ASUS 2900XT Benchin begins

[guess2098]

nice run man, after you told me to increase the PCI-E, score increase a lot more. (but mine can only handle 138, ~140 i got 3D screen reflash problem, ~145 windows will BSOD )
for P5B-E i can't go over 120.... so can't compare
thx for the tips man

[Kinc]

Slight increase on the cards.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2142764

[Sampsa]

In the meantime I have modified the cooler for 2900XT to cool better used in a crossfire setup. It lowerd temp about 6C idle/load. All the air is focused to to pass through the heat sink, atleast 99% of it. Leaving the last part of the fins uncoverd helps the airflow.

Nice ghetto-style modification

[GLENBOY]

hiya kinc in 3d06 is it better to use cas 3 at a lower memory mhz than cas 4 at higher mhz,i always thought in 06 the higher memory bandwidth helps but looking at your setupo i can see you prefer the tighter timings at cas3, i can run at cas3 (3.3.3.8) up to about 450 (ddr900) with my 6400c3's corsairs or about 550 (ddr1100) at cas4 (4.4.3.10) which should net the better result in 06, thanks

[Kinc]

hiya kinc in 3d06 is it better to use cas 3 at a lower memory mhz than cas 4 at higher mhz,i always thought in 06 the higher memory bandwidth helps but looking at your setupo i can see you prefer the tighter timings at cas3, i can run at cas3 (3.3.3.8) up to about 450 (ddr900) with my 6400c3's corsairs or about 550 (ddr1100) at cas4 (4.4.3.10) which should net the better result in 06, thanks

I havent tested since this board do not run CL4 well with kentsfield and its low fsb. I can run almost 500MHz on 2.55V though, 3-3-3 that is.

[Kinc]

Nice ghetto-style modification

Yeah it helped alot getting the master card stable and not pass only 1 out 3 times I think I will try watercooling today to get the clocks up a bit too see if there is alot t gain from this, in othertests then Canyon Flight (06).

[perkam]

Oh...cards are on air....nice.

Though I think you should wait to get 1gb XTs before going water

Perkam

[Kinc]

Oh...cards are on air....nice.

Though I think you should wait to get 1gb XTs before going water

Perkam

There is nothing to gain from bigger framebuffer in 3DMarks low resolution. especially in Crossfire. These 1.0ns GDDR3 are much tighter then 0.9ns GDDR4. I should replace my AMD board though with another ASUS.The memory is really bad on the AMD board.

I just got a call, I might get 30l of ln2 before the weekend.

[nicepun]

Bring on LN2!!! LOL

[FEEXX]

Nice results

[G H Z]

Looking very good, bring on the LN2!

[guess2098]

finally Kinc is going to show us some LN2

meanwhile i am still trying to buy some LN2 container.......

[cadaveca]

heh you need dairy farmers close by, guess...

[M.Beier]

Dont think kinc has the LN2 yet, as his MSN nick is "Kinc - Nitrogen :'( "

[elmor]

He'll probably get about 20L tomorrow, along with some DI to use on the master card (cascade for the slavecard).

4.9-5ghz kentsfield and 1100+/999 will be very interesting in 3dm06

[Kinc]

Dont think kinc has the LN2 yet, as his MSN nick is "Kinc - Nitrogen :'( "

Just picked up 30l

[Lightman]

Is it cold enough for you??

Now I'm expecting some records falling.
BTW today AMD sent to me nice e-mail about your 30K+ score in 3DM05! Their PR team is a little bit behind but still nice touch!

[Kinc]

Peacefull.

[guess2098]

looks really nice

[Kinc]

First test proves 4 things.

1. CPU is atleast capable of 4900MHz (good news)
2. 125 fps in canyon flght is no problem with only -50C (very good news)
3. Silverstone Zeus 850W cant handle 1100/980MHz with a 4800MHz Kentsfield (kinda bad news)
4. Last but not least I need to inslutate better. Holy cow it's humid here now comapred to a month ago. Shutdown due to condensation only after 30 mins (bad but atleast I know why I had to shut down)

[blossa]

First test proves 4 things.

1. CPU is atleast capable of 4900MHz (good news)
2. 125 fps in canyon flght is no problem with only -50C (very good news)
3. Silverstone Zeus 850W cant handle 1100/980MHz with a 4800MHz Kentsfield (kinda bad news)
4. Last but not least I need to inslutate better. Holy cow it's humid here now comapred to a month ago. Shutdown due to condensation only after 30 mins (bad but atleast I know why I had to shut down)

1. Really good!
2. Same as above.
3. Kind of expected...(?)
4. Yes, the conditions must be kind of extreme here in sweden right now. I get condensation at the other end of the GFX right now. Atm I have 25 degrees here and very fuktig air. I guess you have about the same.

Well, have fun with the LN2 and I hope you get some good runs this weekend!

[PanteraGSTK]

First test proves 4 things.

1. CPU is atleast capable of 4900MHz (good news)
2. 125 fps in canyon flght is no problem with only -50C (very good news)
3. Silverstone Zeus 850W cant handle 1100/980MHz with a 4800MHz Kentsfield (kinda bad news)
4. Last but not least I need to inslutate better. Holy cow it's humid here now comapred to a month ago. Shutdown due to condensation only after 30 mins (bad but atleast I know why I had to shut down)

At least the bad news is easy to fix. You need a 1kw single 12v rail psu and your power problems should be over. Since ocz bought pcp&c you might be able to get one in europe now Very eager to see your results with ln2.

[Kinc]

At least the bad news is easy to fix. You need a 1kw single 12v rail psu and your power problems should be over. Since ocz bought pcp&c you might be able to get one in europe now Very eager to see your results with ln2.

I will use a Coolermaster 850W for the gpus. Silvestone for the system. Should be enough.

[PanteraGSTK]

I will use a Coolermaster 850W for the gpus. Silvestone for the system. Should be enough.

Yes, that would work as well. Didn't think of that Good luck.

[Kinc]

I had 10l nitrogen for todays benching and it didn't go well on the graphic cards part. For some reason I cant pass gt3 (cayon flight) in 3dmark 06 anynmore. Not even on stock clocks. I'm pretty sure that one of the cards are damaged in some way. I will test em seperatly tomorrow.

I am damn sure of something though. 2900XT Crossfire will have a 25500+ score in 06 soon. GT2 scales very nie with gpu clock aswell as GT3 and GT4. We are looking at 10k+ SM2.0 and ~12k SM3.0 scores.

CPU wise it looks very good.



Next 3DMark 06 test will be on friday or saturday next week at Dreamhack Summer 2007. We will have 4 intense days there with hopefully all the ln2 we need.