3dmark06 results with 2900xt CF this time

well here is the screen shot: http://i206.photobucket.com/albums [...] rk06CF.jpg

I see people like to buy high-end stuff to play 3DMark.

how true.
So far no one has won that game 8O

Well my 2nd video card just came in and it boosted my score by like over 2000 so I was kind of happy and wanted to show it off .

Actually there is a small game on 3dmark06. They even have a leader board at ORB.

In defense of the OP testing changes with a consistent benchmark is the one good use for 3dmark.

word.

I think you're confused with 2005, i dont see how you could possibly get over 10K in 06 with an R580. unless its two of them in CF

Yeah, so true.
Maybe there IS some secrets in 3DMark like after running it 100 times, the tests change to some high-quality chicks!

word.

I also concur. Just because you (aimed at the "*whine* but it's a synthetic benchmark" spouting persons) don't understand the benchmark doesn't mean it's worthless.

Thanks for posting your results but uh... I can't read them other than the number at the top. More details on system config and results with single card plz?

He romstar, did you drop the oc on your cpu because you should (i think) be getting much higher scores with 2 of those 2900's. Good to see you did get them working now though.
Just for comparison, my e6700(@3.333) 2Gb G.skill (@333 4-4-4-12-1T)and stock GTX gets 11538 with the CPU scoring 2980
From what i've read the 2900's kicked pretty much ass in 3dmark06 so i was expecting more.
Hows the heat on two of those puppies. Is it as bad as they say? 8O

The heat isnt as bad as people say... and the fan isnt nowhere near as loud as I thought it would be. When I was doing the Over Drive thing it reached like 800 mghz on the core and like 1700 on the memory and was 80 C but I stopped it then so the heat isnt that bad really(I think it can handle up to like 140 or something).

After reading this thread, I was curious. I scored 13789 with 3DMark06
QX6700 > 8800GTX > 2GB A-Data Extreme PC1066.
Seems to be comparable with what others are posting, but then I'm no expert. Nice to know my components are up to scratch.

Probably better than that. I never went above around 10.8k with a 2.8GHz K8 and X1900XT.

How did you manage that with that setup? Mine is almost is fast and got around 6500

my bad doh!

Word.

As always, after NVIDIA releases their next star product, the 8900GTX

Anyways, I ask myself, why should graphic cards makers make faster cards when they are been bottlenecked by the CPUs?

I mean, not everybody has money for a 8800GTX and a X6800 or QX6700.
Most people get E6600, E6420s and then OC to usually 3.0Ghz-3.2Ghz but even that is a bottleneck.

With a 8900GTX, wouldnt they be increasing the bottleneck?

Exactly, but whats a setup of 2 8800GTXs with an E4300 w/ no OC?

I would say even if you get it to 3.0Ghz, there might still some kind of bottelneck in there.

And now, you said DX10 needs all the power from videocard, thats true, but if the CPU is far from powerfull, whats gonna be the result?...

them results are way off, i'm getting about 18k with mine, check your config, your drivers, make sure you have 3dmark on default settings and everything...

it is default because I didnt pay 20 bucks to buy it so w/e the default settings are is what I am using and I just did it again and got a little bit lower score.... maybe its because im using vista and on a 30 inch 2560x1600 resolution monitor? man my scores are sad T_T.

how true.
So far no one has won that game 8O

It's because the controls are terrible.

You actually win when you stop playing.

Nice one

so when you say 2560x1600 i assume that that is your monitors res but 3dmark is still set to 1280x1024 or 1024x768? because if 3dmark was on that res it would really tax it. Update to the latest drivers, if you haven't, they gain you about 5% in 3dmark. hmm... I still find it odd you're getting suck low results... anyway.. yeah, i financed this computer because someone broke in and stole my last one - oh, ps, in vista i noticed my 3dmark scores actually went UP by about 5% so i don't think that is your problem... Lol, yeah, the heat isn't too bad, either is the noise, personally i didn't notice any difference in heat or noise between 2x and 1x.. still, I'm thinking about modding a 3x120mm rad to the top of my case, getting a 2nd pump and water cooling them so i can OC them a bit...

lol, i want to kill someone because i'm certain my 2900xts can do better if only i just had that x38 board, lol