sgtharry

sgtharry -------------------- i7 980X @4.52 ------ (2) 480 FTW 1829/2210 ------- 40963----- 91816---- P 47546----Water   http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=2243029

Oh noes... getting close.


I think it is time to start to do some new benchmarks :) 

I have had to many runs that looked great with faster settings and got lower scores.

I usually test just calico as if it is not going to make it at current settings thats the test it locks up on. If it passes that test I runt he entire run again. Word of the wise.... it loads much faster if you have Vantage installed on a SSD.

Wouldn't it be better for the test to load slower? Give your parts a little extra time to cool?

So the little extra cooling time makes no difference? Better to blast thru as fast as you can?

johnksss

yep.
but if you watch the first 10  to 15 seconds and your frames aren't where they should be, then stop the test and immediately restart test

+1 And you gotta know your markers....know what frames you should be at certain points.  My logs have tons of "Abort" notations, LOL!

Maaaaan I can not get my system to break 30k. I forgot to save my settings to a profile on my 4.6Ghz clock and can't get it stable again.

kram36..................... i7 930@ 4.5 ------------ (1) 480 HC 1910/2270 --------- 24945 --- 76333 --- P29993 ---- Water

EDIT: Forget this score. I broke 30k finally. Still trying to get a little better.

It's cold in here. I set the air conditioner to 60f at 7:00 pm and I have a sweatshirt on cause I'm freezing my tail off.

Oh and I have my pc set right at the vent. Had my vid card up to 1920/2275 and making every pass, but the score didn't go up unless I clocked the cpu higher, but it would crash the cpu test or the cpu test would dog out at the end.

johnksss

if it's slowing down and stuttering then crashing..cpu test 1
one click of ioh voltage thats if test one is crashing

test two..ich voltage

Thanks john, I'll give it a shot tomorrow night. I'm done for the evening and need to hit the sack.

CustomZ02 --------------- i7 920@ 4Ghz -------- (2) 480sc 1451/1900----------- 31854--- 62078 --- P36269 --- Water /Air (Corsair H50) 

Overclocked my CPU a bit more.  


 

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kram36

johnksss

no problem. talk to you tomorrow.

I would like to break the 30k mark with a single card before I get my 2nd which should be here Friday. It's there, just gotta find the right combo I had before. Facepalm for not saving the settings to a profile.

You should create a spreadsheet/template that you can write that stuff down.  You will refer back to it often as variables change (ambient temps, water temps, humidity, multiple/single card configs, drivers, OS, physx/non-physx, etc)  All that stuff can't be saved in a BIOS profile.  I've written down every run I ever did....It won't be long that my bench folder is thicker than the federal health care law, lol!

And don't worry about the second card coming....you can turn a pci-e slot off with the classified to do single card runs.   Plus you are going to need to fully test your second card to see if it might be the better overclocker anyway.  Or you can ditch your case,  which makes switching water cooled cards a snap (get some koolance quick disconnect shutoff nozzles too).

Got 30k broke, still trying for a little better.

kram36

Got 30k broke, still trying for a little better.

Congrats. That's nice.

I'm not willing to push my good running GTX 480 that hard. i need to turn my office into a freezer first.

i got my RMA back today... it was a different card than i sent in and I was all excited... plugged it up and ran OC scanner... at stock clocks i get 3386 artifacts after just 2 minutes. that's even worse than the card I RMA'd!

ugh... hooray for another $15.00 in shipping and 2 weeks without a card. so far after spending all this money... i've had an SLI 480 system for about 4 weeks out of the 8 weeks i've had the cards. after the next two weeks that'll be 6 weeks out of 10.

maybe once all of you are maxed out on potential i can play catch up!

Too bad decent hardware stores are hard to come by.  There are two Microcenters in New York and each is at least a 3 hour drive from where I live.  I can only imagine how it is in Virginia. 

I'm done. Just can't keep the cpu temp in check to get any better.

kram36..................... i7 930@ 4.5 ------------ (1) 480 HC 1920/2280 --------- 24983 --- 77089 --- P30064 ---- Water

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