March 27, 201214 yr 7970 Lightning and DCII haven't convinced me yet!I mean that I haven't noticed anyone with huge clocks (elmor doesn't count once he is working for MSI). On the other side many ref. cards have scaled at 1600+ core. yes, the max limits of Tahiti GPU you can reach with reference card, Lightning is not better on air/on ln2 then reference cards, great features ... but for nothing. And for 600 USD? No way ... this is 3-months King, real champion will be GTX 680 Lightning ... with beefy VRM
March 28, 201214 yr yes, the max limits of Tahiti GPU you can reach with reference card, Lightning is not better on air/on ln2 then reference cards, great features ... but for nothing. And for 600 USD? No way ... this is 3-months King, real champion will be GTX 680 Lightning ... with beefy VRM Till the time Nvidia drivers give option to set Tesselation ON/OFF, I doubt GTX680 can really take off among overclockers. It needs insane clocks like Vince's results to break 7970 records.
March 28, 201214 yr Till the time Nvidia drivers give option to set Tesselation ON/OFF, I doubt GTX680 can really take off among overclockers. It needs insane clocks like Vince's results to break 7970 records. yes, because the are all faked ... with tess OFF
March 28, 201214 yr well.. gotta agree. Tesselation disabled in a benchmark build around tesselation is strange to say the least... tbh i think this was a mistake by hwbot .. now there is no way back.
March 28, 201214 yr Mini-DP to Dual Link DVI. Not too hard. It's not supplied in the retail package and it costs 109$ on Amazon P.S: Regular miniDP -> DVI adapters shipped with various VGAs work in single-link mode only so it will not work... P.S 2: Did anyone test with GPU Reactor on and off? From my tests on air I saw little to no difference (maybe stable with less voltage at same clocks but I must test again to confirm) Edited March 28, 201214 yr by matose
March 28, 201214 yr P.S 2: Did anyone test with GPU Reactor on and off? From my tests on air I saw little to no difference (maybe stable with less voltage at same clocks but I must test again to confirm) A local news site also said there was no difference in OC with and without the reactor. They were testing on air too.
March 28, 201214 yr well.. gotta agree. Tesselation disabled in a benchmark build around tesselation is strange to say the least... tbh i think this was a mistake by hwbot .. now there is no way back. I agree 100% ... except that there is no way back, where there is a will, there is a way. Edited March 28, 201214 yr by Gunslinger
March 28, 201214 yr The mistake is mostly of practical nature, not a policy for the sake of the policy. We asked Futuremark for help, but there was no response.
March 28, 201214 yr I find that a very weak argument. If it had been banned, you'd just search for scores that seem to high and remove them. Just like scores using mipmap or other weird tricks, hwbot simply spot's and removes. No need to blame Futuremark.
March 28, 201214 yr I find that a very weak argument. If it had been banned, you'd just search for scores that seem to high and remove them.Just like scores using mipmap or other weird tricks, hwbot simply spot's and removes. No need to blame Futuremark. Tesselation has different levels, so trying to spot a 'tuned' one would turn into a complete witchhunt. You might find it weak, but for the people who have to moderate the results it's a big issue.
March 28, 201214 yr Tesselation has different levels, so trying to spot a 'tuned' one would turn into a complete witchhunt. You might find it weak, but for the people who have to moderate the results it's a big issue. Totally right - imo there was no way for hwbot to ban "tesslation tweak" except inhuman workload... ...if you feel different, just spent 2500€ / month to hwbot to pay a "full-time-result-moderator"...they might think about it then. "where there is a will, there is a way"
March 28, 201214 yr Totally right - imo there was no way for hwbot to ban "tesslation tweak" except inhuman workload... ...if you feel different, just spent 2500€ / month to hwbot to pay a "full-time-result-moderator"...they might think about it then. "where there is a will, there is a way" 2500€? Feel free to ban tesselation and I'll do the job
March 28, 201214 yr 2500€? Feel free to ban tesselation and I'll do the job one mistake and Massman cuts your leg off, deal ?
April 8, 201214 yr Author Some update 7970 Lightning LN try ( With GPU Reactor) TEMP : -50C ~-55C VGPU: 1.55V~1.575V MEM : 1.7V I will 11Mark,Vantage retry (with CPU LN2) http://www.hwbot.org/submission/2272407_oc_windforce_unigine_heaven___xtreme_preset_(dx11)_radeon_hd_7970_3584.68_dx11_marks GPU : 1570Mhz MEM:1850 GPU : 1590Mhz MEM:1850 GPU : 1550Mhz MEM:1850
April 9, 201214 yr hello sorry to bother you you describe how you can use the reactor Here I have your same card but I have not unlocked until the control voltage to the gpu ... 1.60volt 1,35 volt max ..... thanks Edited April 10, 201214 yr by vega05
April 9, 201214 yr 1570? c´mon where are that 1,7-1,8 GHz results? PS. GPU Reactor is only marketing BS, not working at all ...
April 21, 201213 yr From what I heard GPU Reactor gives ~ 15 MHz boost under LN2, next week I will test it with 4x lightning 7970
April 26, 201213 yr Where in the hell is the retail stock? Sweden. No, wait, it wasn't. Was a few days ago though.
April 28, 201213 yr Well... Both the USD and the Euro is piss cheap at the moment, at least compared to the SEK. Despite that, the R7970 Lightning costs $800USD or 600 EUR here. I love Sweden, except when I have to buy something. Or other stuff, like for instance living here. Edited April 28, 201213 yr by Mean Machine
April 28, 201213 yr I love Sweden, except when I have to buy something. Or other stuff, like for instance living here. So, it's still mostly love?
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