 for a piece of metal and 2 piece of plastic that costed $3 to make.... i'm asian so i want to save as much money as possible ;)

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if you kill one more chip you'll have paid for it already....

@ JetForce Gemini X: Have you tried running it up with just air cooling since you had your problem? It's a complete pita to strip down and do that, but it's probably something you should do. Hope it's not as bad as you think.

@ mikeysg: I'm going to keep your fingers nimble here. ;) From here on out I'll show some more scores while I'm working this thing up, but won't post any more for Team page updates until I think I'm done. Thought I may as well have you put me back at #1 now though in case my time there is short. *looks over shoulder at eshbach*

I've still got more room with the cpu, haven't tweaked all that hard, and I'm still waiting on my new PE, but those raw clocks sure do a lot! I'm finding this Epox board to be a pure flake with VCore, I think it's a sure bet I'll use my DFI when it gets in. I'd have a 2.7GHz 11x246 run for you, but this board seems to want to give and take .2V-Core depending on the multi I set and it gave it back when I tried to make that run. Didn't really need it then, thanks.

Anyway, here's tonight's damage:

CPU: Athlon 64 3700+
Stock Speed of CPU: 2400
Overclocked speed of CPU: 2760
MotherBoard: Epox 8KDA3J
Ram: 2x512 Mushkin LII 3500 2-2-2-5
Video Card: Sapphire X800 vivo=>XT
Stock Core of Video: 520
Actual Core of Video: 580
Stock Mem of Video: 560
Actual Mem of Video: 600
Cooling Used: cpu - Prometia MachI, gpu - maze4-1/172W pelt
Your scores with links:
32798

Mike, you're updated!;) That's a hella score dude - 2k bump in '01!:eek: *eyes PC x800XTPE*

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Originally posted by mikead_99
@ JetForce Gemini X: Have you tried running it up with just air cooling since you had your problem? It's a complete pita to strip down and do that, but it's probably something you should do. Hope it's not as bad as you think.

@ mikeysg: I'm going to keep your fingers nimble here. ;) From here on out I'll show some more scores while I'm working this thing up, but won't post any more for Team page updates until I think I'm done. Thought I may as well have you put me back at #1 now though in case my time there is short. *looks over shoulder at eshbach*

I've still got more room with the cpu, haven't tweaked all that hard, and I'm still waiting on my new PE, but those raw clocks sure do a lot! I'm finding this Epox board to be a pure flake with VCore, I think it's a sure bet I'll use my DFI when it gets in. I'd have a 2.7GHz 11x246 run for you, but this board seems to want to give and take .2V-Core depending on the multi I set and it gave it back when I tried to make that run. Didn't really need it then, thanks.

Anyway, here's tonight's damage:

CPU: Athlon 64 3700+
Stock Speed of CPU: 2400
Overclocked speed of CPU: 2760
MotherBoard: Epox 8KDA3J
Ram: 2x512 Mushkin LII 3500 2-2-2-5
Video Card: Sapphire X800 vivo=>XT
Stock Core of Video: 520
Actual Core of Video: 580
Stock Mem of Video: 560
Actual Mem of Video: 600
Cooling Used: cpu - Prometia MachI, gpu - maze4-1/172W pelt
Your scores with links:
32798

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you didn't go for 33k when you were that close? ;)

great score, looks like it's time for me to sit quietly for a while (hopefully shipping on the phase change unti won't take forever).

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Originally posted by eshbach
you didn't go for 33k when you were that close? ;)

great score, looks like it's time for me to sit quietly for a while (hopefully shipping on the phase change unti won't take forever).

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lol, it was late! No 33k for me last night!

...and based on the scores you get with your clocks, you'll be making plenty of noise here soon enough. Make sure you get that unit shipped via 3-legged mule & cart.......just to be safe you know. Oh, and don't forget to let some college cutie take you away from all this for a while! lol, j/k. I really can't wait to see how you crank up the numbers.

Probably no real updates from me for a few days now...I need a night off from fighting this board's VCore issue, and to knock on wood, prep my new VC if it comes in. 3-day weekend coming though!

Thanks for the update mikey!