"Fastest Rig" league table

Joined: Jul 29, 2005 Posts: 429 Location: Weymouth

3DMark06 scores taken from previous posts

mrix - 12375

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4261/mrixwr0.jpg

9375

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q44/will_leavett/topscore22dec06.jpg

8997

http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m218/ghettosmurf_01/3dmark06score1.jpg

8809

6800

6393

6256

6230

6220

6013

5812

5423

4796

4572

4267

4212

4018

3875

2167

1040

89

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 3394

Yes it is free and you can download it from here
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cheers
|2es-mrix

Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 525 Location: Manchester UK

Trouble is, the league table above is supposed to be for resolution 1280x1024. Ghetto's, Fitz's and mrix's monitors won't support that by the looks of things, so their scores are artificially high.

If you have a strage resolution, such as 1280x768, and want to calculate your 3D mark based on 1280x1024, the simplest way to do it is multiplying by the ratio of pixels between your res and the test resolution.

ie:

1280x1024 = 1,310,720 pixels
1280x768 = 983,040 pixels

now divide the two pixel values:

Your res (pixels) / Test res (pixels) =
983,040 / 1,310,720 = 0.75

Now multiply your 3D mark by that number to get the result you would get if you ran at the test resolution.

7958 3D Marks * 0.75 = 5969 3D Marks

Sounds crap huh? Well, the amount of pixels your video card has to push through will directly affect the 3D mark. Unless you can re-run your test at 1280x1024 resolution, this ratio way is a simple method to approximate what you'd get at that res. Its not 100% accurate (esp for higher end cards where you are CPU limited, not GPU limited), but the closest you're gonna get without re-running the test.

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 3394

Quote:

Trouble is, the league table above is supposed to be for resolution 1280x1024. Ghetto's, Fitz's and mrix's monitors won't support that by the looks of things

my resolution is 1440 by 900 ????
Cheers
|2es-mrix

Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 525 Location: Manchester UK

1440 * 900 is 1296000 pixels
1280 * 1024 is 1310720 pixels

- the numbers are pretty much exactly the same. Expect a very slight drop in your 3D mark if you ran at 1280*1024. But 1280*768 for instance, theres a big diff. You're only rendering 3/4 of a screen Razz

Joined: May 11, 2006 Posts: 4

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7958 3D Marks * 0.75 = 5969 3D Marks]

I ran the test again at 1280 * 1024 and I got 7315, your logic is sound but the premise is floored it is not just the amount of pixels that you push through, also my cpu is pretty good I am not using it to its fullest yet though i am running 32 bit OS, will get vistax64 when it ships. As you can see I did not drop too much Smile

, I defiantly need those two new cards now Smile

b.t.w. I usually run that resolution as my main screen( i have two), It is a 30inch wide screen HD monitor and that res is the best picture. I ran this test on my normal 20inch screen.

Joined: Apr 24, 2006 Posts: 525 Location: Manchester UK

yeah, after I posted that, I found some 3D mark scores on the net at various resolutions and found out that formula was a lot of crap!... Embarassed

It holds true for slower cards where you are purely GPU limited, but not newer ones which are so fast, the memory / CPU / busses become the bottleneck. Soz! Razz

However, do not guys, the resolution affects your score, so ghetto - dood you better re-take the test at the proper resolution mate Smile

You'll still be on top, just not by quite as far.

Me I suck, I get 4212 even at 1280*1024 Sad

Joined: Aug 02, 2006 Posts: 85 Location: colchester, essex

after spending weeks building my new pc it is done!
3d06 score 9375
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q44/will_leavett/topscore22dec06.jpg

jackrabbit23

Community Founder Joined: Jun 30, 2005 Posts: 3394

Oh well got a new card and bumped my score up 150 points
Cheers
|2es-mrix

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:25 pm

LOL Cant wait to see Geordies and see if he can top jackrabbits! Hey Jack what system are you running???

Would be interesting to compare to Geordies! I take it you are water cooling by you avatar? Did you buy a stock water system or build it yourself? What temps do you get with it?

My place in the leaderboard has gradually slipped away! Sad

LT!

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:09 pm

Without any tinkering.

8735

What would I be looking to do to increase this score.

Ii presume OC ing the processor would help?

