Kari :
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7414.html
No_name breaks 31,000 in 3DMark 06, 130,000 in 03 with Radeon HD 3870X2 CrossFireX
some extreme overclocking
Yes, but that style of overclocking's a sport. I can't see these guys using liquid nitrogen to play Crysis everyday of the week. Those results aren't up yet as the best. Team Italy still has their's at 30958 with "only" two 2900XT in Crossfire.
Note the scaling, you don't get much more between two 2900xt's in Crossfire and two dual GPU 3870x2's. Eventually, the teams will have to journey to the farthest reaches of the solar system, and run their overclocked systems outside a dome on Eris. Maybe -405C will make a difference and bring out the best in the 3870x2?
It will be interesting to see the 9800gx2 results with liquid nitrogen. I predict the dual PCB design just won't work on Eris, so buy ATI if you plan to run Crysis that far from home!
I ran 3DMark06 again just now and here's the original and the second:
Original:
That was taken the day I installed the card, before I tweaked settings in CCC
Today's:
The only setting change involved disabling Catalyst A.I and setting the performance bar to the maximum. Not a huge difference, 83 points, but it's there. CPU limits are probably why I'm not getting more with a factory over clocked card.
Here are the individual test results:
Is it worth it to buy the actual program and get all the features? Does anyone pay attention to the full set outside of graphic card manufacturers?