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Race Your PC Thread2 of Voiding Warranties
- Thread starter mkenyon
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True.One of the biggest wastes of money out there today.
$10 in difference to mess around with some overclocking is a bit on the low end for this kind of thing though. I can do that.
Before
After
The new triple monitor stand brings the monitors out more(cause its MASSIVE) but makes cable management easier and gives lots more deskspace. Also for nitpickers that one cable on the right side of the middle monitor will be gone, the DVI cable I have isn't long enough so I have ordered a new one.
After
The new triple monitor stand brings the monitors out more(cause its MASSIVE) but makes cable management easier and gives lots more deskspace. Also for nitpickers that one cable on the right side of the middle monitor will be gone, the DVI cable I have isn't long enough so I have ordered a new one.
Thanks! I love this desk, I'm able to hide almost all the wires.
P16486
Having trouble modifying the BLCK on my 3820 to get a decent clock out of it. Stuck at 4.3Ghz right now. Think it might be memory related.
Guess I just need that water running on it so I can feel okay with pumping vcore into it. Fairly certain I can squeeze a bit more out of the 690 too.
*edit*
Yeah, stress test at 1260/3304 on the 690 going well. Will re run 3D Mark in a few minutes.
Having trouble modifying the BLCK on my 3820 to get a decent clock out of it. Stuck at 4.3Ghz right now. Think it might be memory related.
Guess I just need that water running on it so I can feel okay with pumping vcore into it. Fairly certain I can squeeze a bit more out of the 690 too.
*edit*
Yeah, stress test at 1260/3304 on the 690 going well. Will re run 3D Mark in a few minutes.
OP partially updated. Leaving top 25 and 2xNivida until I can nail down a decent bench.
*edit*
If anyone is interested in editing the spreadsheets to put each spec in a different column for gathering data or just better formatting (like bolding only some parts), then let me know. Don't have the time for that now.
*edit*
If anyone is interested in editing the spreadsheets to put each spec in a different column for gathering data or just better formatting (like bolding only some parts), then let me know. Don't have the time for that now.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
OP partially updated. Leaving top 25 and 2xNivida until I can nail down a decent bench.
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Sorry to nitpick.
But we cant click links, so we cant actually see everyones broken down scores....i know its alot of work but the old format let me see how my PC Physics and Graphics score held up against others with similar or exact same builds.
While im sure the spreadsheet is easier to format and maintain, it does make actually comparing scores a lot harder(impossible if you cant find the original post with the link)
Overall score is fun to look at but the break down is the real meat.
But thanks for the hard work anyway.
Yeah, was one of the things that I wasn't happy with in the format transfer. I still have all of the old links, and am planning to get them back in there.
With the effort it takes to update, it's a binary choice:
A) Simple format that gets updated.
B) Non simple format that I won't update.
Not kidding when I say that if you get just a single new person in the top 25, it takes ~20-30 minutes to update in the old format.
No problem, I'm way outside that range.
I guess this'll be a farewell benchmark for when I buy the 670.
P6439 - 2x Gigabyte GTX460 - stock - i5 750 @ 3.9Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1560Mhz - AsRock P55 Extreme - Wortany - Scythe Mugen (Air) - Link
I'm an idiot. Was setting my CPU 'Gear Ratio' instead of BLCK. 4.5Ghz now on the 3820, memory at 2000.
Lookout 3DMark, here I come.
*edit* My 690 hates me. It's warm out and I'm asking him to do things that EVGA never told him about. 7 hours now trying to get a max OC.
*edit 2* Still having issues getting out of 100 BLCK. Sticking with this for now until I get things under water.
P16345 - EVGA GTX 690 - 1230/3305/variable - i7 3820 - 16GB DDR3 @1600Mhz - Gigabyte Assassin 2 - Mkenyon - H100 - Link
Lookout 3DMark, here I come.
*edit* My 690 hates me. It's warm out and I'm asking him to do things that EVGA never told him about. 7 hours now trying to get a max OC.
*edit 2* Still having issues getting out of 100 BLCK. Sticking with this for now until I get things under water.
P16345 - EVGA GTX 690 - 1230/3305/variable - i7 3820 - 16GB DDR3 @1600Mhz - Gigabyte Assassin 2 - Mkenyon - H100 - Link
Okay, updated save for Wortany.
