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Post by millertime on Apr 28, 2009 13:47:08 GMT -5
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Post by mitch on Jul 24, 2009 13:23:55 GMT -5
My Specs:
OS: Windows 7 RC Edition(Build 7100)
CPU: Intel Core i7 Processor @ 2.66GHz
Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI LE Edition
RAM: 6GB (3*2GB) DDR3-1600
Hard Drive: 640GB, 7200RPM Western Digital Black Edition
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 285 FTW Edition, 1GB
PSU: 850W, Antec
Case: Antec 1200
My Scores
3DMark Score: 15,656
CPU Score: 44,263
GPU Score: 12,881
Sorry, I don't have a screenshot, I'll be sure to snag one next time I run a benchmark. I'll be playing around with the clock speeds pretty soon, as well as adding a few pictures of my rig - so keep an eye out for new posts!
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Post by mitch on Jul 24, 2009 13:42:01 GMT -5
My Specs:OS: Windows 7 RC Edition(Build 7100) CPU: Intel Core i7 Processor @ 2.66GHz Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI LE Edition RAM: 6GB (3*2GB) DDR3-1600 Hard Drive: 640GB, 7200RPM Western Digital Black Edition Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 285 FTW Edition, 1GB PSU: 850W, Antec Case: Antec 1200 Here are my new results after overclocking my Graphics Card to the original FTW Edition speeds. Interestingly enough, overclocking the GPU led to a significant boost in CPU performance, which has yet to be touched. This should be because the GPU in a computer works to take a significant amount of strain off of the CPU, especially in the area of physics calculations. 
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Post by mitch on Jul 24, 2009 15:09:16 GMT -5
My Specs:OS: Windows 7 RC Edition(Build 7100) CPU: Intel Core i7 Processor @ 2.66GHz Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI LE Edition RAM: 6GB (3*2GB) DDR3-1600 Hard Drive: 640GB, 7200RPM Western Digital Black Edition Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 285 FTW Edition, 1GB PSU: 850W, Antec Case: Antec 1200 Yet another attempt to overclock my Graphics Card. I still have to do some stress testing to make sure its stable at these speeds, but currently, my clock speeds are as follows: | Clock Speeds | My Settings | Manufacturer Defaults | | Core Clock(MHz) | 735 | 648 | | Shader Clock(MHz) | 1658 | 1476 | | Memory Clock(MHz) | 1410 | 1242 |
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Post by millertime on Aug 18, 2009 16:46:15 GMT -5
Since I've been sick I figured the best thing to do with this time is mess with clock speeds. I will be going higher but heres something to get it started.  |
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Post by mitch on Oct 29, 2009 22:28:29 GMT -5
Surprise! More overclocking! This time I overclocked my CPU from 2.66GHz, to 3.35GHz, to see if there were any noticeable performance gains. Those of you with a calculator handy, will notice that I brought my CPU frequency up by about 25%. This translated to an 18% improvement in CPU Test #1(AI Functions) and a 6.6% improvement in CPU Test #2(Physics). My overall CPU score improved by 9.8%. This was somewhat disappointing, as in theory a 25% increase in clock speed, which should mean almost exactly a 25% increase in overall performance. The results here are slightly skewed however, as I am actually running 4GB of RAM in Dual Channel Mode, whereas before I was running 6GB of RAM in Triple Channel Mode. At the same time, many calculations for the physics based CPU tests were offloaded onto my Graphics Card thanks to PhysX, meaning that if I wanted to see an actual 25% increase, I would have to overclock both my Graphics Card AND CPU. I'll be sure to post a new set of results as soon as my replacement stick of RAM arrives from Corsair.  |
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