• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

Firestrike Extreme Bench.

djay said:
The default it shows is 2479.

That score was with it set to 2700 Min - 2800 Max
Click to expand...
That is interesting indeed, that is one of the lowest bins I've seen.

Even mine which is one of the lowest is 2489.

My MBA by comparison was 2499 and was a better clocker but was held back by temperatures.

I am not able to pass the test at any higher than 2640-2740Mhz core clock.

Perhaps too much weight is put behind the stock core clock.

Was that using MPT to extend power limits or was that just the Power Limit in Radeon Software set to +15%?
 
LtMatt said:
That is interesting indeed, that is one of the lowest bins I've seen.

Even mine which is one of the lowest is 2489.

My MBA by comparison was 2499 and was a better clocker but was held back by temperatures.

I am not able to pass the test at any higher than 2640-2740Mhz core clock.

Perhaps too much weight is put behind the stock core clock.

Was that using MPT to extend power limits or was that just the Power Limit in Radeon Software set to +15%?
Click to expand...

Yes, used MPT to raise the 'Power Limit GPU (W)' to 300 I think it was. Then I did enable to +15 on the power limit slider. To be honest, I think it will go higher.

I'll be honest, in the right hands this will probably do a lot more :p:D
 
djay said:
Yes, used MPT to raise the 'Power Limit GPU (W)' to 300 I think it was. Then I did enable to +15 on the power limit slider. To be honest, I think it will go higher.

I'll be honest, in the right hands this will probably do a lot more :p:D
Click to expand...
Amazing. I might have to give that a go, perhaps reducing the available power limit a bit might help me squeeze more out of mine.

Keep going ;)
 
LtMatt said:
Amazing. I might have to give that a go, perhaps reducing the available power limit a bit might help me squeeze more out of mine.

Keep going ;)
Click to expand...

Sorry that was a lie, it was 325w . I have been changing so many settings and different options I can't keep up with myself. Sorry. :D
 
LtMatt said:
Ah good point, the Merc has a slightly higher stock power limit, so it'll be 281W +15% power limit should be safe for you (and me).

What i mentioned above was the MBA limit.
Click to expand...

Ah ok that makes sense! I'm nearly at the end of my benchmarking and I have managed to improve my scores again

Got a couple more tweaks to try then I'm done.:p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom