Roadee's Fastest Rig Competition Discussion Thread

Asmoday · Jul 22, 2007, 10:55 PM

Oh crap! My bad....sorry petri1, he's right dx10 card is not allowed in stock. I totally forgot this, it has been a long week for me. Unfortunatly I will have to remove your avatar, once again sorry but you should have read the rules before entering.

Just Learnin' · Jul 22, 2007, 11:09 PM

Doh!

I foresee some wicked nasty rep headed my way...

petri1 · Jul 22, 2007, 11:58 PM

well i didn´t find any intel stock for DX10 cards well well i still got a pretty good score ok i had my 15minutes of fame heheheh

i did for the fun of it anyway

is there any DX10 stock i can enter?

forgot he he right is right if DX10 can´t enter stock then i did wrong no one to blame but me adn in any of the other classes i wouldn´t stand a chance

Zelig · Jul 23, 2007, 01:56 AM

Got pcmark05 working...

My visual settings weren't set to "Best appearence", but to "Custom", because everything was checked, I didn't think to check that until now.

Just Learnin' · Jul 23, 2007, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

Got pcmark05 working...

My visual settings weren't set to "Best appearence", but to "Custom", because everything was checked, I didn't think to check that until now.

Did you get in your score in time to lose that stalwart looking avatar you are using now??

Zelig · Jul 23, 2007, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

Did you get in your score in time to lose that stalwart looking avatar you are using now??

Nope, Bart1987 has it until next Sunday at least.

Heh, the avatar I have now is a photo I took of myself and then ran through one of the default filters in the gimp.

ChaosMinionX · Jul 23, 2007, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by petri1

well i didn´t find any intel stock for DX10 cards well well i still got a pretty good score ok i had my 15minutes of fame heheheh

i did for the fun of it anyway

is there any DX10 stock i can enter?

forgot he he right is right if DX10 can´t enter stock then i did wrong no one to blame but me adn in any of the other classes i wouldn´t stand a chance

You have more than a chance at getting an award for one of the other classes. However you wont be getting anything without some extensive overclocking.

ChaosMinionX · Jul 23, 2007, 04:10 AM

Soon as I get my quadcore.... I will be shooting for a score of about 16K

EDIT: Lets see some more entries people!

brutusmaximus · Jul 24, 2007, 12:49 AM

some serious scores in here......

Just Learnin' · Jul 24, 2007, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by brutusmaximus

some serious scores in here......

And I don't even have that XFX Ultra card any more..

Chaos made me send it back http://www.hardwareheaven.com/1070495-post1388.html

ChaosMinionX · Jul 24, 2007, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

And I don't even have that XFX Ultra card any more..

Chaos made me send it back http://www.hardwareheaven.com/1070495-post1388.html

Haha no way! ... Actually all that stuff seems to be based on driver revisions and what OS your running.

For instance HD2900XT 1GB version benches alot better in Vista it seems, XP 32/64bit performance isnt there in terms of 2d transparent windows, and 2d graphics memory tests its severly lacking compared to 8800s in XP... But soon as you goto vista its a different ballgame, will be posting the comparison here shortly when I get vista ultimate x64 and my quadcore

EDIT: Futuremark needs to release an x64 edition for vista/xp and same with x86..... The drivers from each company seem to be optimized better on one platform than another. What are you running now Just Learnin'?

Just Learnin' · Jul 24, 2007, 03:11 AM

Actually right out of the box that card had issues! It had a squealing sound and artifacted. Since there isn't anything yet to beat it I am waiting for XFX to send me a new one. Got a message that it was faulty and will be replaced, am waiting for the old "A rep will contact you shortly to work out the details."

ChaosMinionX · Jul 24, 2007, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

Actually right out of the box that card had issues! It had a squealing sound and artifacted. Since there isn't anything yet to beat it I am waiting for XFX to send me a new one. Got a message that it was faulty and will be replaced, am waiting for the old "A rep will contact you shortly to work out the details."

Ahh good stuff, now you need to go quadcore so we can compare the 2 cards in realtime programs

Just Learnin' · Jul 24, 2007, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Ahh good stuff, now you need to go quadcore so we can compare the 2 cards in realtime programs

Sheesh! Save me a buck and drop in a dually 'k?

ChaosMinionX · Jul 24, 2007, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

Sheesh! Save me a buck and drop in a dually 'k?

