nateman_doo

Do you think anyone would notice if I yanked out the processor in my work computer for a weekend of E8400 benching? 

I don't see my work CPU being a cherry.

My school has a lab full of W3520s.. you think they would notice 16 missing $300 CPUs?

on the note of the older benchies.. wolfdale is the king of 01 and will be for quite some time.  go for the highest FSB you can with some tight memory timings and it will help you considerably

well my socket 775 tests failed badly... my old asus p5n-e sli just hasnt got enought optionsm to stabalise anything over a 45-50% OC. i got the E2140 to 2.7 then it refused to boot properlly and nothing i could do helped it :s and my E4400 i could only get to 3.2 and couldnt stableise /cry. i think i might whack the GTS 250s in my main rig and see what i can push out of them with a i7 at 4ghz behind them :) think i can get 20k in vantage with 2 250s?

John, on the topic of socket 775, what do you think (or know) is the best board for clocking 45nm Yorkfield quads on? I know Gigabyte's are good quad clockers, but do you know of any specific board that really makes quads scream?

I have a DFI UT P35 that is my "official" benching board. Now i also have my 750i FTW though, seeing as my i7 replaced the guts of my main system. With the 750i FTW and my q9300, i was able to hit 3460mhz, which is around 460fsb without much tweaking...I'll probably try to max the 750i FTW while the q9300 is still in it, then see what the DFI can do.

Oh, and also get around to figuring out how to clock i7's.

i need to try and get my hands on either a 790 board or a 780 board sometime.... my 650 is not so great :S

i need something with a few PCI-e slots, most of the intel chipsets are either 1 PCI-e or they only support xfire :(

Man, reggie just came out of nowhere and flew past me at the bot too.  I am such a slacker with these other benches. 

btw reggie, your monitor cable looks like a bad connection in your screen shots of your submission. 

unless I can rig a socket 775 watere block on my old 8500 then I might have some 03 runs to do

Makeshift mounting of my 790/Q6600 combo.   Now someone tell me why I am doing this?  What do I plan to accomplish with this setup, over my i7? 



which ones should I go after with a 790.
3Dmark 2001
3Dmark 2003
3Dmark 2005
3Dmark 2006
3DMark Vantage - Performance
Aquamark
CPU-Z
MaxxMem
PCMark 2004
PCMark 2005
PCMark Vantage
PiFast
Reference Clock
SisoftSandra
SuperPi
SuperPi 32m
wPrime 1024m
wPrime 32m

try for any cpu based test most of them are looking for raw speed so if you think you cant get it faster than your i7 you might be using the wrong cpu. Try to score a e7xxx cpu those sell for pretty cheap I had a 7400 at 4.2 on air I cant imagine how I you could get it with that beautifull block. Even if you cant get it faster than an I7 you should be able to get quite a bit of points just for posting results in 2 catigories i7 and 6600.


Oh yea i meant im trying to rig a socket 775 block to a 8500 card if I get it running ill take pics

I am scared, cause that 790 is my backup computer.  I booger that one up, and I am silenced.  I have 2 videocards inbound this week i hope, this way I can try for some hardware records.  I think CPU tests are limited to strictly LN2 folk.  I have a good shot at any GPU records cause I get any GPU below freezing. 

Lol you only have 3 benches though it took me 41 Just remember you get points for more than first place.

Lowes all the way.  I running that same 3/8 vinyl tubing with my bong. 
Lowes FTW

Ah, don't fear Nate.  Just do it!

nateman_doo

oh im doing ok ;)  I got a rum & coke, mixed with antibiotics, and I am in for a good night. 
2:10 mem in the house

Edit:
it is becoming more and more obvious how CPU heavy 06 is.  No matter what I clock the cards too, the CPU is so much more important in the overall score.  Also watching GPU temps, they never go above 0°C, but CPU's always above freezing.  In Vantage, the CPU temp is below freezing until the CPU test.   Total CPU bottleneck

dxgmms1.sys.  ugh.  BSOD

30264 seems to be it for the day.  brain hurts.  Will try again tomorrow.