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[n0n44m]

I know. I'm not pushing them as hard as I can since I only have a Corsair AX850. Want to be careful. Is there some type of program that I can run on my CPU that will tell me how much wattage my machine is using?

only 1 way man

take a kill-a-watt (or something likewise) to see the amount of power drawn from the socket, then take into account the efficiency of the PSU, i.e. 1000W power draw from a 80% efficiency PSU = 800W used by components. Efficiency isn't linear ofcourse, but a good AX850 review will tell you how much it is at which level of load.

Also most Corsair PSUs are able to load way more then they're rated at for short amounts of time and have good protection (switch off on overload) so I wouldn't worry about damage

P13542 - 3xSLI Triple EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 700 MHz/1536 MB/stock voltage - Intel Core i7-980X Processor@ 3830 MHz - 12288 MB @ 667 MHz -EVGA X58 SLI Classified - beast786 -Water - Link



My Rig is more than 1.5 years old. Have not update anything. Waiting for Solid state to get cheaper. That is where i have a bottle neck.

the 980 should have a little more juice in it, and when you turn up those cards you'll totally crush everyone here I guess

point a table fan at the cards if they're on stock cooling though lol

 

[Smokey]

only 1 way man

take a kill-a-watt (or something likewise) to see the amount of power drawn from the socket, then take into account the efficiency of the PSU, i.e. 1000W power draw from a 80% efficiency PSU = 800W used by components. Efficiency isn't linear ofcourse, but a good AX850 review will tell you how much it is at which level of load.

Also most Corsair PSUs are able to load way more then they're rated at for short amounts of time and have good protection (switch off on overload) so I wouldn't worry about damage



the 980 should have a little more juice in it, and when you turn up those cards you'll totally crush everyone here I guess

point a table fan the cards if they're on stock cooling though lol

You're a bad influence on me.

 

[Salacious Crumb]

New Score!

6482 - Sapphire HD 6970 - 1040/1506/1.22V - Intel i5 2500K @ 4.8Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600Mhz - Asus P8P67 - Salacious Crumb - Air - Link

Upped my GPU from 950/1450 to 1040/1506 and squeezed 400 extra points out of my system. It could probably go higher but I don't want to frustrate myself by trying.

Edited after upping my gpu from 1016 to 1040.

 

[beast786]

the 980 should have a little more juice in it, and when you turn up those cards you'll totally crush everyone here I guess

point a table fan at the cards if they're on stock cooling though lol

I have plenty of cooling to OC my GPU. But at least right now, I dont need it and happy with the performance.

 

[n0n44m]

I have plenty of cooling to OC my GPU. But at least right now, I dont need it and happy with the performance.

hmmmmm ... can you at least tell me how the scaling in 3dmark11 is then between 1/2/3 cards ?

 

[Smokey]

Yeah I ran my shit at 1.1v @ 932mhz and my shit froze, said no DVI signal, went to black screen and I restarted. Happened twice.

So yeah I think I'll stick with 903-915mhz 1.075v lol. Got me 61.5 fps on Heaven max everything and Extreme tessellation so I'm satisfied.

 

[beast786]

hmmmmm ... can you at least tell me how the scaling in 3dmark11 is then between 1/2/3 cards ?

I GPU: P5766

2 GPU: P10186

3 GPU: P13542

 

[TheExodu5]

Beast wins!

I know. I'm not pushing them as hard as I can since I only have a Corsair AX850. Want to be careful. Is there some type of program that I can run on my CPU that will tell me how much wattage my machine is using?

Well, I mean, you have a 7 year warranty on that PSU. I wouldn't be too worried about stressing it.

 

[knitoe]

P10603
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1879776?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1879776?key=30ud640j6mXLYxzneyKHcY6yYd4ne9

2600K@4.8GHz & CF 6970.