Remember folks, the idea of this thread is to not only see where your computer lands, but to overclock what you have to get free performance. It's not the complicated process it once was and is generally very safe thanks to all sorts of automatic safeguards. Try doing a bit with your CPU/RAM/GPU. It'll take an afternoon at the most and be both an awesome learning experience as well as a way to get what you can out of your system. PC racing isn't just about dropping down money, it's also an echo of the freedom allowed by using PC's as a gaming platform. Tweak it however you want.
Remember folks, the idea of this thread is to not only see where your computer lands, but to overclock what you have to get free performance. It's not the complicated process it once was and is generally very safe thanks to all sorts of automatic safeguards. Try doing a bit with your CPU/RAM/GPU. It'll take an afternoon at the most and be both an awesome learning experience as well as a way to get what you can out of your system. PC racing isn't just about dropping down money, it's also an echo of the freedom allowed by using PC's as a gaming platform. Tweak it however you want.
Okay, will submit a score, can always mess around later.
P18348 2x Palit GTX680 4GB ( 1126/3304/Stock Voltage ) - 3930k @ 4.7 (1.312v ) - 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 1600MHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme - Sethos - Phanteks PH-TC14PE ( air ) - Link
Should probably start messing with the voltage. Just have this thing of running everything at lowest voltage possible creating the least amount of heat.
P18348 2x Palit GTX680 4GB ( 1126/3304/Stock Voltage ) - 3930k @ 4.7 (1.312v ) - 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws @ 1600MHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme - Sethos - Phanteks PH-TC14PE ( air ) - Link
Should probably start messing with the voltage. Just have this thing of running everything at lowest voltage possible creating the least amount of heat.
Alright sorry, here's a quick and dirty overclock for my gpu's.
Altough I've oc'ed all my cpu's and tried to keep them high and stable, I never really dabbled much in gpu overclocking.
I mostly overclock them slightly in the beginning, to test their capabilities, but afterwards I always go back to stock performance.
P7318 - 2x Gigabyte GTX460 - 825/1650/1900 - i5 750 @ 3.9Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1560Mhz - AsRock P55 Extreme - Wortany - Scythe Mugen (Air) - Link
But damn, this OC already gives a decent speed boost. I think I'll keep it and maybe try some higher in the following days. Maybe it'll be enough to keep me from buying a 670 so that I'll wait until a price drop or special discount.
Altough I've oc'ed all my cpu's and tried to keep them high and stable, I never really dabbled much in gpu overclocking.
I mostly overclock them slightly in the beginning, to test their capabilities, but afterwards I always go back to stock performance.
P7318 - 2x Gigabyte GTX460 - 825/1650/1900 - i5 750 @ 3.9Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1560Mhz - AsRock P55 Extreme - Wortany - Scythe Mugen (Air) - Link
But damn, this OC already gives a decent speed boost. I think I'll keep it and maybe try some higher in the following days. Maybe it'll be enough to keep me from buying a 670 so that I'll wait until a price drop or special discount.
That's what I'm talking about.
Really nice OC there, that's really close to 670 territory. 13% boost in performance for free.
It feels so good to see my score is finally updated in op, but...you missed my P18666 score in post #398, which is higher than Dr.light's 3x7970--I tried so hard.
Anyway I'm here for some update. Just found out that one of my GTX680 can be overclocked higher than the other, so I'm using it to claim No.1 Nvidia single XD. @4.8G/1.41V, CPU max temp during the test was ~65C according to RealTemp. Both GPU were at 45~50C according to Precision X. Highest boost was reaching 1310MHz! Crazy! Voltage was auto increased to 1.175 throughout the run, which I didn't notice before. So try playing with voltage in software looks useless.
P18758 2x Gigabyte GTX680(1184/1927/stock) i7-3930k@4.8G 16GB@2133 ASUS Rampage IV Formula - Ftsh - Phanteks PH-TC14PE/Air Link
P11720 1x Gigabyte GTX680(1216/2002/stock) i7-3930k@4.8G 16GB@2133 ASUS Rampage IV Formula - Ftsh - Phanteks PH-TC14PE/Air Link
a little bit summary about my overclock:
........................Overall......Graphics....Physics......Combine......CPU(GHz).....GPU(MHz)
stock.................P15160.......18408......10723..........8905...........3.2...............1006
overclocked.......P18758.......21187.......15840........11847...........4.8...............1184
increase............23.73%.......15.10%....47.72%.......32.04%........50%............17.70%
Anyway I'm here for some update. Just found out that one of my GTX680 can be overclocked higher than the other, so I'm using it to claim No.1 Nvidia single XD. @4.8G/1.41V, CPU max temp during the test was ~65C according to RealTemp. Both GPU were at 45~50C according to Precision X. Highest boost was reaching 1310MHz! Crazy! Voltage was auto increased to 1.175 throughout the run, which I didn't notice before. So try playing with voltage in software looks useless.
