Roadee's Fastest Rig Competition Discussion Thread

Zelig · Jul 16, 2007, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

bad overclocking can make it fail as well.

Fails with everything at stock as well.

I'm real picky about stability in any case, spent about a week solid running tests on my current config to verify stability.

ChaosMinionX · Jul 16, 2007, 04:12 AM

Thats odd that it keeps failing.... I have never had that happen, only fails audio/video compression when i dont give the proc enough juice and its running above 4ghz.

Lowfat · Jul 16, 2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Yeah low, Im thinking that will look good myself

Try to take it

I can always try and clock higher.

CDsDontBurn · Jul 17, 2007, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by RoyBatty

OK, here are some scores. I don't have a pcmark05 score because I can't get it working properly...
I did the benchamarks with Hyperthreading enabled/disabled. Everything runs faster with HT enabled except 3dm06, which is actually slower.

3dmark05 cpu score - HT on/off: 4413/4267
3dmark06 cpu score - HT on/off: 814/1015
3dmark05 score - HT on/off: 4445/4391
3dmark06 score - HT on/off: 1913/1972

And finaly one real world benchmark - Blender rendering
Download test.blend (101 KB): http://www.eofw.org/bench/test.blend...322789d0f9d686
and SSE2 optimized Blender (11.8 MB): http://www.graphicall.org/builds/bui...on=show&id=419
It doesn't need to be installed and it uses its home dir only. Just extract the archive and run.
Open test.blend, set Threads to 2 and hit F12.

My render time is 1:54.80.

BTW, the weather here is hot too. Todays temps are ~35°C, should be 38 tomorrow. I have 28°C in my room right now and it's getting hotter

my latest 3Dmark scores are in my siggy. i haven't run these benches ever since i first got my x1950pro. i haven't run it w/HT turned off though. i also need to run the tests you provided me.

petri1 · Jul 18, 2007, 04:39 PM

is it allowed to disable postprocessing in 3dmark05 and 06 and also in 06 to lower resolution to 1024x768 for me it seems fairer as both 03 05 uses 1024x768 and 06 1280x1024

i haven´t enterd any of this kind before i mean isn´t the thing to get a high score so wouldn´t be allowed to tweak 3dmark as well?

well i´m not sure but i guess everything has to be default to get a valid entry?

i have no orb account and so on never cared to create one do i need that aswell?

Asmoday · Jul 18, 2007, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

is it allowed to disable postprocessing in 3dmark05 and 06 and also in 06 to lower resolution to 1024x768 for me it seems fairer as both 03 05 uses 1024x768 and 06 1280x1024

i haven´t enterd any of this kind before i mean isn´t the thing to get a high score so wouldn´t be allowed to tweak 3dmark as well?

well i´m not sure but i guess everything has to be default to get a valid entry?

i have no orb account and so on never cared to create one do i need that aswell?

Tampering with any settings in the benchmarks isn't allowed, and yes you need an Orb account.

petri1 · Jul 18, 2007, 04:51 PM

ok got it

i´ll try and see what happens

petri1 · Jul 18, 2007, 07:52 PM

@Asmoday since it is my first try and go i entered the INtel Stock competition can you check that my entry is valid so i haven´t spent all day testing and at the end it is all i vain?

like i said it is my first go at this

Asmoday · Jul 18, 2007, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

@Asmoday since it is my first try and go i entered the INtel Stock competition can you check that my entry is valid so i haven´t spent all day testing and at the end it is all i vain?

like i said it is my first go at this

You have posted the wrong links to the results mate.

petri1 · Jul 18, 2007, 09:19 PM

how do i post the right ones?

edit:

i think i got it now i checked and they linked to the results i intended to

Asmoday · Jul 18, 2007, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

how do i post the right ones?

edit:

i think i got it now i checked and they linked to the results i intended to

That's better! Now keep tweaking the scores and maybe you'll have a new shiney avatar by Sunday.

RoyBatty · Jul 19, 2007, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

my latest 3Dmark scores are in my siggy. i haven't run these benches ever since i first got my x1950pro. i haven't run it w/HT turned off though. i also need to run the tests you provided me.

