The Official 3DMark 06 Thread

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:54 pm

Monkeydee · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:47 pm

it seems i've never posted in this thread...
at any rate the score i'd get now would be less than my previous high score since i'm no longer overclocking and have gone back to using my x1900aiw.

my top score 5377

that was with my 5200+ @ 2.9ghz (i think) and my 7900GT at stock

sswilson · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:48 pm

x-cellent!!!

Is that vid card OC'd?

I've got a new build (not mine) to "tweak" over the next month, so any advice on how to make a 3870X2 play nice would be appreciated.

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:02 pm

sswilson wrote:

x-cellent!!!

Is that vid card OC'd?

I've got a new build (not mine) to "tweak" over the next month, so any advice on how to make a 3870X2 play nice would be appreciated.

It's 2x HD3870 :wink:

Totally stock on the cards, x16 x4 Crossfire setup.

sswilson · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2008 9:16 pm

Dr_BenD_over wrote:

sswilson wrote:

x-cellent!!!

Is that vid card OC'd?

I've got a new build (not mine) to "tweak" over the next month, so any advice on how to make a 3870X2 play nice would be appreciated.

It's 2x HD3870 :wink:

Totally stock on the cards, x16 x4 Crossfire setup.

Ok, good to know. I did a quick run a couple of nights ago with the xeon quad at stock and 8.2 drivers, think it only came up to about 12000.

Going to have to try with 8.4 for a stock run and then see if I can make that cpu squeal.....

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:13 pm

You need an OC on the cpu to take advantage of the GPU power, 1280x1024 is far to CPU limited nowadays.

sbeeze316 · **Joined:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:10 pm **Posts:** 562

your really gonna want to get an x38/48 mobo now to make those things scream

sswilson · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:10 pm

sbeeze316 wrote:

your really gonna want to get an x38/48 mobo now to make those things scream

Yeah it's on an ASUS Maximus Formula although I'm not convinced there is much benefit to the new chipsets yet. (PCIe 2.0 doesn't seem to make any difference at all in benchmarking).

sbeeze316 · **Joined:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:10 pm **Posts:** 562

i meant doc is gonna want an x38/48 board for his crossfire to get better speeds, sorry should have quoted.

your setup is optimal for that card.

billaa · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2008 8:25 pm

My New Score

17,156 Not bad!

EDIT: oops newer score

17,243

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6355992

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:18 pm

sbeeze316 wrote:

your really gonna want to get an x38/48 mobo now to make those things scream

There's only about a 5% hit running on a P965, it's certainly not worthwhile to fork out $300 for 5% more.

sbeeze316 · **Joined:** Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:10 pm **Posts:** 562

thats not the numbers i have been told, but i wouldn't know i am not running crossfire.

sswilson · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:10 pm

16689 with an 8800GTS 512M

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6416765

820/1979 1050mem Q6600 @ 3.8G

billaa · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:09 pm

Nice Score!

sswilson · **Posted:** Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:50 pm

billaa wrote:

Nice Score!

Not quite as nice as yours.

Are you using stock cooling? I noticed you had better OC results with your card and of course have to ask if there are any secrets you'd care to share.....

(I'm going to try playing with PCIe voltages and freqs, but I didn't see much difference with those on my 3870 so don't expect to get anything out of it).

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