 

[MC RaZaR]

P4803 - 1x Sapphire HD 6950 725/2048/Stock - 2600K @ 3.4GHz - G. Skill 8GB Ripjaws DDR3 @ 1333MHz - Biostar TZ68A+ - MC RaZaR - Air - Link

 

[XTERC]

I'm glad this thread was made, I had never realised the voltage settings on the GTX470 were accessible. Whenever I had gone for an overclock with the eVGA tools, my graphics card would inevitably give up. Thanks to the voltage increment I was able to increase my 3DMark by 781 points (from P4789 to P5570). I have edited my original post to reflect the new benchmark.

 

[Smokey]

Beast wins!



Well, I mean, you have a 7 year warranty on that PSU. I wouldn't be too worried about stressing it.

Temps also play a factor. At 915 the top card hits 80c, bottom 70c with the fans cranked up. Still playable obviously, but dat noise

 

[Tallshortman]

P5457 - Gigabyte Radeon HD 6950 - 900 core/1325 memory - Intel i7 2600k stock - 8GB G.Skill RipJaws X DDR3 @ 1600Mhz - ASRock P67 Extreme4 - tallshortman - Air - Link

I'm sure I can push a good bit more score out if it if I decide to OC my 2600k but I don't really see a need to atm except for getting better benchmarking scores.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Looks like I've got a lot of updates to get through... going to do it now, please have patience, will probably take me an hour or so, the ladder's are going to be BIG after this one.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

By the way guys, since this ladder has been all about gpu and graphics speed, next up we're going to run a super PI mod CPU burn speed test for the fast 32K time, but I'll put those details up later, probably let this one run for a few more days yet.

 

[woober]

Thanks for doing this ColonialRaptor; we appreciate all the effort you put into this!

That being said, I'll probably run benchmarks on my pc right around the time BF3's beta releases. Would be cool to see how much overclocking changes things in BF3.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

P9715

Maybe gonna overclock my 2x 6970 cards so I can get a score over the 10 000 mark



2x 6970 880,1375 not (OC)
Intel 2500k 4.2GHz (OC)
8Gb 1600Mhz corsair
MSI P67A-G45 REV B3
dino1980
Air

Link

Please write this out into the correct format so that I can use it

 

[ColonialRaptor]

sure..using CM Storm Sniper Case..has tons of room

What temps does the 6990 get to when it's running at 100%?

What I'm interested to think and know about is what sort of results running two of them in Crossfire will get... with the noise about the 7xxx series cards being delayed until next year I'm concerned about my computers ability to run BF3 at 2560 at the highest settings and this is one game that I just can't afford to 'skimp' out on....

This is the only game that I would do this for, but I'm considering (seriously) selling my two unlocked 6950's and buying two 6990's. I have a Corsair 800D to put them in, and I think this might just be my only solution... I don't know what else to do, it seems just about the only solution I can possibly think of to run the game at the level that I want to run it at...

We'll find out just how well it runs on my setup in the Beta next week... if I can't run it maxed, then I'm going to consider this...

The other option is selling one of my unlocked 6950's and getting a single 6990 and running in Trifire which is the more cost effective solution... in-fact I am almost 90% certain that this is what I'm going to do... I'm pretty much about to drive over to the computer shop and buy the 6990 right now actually...

 

[Smokey]

Here is my latest Raptor:

P12,595 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - (915mhz, 2100mhz, 1.088v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz - Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600 - ASUS P8P67 Pro - Smokey - Corsair H70 - Link

 

[Black_Stride]

Please write this out into the correct format so that I can use it

Haha, this reminds me of one college teacher i had who refused to mark papers if the date(or anything for that matter) was in the wrong format, she looked for every excuse not to mark papers.

Dont be lazy.....jk

Really thanks for the hard work, this thread has made me want to see just how far i can go on Air....hopefully i dont melt anything.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

New Score!

