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Old 10-08-2004, 08:34 PM   #181
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Hows your PE fair up??

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Old 10-08-2004, 10:33 PM   #182
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Hows your PE fair up??
............sorry to say, i can't run 05 yet; don't have SP2 installed nor the DirectX9.0c, which is required to run 3dMark2005 ..... ...... .............oh, well, just happy with this system, as it is, at the moment........
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OCZ-520w_Adj PwrStream PSU*H2O-cooling = CPU*AC_Silencer4-cooling = GPU*Audigy2 ZS_Gamer*
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Old 10-09-2004, 04:35 AM   #183
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4524 3Dmark 2005



I didn't get over 4000 with Whql certified 61.77 set but with the newer 66.72 beta's scores went way up
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Old 10-09-2004, 01:27 PM   #184
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He leeghoofd, watch out!

Little tweaking on my side and i´ll take over.

3939 points with my PIII-S@1.5GHz.

Individual fps: GTS1: 16.3fps
GTS2: 11.1fps
GTS3: 21.6fps

Man, that "CPU tests" are lame. "Like flipping through a comic book" wouldn´t be the right description. "flipping" would be way faster.

Greetings

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Old 10-09-2004, 01:31 PM   #185
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............sorry to say, i can't run 05 yet; don't have SP2 installed nor the DirectX9.0c, which is required to run 3dMark2005 ..... ...... .............oh, well, just happy with this system, as it is, at the moment........
I dont think you need sp2. I dont have it installed either.
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Old 10-10-2004, 12:57 AM   #186
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using my awesome Gecube 9800Pro Extreme R350

3dmark2001 = 25,184
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3dmark2003 = 7,646
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Old 10-10-2004, 06:42 AM   #187
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He leeghoofd, watch out!

Little tweaking on my side and i´ll take over.

3939 points with my PIII-S@1.5GHz.

Individual fps: GTS1: 16.3fps
GTS2: 11.1fps
GTS3: 21.6fps

Man, that "CPU tests" are lame. "Like flipping through a comic book" wouldn´t be the right description. "flipping" would be way faster.

Greetings

Dru
Don't worry about the CPU tests. I have a dual Opteron 246 and it isn't any faster. I think that as soon as Intel will offer dual-core CPUs they will try to optimize the benchmark for multi-processor systems and I will see a big improvement. But 'till then I just have 1CPU idle or with other words: I could run this test with two "slide shows" at the same time.
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Old 10-10-2004, 12:09 PM   #188
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Old 10-11-2004, 09:10 AM   #189
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2315 with my 9800 pro at stock. Nothing to wet my pants.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=142009
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Old 10-11-2004, 11:56 AM   #190
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Old 10-11-2004, 01:35 PM   #191
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OCed the card...

Hiho!
Someone told me "those who don't OC can't do it"...

I really don't know why I did it, but I did it.
Here are the three results I got with my OCed X800Pro.
Highest artifact free OC I benched was 560 / 560. The memory maxed out at 564MHz (at least ATI-Tool 0.0.22 told me that at 571 there were some artifacts, so I went a little bit back). Temperature was around 60°C.

Result with the newest Omega-drivers and NO OCing: 4637
Highest OC result 5439. (see screenshots)

Now I will switch back to stock speeds because the card is fast enough....

P.S.: 560 is not the max for the core - it will go higher. But I don't think that this will make a big difference.
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Old 10-11-2004, 01:39 PM   #192
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Someone told me "those who don't OC can't do it"...
LOL. For someone who doesn't believe in benchmarks, you seem to show up in the benchmarking threads a lot.

You have to remember that this is just a hobby for many people who do it for the challenge. No different than ordinary people who take their cars to the drag strip on weekends to race. People will always push the envelope, so to speak, and it doesn't matter whether it's computers, cars or something else.

Peace.

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Old 10-11-2004, 01:59 PM   #193
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LOL. For someone who doesn't believe in benchmarks, you seem to show up in the benchmarking threads a lot.
ohoh.... you got me.
I wanted to install new drivers because I sometimes do not feel comfortable with the original Catalyst drivers. And at that time this old question "hmmmm, what would be possible if..." aroused.
Well, 560/560 is nothing unbelieveable good. It's OK and it showed an improvement in the benchmark 3dmark2005. To be honest: IF games would show the same behaviour "heavy stuttering" without OC and "nearly no stuttering" with OC I'd OC the card.
I apreciate the improvement of the driver much more than the OCed improvement! Nearly 1000 points difference between the non-OC results catalyst vs Omega! That's really good but I think that the Omegas produce a worse image quality so the decision which driver to keep is not that easy for me.

Why I am so often in the benchmark sections?
I check my system with benchmarks if everything runs at the usual speed ranges. I try to optimize my system with "legal tweaks" without compromising stability. BUT I also upgrade to a new video driver if it decreased the benchmark results but fixes other bugs. I am not very happy that I use the Omega driver right now. Maybe it's just a mental problem from me but (as I said before) the image quality seems to be worse with that driver compared to the Catalyst 4.9.
I'd never just tweak my system for the benchmarks - I use it the other way around! In the end I don't care if my results is 4000 points or 4500 points. It's important that it says 4xxx because this result shows that everything is as it should be. I'd start to worry with something about or less 3000 points. So it's just an indicator (and stability test).
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Old 10-11-2004, 02:09 PM   #194
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Have you tried the beta 8.07? It's a good driver for benchmarking. Not sure how good it is for IQ.

I use benchmarking for stability testing too. I don't run Prime95 anymore. Prime tells you nothing about video performance. I test with SuperPi 32M and 3DMark. If my system can pass those tests, I know it's stable, regardless of how high it's overclocked.

For the most part, there isn't much practical about benchmarking. I just do it for fun. Likewise, there's nothing practical about a pro drag racer going over 300mph, but it's fun to watch. There's the practical side to computing and the non-practical side. Both can give enjoyment.
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Old 10-11-2004, 03:37 PM   #195
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2315 with my 9800 pro at stock. Nothing to wet my pants.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=142009

2378 with DNA driver 3.1.4.10b. That's a 63 points increase, not bad.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=155627
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