The Offical 3DMark Vantage Thread

Jebadiah · **Joined:** Thu May 31, 2007 8:31 am **Posts:** 124

With a small overclock on the video cards from 602mhz to 650mhz score went up to 23347 on performance settings

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:28 pm

First run with a pair of HD4770's

P11227

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

compare between Vista and win 7 with same hardware ~same speeds

Vista

P24520

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=884073

Win 7

P21709

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1355352

Appears as a big drop, however, I think this might be a driver issue?

Topsecret66 · **Joined:** Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:09 pm **Posts:** 1366

You volt modded your card too right?

Random question I know.

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

Topsecret66 wrote:

You volt modded your card too right?

Random question I know.

Yup, but the potentiometers are not connected.

EDIT,

Seems as I was comparing apples to apples, with the vista having ppu enabled and win 7 disabled.

here is the win 7 vantage ppu enabled.

24915

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1355855

Hali_Newf · **Posted:** Wed Aug 26, 2009 7:32 am

thats sweet.

How did you volt mod the card - the pencil way of doing things?

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

Hali_Newf wrote:

thats sweet.

How did you volt mod the card - the pencil way of doing things?

Solder, long 32 guage wires, a hot iron, magnifying glass, and a VERY steady hand. Three wires are needed with one measuring Vout, and the two others connecting one leg of the regulator to a 100kohm resistor then to Ref. I use an external breadboard as a connection point for the components.

VMod for the 280GTX

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/sho ... p?t=191850

Hali_Newf · **Posted:** Wed Aug 26, 2009 1:06 pm

Curious to the performance on the card stock, overclocked, then volt modded.

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

I'll have to dig through my records for that information, that is if I saved it.

Via EVGA software, you can set a maximum of 2.0 Volts for 3D operation; however, with the hard mod 2.2V can be set.

With fans at 100% the heat was not a big issue but is a limiting factor with NVidia. At max volts a very good core/shader OC was obtained. Maximum memory speed did not seem to increase. I'm sure with good water cooling, the core and shader clocks could have even gone higher.

When I next start 3D benches, I'll give the max stable numbers under the various voltage settings.

Hali_Newf · **Posted:** Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:57 pm

Awesome Awesome Job Ski.

I have yet to get a chance to push my quad to 4Ghz. what I will do is run a 3Dmark on the machine all stock(tonight) then bench it as I overclock and post the settings/results. That way I can also see all the performance gains.

Interested to see the difference in your work from stock to modded.

Dr_BenD_over · **Posted:** Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:00 pm

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1557643

Since there's no point in running less that 1920x1200.

ronedogg · **Joined:** Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:23 am **Posts:** 887

yeah and im crazy with water cooling LOL

nice work skiman

im gonna have 2 highend water pumps up for sale soon btw. i think i seen you lookin for one at one point. probabaly let them go 40$ each

skiman · **Joined:** Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:45 pm **Posts:** 438

ronedogg wrote:

im gonna have 2 highend water pumps up for sale soon btw. i think i seen you lookin for one at one point. probabaly let them go 40$ each

good stuff, send me a pm

CMDR Steve-O · **Posted:** Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:52 pm

Hali_Newf wrote:

thats sweet.

How did you volt mod the card - the pencil way of doing things?

I totally forgot about that pencil trick! Ahhh ye olde Athlon! Those were good days.

Crap I'm totally dating myself.

Hali_Newf · **Posted:** Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:21 pm

I found a few simple mods that involved a sharp #2 pencil and a voltmeter.

I am going to run a round of benchies soon myself. 1 4870 on xp 32 bit, then with two, then two on win7 64 bit and have a look at the numbers. I am pickin up another 2 gigs of crucial 1066 on Saturday so Windows 7 ulti soon afterward.

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