6482 - Sapphire HD 6970 - 1040/1506/1.22V - Intel i5 2500K @ 4.8Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600Mhz - Asus P8P67 - Salacious Crumb - Air - Link

Upped my GPU from 950/1450 to 1040/1506 and squeezed 400 extra points out of my system. It could probably go higher but I don't want to frustrate myself by trying.

Edited after upping my gpu from 1016 to 1040.

That raised you like 5 spots on the ladder.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Haha, this reminds me of one college teacher i had who refused to mark papers if the date(or anything for that matter) was in the wrong format, she looked for every excuse not to mark papers.

Dont be lazy.....jk

Really thanks for the hard work, this thread has made me want to see just how far i can go on Air....hopefully i dont melt anything.

Two hours and I still haven't gotten through all the updates yet!! Working solid!

P10603
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1879776?show_ads=true&page=/3dm11/1879776?key=30ud640j6mXLYxzneyKHcY6yYd4ne9

2600K@4.8GHz & CF 6970.

Please write it out in the correct format

 

[Smokey]

Here's a pic I took of my PC after doing a benchmark test with the Lightnings:

Notice how the fan on the top card is white? The cards have a temp sensor on the fans. The hotter the card gets it turns white to let you know. If you look at the fan on the bottom card you'll see that it's still blue. Thought it was a cool little pic.

 

[sk3tch]

^ those cards are so sexy, Smokey! DAMN.

Today EVGA dropped their GTX 580 Classified 3GB card! Looks sweet (spec-wise...although physically it's kinda ugly, lol). Great thing is according to NewEgg it's standard size - 11" and dual slot. Love this company.

http://evga.com/gaming/?p=4957

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130732

 

[ColonialRaptor]

SHIT the OP is too Long....

 

[Hazaro]

Disappointed in continuation of those spinner coolers.
Always funny to see the 6+8+8 pins on them.

SHIT the OP is too Long....

No it isn't.
Also update my score already. :[
P9718 - 2x HD6950 (950/1350/1.200V) - 2500K @ 4.6Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

 

[black_vegeta]

Damn you Smokey, DAMN YOU!!!!

>:|

 

[woober]

This is the only game that I would do this for, but I'm considering (seriously) selling my two unlocked 6950's and buying two 6990's.

What temps do your 2x 6950 get in idle and load?

 

[ColonialRaptor]

OP is updated - I had to split out the secondary ladders to my second post because there was too many characters... took me a damn long time to add all those extra entries, but I believe I've got them all now... could people please look over it all, I've checked it int he preview screen and made about 800 changes, but I can't see anything else wrong with it, but I'm not you individually, so if everyone checks their results individually that's the best checking method because I've been looking at this damn thing for close on 3 hours now and I can't find anything else wrong, I hope I got it right by my eyes are fried! So much damn code.

What temps do your 2x 6950 get in idle and load?

Top card sits at 68 degrees and bottom card at 40 degrees at idle.

Load they both go up to between 80 and 90 degrees, but I have to put the fans up to 50%, if I don't I've seen them at 96 - 100 degrees.

 

[Salacious Crumb]

OP is updated - I had to split out the secondary ladders to my second post because there was too many characters... took me a damn long time to add all those extra entries, but I believe I've got them all now... could people please look over it all, I've checked it int he preview screen and made about 800 changes, but I can't see anything else wrong with it, but I'm not you individually, so if everyone checks their results individually that's the best checking method because I've been looking at this damn thing for close on 3 hours now and I can't find anything else wrong, I hope I got it right by my eyes are fried! So much damn code.

My score in the AMD single category is still my old score

Otherwise that's a hell of a job you've done, and I'm impressed with how many great PC's GAF has.

 

[Smokey]

OP is updated - I had to split out the secondary ladders to my second post because there was too many characters... took me a damn long time to add all those extra entries, but I believe I've got them all now... could people please look over it all, I've checked it int he preview screen and made about 800 changes, but I can't see anything else wrong with it, but I'm not you individually, so if everyone checks their results individually that's the best checking method because I've been looking at this damn thing for close on 3 hours now and I can't find anything else wrong, I hope I got it right by my eyes are fried! So much damn code.





