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Radeon R9 290X decimates previous records in HWBOT Unique Heaven
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8Pack's got some work to do.
Pack got 1800mhz on a 290? Link please.
I'm predicting what he'll likely get!
Moonman's done well with that though, looks like a ref card!
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What I dont get is how an amd card has the world record on the extreme preset. Is this using a different heaven to what we use here. I suppose it has to be as heaven is on version 4 here and the scores are way lower.
Yeah its using the older version of Heaven i believe.
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What's more impressive is getting that score with only 5.7 on the cpu. I'm sure it will be broken soon 
What's more impressive is getting that score with only 5.7 on the cpu. I'm sure it will be broken soon
You don't even need the CPU going that fast for that score, just over 5.0ghz would have been fine.
And yes 8 Pack should be able to beat this score.
The HWbot benchmark version of Unigine Heaven is based on the old 1.0 version... so it's really not contemporary nor does it push the GPU as hard as the 4.0 version.
HWBot really should look at updating the software they use as some of the results they get now are rather pointless.
A good example is the OP in this thread - running the CPU on LN2 to get a result on a single card in an old version of Heaven. If you are benching a GPU it should not turn into a contest to see who can overclock the CPU the highest on LN2. Just use the lastest version of Heaven and LN2 is not needed for the CPU.
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1.5ghz core really deserves a round of applause *claps hands*
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Outdated or not, i think the clock is worth any praise going that way.
Would love to see its performance on benchmarks i actually use though, because 1540 on core is just a big number to me without other things to compare!
Would love to see its performance on benchmarks i actually use though, because 1540 on core is just a big number to me without other things to compare!
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Having said that, my 290x has scored lower than many other 290xs with the same CPU at the same or lower clock in some of the benchmarks.
eg. with my 4770k at 4.5 and the 290x at 1281/1580 i score around 3060 in Valley but there are people getting a fair bit higher with less or roughly the same clocks.
Always though that some chips can score a fair bit better than other at the same clocks. Maybe my clock is just unstable but not producing artifacts for me to notice and so is just scoring less due to errors.
eg. with my 4770k at 4.5 and the 290x at 1281/1580 i score around 3060 in Valley but there are people getting a fair bit higher with less or roughly the same clocks.
Always though that some chips can score a fair bit better than other at the same clocks. Maybe my clock is just unstable but not producing artifacts for me to notice and so is just scoring less due to errors.
+1
This is my point, the guy has done well to get the GPU running at that speed but it would be nice if HWBot used up to date benches that people can relate to.
Valley is not a good bench to test with as it is all about CPU speed unless you run it at 1600p or higher. It bottlenecks my Titans so bad that i score near enough the same at 1080p and 1600p with them.