P18758 2x Gigabyte GTX680(1184/1927/stock) i7-3930k@4.8G 16GB@2133 ASUS Rampage IV Formula - Ftsh - Phanteks PH-TC14PE/Air Link
P11720 1x Gigabyte GTX680(1216/2002/stock) i7-3930k@4.8G 16GB@2133 ASUS Rampage IV Formula - Ftsh - Phanteks PH-TC14PE/Air Link
a little bit summary about my overclock:
........................Overall......Graphics....Physics......Combine......CPU(GHz).....GPU(MHz)
stock.................P15160.......18408......10723..........8905...........3.2...............1006
overclocked.......P18758.......21187.......15840........11847...........4.8...............1184
increase............23.73%.......15.10%....47.72%.......32.04%........50%............17.70%
Doing some benches while waiting for D3 to fix itself.
P8578 - GTX670 (980/3005/1.150V) - 2500K @ 4.2Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link
P8868 - GTX670 (+72(1215 Boost)/3005/1.175V) - 2500K @ 4.2Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link
P9175 - GTX670 (+149(1286 Boost)/3005/1.180V) - 2500K @ 4.2Ghz - 8GB GSkill DDR3 @ 1333 - ASUS P8P67 PRO - Hazaro - Air - Link
Well, I continued the experiment and got a bit further (wooo beating the highest 460 SLI in the list).
P7661 - 2x Gigabyte GTX460 - 875/1750/1975 - i5 750 @ 3.9Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1560Mhz - AsRock P55 Extreme - Wortany - Scythe Mugen (Air) - Link
Seems my memory is really fickle, once I get closer to 2000, it starts failing pretty fast (even on 850Mhz core)
I do wonder, what are we allowed to post here, because that overclock is the highest that's stable enough for 3DMark but not for extended duration under load. After testing some games, it mostly fails within 5 minutes.
Also, I'm stuck at 1087mV, it's the highest that MSI Afterburner will allow. Someone I know (also with 460 SLI) is able to go higher but we don't know why exactly.
P7213 - 2x Gigabyte GTX460 - 810/1620/1900 - i5 750 @ 3.9Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1560Mhz - AsRock P55 Extreme - Wortany - Scythe Mugen (Air) - Link
I'm thinking of staying at 810Mhz. It is the highest at which I can remain on stock voltage. I didn't really like the temp increases with even the smallest change in voltage.
It's already 76°C/88°C under constant 99% usage on stock voltage, so didn't want to risk anything.
Anyone know of an easy way too clean out dust without removing the heatsink/fans?
Main reason I want to upgrade to the GTX670 is also having the possibility again to SLI down the road and getting near double the performance for a decent price.
Because these 460's can't go further than SLI. (ie. I loved the performance gain when I got those, they performed at a GTX580 level for only 350)
P7661 - 2x Gigabyte GTX460 - 875/1750/1975 - i5 750 @ 3.9Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1560Mhz - AsRock P55 Extreme - Wortany - Scythe Mugen (Air) - Link
Seems my memory is really fickle, once I get closer to 2000, it starts failing pretty fast (even on 850Mhz core)
I do wonder, what are we allowed to post here, because that overclock is the highest that's stable enough for 3DMark but not for extended duration under load. After testing some games, it mostly fails within 5 minutes.
Also, I'm stuck at 1087mV, it's the highest that MSI Afterburner will allow. Someone I know (also with 460 SLI) is able to go higher but we don't know why exactly.
P7213 - 2x Gigabyte GTX460 - 810/1620/1900 - i5 750 @ 3.9Ghz - 8GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1560Mhz - AsRock P55 Extreme - Wortany - Scythe Mugen (Air) - Link
I'm thinking of staying at 810Mhz. It is the highest at which I can remain on stock voltage. I didn't really like the temp increases with even the smallest change in voltage.
It's already 76°C/88°C under constant 99% usage on stock voltage, so didn't want to risk anything.
Anyone know of an easy way too clean out dust without removing the heatsink/fans?
Main reason I want to upgrade to the GTX670 is also having the possibility again to SLI down the road and getting near double the performance for a decent price.
