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    [LOL]New GPU benchmark coming soon - Catzilla

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Cloudfire, Oct 16, 2012.

  1. Cloudfire

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    Not much information about it yet. I don`t know what to make out of it. Seems a bit out of the ordinary :p

    http://www.techpowerup.com/173774/Introducing-Catzilla-A-New-3D-Graphics-Benchmark.html


    <iframe width='640' height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a3dHbF33Upg" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    lulz. signed up.
     
    failwheeldrive, Oct 16, 2012
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    What in gods name is this
     
    jaug1337, Oct 17, 2012
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    LOL. That's great. At least more interesting than Futuremark's boring crap.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 17, 2012
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    "But can it run Catzilla?"
     
    R3d, Oct 17, 2012
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    Awww snap, Catzilla beta is out. I'm downloading now, I'll let you all know how it goes after the giant mutant cat melts my hardware with his eye lazers and curb-stomps my chassis under his giant furry paws.

    meow.
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 25, 2012
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    Thanks! for the heads up

    dl'ing too :p

    okay it works like this, nice to know

    some screenshots
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    jaug1337, Dec 25, 2012
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    If it gonna come with that OST, I think I'll pass...
     
    killkenny1, Dec 25, 2012
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    Clevo P150EM
    i7-3610QM
    GTX 680m 4GB

    Tiger (1920x1080) 6727




    Cat (1280x720) 11319

     
    HTWingNut, Dec 25, 2012
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  10. failwheeldrive

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    Nice score Wingnut, were you overclocked?

    My score on the first run (Tiger): 5320
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 25, 2012
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    Slightly overclocked, stock voltage:

    [​IMG]

    900/1100 vs stock 720/900C.

    Catzilla can also run OpenGL. That's good. Although most games are DirectX.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 25, 2012
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    Hmm yeah I need to mess with the settings some, my scores are kinda pathetic lol. My last run (oced 950/1400) was 5612
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 25, 2012
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    Curious though, hopefully this test isn't biased towards nVidia somehow.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 25, 2012
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    Not sure, but remember how much worse the 7970m scored in 3DMark compared to the 680m before the 12.11 beta? It could be that the 7970m really is significantly weaker than the 680m, and 3DMark is actually the biased one lol. Catzilla is still in beta though so I'll wait and see how I do on the final release. Great scores though! I remember seeing your benchmarks from your 9150 review thread and being amazed at your overclocked scores. You broke 8000 without a hitch, which is something I've never been able to do :)
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 25, 2012
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    Okay this just won't run on my machine. Crashes on Startup, lol
     
    jaug1337, Dec 25, 2012
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    Downloading. 500MB, a lot bigger than 3DMark11
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 25, 2012
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    It stopped working a couple times during the benchmark for me. I forgot which gpu you have, but if it's a 7970m make sure "allbenchmark" is set to high performance in the ccc

    Yeah I was really surprised it was that big lol
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 25, 2012
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    Yeah it's giant! the file lol

    Can't make it work, I've got a 680M :p doesn't work at all
     
    jaug1337, Dec 25, 2012
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    LOL this was an awesome benchmark. :D

    Tiger, 1080p with 680M 3610QM

    [​IMG]
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 25, 2012
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    It is beta, so there's probably a lot of fat in the code, possibly a lot of excess textures that don't need to be there, etc. 3DMark06 is over 500MB, Vantage is about 400MB.

    What driver? No issue here with 680m. Make sure you elect to run the DX setup file that comes with it too.