Joined: Aug 02, 2006 Posts: 85 Location: colchester, essex

I was thinking about upgrading to an 8800 card but at the moment I don't think the difference is worth the money
here's my spec
cpu amd 64 fx60@2.6
MB asus A8N-32sli deluxe
gpu 2x asus 7900GTX in sli
2gig corsair twin x ram
x-fi elite pro sound card
2x36gig WD raptor in raid 0(gaming drive)
74gig WD raptor(system drive)
300gig maxtor(storage drive)
560watt hyper type r psu
250watt thermaltake sli psu

I was air cooled with this system but it got so hot that if I pushed it too hard it would crash, it was running at 55 - 60 degrees on the cpu

then my girlfriend got me the thermaltake kandalf LCS case with built in water cooling, after setting this up I found that the case was great, fits all my bits in fine, but the watercooling was rubbish, so I ripped it all out and fitted a half inch system that cools the cpu and both graphics cards using danger den and GK water blocks, the cpu now runs at 35 degrees and the graphics cards at 30!
after fitting this I found that the lack of air flow in the case made the motherboard run hot, so I made a separate water system which has 2x voltage regulator coolers a north and south bridge block plus a hard drive cooler, now the MB runs about 40 degrees!
the whole system is very quite and looks the business!

|2es-jack(too much time on hands)rabbit23

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:59 pm

Well great minds think alike lol! That is nearly the exact system i have! Can you believe it!

I too have an FX60, 7900GTX factory oc to 675mhz, Same Mboard Asus A8N32, 2gb ram etc only thing is i didnt bother with the raptors, i went down the SATA II route and i have to say i do get into game extremely quickly, the disk is really fast! Nearly built my own water cooling system, with Danger Den block too! How strange is that! But i worked it out and it was guna cost me around £380, that was for a decent pump and 1/2 inch pipes, triple radiator, but i wasnt gunna bother water cooling the graphics card.

Do you use water or Fuid XP? I was gunna go with Fluid XP just didnt like the thought of water, however stupid that sounds!

Are you not tempted to OC your FX60 at least to like 2.8, since you have water?

Like i said great minds and all that! So it looks like Geordie will have the crown then by the sounds of it, those 8800GTX in SLi with his processor will be hard to beat for a while! Well until the 8900GTX or R600 come out!

Nice system jackrabbit!

LT!

Joined: Aug 02, 2006 Posts: 85 Location: colchester, essex

that is a bit strange, good set up in its day but know the 939 system is dead! can't upgrade anything apart from gpu with out replacing the lot!
yeah gordie will be able to knock me off the top with no trouble!
sounds like you were looking to spend a bit much on watercooling should be able to build a nice system for 200 quid tops, I will supply a link for you when I get home!

I have had my cpu @2.85, had it for about a week but I thought it was powerful enough as standard, when I starts to lag behind I will push it, should be able to get over 3gig with not too much trouble!
I use thermaltake coolant in my system, water is bad, you get limescale inside radiator plus blocks!
I agree with you u don't really need gpu blocks, unless you are going to seriously OC them!
building your own watercooled system is definatly the way to go! going to start planing my next system as soon as I upgrade my gpus, going to get rid of the case all together, build it into a desk, something a bit different?
I will post some pics of my system later

Joined: Sep 19, 2006 Posts: 427 Location: KERB CRAWLING

Hi I currently ran my test at 11587 but ive tried again to post the link but for some reason my pc keeps on crashing! I know its not unstable as i have run a few different stability programs and they run fine! below is my current rig although when evga pull there fingers out of there arses and they complete my step up program ill have 2 8800gtx ac2 super overclocked cards Smile

VISTA 64bit HOME PREMIUM
E6700 @ 3ghz
EVGA 680I MOBO
7950 GX2 SUPERCLOCKED IN SLI
2GB RAM 6700 Sad

(which will be upgraded to 3GB PC900 this month:)
X2 DELL 19INCH MONITORS
X2 150gb WD RAPTOR X
ARTIC COOLER FREEZER 7 PRO CPU FAN
HIPER 730 WTS PSU

and to finish it off ive just ordered my new akasa eclipse case with clear side and external fan adjustment Smile

GEORDIESTE

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