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Race Your PC Thread2 of Voiding Warranties

ColonialRaptor

ColonialRaptor

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electristan said:
are the even supported by the 7970? the release notes only mention the 6900 and down
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Well... I downloaded and installed them through CCC so...

I don't know exactly what's going on but I can't access AMD's site properly at the moment so I'd say the next driver update is on it's way sometime soon. I'm not sure whether the driver update I received was the full and proper one or not, but I definitely was prompted to download and install the 12.1 drivers so I did so.

*shrugs*
 
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CSampson

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P4496 - HD6950 2GB - 900/1325/1.15 - Athlon X4 635 @ 3.3 GHz - 12GB @ 2095 - Asus M4A89GTD - csampson - link

First time OC'ing and benchmarking...does this look ok? Any tips? This was fun :).
 
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akira28

Member
Really disappointed in my old Radeon 5830 with i7 930 @ 3800mhz....

P3761

Got the Radeon Afterburnered up to 940 Mhz from 800 stock
 
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Shaneus

Member
Having a good look at the table, I'm REALLY surprised that dual 7970s beat the pants off a dual 6990 rig in basically the same system. AMD seem to have done themselves a bit of alright with that GPU.
 
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Hazaro

relies on auto-aim
Shaneus said:
Having a good look at the table, I'm REALLY surprised that dual 7970s beat the pants off a dual 6990 rig in basically the same system. AMD seem to have done themselves a bit of alright with that GPU.
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6 core CPU vs 4 core. But yes, it's a fast card.
 
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Shaneus

Member
Yeah, but CPU doesn't count for that much (relatively), does it? Maybe a few hundred points, possibly up to 1000? But man, two cards doing the work of four from the previous series is just nuts.
 
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sk3tch

Member
P9184 - MSI Radeon HD 7970 - 1160/1750/1.3v/1.675v - 2500k @ 4.7Ghz - 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 @ 1600 - MSI P67A-GD53 - sk3tch - Air - Link
 
Black_Stride

Black_Stride

do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Shaneus said:
Having a good look at the table, I'm REALLY surprised that dual 7970s beat the pants off a dual 6990 rig in basically the same system. AMD seem to have done themselves a bit of alright with that GPU.
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Shaneus said:
Yeah, but CPU doesn't count for that much (relatively), does it? Maybe a few hundred points, possibly up to 1000? But man, two cards doing the work of four from the previous series is just nuts.
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Not even close....you must not understand how 3DMark works.
The graphics cards scored much lower on the 7970 rig......the six core CPU is what got the overall score so high.

The dual 7970 scored 16800
The dual 6990 scored 20800

The difference between the 3930 and 2600 was what really set the score beyond.

The 3930k scored 14000
The 2600k scored 10000

And it made/makes a huge difference during the combined test what your CPU scores.
If you want to see pure graphic power look at the FPS during the graphics tests....the dual 6990 had a field day, never averaged below 60fps.

P.S
Why was the title changed
I liked it being |OT2| thread2 just looks weird.
 
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Shaneus

Member
Black_Stride said:
Not even close....you must not understand how 3DMark works.
The graphics cards scored much lower on the 7970 rig......the six core CPU is what got the overall score so high.

The dual 7970 scored 16800
The dual 6990 scored 20800

The difference between the 3930 and 2600 was what really set the score beyond.

The 3930k scored 14000
The 2600k scored 10000

And it made/makes a huge difference during the combined test what your CPU scores.
If you want to see pure graphic power look at the FPS during the graphics tests....the dual 6990 had a field day, never averaged below 60fps.

P.S
Why was the title changed
I liked it being |OT2| thread2 just looks weird.
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I have plenty of an idea, I just hadn't clicked through and looking at the links (each time I'd been on here, save for when I was posting, I was at work). It was hard to judge just from the combined numbers what percentage was CPU and what was GPU.
 
cyberheater

cyberheater

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mmxzero

Member
Just overclocked the new pc that I built thanks to the "I need a new PC thread"! Unfortunately my 6950 Dirt 3 didn't unlock, but I it doesn't matter as the card runs great.

P5716 - HD6950 - 900/1325/1.160v - 2500K @ 4.2GHz - 8GB @ 1600MHz - ASUS P8Z68-V LE - mmxzero - CM Hyper 212+ - Link
 
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sk3tch

Member
Got a new PC. :)

P11765 - 2x MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr III - 850/1700/1150/+75mV - 3930k @ 4.3Ghz - 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600 - ASUS PX79 Pro - sk3tch - Corsair H80 Liquid Cooler - Link

This thing will never be updated again, will it? LOL. Good idea...but a lot of hard work, I imagine.
 
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sk3tch

Member
Hazaro said:
580s -> 570s?

Pawn those off and get ready for Fermi :p
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Hehe. Look above - I have a 7970 rig, as well. I sold my two 580s to get that 7970. This is a 2nd gaming box that I scored at a pretty good price. Going to sell the 570s when Fermi drops...believe me! 680 SLI or bust! :)

I should have said "new" PC...as it was a used purchase! Ha.
 
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mkenyon

Banned
sk3tch said:
Got a new PC. :)

P11765 - 2x MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozr III - 850/1700/1150/+75mV - 3930k @ 4.3Ghz - 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600 - ASUS PX79 Pro - sk3tch - Corsair H80 Liquid Cooler - Link

This thing will never be updated again, will it? LOL. Good idea...but a lot of hard work, I imagine.
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If both A) I do not have a match tomorrow, and B) Wife doesn't say anything about going out, then I will update tomorrow evening. If either one of those becomes true, first thing after Saturday morning coffee.
 