I can keep my dually in for benching

Just Learnin' · Jul 24, 2007, 06:18 AM

If I went Quad I'd be looking at more exotic cooling to do any benching as well.

ChaosMinionX · Jul 24, 2007, 07:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

If I went Quad I'd be looking at more exotic cooling to do any benching as well.

Exotic, like using glacial water in a watercooling rig?

EDIT: On a side note, should we have another category for those running quadcore and above? There is a clear advantage in 2 of the 3 benchmarks we use to determine this. Any thoughts?

CDsDontBurn · Jul 24, 2007, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Exotic, like using glacial water in a watercooling rig?

EDIT: On a side note, should we have another category for those running quadcore and above? There is a clear advantage in 2 of the 3 benchmarks we use to determine this. Any thoughts?

i agree! hmm....but some of those guys with QC might not be running DX10 cards though....a possibility. then, that would require four additional categores for each intel and AMD from what is currently available.

so....single dx9 card quad-core intel, single dx10 card quad-core intel, dual card dx9 quad-core intel, dual card dx10 quad-core intel. and the same pattern would follow for AMD once they have their quad-core processors out in the mainstream market.

wow, if this follows suit then this competition has evolved quite a bit since it first came about.

Just Learnin' · Jul 24, 2007, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Exotic, like using glacial water in a watercooling rig?

For a quad? Methinks LN2 from the South of France might take the edge off.

ChaosMinionX · Jul 24, 2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i agree! hmm....but some of those guys with QC might not be running DX10 cards though....a possibility. then, that would require four additional categores for each intel and AMD from what is currently available.

so....single dx9 card quad-core intel, single dx10 card quad-core intel, dual card dx9 quad-core intel, dual card dx10 quad-core intel. and the same pattern would follow for AMD once they have their quad-core processors out in the mainstream market.

wow, if this follows suit then this competition has evolved quite a bit since it first came about.

Yeah, because quad dominates PCmark05 and 3dmark06.... they are optimized for quad.... There may be a need for more categories, but I think we need some more entries before we get new categories so it doesnt look like we just give the spots away

petri1 · Jul 24, 2007, 08:42 PM

the normaö E6850 is still a dual core but the same with the extreme is a quad why not reale the E6850 a QuadCore still thinking of uppgrading to the E6850 C2D@3.0ghz stock is bound to kick in games still wonder if the Q6600 is faster in games but i don´t know for sure i think still i have a fair competetive Cpu and GFX for coming games but i´m not sure

ChaosMinionX · Jul 25, 2007, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by petri1

the normaö E6850 is still a dual core but the same with the extreme is a quad why not reale the E6850 a QuadCore still thinking of uppgrading to the E6850 C2D@3.0ghz stock is bound to kick in games still wonder if the Q6600 is faster in games but i don´t know for sure i think still i have a fair competetive Cpu and GFX for coming games but i´m not sure

English is a little rough on that sentence...however most people in this competition dont run "stock" anything. I for one certainly run nothing stock..... and in newer games with quad core support 3.6ghz quad > 4ghz dual core.

Im talking about what my score will be in PCmark05 and 3dmark06...with quad those will be impossible to beat.

ChaosMinionX · Aug 8, 2007, 10:06 AM

Zelig,

Looks like you need to bust out some new scores before Sunday if you wanna keep the AMD stock

Try using 2GB in PCMark05 and tighten the timings

Just Learnin' · Aug 16, 2007, 09:09 PM

Got my XFX Ultra back from RMA, coming after you Cadaveca!

ChaosMinionX · Aug 17, 2007, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

Got my XFX Ultra back from RMA, coming after you Cadaveca!

Another HD2900XT 1GB from extreme PC comin at you (although expect nothing of it until I get X38, or a Blitz Extreme

)with G0 quadcore at 4ghz

LOOKOUT!

Zelig · Aug 17, 2007, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Zelig,

Looks like you need to bust out some new scores before Sunday if you wanna keep the AMD stock

Try using 2GB in PCMark05 and tighten the timings

Heh, I've been busy, only noticed I lost it after my avatar dissapeared.

Screw 2GB though, I'm not slowing my computer down just to up some benchmark scores. (ergo, I'm too lazy to open my case). Only timings that change are command rate, nothing else tightens up with 2GB.

