any specific information on the water cooling he has on that sli setup?
Looks like the Koolance GPU waterblocks....not bad
No information on what the actual radiator is....not even internal in that case
Best Part:
"Whoa 29217 Performance (emphasis) marks on 3D Mark Vantage" he almost tries to make it sound EXCITING
"WHOA we broke the 30000 mark!!!!!!!!!"
Unfortunately 3dmark scores rarely translate into real world performance. 46k CPU score when your typical overclocked Q6600 hits around 11k? The i7 is a good chip, being the fusion of all the good aspects of Core 2, Pentium 4, and Phenom architecture... but is it really more than 4 times faster in games than a Q6600? Urm, no.
Also, with Tri-SLI.... it might work great in Vantage, but driver issues plague it (and AMD's crossfire) for a lot of games, so it doesn't really translate into real world performance most of the time.
I wouldn't mind seeing some FRAPS benchmarks for that system though.
Looks like the Koolance GPU waterblocks....not bad
No information on what the actual radiator is....not even internal in that case
Best Part:
"Whoa 29217 Performance (emphasis) marks on 3D Mark Vantage" he almost tries to make it sound EXCITING
"WHOA we broke the 30000 mark!!!!!!!!!"
I almost wanted to kill him
Most likely since the Koolance logo is shown in the background at the begining of the video the complete cooling setup is from them.
Why the unhappy face because its not internal in the case? The whole idea of watercooling is to remove heat from the system and what better way then pump it outside of the case. Sure systems with everything inside the case look cool but removing as much heat from the case is the best way to go.
Unfortunately 3dmark scores rarely translate into real world performance. 46k CPU score when your typical overclocked Q6600 hits around 11k? The i7 is a good chip, being the fusion of all the good aspects of Core 2, Pentium 4, and Phenom architecture... but is it really more than 4 times faster in games than a Q6600? Urm, no.
Also, with Tri-SLI.... it might work great in Vantage, but driver issues plague it (and AMD's crossfire) for a lot of games, so it doesn't really translate into real world performance most of the time.
I wouldn't mind seeing some FRAPS benchmarks for that system though.
The 46k is partially from the physx though - if that system had ATI cards or PhysX disabled, it would have a CPU score in the low 20k range when overclocked, and around 17k stock (I have an i7 965, and get scores in the low 20k range when overclocked).
I have to say, I live in england, and I've NEVER heard anyone speak like that guy, he sounds like a combination of some english backwater and south-african - never a good mix imo....
I can't watch the whole video. That guy gives me stress, or atleast his accent does. They should realy get a "neutral" voice not some **** brittish accent. And I'm clearly not the only one who's annoyed
I just realise his setup gets 30.125 MORE points then my does. Don't even ask.
Its not unusual for the i7 and 3 280, to get 25,000 plus in vantage. I have a similar setup with i920 at 4.2Ghz and 2 280's so its not unusual for an i7 at 4.4Ghz and 3 280's OC'ed and water cooled hit over 30,000.
Its not unusual for the i7 and 3 280, to get 25,000 plus in vantage. I have a similar setup with i920 at 4.2Ghz and 2 280's so its not unusual for an i7 at 4.4Ghz and 3 280's OC'ed and water cooled hit over 30,000.
But the question should be: Does it really game 3x as well as an overclocked Q6600 and an ATI 4870x2? Heck.. even an OC Q6600 and a 4870 1GB?
The answer, by real life testing of various game titles, is an obvious no.
But the question should be: Does it really game 3x as well as an overclocked Q6600 and an ATI 4870x2? Heck.. even an OC Q6600 and a 4870 1GB?
The answer, by real life testing of various game titles, is an obvious no.
Anyway hes got some undertones of Dutch or German on the B's - phenominal is not sounded like that in the uk, also his sts are not english, hes fours are not English - he has obviously travelled alot, but i feel turbritar has got some mainland european in him...
Any he lives in the states now so is that how all Americans sound !!!!