Top card sits at 68 degrees and bottom card at 40 degrees at idle.

Load they both go up to between 80 and 90 degrees, but I have to put the fans up to 50%, if I don't I've seen them at 96 - 100 degrees.

My Nvidia score doesn't match the Leaderboard score!

 

[ColonialRaptor]

My score in the AMD single category is still my old score

Otherwise that's a hell of a job you've done, and I'm impressed with how many great PC's GAF has.

Thanks man

My Nvidia score doesn't match the Leaderboard score!

Dammit. That's what you get for always updating so hard to keep track of




On another note GAF, I just sold one of my 6950's and I'm off to buy myself a 6990, I won't be able to ship the 6950 until Monday so when I get back I'll be able to do some QUAD action and see how much I score with that... I'll also hopefully take the crown with my TRIFIRE 6990 + 6950 setup...

We'll see... hopefully my PSU AX850 is up to the task of Quad... haha! Probably not.. but I'll give it a shot!

CYA in 40 minutes with a QUAD!

 

[kokujin]

Not sure why I am posting this, but what the hell.

P3602 - 1x EVGA GTX 470 SC 1.25 GB (625/1701/stock voltage) - Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 (OC) @ 3.0GHz - 4GB G.Skill DDR2 @ 400Mhz - XFX nForce 780i 3-Way SLI - Kokujin- Air - Link

 

[Smokey]

Thanks man




Dammit. That's what you get for always updating so hard to keep track of




On another note GAF, I just sold one of my 6950's and I'm off to buy myself a 6990, I won't be able to ship the 6950 until Monday so when I get back I'll be able to do some QUAD action and see how much I score with that... I'll also hopefully take the crown with my TRIFIRE 6990 + 6950 setup...

We'll see... hopefully my PSU AX850 is up to the task of Quad... haha! Probably not.. but I'll give it a shot!

CYA in 40 minutes with a QUAD!

You are going to blow up your machine!

 

[Hazaro]

Raptor has me on ignore right?
New updated score
P9718 - 2x HD6950 (950/1350/1.200V) - 2500K @ 4.6Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

 

[Black_Stride]

#1 P12948 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - OC (932mhz, 2230mhz, 1.143v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.6ghz - G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3 1600- ASUS P8P67 Deluxe - Hawk269 - Air - Link
#2 P12462 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - (875mhz, 2100mhz, 1.013v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz - Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600 - ASUS P8P67 Pro - Smokey - Corsair H70

Come on Smokey, you can do it!
You guys have practically the same machine, cept you got liquid cooling....go for it!

Raptor has me on ignore right?

In the unlikely event thats true:

P9718 - 2x HD6950 (950/1350/1.200V) - 2500K @ 4.6Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

But i think its just cuz hes gone to get his 6990.

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Raptor has me on ignore right?
New updated score
P9718 - 2x HD6950 (950/1350/1.200V) - 2500K @ 4.6Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

No way! Did I miss you?? Gad dammit...

 

[ColonialRaptor]

You are going to blow up your machine!

My psu doesn't have enough power plugs, so I'm just going to trifire.

6990 in the house!!!

 

[Smokey]

Come on Smokey, you can do it!
You guys have practically the same machine, cept you got liquid cooling....go for it!


In the unlikely event thats true:

P9718 - 2x HD6950 (950/1350/1.200V) - 2500K @ 4.6Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

But i think its just cuz hes gone to get his 6990.

It's not a "true" liquid setup. I mean it does have a radiator with water etc, but it's not as in depth as a full blown water cooling unit. I just didn't want a huge CPU fan on my processor since I have a window case. My GPUs are air cooled. I'm actually at 12.5k now @ 915mhz. If I grow some I could probably get it to 932+ and what dat be like

 

[Sax Russel]

Sure why not!

