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    New World record in 3DMark 05 - 33,778 points

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by kodlan, Jun 15, 2007.

  1. kodlan

    kodlan Notebook Consultant

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    Source http://www.ultrasharpware.com/blog/2007/06/15/elmor-breaks-3dmark05-record-33778-marks/
     
    kodlan, Jun 15, 2007
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    What? I can't hear you! The fans are too loud!
     
    coriolis, Jun 15, 2007
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  3. Ever.monk

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    i wonder how hot that would get without all the cooling...

    hehehe



    interesting he did it on HD2900XT as i thought the 8800 was the more powerfull of the two, and with more mature drivers...
     
    Ever.monk, Jun 15, 2007
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  4. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    950Mhz Memory speed? Isn't that a bit low? Did the site mean 1950Mhz or something??
     
    Budding, Jun 15, 2007
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  5. xenoasd

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    when i first looked at the topic i thought it was 3dmark06... 3dmark05 ptf.
     
    xenoasd, Jun 15, 2007
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  6. LFC

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    If he's overclocking, why not go further and use better cooling? :confused: Nitrogen or something?
     
    LFC, Jun 15, 2007
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  7. ckthepilot

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    still impressive numbers...
     
    ckthepilot, Jun 15, 2007
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  8. mad-dog

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    i have 2xRadeon HD 2900XT in my desktop i only get around 28,00 he is telling lies
     
    mad-dog, Jun 15, 2007
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  9. lowlymarine

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    Do you have a Core 2 Extreme? Is everything overclocked to near-explosion? A gain of 6,000 points due to overclocking everything a great deal is not wholly unbelievable - I can gain over 1,000 points overclocking my CPU, RAM, and GPU less than 10%.

    And to answer a couple of other questions - 950MHz is the RAM speed divided by 2, or the actually clock speed. Since it's DDR, double that to get the effective speed, eg: 950MHz x 2 = 1900MHz.

    And the HD 2900XT performs better than the 8800s in 3DMark because ATi's drivers are designed to sacrifice a lot of image quality to make it that way when they see 3DMark running. nVidia's do too, for that matter, but not to the same degree. The 8800GTS 640, GTX, and Ultra are all vastly superior to the 2900XT in non-synthetic benchmarks.
     
    lowlymarine, Jun 15, 2007
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    Do you have a peice of cloth wrapped around the core? No? okay.
     
    GlueEater, Jun 15, 2007
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  11. skywalker

    skywalker Business Notebook FTW!!

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    Hmm...i think 2x8800GTX would score higher, especially combined with water cooling..but i can go wrong.
     
    skywalker, Jun 15, 2007
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    set it up with like air conditioning cooling or something and overclock it to no end lol.
     
    madroxinide, Jun 16, 2007
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    LN2 = Liquid Nitrogen.

    That's hardcore.
     
    admlam, Jun 16, 2007
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  14. madroxinide

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    does nvidia have this quad sli configuration out? Quad SLI 8800 ultras :p Then overclock them hardcore.
     
    madroxinide, Jun 16, 2007
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  15. kodlan

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    Here's the link to futuremark http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3130234. But this result is not listed on 3dmark05 hall of fame here. And the first is "k|ngp|n EVGA 8800gtX | CORSAIR Dominator8888" with 32966. And 33,778 > 32966. So actually you can say 2x2900XT are slightly faster than 2x8800gtx.
     
    kodlan, Jun 16, 2007
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  16. Ever.monk

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    slightly curious its not on the hall of fame...
     
    Ever.monk, Jun 16, 2007
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  17. chuck232

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    The HD 2900XTs are 3DMark monsters. They outperform the 8800GTX in 3DMark but not games. Whoopdeedoo. ;)
     
    chuck232, Jun 16, 2007
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  18. Fusionburn

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    Nice. I'm surprised he could get those RAM timings so low at such high speeds.
     
    Fusionburn, Jun 16, 2007
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    impresive....
    btw, whats with that cloth around the core?
     
    royski007, Jun 16, 2007
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  20. chuck232

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    I believe it is to prevent condensation.
     
    chuck232, Jun 16, 2007
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  21. FREN

    FREN Hi, I'm a PC. NBR Reviewer

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    Pssshh, he's using 3DMark05. I wonder if he can break the SLI 8800GTX 3DMark06 record ...
     
    FREN, Jun 16, 2007
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