baconcow's D901C Benchmarks

You guys can probably break 15K under XP with no OC.

 

Looks like either Vista x64 with SP1 or the 177.92 drivers (original modified INF) killed the 3DMark06 SM 2.0 Score by approximately 500. Trying the stock drivers again so I can get a reference to what effect installing Vista x64 SP1 had.

Trying out the stock drivers again gives me another low score. What's up with SM 2.0 scores with Vista x64 SP1 installed? :S

Update:
Something interesting. It appears that World of Warcraft now runs 20 fps faster than before SP1 (with 177.92 drivers). So, despite the lower 3DMark06 score, WoW performs MUCH better.

 

anyone tried COD 4 with Sli on their 9262 as yet. any troubles.?? im about to install it and wanted to know if i need any patches.??

 

Unfortunately the 177.92 driver doesn’t work for me.
Blue ray (power DVD) stopped working properly, NVIDIA control panel issues (opens very slow and can’t recognize or add installed 3d programs/ games) and some game’s won’t play anymore (Hellgate).
Back to the stock 176.02… again.
Tweaking vista gave me some more and stable fps in Crysis.
Especially the lowest fps reading is very important for the playability I think.
I test Crysis with the part where the monsterrobotalienthing appears in the scenery with the frozen ship… that’s where till now my fps drops most.

 

The 177.92 drivers are working great for me in games. But I too dropped 300 points in 3dmark06.

 

You drop 3dmark points, but gaming is excellent!

Crysis is where I see the most difference. Not only fps, but visually the games seem better.

 

I need to update my values. That was due to an error I had with the GPU clocks being clocked down. I was able to fix it with a reformat. Also, I notice that in WoW, while it's raining, I get an average of about 90-95 fps over a long gaming session. Things go from about 65-120fps as opposed to 80-130. Also, I noticed that when I force on 8xAA AND 8xAF (as opposed to just the 24x24x8 multisample that is in-game), the framerate drops a little, but looks a lot nicer in places. Because I am going to more new places in WoW, I am finding places where there are lows and highs. Also, I stood in on location and recorded a framerate of 98-101fps. Then I turned off TitanPanel, QuestHelper, and Bageon... the framerate (looking in the SAME location after logon), was a fairly steady 145-150fps. That shows how much CPU/GPU is taken away from those. Also, with those on, looking at the sky brings on 140fps or so. With them off, the framerate jumps to 340fps. I really like QuestHelper and TitanPanel. With a consistent framerate over 60, I don't think I need to turn them off. However, it is nice to know they can open up some of the framerate, if needed.

Another note, I did another 3DMark06 test last night and got varying results 3 being in the 13900-range, 2 in the 14000-range. I kept the only 14000 I wrote down (I think the other may have been 14022). It is interesting to note how the score really breaks down:

14013 = 5535 (46.33fps, 45.93fps) / 6439 (69.28fps, 59.49fps) / 4117 (1.38fps, 1.97fps)
13998 = 5560 (46.56fps, 46.11fps) / 6311 (65.99fps, 60.22fps) / 4239 (1.38fps, 2.08fps)


While setting up Dual-Booting, looking for drivers, and such, I ran into some interesting errors and issues. In the end I came out 90% (one of my drives won't initialize in XP x64 but can be used perfectly with Vista x64). Would anyone benefit from a short guide on how Vista x64 and XP x64 for the D901C/NP9262 including Dual-Booting, RAID/AHCI controllers, benchmark comparisons and more?


It is amazing to see how much the CPU can impact the score. The 13998 was pre-Vista SP1.

 

8GB of RAM for gaming isn't necessary. The Xeon processors were developed for servers, I believe. Going with the Q9650 will produce killer results with the 2x 9800M GTX. You do realize the cost of 8GB of RAM and how much you'll actually use in gaming? I don't even think Crysis chips away at the 4GB that much. I dunno though.

 

Hey baconcow, I to am a wow enthusiast. This 9262 definitely makes the wow experience more exhilarating hehe however, I get a (and NO complaints whatsoever!) solid 59-60 fps. The only things that I did was set everything to max (omg sooo gorgeous!) and I did do the vertical sync and such too. But It never goes pass 60 fps... well... sometimes I see 61 and such. Any idea why?

also... the typical wow question (hehe) race/class/realm/lvl

BE/Rogue/Anetheron/70

 

nvm.. I found it... it was v sync! With it turned on it limits it to 60 (the refresh rate I guess)... but with it off.... skies teh limit! hehe...


how important is vsync?

 

not really important.

it only helps limits the FPS to match a display's refresh rate to smooth the rate of frames that are being rendered so that you wont notice what we call "image tearing"... which some people think is annoying.

Personally, I do not care about seeing the tearing.

 

There is some tearing in WoW, but I think that a lot of it is hiccups caused by online lag. I notice it a little less with Vsync on, but not all gone. I notice a lot of screen tearing in the Devil May Cry 4 videos with Vsync off.

 

Well, there. I broke 15,000 3DMark06 points. Dual boot with Windows XP x86. Despite the fact that it will NOT see my 2nd HDD, it runs very well.

This represents a 7.94% point increase over Windows Vista Home Premium x64 and 3.17% increase over Windows XP Professional x64.

 

Was this with the 177.92 driver?

 

baconcow/gophn: turning v-sync on reduces lag in online games.
having crazy gfx powerful card(s) and playing at over 100-200 + fps causes stuttering and lag because the net cant keep up to whats being rendered.

 

Dox, yeah, I've been turning it on in WoW since the framerate jumps past 200 frequently in XP.

Deodot, that was the 177.98 driver. The increases were over the drivers listed next to the tests, whatever produced the highest score for the OS.