GeForce 8800 Ultra SLI Mark6 16,081 Vista 64bit

KentuckyRanger

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I figure for an Air cooled system 16,081 ain't to shabby.
I made a video of the 3D Mark6 Benchmark. It has music so it won't be too borning, LOL!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5__5KIxthwk[/media]
 

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Good work, buddy!
 

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  • CPU
    E6850
    Motherboard
    EVGA 122-CK-NF67-A1 680i
    Memory
    4 x OCZ Platinum 1GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon HD 5850 1GB
    Sound Card
    SB X-Fi X Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 23" 5MS
    Screen Resolution
    2048 x 1152
    Hard Drives
    2 x Barracuda 7200.10 320GB RAID 0 / 1 x 500GB Maxtor
    PSU
    Seasonic 600W M12
    Case
    CM Centurion 5
    Cooling
    air
    Internet Speed
    100Mbps
Well, I got it up to 16,861 and at the end the screen was all fuzzy from the GPU's getting too hot so I don't think I'll do much more O/C till I get Water cooling for the GPU's.

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I'm running 3870s in crossfire with a QX9650 stock at 3.0GHZ and have pretty much identical marks.

I would have though the 8800 Ultras in SLI would have crushed my config, especially with you running at 3.4 GHZ compared to my 3.0GHZ.

From everthing I've read/seen has a single 8800 Ultra at about equal to 2x3870s in crossfire. I have to think your numbers are low. Does the 680i chipset support 16x for both cards or only 8x when running SLI? Are you sure SLI is working?

Either way something doesn't seem right.
 

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I did get it up to 17,067 Today.
If you look at where my system rates with others it's not a bad score.

Where does your system rate as to others close to yours?
All I know is that it runs my Apps and Games very nice.
I'm not a diehard O/C Gammer, I just thought it was fun to tinker a little and I'm not too worried about how fast mine is compared to others.
Seeing where my system stands tells me it's running OK.

Resolution settings play a big role in 3D Mark06 scores so it might be you have yours set lower, mine are at 1920X1200 on a 24" Monitor.

One other thing, your CPU has 12MB cache and mine is only 8MB.
That plays a very important role in the CPU tests and can really boost your score allot. All the systems above mine right now have QX9650 O/C to like 3.8GHz so they get that 2k score advantage over mine.

The last Time I updated my video Card drivers I noticed SLI mode is in single GPU mode and when I switch to alternate or split rendering it tells me it's not a good setting.
I think nVidia's working out some Bugs with SLI right now so maybe the next Driver update will have this fixed and I can go back to true SLI because single GPU mode just uses the second Card as a slave for resorces, and that sucks!
 

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KentuckyRanger said:
I did get it up to 17,067 Today.
If you look at where my system rates with others it's not a bad score.

Where does your system rate as to others close to yours?
All I know is that it runs my Apps and Games very nice.
I'm not a diehard O/C Gammer, I just thought it was fun to tinker a little and I'm not too worried about how fast mine is compared to others.
Seeing where my system stands tells me it's running OK.

Resolution settings play a big role in 3D Mark06 scores so it might be you have yours set lower, mine are at 1920X1200 on a 24" Monitor.

One other thing, your CPU has 12MB cache and mine is only 8MB.
That plays a very important role in the CPU tests and can really boost your score allot. All the systems above mine right now have QX9650 O/C to like 3.8GHz so they get that 2k score advantage over mine.

The last Time I updated my video Card drivers I noticed SLI mode is in single GPU mode and when I switch to alternate or split rendering it tells me it's not a good setting.
I think nVidia's working out some Bugs with SLI right now so maybe the next Driver update will have this fixed and I can go back to true SLI because single GPU mode just uses the second Card as a slave for resorces, and that sucks!
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Yah I'm pulling 15,900 or so in 1920x1080 on my 24". Everything stock no overclocking.

I just figured the Ultras would destroy my 3870s, but I also read that Crossfire is a little more efficient that SLI so it may be working out the same in the end. It's looks like you are close to everyone else with 2 x Ultras so it must be working properly.

Sounds like Nvidia has some work to do on their drivers just like ATI.


Have fun!
 

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I'd say that we'll all be happy when Vista SP-1 comes out and manufacturers start taking Vista more serious.
It just seems that everyone is sticking with XP and turning a blind Eye to Vista.
I know change can be a pain but without change there would be no progress.
an you imagine if we where still using Windows 3.1? We'd maost likely be up to SP-100 by now, LMAO!
I know many People who claim Vista is nothing more than XP SP-3, that's a stretch, but kinda true in allot of ways unfortunately.

I think the same of SLI and Crossfire. Many software developers just laughed it off figuring it to be nothing more than a fad, boy where they wrong...

I think another big problem was nVidia and Radeon's race to be first out of the Gate left us all with sub par Drivers and that only now are they both just barely catching up.

It'll be very interesting to see what happens in the next 6 Months...
 

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