3DMark06 Scores

[wtcnbrwndo4u]

I got like 5650 or something like that in this rig running Vista Ultimate x64. I haven't run it since upgrading to SP1.. if that would make a difference.

[Boy'nBlack]

Originally Posted by Parker

Sweet! So you now have two 3870's?

BTW, I've heard it so many times, but never figured out what it really was:
Whats a pencil mod?

Have 4 :D But it hasn't been worth it, so they're spread out. 3Dmarks are one thing, having more machines with some muscle is another. So the main is still two 3870's and the other two found other homes.

The pencil trick was with Athlon overclocking, and can be done on the 3870's. This isn't exact and probably better left for another subject; but there's four solder bars on the card's back side. By rubbing graphite between them, you short them but with resistance. It's shade tree, but you can adjust the voltage this way. Too much voltage, rub it off and try again. Once you find the right amount you can add a resistor.

The 3870 can go a long ways, and a bit further with juice. What I feel is a better GPU gets a better clock to play with the big boys...as if it didn't already.

[fstroupe]

My very surprising (to me anyway) 3DMark06 score during a review this weekend was 11224. Didn't think to take a screenshot.

I had gotten a 3.501gHz overclock very easily with this board. 3DMark06 was the only one that wouldn't run at that overclock, all the others did fine. Crysis and SupCom even ran fine. First time that ever happened. Had to back off OC rather than up the Vcore...considering my CPU was at about 80C.

C2Q Q6600 @ 3.489gHz
Asus Striker II NSE (nVidia nForce 790i SLI chipset)
Kingston HyperX PC3-13000 2 gig kit
Apollo Radeon HD 3850 512MB (totally stock!)
Nesteq ECS 7001 700 Watt PSU
Rosewill RCX-Z775-EX CPU Cooler (DEFINITELY not enough cooler for this overclock!)
Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1

[azianai]

my non OC'ed E3110 is definitely bottlenecking my card -_-



and 50 points between vista x64 and XP, but vista had a hell of a time installing openGL.

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by azianai

my non OC'ed E3110 is definitely bottlenecking my card -_-



and 50 points between vista x64 and XP, but vista had a hell of a time installing openGL.

Haha, most def. Time to press the + sign on your keyboard. Cmon, at least 3.6Ghz! I do 15,000 with a OC'ed 8800GT :P

[MontanaFX]

5175 with my e4300
5869 with my q6600

I was expecting more of an increase with my new q6600, but it only raised by 700. I need a new GPU for sure.

[screwballl]

Recently did a few with the setup in my sig, tested in vista 32bit:
E6600 @ 2.4 = 5443
E6600 @ 2.9 = 5695

[qazwsx]

I cant work out how to publish as im an idiot so i'll just write them;
X800 XL score=1557
8800GTS score= 11368

[azianai]

new score!
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16599. Thanks Polo for the OCing help. Now if i push it to 4.0, i can prob pull off 19000 lol

[polobunny]

Hehe, looking good. :)
And what do you mean if? More like "when". :P