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sk3tch

Member
mkenyon said:
If both A) I do not have a match tomorrow, and B) Wife doesn't say anything about going out, then I will update tomorrow evening. If either one of those becomes true, first thing after Saturday morning coffee.
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No worries, man. It's a bottomless pit. Guys like you and I keep tweaking and updating scores incrementally. Lots of little work to do and very little reward! Heh. I am just happy to have a place to brag. None of my "IRL" friends would understand, lol. Definitely appreciate all you've done so far, though!
 
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sk3tch

Member
mkenyon said:
Well, if I don't update it, then I'll be #1 on AMD Single Card forever.
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There ya go, man. That's the spirit. hehe.

I'm crazy. Just bought an ASUS DirectCUII 7970. My dream card right now...didn't think NewEgg would get them back in stock! May as well go for it now. Since these 570s are only going to go into rapid decline as Fermi drops. At least the 7970 will have solid resale when it's time for me to go 680 SLI on this rig.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121499

EDIT: holy shit! got the last one!!!
 
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scogoth

Member
sk3tch said:
Hehe. Look above - I have a 7970 rig, as well. I sold my two 580s to get that 7970. This is a 2nd gaming box that I scored at a pretty good price. Going to sell the 570s when Fermi drops...believe me! 680 SLI or bust! :)

I should have said "new" PC...as it was a used purchase! Ha.
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Bring it. I guess I'll have to go tri 680s in light of this new competition.
 
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MrOogieBoogie

BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
What's the highest feasible score one can get in 3DMark? Has anyone gotten it? Is there a list of top scores all-time?
 
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mkenyon

Banned
sk3tch said:
There ya go, man. That's the spirit. hehe.

I'm crazy. Just bought an ASUS DirectCUII 7970. My dream card right now...didn't think NewEgg would get them back in stock! May as well go for it now. Since these 570s are only going to go into rapid decline as Fermi drops. At least the 7970 will have solid resale when it's time for me to go 680 SLI on this rig.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121499

EDIT: holy shit! got the last one!!!
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Don't mean to rain on your parade, but this issue probably exists for the 7970s as well.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1220328/behardware-asus-hd-7950-directcu-ii-fault-report
 
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BoobPhysics101

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Really thinking about selling my 2.56 GB GTX 570 before the value drops on it. I figure I could get $300 for it, especially considering it's a monstrous overclocker (hits 960/2300 @ 1.1v... stock 570 is 732/1900) and it's got 2.56 GB of RAM. I don't want Kepler to come out and have it only be worth $200.
 
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LegoDad

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I see my stuff was added, but missed my SLI setup.

P7596 - (SLI GTX 460 1GB) - 1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB + 1 x PNY GeForce GTX 460 1GB 825/2010- i7 970 @ 4.2 GHz - 12GB Kingston Hyper X @ 1600MHz - Asus x58 Sabertooth - caliblue15 - Air - Link

Edit: Also just a heads up, you accidentally ranked one lower number higher than another..

#34 P7492 - 2x GTX460 (850mhz core/2000mhz memory/1700mhz shaders @ stock voltage) - i5 760 @ 3.8ghz - DDR3 @1600 - ASUS P7P55D-E PRO - Zimbardo - Air- Link
#35 P7505 - eVGA GTX 570 - 950/2300/1100mv - 2600k @ 4.6GHz - 4GB @ 1600 Thaedolus - AirLink
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sk3tch

Member
BoobPhysics101 said:
Really thinking about selling my 2.56 GB GTX 570 before the value drops on it. I figure I could get $300 for it, especially considering it's a monstrous overclocker (hits 960/2300 @ 1.1v... stock 570 is 732/1900) and it's got 2.56 GB of RAM. I don't want Kepler to come out and have it only be worth $200.
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Do it, man. You will never have regrets about getting a faster card.
 
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sk3tch

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P20682 - 3x EVGA GTX 680 - stock - 3930k @ 4.3Ghz - 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600 - ASUS P9X79 PRO - sk3tch - Closed Water (H100) - Link


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Cuban Legend

Cuban Legend

Member
sk3tch said:
P20682 - 3x EVGA GTX 680 - stock - 3930k @ 4.3Ghz - 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 @ 1600 - ASUS P9X79 PRO - sk3tch - Closed Water (H100) - Link


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holy motherfucking shit. sir. you disgust me, and I want to be you.

have you sold your old cards to GAF yet? lol
 
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sk3tch

Member
Cuban Legend said:
holy motherfucking shit. sir. you disgust me, and I want to be you.

have you sold your old cards to GAF yet? lol
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Ha, no...but that's a good idea. I have another rig with a 7970 that I'm keeping as-is. But I need to dump my MSI Twin Frozr III GTX 570 1.25GB cards...$200 ea. - want one?? :)
 
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Shaneus

Member
Is that actually your hardware that you bought yourself? Both the 3x680s and the 7970? Are you in the industry or something?

Apologies for the questions, but finding out if it could help me justify spending a stupid amount upgrading my rig ;) (not really, my 5850 + 5970 serves me okay)
 
Cuban Legend

Cuban Legend

Member
sk3tch said:
Ha, no...but that's a good idea. I have another rig with a 7970 that I'm keeping as-is. But I need to dump my MSI Twin Frozr III GTX 570 1.25GB cards...$200 ea. - want one?? :)
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I woulda bought it too, I bought a 560 (non-Ti) for 200 from newegg about 3 months ago... SHIT. :(
 
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mkenyon

Banned
In honor of Sk3tch's ridiculousness, and Scogoth's excellent OC run, I have updated the ladders.

Fuckers knocked my second rig out of the top 25, and took #1 AMD Single away from me. I guess time for my 7970 waterblock has arrived.
 
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