Conroe 3dMark05 scores revealed

[iterations]

Freecable guy has managed to get his Stock 2.13Ghz Conroe part up to 2.6GHz and has started posting independent benchmark results. First up: 3dMark05 with a score of 13588 with all stock settings and cooling other than the chip being 2.6GHz. That is ... quite good ... to say the least.

Screenshot here: Conroe/x1900 3dMark05 score

Thread here for those interested in more: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=97248

 

[iterations]

By the way that was with a SINGLE x1900 not SLI. The previous world record for a single GPU 3dMark05 was:

CharmedLover84- 11447 FX-55 @3.04GHz, XFX 7900GTX OC 512MB @ 700/900

So that is a new world record by Freecableguy. I have a feeling it wont stand for long. He is currently trying to get SLI up an running on his system, and we may see an overall world record soon.

Cheers!

 

[spontayo]

By the way that was with a SINGLE x1900 not SLI.

You mean Crossfire, SLI is Nvidia.

 

[iterations]

True, I guess that is their marketing name for it. I have the bad habit of reffering to all of the multi-GPU solutions as SLI, since back in the Voodoo days hehehe.

 

[uber_g]

validation would be nice

=]

 

[KWH]

I try to stay out of these type of threads but why didn't they use 3dmark 2006? They like the bigger numbers? AMD, Intel, I don't care but test with the latest tools.

 

[iterations]

He will KWH.

He is currently (as we speak) doing other tests, I'm sure including 3dMark06. 3dMark05 is just the first one he has released.

 

[sjps220]

wouldn't it be good for him to do the cpu tests? I don't understand 3dmark very well, but it seems like that would help for comparison purposes wouldn't it?

 

[ltcommander_data]

What I like is the fact that he can run the chip at a 1333MHz FSB for the overclock at stock voltage. That should mean Woodcrest yields are going to be very good.

 

[iterations]

validation would be nice

=]

Straight up.
I agree more validated data is most welcome, but you really shouldn't imply that he is somehow "faking" it.

Freecableguy has a 4 year, 2,500 quality post history at Xtremesystems where he has reliably gotten engineering samples and done extreme overclocks of both AMD and Intel products. He has no ulterior motive than to just show the latest and greatest regardless of what it says on the heatspreader. It is appears he is delivering on just that, yet again.

Cheers!

 

[iterations]

wouldn't it be good for him to do the cpu tests? I don't understand 3dmark very well, but it seems like that would help for comparison purposes wouldn't it?

Yes, maybe I didn't make myself clear. He just got his rig up and running, this was just the first benchmark that he performed. There will be more CPU-centric benchmarks coming.

Cheers!

 

[iterations]

Indeed, I'm surprised to see the 6F1 stepping Engineering samples overclocking so stable this early. Good news indeed.

 

[MadModMike]

Freecable guy has managed to get his Stock 2.13Ghz Conroe part up to 2.6GHz and has started posting independent benchmark results. First up: 3dMark05 with a score of 13588 with all stock settings and cooling other than the chip being 2.6GHz. That is ... quite good ... to say the least.

Screenshot here: Conroe/x1900 3dMark05 score

Thread here for those interested in more: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=97248

I got 12,105 w/ a Single x1900XT @ 690Core 1580Memory, that 13k has little to do with CPU, because I did it with a Opteron 165 @ 2.2GHz. That's nothing special, sorry Itty. BTW, look at that RAM, DDR2-667 @ 3-2-2-8, my RAM was @ DDR480 of 3-4-4-8, as I say again, that score is not special given the GPU clock speeds and RAM speed/timings. Though, I expect a thorough post of 10 or so paragraphs into the architecture or some BS of 3DMARK (ripped straight from a website albeit) so please, type away.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[KWH]

I have a question. Look at the 3dmark scores, how come there's no cpu scores listed? It wasn't selected? Isn't the first test or two GPU intensive? I'm curious as to why there's no CPU test scores. I'm not trying to start any flaming but I find it a bit odd. Maybe there's a reason, I just can't think of it.

 

[MadModMike]

I have a question. Look at the 3dmark scores, how come there's no cpu scores listed? It wasn't selected? Isn't the first test or two GPU intensive? I'm curious as to why there's no CPU test scores. I'm not trying to start any flaming but I find it a bit odd. Maybe there's a reason, I just can't think of it.

