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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   11-21-2008 at 07:56:46 AM
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I have to say, although I got the P6T, I seriously considered the EVGA board. I love EVGA in general, and I try to buy their products (as much as anything because of the support - they certainly are among the best in that respect). I did eventually settle on the Asus though - I just like the layout a bit better.


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roofus   11-22-2008 at 12:52:25 AM
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and better looking too. if i am going to pay 300+ it better look fast sitting on the table!

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roadrunner197069   11-22-2008 at 06:25:10 AM
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I got it all together. Pics tomorrow. 3.6 is the sweet spot on stock cooler. 3.8 is hot, and 4.0 gets hot enough to shut it down. I will get a after market cooler next week I hope.

Let the benching begin!!!!!!!!!!!!

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spathotan   11-22-2008 at 06:57:28 AM
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Really? I think the EVGA board looks disgustingly hideous. They didnt get rid of that overcompensating Nvidia 700i NB cooler, and that.....tower...thing on the MOSFETS is just too much. I foresee many coolers not being able to fit on that board. And that reflective sticker on the SB makes it look cheap.

 

Not to mention its just WAY to Nvidia-ish, and EVGA literally refuses to show/acknowledge Crossfire support. I know they are 100% Nvidia all the way, but just simply refusing to acknowledge support for something when its there is the highest point of favoritism/corporate fanboism. Sell a product right if you are going to sell it.

 

Even the P6T looks a little absurd will all those goofy lines/streaks all over the SB, NB and mosfets. If I make the switch to i7 these current boards wont be on my list lol.


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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   11-22-2008 at 08:11:30 AM
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Mine's together too - I haven't pushed it past stock yet though. Even at stock, it is absolutely FLYING though. Cinebench 64 bit is scoring around 19,500, and I'm downloading 3dmark06 right now. It runs a bit toasty - around 60C at stock turbo mode (3.35 GHz or so), but I'm not too worried yet.

 

EDIT: It seems to be running pretty well at 3.84GHz as well (1.28V), and I just managed a score of 21,892 in Cinebench.


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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   11-22-2008 at 09:02:14 AM
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OK, I have 3dmark06 up and running, and the completely non overclocked result, with an i7 965, 6GB of RAM, and a 4870x2 is:

SM2.0: 8015
SM3.0: 10841
CPU: 5987

Overall: 21699

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   11-22-2008 at 10:21:10 AM
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Well, here are the final benchmarks of the night:

3dmark vantage:

E36852
P16149
H10644
X7304

(average CPU score: 20,600)

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   11-22-2008 at 10:57:30 AM
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OK, so I lied. These are the final benchmarks of the night:

wPrime at 3840MHz:

32MB: 6.708 seconds
1024MB: 202.675 seconds


Super pi at 3840MHz:
1M: 10.795 sec
2M: 24.274

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roofus   11-23-2008 at 03:25:14 AM
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nice cjl. thanks for sharing the info!

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   11-23-2008 at 04:57:46 AM
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OK, here's a full PCmark vantage run:

 

http://service.futuremark.com/resu [...] ultType=18

 

I especially like the CPU gaming numbers, where it absolutely flattens the current fastest system (even though that one has a 4500MHz quad) :D

 

Oh, and that run was on stock clocks.


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V3NOM   11-23-2008 at 05:53:10 AM
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so does that mean you have the fastest system? :D

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V3NOM   11-23-2008 at 06:15:27 AM
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but what about fugger, he ln2'd a i7 extreme before they were even released lol... that's not there?

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Bronze CPUs badge cjl   11-23-2008 at 06:20:11 AM
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That's odd - it seems to have just lost my reply...

I'm not sure about fugger - all I know is that the current fastest listed system has a core 2 quad at 4500MHz, and in a few spots, I definitely beat it.

Oh, and the main place I lose is in HDD speed, which certainly isn't bad on my system:
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c183/chris_lapanse/Capture.jpg

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V3NOM   11-23-2008 at 07:45:52 AM
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but you still win on cpu score? SCORE! :lol:

lets wait and see if its still top dog in a week :kaola:

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