I can probably up my HDD score, and my GPU clock, I'll do that when I have some free time, and see if it gets me anywhere.

Just Learnin' · Aug 17, 2007, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Another HD2900XT 1GB from extreme PC comin at you (although expect nothing of it until I get X38, or a Blitz Extreme

)with G0 quadcore at 4ghz

LOOKOUT!

Sounds sexual.....

Iam still plugging away with a lil' ol single XFX on air though.... woe is me...

ChaosMinionX · Aug 17, 2007, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

Heh, I've been busy, only noticed I lost it after my avatar dissapeared.

Screw 2GB though, I'm not slowing my computer down just to up some benchmark scores. (ergo, I'm too lazy to open my case). Only timings that change are command rate, nothing else tightens up with 2GB.

I can probably up my HDD score, and my GPU clock, I'll do that when I have some free time, and see if it gets me anywhere.

2GB actual adds some performance, its less strain on teh controller, more bandwidth across the whole 2GB than on 4GB...check it with everest you will see

Zelig · Aug 17, 2007, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

2GB actual adds some performance, its less strain on teh controller, more bandwidth across the whole 2GB than on 4GB...check it with everest you will see

Yeah, except I frequently use more than 2GB of ram, so not much performance benefit to be seen in reality there. Most of the benchmarking difference is from 1T/2T command rate anyway.

Just Learnin' · Aug 17, 2007, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

Heh, I've been busy, only noticed I lost it after my avatar dissapeared.

So how does that work? You can't have any now or...?

Jul 22, 2007, 10:55 PM	#1441
Asmoday Demonic Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the cold, dark north... Posts: 5,198 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Oh crap! My bad....sorry petri1, he's right dx10 card is not allowed in stock. I totally forgot this, it has been a long week for me. Unfortunatly I will have to remove your avatar, once again sorry but you should have read the rules before entering. __________________ How You can help Hardwareheaven by using Digg

Jul 22, 2007, 11:58 PM	#1443
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	well i didn´t find any intel stock for DX10 cards well well i still got a pretty good score ok i had my 15minutes of fame heheheh i did for the fun of it anyway is there any DX10 stock i can enter? forgot he he right is right if DX10 can´t enter stock then i did wrong no one to blame but me adn in any of the other classes i wouldn´t stand a chance __________________ [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 23, 2007, 01:56 AM	#1444
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	Got pcmark05 working... My visual settings weren't set to "Best appearence", but to "Custom", because everything was checked, I didn't think to check that until now. __________________ --

Jul 23, 2007, 04:10 AM	#1448
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Soon as I get my quadcore.... I will be shooting for a score of about 16K EDIT: Lets see some more entries people! __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg! Last edited by ChaosMinionX; Jul 23, 2007 at 11:32 PM.

Jul 24, 2007, 12:49 AM	#1449
brutusmaximus DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 520 Rep Power: 74	some serious scores in here...... __________________

Jul 22, 2007, 11:09 PM	#1442
Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	Doh! I foresee some wicked nasty rep headed my way...

Jul 24, 2007, 03:11 AM	#1452
Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	Actually right out of the box that card had issues! It had a squealing sound and artifacted. Since there isn't anything yet to beat it I am waiting for XFX to send me a new one. Got a message that it was faulty and will be replaced, am waiting for the old "A rep will contact you shortly to work out the details."

Jul 24, 2007, 06:18 AM	#1456
Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	If I went Quad I'd be looking at more exotic cooling to do any benching as well.

Jul 24, 2007, 08:42 PM	#1461
petri1 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	the normaö E6850 is still a dual core but the same with the extreme is a quad why not reale the E6850 a QuadCore still thinking of uppgrading to the E6850 C2D@3.0ghz stock is bound to kick in games still wonder if the Q6600 is faster in games but i don´t know for sure i think still i have a fair competetive Cpu and GFX for coming games but i´m not sure __________________ [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]

Aug 8, 2007, 10:06 AM	#1463
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 45 System Specs	Zelig, Looks like you need to bust out some new scores before Sunday if you wanna keep the AMD stock Try using 2GB in PCMark05 and tighten the timings __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Aug 16, 2007, 09:09 PM	#1464
Just Learnin' HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Posts: 1,414 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	Got my XFX Ultra back from RMA, coming after you Cadaveca! Last edited by Just Learnin'; Aug 16, 2007 at 09:11 PM. Reason: spelling