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The Official OC (OverClocking) Thread!

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Praetor, May 1, 2004.

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    From what I've read, the results from 3dmark are about right for the real world, the 9600 sits between the 3850 and 3870, except of course when you enable AA, which puts it "ahead".

    Right now two of my housemates could potentially be buying 9600GTs (and the irony is that one of them has left, and his brother's PC at home has one in it!) so if they do I can offer some real world testing. One of them is waiting for the Galaxy 9600GT Blade to put it in a low profile case (an original Xbox Crystal case, to be specific) and the other is just contemplating various options as an upgrade from his X1900XT-X.
     
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  2. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    Don't worry about it. I'm of mixed race but as English as you! :O
     
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  3. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Haha, fair enough.
    But yes, I'll be keen to see how the 4800s do after being denied crossfire - I'll almost certainly wait for the 4870 unless it never appears.
     
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  4. im1992

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    this is 3dmark06 right? or an older version?
    -im1992
     
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  5. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Correct, 3dmark06.
     
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  6. im1992

    im1992 Regular member

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    damn!
    could you give me the breakdown of the score (the three numbers below the bold score)?
    thanks,
    -im1992
     
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  7. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    The CPU Score is as obvious. The other two test how powerful your GPU is at rendering shader model 2 and shader model 3 graphics.
     
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  8. im1992

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    no, no
    i meant could you give me the numbers that you got for those areas separately...
    thanks,
    im1992
     
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  9. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Ah right sorry.

    3DMark: 11492
    SM2.0: 4962
    SM3.0: 5561
    CPU: 2678
     
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  10. abuzar1

    abuzar1 Senior member

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    That's right, BE AMAZED.

    I remember when Sam and I were both shooting for the 7000 mark!
     
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  11. sammorris

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    Yeah, and I got SO close... lol
    As it stands right now, my highest 3dmark is 13801, which was when I had crossfire enabled - my CPU really held me back there though.
     
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    I think I managed 15 thousand with my Q6600 at 3.6 and my OCed 8800GT.
     
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  13. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    and there you have it lol.
    The highest 3dmark at my LAN stands in the mid 16ks with a 3.3Ghz Q9450 and an 8800GTS 512MB. The highest unofficial score is in the 17ks with a 9800GTX and another Q9450, but at 3.7Ghz - it's unofficial because he used a Vcore of 1.5V to make that speed - on a 45nm Quad?
     
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  14. shaffaaf

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    that dont make it unofficial, its a flipping miracle though :O
     
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  15. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    It's unofficial because he's not using that voltage for normal usage.
     
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    that means sh!t all.

    3d mark is all about getting the highest possible, no matter what. thats why the top scores normalyl use 5-6GHZ c2Qs under LN2 (fair or what?)

    thats what 3d mark is about.
     
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  17. sammorris

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    No, 3dmark is about obtaining a relative score for your system - the purpose of it for the chart at my LAN is to bench how your PC compares to the others, as you would use it.
     
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  18. shaffaaf

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    well thats the purpose at your lan then. for the rest of the world, its about being the best, in your hardware catagory :)

    does he run it at 1.5 all the time?

    if so then, according by your lan rules, its fine
     
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  19. sammorris

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    No, not as far as I'm aware.

    As for the global purpose of 3dmark though, I agree, it's basically turned into a pissing contest, given the dubious scientific accuracy of the system.
     
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