So now we know that X1950 is faster than X1600

Let's compare the CPU performance. I have made a few CPU and memory benchmarks in PC Wizard 2007. Here is a PDF summary: http://mujweb.cz/www/axbweb/PCWBench.pdf
My mem settings: 436MHz, timing 2.5-3-3-5

ChaosMinionX · Jul 20, 2007, 03:47 AM

A little taste of whats to come

22441 3D05 - Single HD2900XT 1GB 825/2150 (825/1075 effective) 3.8ghz DDR2 1056 4-4-4-10 2.3v
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3262439

EDIT: Seems for any competitive PCMark05 with this card I will need to be getting Vista x64.....for some reason vista crushes XP in transparent windows/graphics lines with this card....

petri1 · Jul 20, 2007, 12:50 PM

that´s some impressive results i must say i never come close to those

i almost came to 14k in 05 once but not over it and just below 9k in 06

but i can´t OC since i don´t know how to and can´t afford if somethings goes boom

ChaosMinionX · Jul 20, 2007, 06:43 PM

Right now I am looking at a final score of about 15k something...pcmark05 is screwing me.

Lowfat · Jul 20, 2007, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Right now I am looking at a final score of about 15k something...pcmark05 is screwing me.

What is your 3D05 score?

petri1 · Jul 20, 2007, 10:02 PM

i would like to get a 10k total but to get 14k in 3d05 and 9k in 3d06 and then PCM05

well as it looks it would take a fast driver to get me those scores and i´m not sure i can find any

ChaosMinionX · Jul 20, 2007, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowfat

What is your 3D05 score?

3d05 final score broke 23k...

im in the realm of 14-15k on 3d06... need to crank out processor more..

EDIT: Vista Ultimate INC

petri1 · Jul 21, 2007, 01:22 AM

i don´t come near 8800in06 or 14000in 05 all on stock speed no OC´d at all

ChaosMinionX · Jul 21, 2007, 02:08 AM

Your running everything stock, I wouldnt expect much more out of your scores TBH.

If however your looking to get into overclocking, feel free to post here or contact Me on AIM/MSN/ICQ...

ICQ 457169431 AIM ChaosMinionX MSN thearrocation@hotmail.com

petri1 · Jul 21, 2007, 11:48 AM

well i got 6591 in PCM05 an small improvment still a bit to 10k need a fast driver that can kick some serious 3D05/06but so i´m trying different drivers to see wich gives the most and in wich test i am gonna try and improve my total with no OC at all

well one must see what happens

ChaosMinionX · Jul 21, 2007, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

well i got 6591 in PCM05 an small improvment still a bit to 10k need a fast driver that can kick some serious 3D05/06but so i´m trying different drivers to see wich gives the most and in wich test i am gonna try and improve my total with no OC at all

well one must see what happens

A driver isnt going to give you 4k points on pcmark05..... you need to overclock to get that... alot of overclocking actually, given your setup.

Lowfat · Jul 21, 2007, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

well i got 6591 in PCM05 an small improvment still a bit to 10k need a fast driver that can kick some serious 3D05/06but so i´m trying different drivers to see wich gives the most and in wich test i am gonna try and improve my total with no OC at all

well one must see what happens

Are you doing those runs with all other programs closed and AA and AF off in the video card preferences?

petri1 · Jul 21, 2007, 10:57 PM

yeah no AA AF or so to get as much as possible out of the system
i reckon i need to get at least 9k in 3D06 14k+ in 3D05 and 700or so in PCM05 to get a total of 10k and yeah for that i need to OC and i don´t know how much a E6600 and 8800GTS can do but maybe i´ll buy me a 9800GTX when they come and teh see what it can do

could my 480W Psu Hinder the 8800GTS to perform max?

Lowfat · Jul 21, 2007, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

yeah no AA AF or so to get as much as possible out of the system

I still think those scores are a little low. What do you do for 1M in SuperPi?

petri1 · Jul 21, 2007, 11:09 PM

i don´t know about SuperPI

but i do close my Internet connection and alot of processes to get as high scores as possible

but i can´t get 7000 in PCmakr 05 seems odd and in 3DMark05 under 14k in 06 under 9k

i guess these are pretty normal for my rig although i want to see a bit higher perhaps all those postprocess stuff gives me so low

i´ll try Super Pi

perhaps i need faste memory

ChaosMinionX · Jul 22, 2007, 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by petri1

i don´t know about SuperPI

but i do close my Internet connection and alot of processes to get as high scores as possible

but i can´t get 7000 in PCmakr 05 seems odd and in 3DMark05 under 14k in 06 under 9k

i guess these are pretty normal for my rig although i want to see a bit higher perhaps all those postprocess stuff gives me so low

i´ll try Super Pi

perhaps i need faste memory

Perhaps you need to overclock your rig, your getting normal scores for stock stuff....

EDIT: Retesting scores on Windows XP 32bit

petri1 · Jul 22, 2007, 01:26 AM

here is an image of that SuperPi 1M test

well i don´t know if those are "good" or not

petri1 · Jul 22, 2007, 10:29 PM

he heeyy i won yieppeee

Just Learnin' · Jul 22, 2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

he heeyy i won yieppeee

I thought DX10 cards were not allowed in the Stock class????

