Over the last few days I have been preping and benching for the Gigabyte retro OC competition. This comp involved getting the best score you could in 4 3D benches. 3D mark 01, 03 , 05 and 06. The only stipulation of the comp was you must use Giga motherboard. As far as other hardware went anything goes!!! I chose the monster Gigabyte Z87 XOC as my weapon and it was rock solid through out.
I am pleased to say with fierce competition I managed to win the comp with one global record in 3D mark 03 and three hardware records for the fastest scores ever posted with a GTX 780. These hardware records where only a hand full of points short of also been global leaders where no limitation in hardware exists and titans and ti rule.
The Rig I used was:
Giga z87 - X0C
Asus GTX 780 or MSI 7970 LIghetnings for 03
Corsair Dominator Plats 8gb C10 2666 kit
Super Flower and Antec PSU's
In 01 I managed to score 181004 pts and the best GTX780 score ever. I came second overall in the comp in this bench.
Bench frequency's where:
4770K 6553
DDR3 2600 9-12-12-21 1T
GTX 780 1750/1750
Here is the screenshot and pic of the rig:
In 03 I set a global world record with the best 03 score ever. The score was 293261 and overall first in the comp for this bench.
Bench frequency's where:
4770K 6500
DDR3 2600 9-12-12-21 1T
7970 Lightenings 1350/1650
Here is the screenshot and pic of the rig:
05 was top of the comp and top 780 submission ever with 73544 marks. I did this run last and actually ran out of LN2 a frequency of 6550 which the CPU is capable of would have also yielded global WR, but like I say not to be LN2 ran out half way through last GT!!
Bench frequency's where:
4770K 6500
DDR3 2933 9-12-12-21 1T
GTX 780 1700/1750
Here is rig pic and Screeny:
Finally 06 which was GTX 780 record and third globally second in the comp.
4770K 6500
DDR3 2600 9-12-12-21 1T
GTX 780 1700/1750
Here is rig screeny rig was same as 01 submission:
For full coverage of the competition check out this link:
http://www.hwbot.org/competition/gbt_retrooc/
When unlocked Ti comes more records will fall with the Gigabyte Z87-XOC at the heart of my rig. Thanks Gigabyte great board and fun comp.
I am pleased to say with fierce competition I managed to win the comp with one global record in 3D mark 03 and three hardware records for the fastest scores ever posted with a GTX 780. These hardware records where only a hand full of points short of also been global leaders where no limitation in hardware exists and titans and ti rule.
The Rig I used was:
Giga z87 - X0C
Asus GTX 780 or MSI 7970 LIghetnings for 03
Corsair Dominator Plats 8gb C10 2666 kit
Super Flower and Antec PSU's
In 01 I managed to score 181004 pts and the best GTX780 score ever. I came second overall in the comp in this bench.
Bench frequency's where:
4770K 6553
DDR3 2600 9-12-12-21 1T
GTX 780 1750/1750
Here is the screenshot and pic of the rig:
In 03 I set a global world record with the best 03 score ever. The score was 293261 and overall first in the comp for this bench.
Bench frequency's where:
4770K 6500
DDR3 2600 9-12-12-21 1T
7970 Lightenings 1350/1650
Here is the screenshot and pic of the rig:
05 was top of the comp and top 780 submission ever with 73544 marks. I did this run last and actually ran out of LN2 a frequency of 6550 which the CPU is capable of would have also yielded global WR, but like I say not to be LN2 ran out half way through last GT!!
Bench frequency's where:
4770K 6500
DDR3 2933 9-12-12-21 1T
GTX 780 1700/1750
Here is rig pic and Screeny:
Finally 06 which was GTX 780 record and third globally second in the comp.
4770K 6500
DDR3 2600 9-12-12-21 1T
GTX 780 1700/1750
Here is rig screeny rig was same as 01 submission:
For full coverage of the competition check out this link:
http://www.hwbot.org/competition/gbt_retrooc/
When unlocked Ti comes more records will fall with the Gigabyte Z87-XOC at the heart of my rig. Thanks Gigabyte great board and fun comp.
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