Because these 460's can't go further than SLI. (ie. I loved the performance gain when I got those, they performed at a GTX580 level for only 350)
MisterNoisy
Member
Got my GTX670 in and of course, I had to update my score. Clocks on the card are stock, and the score is 'unofficial' due to unapproved driver (8.17.13.134):
P9209 - Gigabyte GTX670OC - 705/3004/stock - Core i5 2500K @ 4.4GHz - RAM 16GB @ 1333MHz - ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 - MisterNoisy - Xigmatek Thor's Hammer (Air) - Link
Card never got above 60C during the run. The card is technically clocked at 980 core/1059 boost but I think 3DMark is capturing the idle clocks. Will verify once I get some utilities reinstalled.
P9209 - Gigabyte GTX670OC - 705/3004/stock - Core i5 2500K @ 4.4GHz - RAM 16GB @ 1333MHz - ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 - MisterNoisy - Xigmatek Thor's Hammer (Air) - Link
Card never got above 60C during the run. The card is technically clocked at 980 core/1059 boost but I think 3DMark is capturing the idle clocks. Will verify once I get some utilities reinstalled.
MisterNoisy
Member
OP partially updated. Leaving top 25 and 2xNivida until I can nail down a decent bench.
*edit*
If anyone is interested in editing the spreadsheets to put each spec in a different column for gathering data or just better formatting (like bolding only some parts), then let me know. Don't have the time for that now.
Sorry to double post, but I have a feeling that some (most?) of the issue is simply the format being used for submissions. Maybe consider changing it to something with a clear/uncommon delimiter between each 'cell' of data like so:
Score|Username|CPU Mfg|CPU Model|CPU Speed|RAM Mfg|RAM Capacity|RAM Notes (Speed, etc.)|GPU Mfg|ATI/nVidia|GPU Model|GPU Count|GPU Notes (Clocks, etc.)|Motherboard Vendor|Motherboard Model|CPU Cooler Type|CPU Cooler Model|Test Result URL
Example submission:
P9120|MisterNoisy|Intel|2500K|4.4GHz|Corsair|16GB|1.35V @1333|Gigabyte|nVidia|GTX670OC|1|Stock Clocks/Volts|ASRock|Z68 Extreme4 Gen3|Air|Xigmatek Thor's Hammer|http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3436385
It's a little more onerous for the people submitting, but using a more structured format and an uncommon character (pipe in this case) as a delimiter will let you just use Notepad to find and replace all the pipes with tabs and then it pastes neatly into the sheet all lined up. You could then have a simple formula that converts the 'raw' data in each cell into a neat format that's easier to look at/embeds the link and sorting/updating would become easy as pie. Constraining the submission format also lets you do some analysis on the data too.
I ve just got a new rig (2500k stock/gtx670/8go@1333mhz).
Here is my 3dmark11 results : http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3493878;jsessionid=1rnuxm37dt89o15dhgb6oetfi8
3DMark Score P8350
Graphics Score 9789
Physics Score 5790
Combined Score 5804
Isnt 5790 a low physics score for a 2500k@stock ?
Edit : nevermind i found the problem, it was my RAM that wasnt in Dual Channel, here's my correct score :
3DMark Score P8641
Graphics Score 9772
Physics Score 6462
Combined Score 6345
Here is my 3dmark11 results : http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3493878;jsessionid=1rnuxm37dt89o15dhgb6oetfi8
3DMark Score P8350
Graphics Score 9789
Physics Score 5790
Combined Score 5804
Isnt 5790 a low physics score for a 2500k@stock ?
Edit : nevermind i found the problem, it was my RAM that wasnt in Dual Channel, here's my correct score :
3DMark Score P8641
Graphics Score 9772
Physics Score 6462
Combined Score 6345
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Holy shit you scared the hell out of me...I was ike how the hell did he get his GTX570 to >9000!!!
I was about to bombard you with hopes of getting the secret to 670 performance out of a 570.
Then i looked at the clocks and they were clearly 600 series....pheww dont scare me like that man.
what_rhythm
Neo Member
Whoops, fixed.
Very nice. I wasn't anywhere near 900 bench stable on it iirc.
GK110 aka 2013. So looooongFeels good bro
Now I continue to patiently wait for the 685 or 680 classified.
Im not exactly hurting for gpu power right now, I can wait.
GTX470 SLI. Can it run crysis? Yes. Can it run 5760x1080 3D BF3? Now thats a callenege.
Crossposting from the PC Buying guide, since I think it's more on topic here.
