great job q56!

Thanks John.  I said I'd probably never beat K|ngp|n again, but I managed to squeak by him in the single card 295 vantage rank...#3 now.

http://hwbot.org/rankings/benchmark/3dmark_vantage_-_performance/rankings?&hardware=geforce_gtx_295&hardwareType=GPU

We're #39 now!

we'll take them how we can get them. a win is still a win!

Will get to running n cards later this week, been "practicing" cpu over clocks been able to run 06 at 4.9 mostly just cpu to see what she needs.
 Have pumped 1.75 into this chip (with v-droop) temps in low 80's ambient room of 24C, so far I am impressed.

Are you in the northern territory??? Just use plasticine i use it all the time .

Cheep cooler i made out of a potable AC unit  what do you think about the temps guys? 

Q56_Monster

Thanks John.  I said I'd probably never beat K|ngp|n again, but I managed to squeak by him in the single card 295 vantage rank...#3 now.

http://hwbot.org/rankings/benchmark/3dmark_vantage_-_performance/rankings?&hardware=geforce_gtx_295&hardwareType=GPU

Brings a tear to my eye to get bumped... but makes me proud its one of us. 

Congrats on the 47K!   (and under 3.7GHz?!  That chip is a beast!)

Gonna start calling you you Q56_Ambient, until you rectify your cooling situation!  Then I am sure 48K's and beyond are in your future.

nateman_doo

Q56_Monster

Thanks John.  I said I'd probably never beat K|ngp|n again, but I managed to squeak by him in the single card 295 vantage rank...#3 now.

http://hwbot.org/rankings/benchmark/3dmark_vantage_-_performance/rankings?&hardware=geforce_gtx_295&hardwareType=GPU

Brings a tear to my eye to get bumped... but makes me proud its one of us. 

Congrats on the 47K!   (and under 3.7GHz?!  That chip is a beast!)

Gonna start calling you you Q56_Ambient, until you rectify your cooling situation!  Then I am sure 48K's and beyond are in your future.

Yea, I know...I felt the same way when Kentsfield was handily smashed by Yorkfield.  Then the Yorkie guys were left drooling over i7.  On thing for sure, technology never stops, even in a bad economy.

John,  It may be too early to tell, but your initial intuition may pan out on whether or not we are losing GPU points when benching with the 980x.  I think for the pros, benching the 980 @5.5Ghz will push GPU's no matter what.  But for us "enthusiasts", benching the 980 at close to the Bloomfield Blck/frequencies, you might be on to something.

My 980x single card GPU = 26k, Bloomfield=26.6k.  980@4.7, 960@4.78Ghz.  GPU clocks w/ 980=825/1260.  GPU clocks w/ 960=845/1280.  The question is once I can get my GPU clocks back up to 845/1280, will it add another 600 gpu points?  I hope so, and I hope it would add a lot more being a six core proc. 

Time will tell...but, then again, by then we will all have Fermi, and no one will care about our beloved GTX 295's!

One more thing worth noting....when running Vantage with physx-on, we all wait for the dreaded pause a few seconds into the physx run.  Then we see Step/sec drop and all hopes are dashed for a good physx run.  This does not happen with the 980x proc.  It barrels right through the test with steps/sec increasing all the way to the end.  230 step/sec is turning out to be my average V. low 200's with bloomfield (210 on a good day).  I always wondered what drove the physx test with physx-enabled.  Now I know it is both GPU and CPU.