Just read my post, that score is not special. At BEST, I'd give Conroe a 2-4% faster, AT BEST, and that's if there were 100% Cache Hits, and I doubt that was the first time that test was ran. Look at the GPU Speeds/RAM Speeds&Timings, and one simple (non IntelLover, albeit) can deduce, it's not special.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[Avman]

That score is surprizingly unimpressive considering how good Conroe is supposed to be.

Remember we're talking about a next gen chip here - That's a current generation score. I hope/expect 3D06 to be much better.

For all the hype about Conroe, it should/must be a complete step ahead of any current generation products - you can't do nothing for 4 years and then only catch up - Intel really needs to surpass the competition to give itself time to work itself out of the FSB hole it's in.

 

[KWH]

We must have posted near the same time. I just ran 3dmark 2005 and my CPU scores show up. Did he pick the tests? I wished I had that graphics card so I could see how close my Opty@3.01 would come.

 

[chunkymonster]

Freecable guy has managed to get his Stock 2.13Ghz Conroe part up to 2.6GHz and has started posting independent benchmark results. First up: 3dMark05 with a score of 13588 with all stock settings and cooling other than the chip being 2.6GHz. That is ... quite good ... to say the least.

Screenshot here: Conroe/x1900 3dMark05 score

Thread here for those interested in more: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=97248

Who cares! I still can't go to my local retailer and buy a Conroe. I still can't go to Newegg, Monarch, ZipZoomFly and buy and Conroe. So really, who really effing cares about pre-production engineering sample benchmarks.

Another pointless thread...

 

[MadModMike]

We must have posted near the same time. I just ran 3dmark 2005 and my CPU scores show up. Did he pick the tests? I wished I had that graphics card so I could see how close my Opty@3.01 would come.

My Opty is @ 2610MHz now, I'll OC my GPU and see where I get, Though my RAM is severely lower than his, which can boost performance upwards of 1,000 points (I've ran several tests on multiple platforms to prove this), but we'll see.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[KWH]

Like I stated, I don't want a flame war but these small things just struck me as odd. I don't even know anyone that has an XT1900, but I do know someone that has the 7800GTX, maybe I'll get him to bring it over for a few tests.

 

[ProdigyMS]

I'm curious why is says N/A for the CPU tests. I'm running 3DMark05, not registered or anything, and I see my scores for the CPU tests. Odd.

 

[endyen]

Nice OC on the gfx card. I didn't know they would go that high.
Good latencies on the ram as well.
Yup cableguy is a class act.

 

[MadModMike]

I'm curious why is says N/A for the CPU tests. I'm running 3DMark05, not registered or anything, and I see my scores for the CPU tests. Odd.

You must manually remove the CPU tests for them not to be ran, as automatically they are selected each time.

http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scores6mw.jpg

My Core is 100MHz Below that of his, as well as the Memory is 100MHz (200MHz Effective) below that of his, and my System Memory is higher timings and MUCH lower speed, and I managed about 10% difference, which can easily be deduced to the speeds and timings of Memory/Core/S-Memory. See, my gullable Itty, that is not special.

~~Mad Mod Mike, pimpin' the world 1 rig at a time

 

[iterations]

You really need to chill. Not everything is an attack on you.

Your score seems right in line with other scores for systems with your specs: For example here are the top 4 verified scores for 3dMark05 other than the Conroe system:

1. CharmedLover84- 11447 FX-55 @3.04GHz, XFX 7900GTX OC 512MB @ 700/900
2. Vikeor- 11028 146 opteron @3.0GHz, ATI X1800XT 512MB @770/865
3. CharmedLover84- 10762 FX-55 @3GHz, BFG 7800GTX OC 512MB @615/2.00GHz
4. DeathWish187- 10068 X2 4800+ (stock), 7800GTX 512MB (stock)

It looks like your x1900 gives you an advantage over even a 3.04GHz Opteron system with a 7900GTX, well done!

But the fact remains that this air cooled, engineering sample conroe system that he has had less than a day to configure and tweak is beating all of these scores by over 15%. That is pretty special.

No need for you to hate so much, enjoy life! If you can improve on his score of 13588 that would be great and I'd love to see it. You should also give him a chance to further improve his scores. I'm looking forward to it!

Cheers!

 

[iterations]

So sad... I guess you really aren't interested in facts. That is fine, best of luck in the future. Especially in the next couple months.