Jul 16, 2007, 04:12 AM	#1412
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Thats odd that it keeps failing.... I have never had that happen, only fails audio/video compression when i dont give the proc enough juice and its running above 4ghz. __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jul 18, 2007, 04:39 PM	#1415
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	is it allowed to disable postprocessing in 3dmark05 and 06 and also in 06 to lower resolution to 1024x768 for me it seems fairer as both 03 05 uses 1024x768 and 06 1280x1024 i haven´t enterd any of this kind before i mean isn´t the thing to get a high score so wouldn´t be allowed to tweak 3dmark as well? well i´m not sure but i guess everything has to be default to get a valid entry? i have no orb account and so on never cared to create one do i need that aswell? __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 18, 2007, 04:51 PM	#1417
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	ok got it i´ll try and see what happens __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 18, 2007, 07:52 PM	#1418
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	@Asmoday since it is my first try and go i entered the INtel Stock competition can you check that my entry is valid so i haven´t spent all day testing and at the end it is all i vain? like i said it is my first go at this __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 18, 2007, 09:19 PM	#1420
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	how do i post the right ones? edit: i think i got it now i checked and they linked to the results i intended to __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR] Last edited by petri1; Jul 18, 2007 at 09:36 PM.

Jul 20, 2007, 03:47 AM	#1423
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	A little taste of whats to come 22441 3D05 - Single HD2900XT 1GB 825/2150 (825/1075 effective) 3.8ghz DDR2 1056 4-4-4-10 2.3v http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3262439 EDIT: Seems for any competitive PCMark05 with this card I will need to be getting Vista x64.....for some reason vista crushes XP in transparent windows/graphics lines with this card.... __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg! Last edited by ChaosMinionX; Jul 20, 2007 at 09:17 AM.

Jul 20, 2007, 12:50 PM	#1424
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	that´s some impressive results i must say i never come close to those i almost came to 14k in 05 once but not over it and just below 9k in 06 but i can´t OC since i don´t know how to and can´t afford if somethings goes boom __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 20, 2007, 06:43 PM	#1425
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Right now I am looking at a final score of about 15k something...pcmark05 is screwing me. __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jul 20, 2007, 10:02 PM	#1427
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	i would like to get a 10k total but to get 14k in 3d05 and 9k in 3d06 and then PCM05 well as it looks it would take a fast driver to get me those scores and i´m not sure i can find any __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 21, 2007, 01:22 AM	#1429
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	i don´t come near 8800in06 or 14000in 05 all on stock speed no OC´d at all __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 21, 2007, 02:08 AM	#1430
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Your running everything stock, I wouldnt expect much more out of your scores TBH. If however your looking to get into overclocking, feel free to post here or contact Me on AIM/MSN/ICQ... ICQ 457169431 AIM ChaosMinionX MSN thearrocation@hotmail.com __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Jul 21, 2007, 11:48 AM	#1431
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	well i got 6591 in PCM05 an small improvment still a bit to 10k need a fast driver that can kick some serious 3D05/06but so i´m trying different drivers to see wich gives the most and in wich test i am gonna try and improve my total with no OC at all well one must see what happens __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 21, 2007, 10:57 PM	#1434
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	yeah no AA AF or so to get as much as possible out of the system i reckon i need to get at least 9k in 3D06 14k+ in 3D05 and 700or so in PCM05 to get a total of 10k and yeah for that i need to OC and i don´t know how much a E6600 and 8800GTS can do but maybe i´ll buy me a 9800GTX when they come and teh see what it can do could my 480W Psu Hinder the 8800GTS to perform max? __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 21, 2007, 11:09 PM	#1436
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	i don´t know about SuperPI but i do close my Internet connection and alot of processes to get as high scores as possible but i can´t get 7000 in PCmakr 05 seems odd and in 3DMark05 under 14k in 06 under 9k i guess these are pretty normal for my rig although i want to see a bit higher perhaps all those postprocess stuff gives me so low i´ll try Super Pi perhaps i need faste memory __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 22, 2007, 01:26 AM	#1438
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	here is an image of that SuperPi 1M test well i don´t know if those are "good" or not __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]

Jul 22, 2007, 10:29 PM	#1439
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	he heeyy i won yieppeee __________________ [COLOR=#232d35] [COLOR=Red]Intel Core 2 Quad 9450@2,66GHZ PowerColor Ati Radeon HD4870 512mb Gigabyte GaE-X38 4GB Kingston Hyper X [/COLOR] [/COLOR]