Massman

Very strong!

Can't find user account ... got deleted?

Yeah, just noticed. Unbelievable really ... this is just a fun comp and I will still have to make a custom background so people wouldn't submit old results. Sigh ///

Only new scores please ...

Added some of the infos to the opening post.

Just a heads up for everyone who's playing AMD VGA multi-GPU and doesn't have good results. 1) Play with the tesselation level in the Catalyst driver 2) Disable System Info scanning under help tab. 3) Re-run, re-run, re-run. The first option is something everyone probably already knows about. Just for reference, you might want to read this thread: http://hwbot.org/forum/showthread.php?t=17844. The second one is something that hasn't been discussed much before; only saw a thread about it on the Futuremark forums (click). Basically, with AMD crossfire multi-GPU the combined test will get a serious hit if you enable System Scan. On this SB-E setup, the score went down from ~11K to ~7K, which is a pretty big difference. By disabling system info, you won't be able to get your scores verified in the ORB Hall of Fame ... but adjusting Tesselation prevented you from doing that anyways, so who cares . The third remark is something I noticed after disabling System Info. It seems that GT1 is especially 'buggy' on this 4x 6970 setup fluctuating between 95FPS and 103FPS. You should be able to quickly see if it's a good or a bad run, though ... so shouldn't be too difficult. Underneath, two screenshots displaying the effects 2) and 3). You can see that I gained almost 3k points in Combined by disabling system info, but I lost ~6FPS in GT1 (even with increased frequencies). If you re-run enough, you will get a normal GT1 again: Another example of good vs bad GT1 run: 20418 with 95.83FPS, 20634 with 103.68FPS. Just a heads up ...

You don't need a fast OS to compare the performance of hardware ...

Strong setup, nice one!

but Did They Submit A Result??!!

That's how this whole thing started. We figured our spam mechanism failed as Christian suddenly showed up.

What memory were you using? 8x 2GB or 4x 4GB ?

Pi-32M is good too. Fastest 4800/1200c10 so far.

I must say the board is starting to grow on me. The ease with which it allows you to push the hardware is pretty amazing. It either boots up and works, or boots up and tells you it didn't work. BIOS and board are both fully ready. It seems other teams have much more work to do. Well done Shamino and the BIOS team.

Yeah ... I'm not so happy to see this. Any rumours pointing towards major issues?

Just a heads up for the winners. I'm trying to get in touch with the person who reserved the FX chip in the German AMD office. Last week, she was on sick leave so I hope to get an update next week!

Whut! Damn.

Yeah, it all comes down to the IMC on the CPU. Should be interesting to see how that cpu fares in other boards as well. So, quickly tested two chips, both ... ehr, shit. One doesn't even get to 5200, the other reaches maybe 5380. I'm going to test later on the GD65-8D to verify those clocks. Apart from that, the R4E is pretty much plug and play. You enter 5G and DDR3-2400 and it'll boot to that straight away. BIOS is overkill and might scare off some folks (like the Classified or the Dfi boards did), but it has a smooth response and the profiles do make it a bit easier to work with. If you're getting started with this board, I strongly recommend you read this manual written by Shamino: http://91.121.148.119/downloads/PDF/R4E_shamino_guide.pdf. Pretty much explain everything there is to know about this board. First, let's test the same chips on other boards, then re-test on all and then make a conclusion.

Anyone tested F4b? So far, it seems a little more buggy than F3. Maybe it's me, lol.

PCMark04 is problematic with >2 core systems. It requires people to switch affinity during the benchmark, which makes it very/too complicated to be used as serious benchmark. We've added hardware points because within each hardware ranking everyone is playing with the same limitations (bugs or not).

What board and what temperature?

Let's also note down max memory clocks ... should be interesting. Just tested my first retail 3960X: no 5200 cpu, no 2400 memory. Popped in the 3930k, easy ddr3-2400 first boot. :-/

Well, going for 4th is a real gamble. If you're 3rd, you have 6p, if you're 5th, you have 4p. If you're first, you have 10p

... the hwbot submission form is one of the best protections against spambots? . We regularly have spambots trying to get casino and xxx-urls in hwbot, but none of them ever get the different verification requirements right! No need for this or this or even this! All you need is hwbot submission form

Development pace is function of the available time/funding. Basically, since Nov 1st, RichBa5tard has been working full time for HWBOT. This has allowed us to kick it up at least ten notches. Sadly enough, we can't keep this up for longer than this month.

The "winner" of the overall competition is the team with the most points. But for each stage, the "real" winner is the one who places 4th since that position gives the most points.