3DMark 11 Thread.

[Pako]

Ok, so.... I have to say, a common misconception to water cooling is that it is a quieter way to go. That is what I thought when I first went the H2O route. Depending on your setup, that may not be the case. Just because you are on water, you still have to have fans cooling the radiator fins that the water passes through.

For example, my water cooled system uses (2) 120mm x 3 radiators. That's a total of 6 120mm fans to keep everything nice and cool. I suppose if I were not overclocking, I could have gotten away with a much smaller setup, but as I raised voltages, I had to keep things cool. The larger radiators and subsequently more fans were required which resulted in cooler temps, more stable clocks, but definitely more noise in my setup.

Here's where water really comes into play, if you are raising voltages to get stable clocks but can't manage the heat, it may be time to go water. For example, you have a stable clock, but can only run it under load for 10 minutes because everything is getting too hot, water might be a very good solution for you. Adding water loops is not a miracle solution, but it can help considerably.

 

[Terronium-12]

Well of course, but comparing that to however many case fans you have, the fans on the video cards spinning up to any various percentages of speeds, fans mounted on the HSF I'd say you'll definitely notice things are much quieter than they were before.

Do you have a fan controller?

 

[Pako]

Well of course, but comparing that to however many case fans you have, the fans on the video cards spinning up to any various percentages of speeds, fans mounted on the HSF I'd say you'll definitely notice things are much quieter than they were before.

Do you have a fan controller?

I do have a controller. I am also running two loops. One for the mobo plate and processor, and a second loop for the two GTX590's. The controller is basically pointless and I run the fans on full to keep my temps under 50 degrees C at all times, even under heavy load to they barely get above 50. My next build will consist of 3 radiators for a 3x3 120mm grid where I will build a baffle and a single high volume, low rpm fan for very quiet cooling. In that setup, I would way yes....., water cooling would be a quieter setup. It also allows for "remote" out of case cooling allowing you to transfer the noise and control it elsewhere.

 

[DQuaN]

P2404
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3554616

 

[Blackbird.]

Well I'm limited to 4ghz on my CPU because it couldn't handle higher voltages. It was getting too hot for me. The one 570 gets pretty hot under load too but not too bad. I don't think air will be enough for two though. Maybe...

 

[Gabkicks]

I am trying to hit 10k. maybe if i drop my memory speed i can raise cpu multi a littler higher... I'm not quite sure how much harder i can push this 670.

P9934

 

[Pako]

I am trying to hit 10k. maybe if i drop my memory speed i can raise cpu multi a littler higher... I'm not quite sure how much harder i can push this 670.

P9934

You are soooooo close.

That would put me, you, and dchPSUone in the 10k+ club!

That would put all 10k'ers in the Nvidia club also...., just saying.

 

[Terronium-12]

I only need a little more!

P9962

In yo' face, Pako. In yo' face.

 

[Pako]

I only need a little more!

P9962

Dang....so close. You would be the first ATI card to break 10k here. Keep trying. Maybe disable some processes to free up some resources. It might just be enough to get you over the hump....

 

[Terronium-12]

Only able to bump it up fifteen, and I'm pretty sure I can't push either card much further.

May have to try getting the CPU to 4.6 or something.

P9977

 

[Pako]

Only 23 more points.....

 

[Gabkicks]

I did it !!!!P10001

 

[Terronium-12]

Congrats!

I'll be right behind you, I hope.

 

[Pako]

I did it !!!!P10001

NICE!!! 👍

That's three Nvidia based card systems breaking 10k! Nice job!

 

[Terronium-12]

I am so in there.

P10018

 

[Pako]

HAHA, Nice! So what got you there?

 

[Terronium-12]

I don't know if it's just me, but the scores really seem to fluctuate and running 3DM when Windows is freshly booted into seems to yield the best performance numbers.

So, that's what I did. And I cranked both cores back up to 895.

 

[Pako]

For fun, I disabled SLI for a single GPU run.
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/3614074

 

[Terronium-12]

You can disable SLI on multi-GPU cards?

Color me with a n00b marker but I never knew that, I was under the impression that those cards had a permanent link.

 

[Pako]

Oh no, not at all. As far as the software is concerned, there are two cards installed. I could run one GPU for graphics and the other for Physics if I choose.

P14784, trying really hard to break 15k.

 

[Grayfox]

Ahhhhhhh If only my rig was finished.

10,000 should be cake walk for it.

 

[Pako]

Ahhhhhhh If only my rig was finished.

10,000 should be cake walk for it.

How close are you to being finished?

 

[Grayfox]

Well I need to get the GTX680 which is sold out everywhere or I could get the overclocked ones which have a 50Mhz core clock and pay the extra $120 but while that happens I am modding my case as the 280 radiator will not fit on the top of the case.

Once I get the video card or the radiator fitted I will run it and use it until I can get the video card, funny a high end system using Intel HD4000 graphics.

Could try a 3DMark test with HD4000 and see what I get with it.

 

[Pako]

Are you planning to SLI, 3-way, or quad SLI with the 680's?

 

[Grayfox]

Just a single GTX680.

I am not made of that much money.

 

[Pako]

Man, been trying all morning and finally broke 15k!

~P15055~​

 

[Terronium-12]

Only way I could challenge that is with a pair of 6990's.

 

[Gabkicks]

^ I overclocked my ram from to almost 2000mhz along with my uncore to almost 4000mhz. I didnt think my ram was even stable @ stock 1600mhz, but I was wrong. In real world/gaming, ram overclocking is unnoticeable, but it can bump the score up a bit in synthetic benchmarks.


AMD/ati has the 7970x2. that will be a beast of a card. hopefully they base it off of the more efficient tahiti 2 vs the 7970 chips out now. If I could've snagged a nonreference 7970 for $420, I would've gotten that over the 670 cus I favor amd. Still, I'm happy with the 670 since it trades blows with 7970 and is not far off from the 680.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Powercolor-Radeon-HD-7970-tahiti-dual-Devil13,15939.html

 

[Grayfox]

Man, been trying all morning and finally broke 15k!

~P15055~​

This started to play in my head when I read this.

 

[Pako]

^ I overclocked my ram from to almost 2000mhz along with my uncore to almost 4000mhz. I didnt think my ram was even stable @ stock 1600mhz, but I was wrong. In real world/gaming, ram overclocking is unnoticeable, but it can bump the score up a bit in synthetic benchmarks.


AMD/ati has the 7970x2. that will be a beast of a card. hopefully they base it off of the more efficient tahiti 2 vs the 7970 chips out now. If I could've snagged a nonreference 7970 for $420, I would've gotten that over the 670 cus I favor amd. Still, I'm happy with the 670 since it trades blows with 7970 and is not far off from the 680.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Powercolor-Radeon-HD-7970-tahiti-dual-Devil13,15939.html

That card looks sick! I have always liked how ATI lays out their cards.

@Terronium-12, I hear ya.... I am greatly hindered by the voltage locks on these cards. They are prone to exploding and are very limited on their OC'ing ability. One 590 can no way be compared to two 580's. .925 is the highest allowed core voltage with cards reported to fail over 1.05......

Right now I have a horrible OC'ing rig. Processor maxed at 4.0ghz, ram maxed at 1866mhz, Cards maxed at 1298 mhz (divide by 2 for each GPU core).

Once....when the gods were looking favorable on me, I got my Processor to clock at 4.6ghz long enough to run a bench. That is no longer the case...

This started to play in my head when I read this.

Nice! 👍