Conroe benchmarks.

[Vegeta]

Hi theres probably loads about but I guess some of you's can help me out, i'm wondering whether I shuld upgrade to conroe once its out, at the moment I have a opty [email protected] doing 31.2secs on superpi with some ocz ram.

The benchmarks i'm looking for are ones that show how it powers a gpu under 3dmark05/06.
I currently have a x1800xt265mb and at stock it scores 9200 on 05, I would be interested to see how a conroe would power the card at stock, any such benchmarks out there? Doesnt have to be x1800xt specific any high end gpu will do.

 

[Vegeta]

You don't play 3dmark though, a pity in my case as GRAW is half as fast with 2 graphics cards (double fps with 1 graphics card) whereas 3dmark is much faster with 2 graphics cards.

Most people are jumping for joy at the prospect of Conroa but I'm going to see how well the retail versions run in games first.

Hey, your SiperPI score is the same as my dualcore score, ahmm...

I know I dont play 3dmark but its a benchmark to test systems so i'm not quite sure what your point is.

 

[Vegeta]

Superpi only uses 1 core.

31secs is good for 2.6ghz, id expect more like 33secs

Yeah your right, most people on A64 use ram at 200fsb thats why they tend to achieve 33secs with ram at 200fsb, I run my ram on 290fsb thats why I achieve 31secs.
Your dual core cpu wont really do much more that a single core for superpi/games at the moment but in the future it should be great, your 3dmark06 score should be better that utilizes dual core? but thats only benchmark ofcourse but it shows its potential.

 

[Vegeta]

The point being are you simply going to go out and buy loads of new hardware just because you'll get a higher score in 3DMark or another benchmark program?

erm no? whats the point in having a CPU that holds back your system, if it costs nothing to upgrade my system so I can play games better than I will, 3dmark provides a way of knowing whether games will run better on that system, i'm hardly going to know what exact fps some cards get with some games but 3dmark scores i can understand.

Do you see my 3dmark scores in my sig?

 

[Vegeta]

I'd sticky it if most of it isnt rubbish, I can give the guy some benchies with a cpu at stock (opteron 144 @ 1.8ghz) and overclocked (2.6ghz) on my x1800xt @ 1680X1050 - I can assure you its more than a few fps difference in most games.