BenchZowner
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I think it's wiser to wait for a couple ( well... I mean 30-50 ) retail 980X get tested on LN2 and then if there's a huge discrepancy between the Q3FE E.S. that were hitting 6.4GHz + and the retail 980X's hitting 6.1 - 6.2GHz at most, I'd rule out the Gulftown E.S. off HWbot's ranked results ( by ranked results I mean the results awarded with points & hwpoints )
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Well, you do need to modify your board if it's the old revision ( 1.0 ) that can't boot with any PCI-Express bus frequency over 103MHz.
The mod isn't an easy task for the folks without experience in soldering, so if you need it and have to do it, make sure your soldering skills are up to the task, if you can't then just have somebody else do it for you ( a TV/Radio electronics repair shop can possibly do it for you )
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The batch is 3844A806.
Can we at least ( or at last I have to say ) see a SuperPi 1M at 5600MHz with this i7 920 and a SuperPi 1M at 5700MHz or even higher with your i7 950 ?
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I'll see if I can re-allocate some of my time and do a 323k with the same setup on air
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I think this batch was made at the Wonka Factory next to the Gumdrops and Rainbows section.
Nah, that's where his majestic 950 & 975 were made
Insufficient proof for ban ( well, yet ).
I wonder where our friend kurumi is nowadays.
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Hello ? Anybody home ?
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Doesn't take more than a single second to realize that it's either a bugged run or a "cheating" user
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Here's the playlist from that session since I had lots of people asking 'bout it
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Should I assume that you also sold this CPU and you can't run SuperPi 1M at 5700MHz ?
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Very nice guys :-)
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I do mind my language ( and please accept my sincerest apologies for that ) but I can't tolerate cheating.
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That's a huge load of bollocks
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Do you mind running a SuperPi 1M at 6.1GHz+ with your fantastic i7 975 ?
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Chiller chill out man.
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We are live!
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Crio and I plan to bench 'tomorrow' with my i7 950 and various graphics cards ( mainly 5870, GTX 280, 3850, 9600 and possibly some 8800GT 512MBs ) on LN2 & dry ice.
Chris tossed an idea to broadcast the session on the net via livestream, and I agreed
I'm currently setting up the account & channel, and will post again later on with a link to the channel.
Live benching & nice dance/house/progr music altogether, join us
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I picked up some dry ice today ( 15.5 lbs / 7kg ) to do some VGA pretesting as a preparation for the next LN2 session.
I decided to use an i7 920 just to grab a few more HWpoints for the sake of it
:I started with low CPU clocks and did some VGA OC digging, hitting 1355MHz GPU @ AquaMark 3 at... hold on... 1.672V ( probably stable with less voltage, I was just rushing and wanted to be ok in terms of ext. param. that could affect the stability ), 1300MHz GPU @ 3D Mark 03/05/Vantage at -60C to -65C.
Then I pushed the CPU a lil' further, and tried some 3Dm03/05/Vantage just for fun.
40069 3D Mark05 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=5135996
104126 3D Mark03 - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=6262310
P23075 3D Mark Vantage ( Performance Preset ) - http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dmv=1858927
I think I'm ready for my next LN2 session now
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The same.
All FutureMark benchmarks feature a save score and submit later function.
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In wPrime 32m dual channel is as fast ( if not faster ) than triple channel.
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Had a short session today ( didn't went really well, stupid kneaded eraser insulation on the VGA didn't work well
: ), the scores aren't tweaked at all, so don't give me a lecture about the efficiency.I had to tweak the CPU settings from the beginning since I can't remember the settings I used the other time
:I'm BCLK limited ( and NB temp limited probably, 69C @ boot lol ) and got lots of stuff to check ( ideally on a -130C cascade
: ) to see if I can get past that stupid BCLK wall, check the settings & stuff affecting the CBB & CB ( Cold Boot Bug & Cold Bug ) and tweak the RAM sub-timings & cool the RAM with LN2 as well.The CPU can do 5300+ 3D Mark06, 5500+ AquaMark 3 & Pi 32m, so unless someone can hook me up with a 5.7GHz+ 32m / AquaMark 3 - 5.5GHz 3D Mark06 chip, I'm fine
( somebody ?! )Will come back soon with proper scores with CPU + VGA/s + RAMs @ LN2 ( maybe LN2 on teh chipset too )
gulftown ES vs Retail
in General hardware discussion
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The difference is more than 200MHz, as there are some Q3FEs ( don't know in whose hands most of them are nowadays, but I know a few people who had/have 6.6GHz Pi1M gulftown ESs, 6.5GHz easy 3D & Pi32M, 6.4GHz all 3D, etc ).
I refuse to believe that a very newer revision will clock worse than those early ES revisions ( unless Intel really went out of their road and headed to the mt. Everest cherrypicking those "few" golden Q3FEs ).
If nobody manages to get a retail 980X ( on his own, not by somebody who knows someone who knows someone whose cousin works for Intel
) that benches Pi1M at 6.3-6.4GHz then I think we might have to exclude the ESs.
Patience is a virtue, so IMHO we should wait a bit and see.
I'm waiting for the launch to get one or two CPUs to play with.