    Also, it recommended turning off pagefile, which it will do for you, requires a reboot. I don't like that part of it, but I just did it since it seemed to want it. Easy to reactivate.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 25, 2012
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    Thank you for making me feel less inferior :) Your score is still higher than my 7970m on stock clocks, but wingnut's results had me thinking my card was broken lol
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 25, 2012
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    His "slight" overclock is +25% so don`t worry :p
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 25, 2012
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    310.70 WHQL

    [​IMG]

    and then

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    :( .. going to bed now, will try the pagefile thing tomorrow
     
    jaug1337, Dec 25, 2012
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    hello
    I downloaded the beta 15 version, i have a clevo 7970m, can only select kitty benchmark, have the program set to use the 7970m on the catalyst. Do i have to pay for the other modes or what ?
     
    fantabulicius, Dec 25, 2012
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    All modes works for me and I didnt pay anything

    jaug: whats up with you and your constant driver problems. :p
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 25, 2012
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    Okay I didn't go to bed yet.. this is bugging the hell out of me lol, doesn't work on my W860CU either, wat
     
    jaug1337, Dec 25, 2012
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    i guess i will wait a week or so, maybe then a new version will work on more modes ? Cause i am pretty sure i did everything right.
     
    fantabulicius, Dec 25, 2012
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    Weird indeed. Its beta though so I guess things like this might happen
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 25, 2012
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    Nope. Go to the recommendations and make sure it meets all criteria. For me it wanted to turn off page file. I did that then everything worked (after a reboot). I don't like disabling page file, but it's easy enough to turn on and off.
     
    HTWingNut, Dec 26, 2012
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    I´m not sure but seems that Catalyst 7970m enduro performance driver 9.10.0.0 date 6.11.2012 are not supported. People with Catalyst 12.11 beta(xx) should try to run this bench?
    And tell us all..
     
    Tornator, Dec 26, 2012
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    12.11 beta11 works fine for me :)
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 26, 2012
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    This benchmark is so awesome it must be included in future GPU reviews. :)

    BTW, here is the current Tiger (1080p) list with notebook GPUs.
    6079 is the one to beat guys. HTWingNut beat that but he must register it first to be sort of valid :D
    Not many there yet but I`ve looked at overclock.net and this software seems popular there so the list will just grow and grow
     
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    Wow Wingnut, impressive! I'm gonna register and see how high I can get my score, I broke 5700 last night but I think I can do better :D
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 26, 2012
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    Let the overclocking war commence :D
     
    Cloudfire, Dec 26, 2012
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    lol indeed! I'm in 3rd place right now (Chris Cleveland) it took me 4 tries to get the benchmark to finish, it kept freezing up right before the ray test and I'd have to start over lol. I may try again on a higher overclock, but I'll see how other people do first :D

    edit: It has HD 4000 listed instead of my 7970m! I have the most powerful integrated graphics in the world muahahaha
     
    failwheeldrive, Dec 26, 2012
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    I ran it on my desktop and got 8900. I thought it was just cool to watch, it was funny when that chick threw a haduken at the cats lol
     
    CrAzYsIm, Dec 27, 2012
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    Says my gpu driver is too old.

    Im running 310.70 whql

    :\
     
    ratchetnclank, Dec 28, 2012
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    Registered, and downloading now. ;) Looks interesting to say the least.
     
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    3623 6990m overclocked on tiger settings
     
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    I'm pretty serious in beating the last score of the kitty benchmark :|
     
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    Cat - 4262
    Tiger - 2481

    i7 3610QM, 8GB PC12800 RAM, GTX 660M; all stock.
     
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    Not bad actually. There were 7970s and 680s that scored in the 4-5k range.
     
    failwheeldrive, Jan 2, 2013
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    I prefer this benchmark over 3dmark, I must say I was quite impressed.
     
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    As long as it gives a realistic representation of performance, that's all I'm concerned about.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    Meaker has done it again!
     
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    Holy crap 1117MHz, yeah I think I`ll pass on that one. Good score Meaker :rolleyes:
     
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    basically catzilla told me to buy new computer before I can run the test, lol.

    ... well not exactly that, but it said that I have to update video driver, and the one I'm using is the last one from the lenovo site for my laptop, lol. Of course I can use driver from nVidia site directly but it was always booting with the laptop display rather than with the external monitor that I have connected all the time, thus I switched back.

    looks like I'm going to pass on that test for now, thought I had high motivation in beating the last posted score on the kitty test, heh.
     
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    I put it up as a goal for people rather than an end to the thread :p
     
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