I'm currently having a hard time trying to over clock my old processor, an AMD Athlon 64 X2, 1900 MHz (9.5 x 200) 3600+.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P and for memory I have two 1 Go DDR2-667 ECC DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
I've managed to boot with a 2.5Ghz overclocking, but I can't seem to find any settings that would allow me to go further.
I'm a bit lost about the relation between the CPU settings and RAM frequency/timings settings. Does one have to be made according to the other or something ?
I don't understand if there is a strict relation that one must respect between VCore, FBS, Ram frequency etc in order to be able to boot.
I'm currently having a hard time trying to over clock my old processor, an AMD Athlon 64 X2, 1900 MHz (9.5 x 200) 3600+.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-M68M-S2P and for memory I have two 1 Go DDR2-667 ECC DDR2 SDRAM (5-5-5-15 @ 333 MHz) (4-4-4-12 @ 266 MHz) (3-3-3-9 @ 200 MHz)
I've managed to boot with a 2.5Ghz overclocking, but I can't seem to find any settings that would allow me to go further.
I'm a bit lost about the relation between the CPU settings and RAM frequency/timings settings. Does one have to be made according to the other or something ?
I don't understand if there is a strict relation that one must respect between VCore, FBS, Ram frequency etc in order to be able to boot.
P9005 - HD7970 - 1125/1575/stock - 2500K @ 4.32GHz - RAM @ 1600MHz - Stock heatsink - lucario - link
I need a proper heatsink here, as my CPU is hitting 90C at times.... But my GPU is, shockingly enough, running stable @70C under even the highest loads with this overclock. Kind of crazy, I just bought the thing yesterday and I'm already -very- happy with it; upgraded from a 5850 that shat artifacts at me with even the slightest OC.
I need a proper heatsink here, as my CPU is hitting 90C at times.... But my GPU is, shockingly enough, running stable @70C under even the highest loads with this overclock. Kind of crazy, I just bought the thing yesterday and I'm already -very- happy with it; upgraded from a 5850 that shat artifacts at me with even the slightest OC.
I threw some new thermal grease on it, and that actually did the trick; it's rarely going above 80 now even in exclusively CPU-intensive tests. It's something like 55-70C while gaming and benchmarking, which is completely reasonable.
P9340 - HD7970 - 1200/1575/stock - 2500K @ 4.32GHz - RAM @ 1600MHz - Stock heatsink - lucario - link
I'm coming for that #1 slot on the AMD single-card chart
EDIT: Got it.
P9476 - HD7970 - 1225/1575/1225 - 2500K @ 4.32GHz - RAM @ 1600MHz - Stock heatsink - lucario - link
i5 is at stock voltage, 7970 is at 1.225V
EDIT: Oh god, I'm dumb, my i5 voltage was set to auto >_> Now I'm getting much better results from my i5 (down to 70C under full load). I've also got a nice aftermarket cooler coming in tomorrow, I'll see how far I can push this build then.
EDIT2: Aftermarket cooler is in. I'm at 4.8ghz (1.4V) and not even going above 65C (50 or less in games). Loving this!
toastyToast
Member
what_rhythm
Neo Member
Doggy Boy:
i5-3570k clocked at 4.3 Ghz / 1.016 V
ASRock Z77 Extreme4
Samsung 30 nm 8 GB RAM clocked at 1866 Mhz / 1.45 V
EVGA GTX 570 2560 MB clocked at 900 Mhz / 1900 Mhz / 1.035 V
Samsung 830 128 GB SSD
Corsair AX850
Corsair 650D
Euh, feels like my pc is running slow, i think its my CPU.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3642822
i get P2996 with a GTX 460 768mb, Phenom II X 6 1055T, 8gb @ 1600, 750W psu
Seems low for what it should do.
Can somebody help me out? I do think its my cpu because my computer runs arma2 pretty badly and whenever i want to overclock it, it just doesn't want to.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3642822
i get P2996 with a GTX 460 768mb, Phenom II X 6 1055T, 8gb @ 1600, 750W psu
Seems low for what it should do.
Can somebody help me out? I do think its my cpu because my computer runs arma2 pretty badly and whenever i want to overclock it, it just doesn't want to
.Overclock GPU and CPU.Euh, feels like my pc is running slow, i think its my CPU.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3642822
i get P2996 with a GTX 460 768mb, Phenom II X 6 1055T, 8gb @ 1600, 750W psu
Seems low for what it should do.
Can somebody help me out? I do think its my cpu because my computer runs arma2 pretty badly and whenever i want to overclock it, it just doesn't want to
Phenoms are very slow per thread.
Seems about right to me.