P5971 - 1x EVGA GTX 470 @ 800/1750/0.975mV - 2500k @ 4.4GHz - 8GB G.Skill @ 1600 - Asrock P67 Pro3 - Sax Russel - Air - Link

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Raptor has me on ignore right?
New updated score
P9718 - 2x HD6950 (950/1350/1.200V) - 2500K @ 4.6Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link

Number 1 AMD Double!

 

[Zimbardo]

P7492 - 2x GTX460 1gig (850mhz core/2000mhz memory/1700mhz shaders @ stock voltage) - i5 760 @ 3.8ghz @ 1.25volt - 8gig G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1600mhz/1.25volt - ASUS P7P55D-E PRO motherboard - Zimbardo - Air - Link

 

[Jasconius]

P2274 - 1x ATI Radeon HD 5770 (849/1200/??) - E8400 @ 2.33Ghz - 4GB Mushkin 7 @ 400 - Asus P5Q Pro - Jasconius - Air - Link

Since you said you wanted a wide variety of scores~

I do a lot of PC gaming but nothing very graphic-intensive, mostly strategy stuff!

 

[ColonialRaptor]

P2274 - 1x ATI Radeon HD 5770 (849/1200/??) - E8400 @ 2.33Ghz - 4GB Mushkin 7 @ 400 - Asus P5Q Pro - Jasconius - Air - Link

Since you said you wanted a wide variety of scores~

I do a lot of PC gaming but nothing very graphic-intensive, mostly strategy stuff!

The 5770 is a great card for it's price, gotta be happy with that score for what you paid, I mean it's only in the 2000's but look how close it is to some others with much better setups. I love the 5770, built a lot of budget gamer setups for COD with them and it runs it at high to v/high.

 

[Smokey]

P12,771 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - (936mhz, 2152mhz, 1.113v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz - Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600 - ASUS P8P67 Pro - Smokey - Corsair H70 - Link

 

[ColonialRaptor]

P12,771 - 2x MSI Lightning Xtreme 580 3GB - (936mhz, 2152mhz, 1.113v) - Core i7 2600k @ 4.5ghz - Corsair Vengeance 16GB @ 1600 - ASUS P8P67 Pro - Smokey - Corsair H70 - Link

Is that stable? Obviously it's lasting the 3DMark benchmark, you've come up almost 2,000 points since this thread started! Quite an improvement!

I wonder if my new setup will be able to beat that!

 

[Island]

Just put my new system together...

still missing a few things. Havent started tweaking yet.. anyways here are my results

P4826 - 1x XFX 6950HD (830MHZ, 5.2GHZ) - i5 2500k @ 3.3GHZ (stock voltage) - 8GB G.Skill 1600 Ram - ASUS P8P67Pro - Island - Prolimatech Megahalems- Link

 

[ColonialRaptor]

Here is my new score guys.


P11574 - 3x CFX 6990 (880/1375/Stock) + 6950 Unlocked (900/1400/Stock) - i7-860 @ 3.51 - 8GB Corsair 1600 - G-B P55A-UD5 - ColonialRaptor - Water (Corsair H50) - Link

 

[Smokey]

Here is my new score guys.


P11574 - 3x CFX 6990 (880/1375/Stock) + 6950 Unlocked (900/1400/Stock) - i7-860 @ 3.51 - 8GB Corsair 1600 - G-B P55A-UD5 - ColonialRaptor - Water (Corsair H50) - Link

Green team is smokin AMD on GAF

How's it play during games? Seems like quite a mishmash going on with the different clock speeds etc.

Spoiler

nice score

 

[Kyaw]

Do you guys reckon it's worth it to upgrade from Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.6 to i5 2500k?

BF3, Skyrim and all those games. I'm jelly of those high scores. :3
It'll probably be just fine for games though.