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**Official 3D Mark 11 scores**

RobSmith said:
I hate you and admire you at the same time - that's not 24/7 clock though right? If not, what is?

I can't push mine a MHz over 101 or it crashes. Factoring in the kepler boost my card reaches (at maximum) a measly 1250MHz.. a full 150MHz off yours.

I can honestly say I've never seen a series of GFX cards so dependent on luck.

Can you RMA cards with poor overclocking capabilities?

I'm close to throwing mine at the wall..
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No you can't. Also 1250 MHz is a decent overclock. Stop moaning. :p

Sometimes with Kepler a higher clock speed doesn't equate to a higher score as it self throttles.

My 680 overclocks to 1300 maximum and my graphics score is 11.8k.
 
Rusty0611 said:
No you can't. Also 1250 MHz is a decent overclock. Stop moaning. :p

Sometimes with Kepler a higher clock speed doesn't equate to a higher score as it self throttles.

My 680 overclocks to 1300 maximum and my graphics score is 11.8k.
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I guess 3dmark11 scores in a very peculiar way, 50MHz difference equates to a 2k higher score..

I wrote all that rubbish last night when I was tired, I'm sure this card is going to be great, would just like to have won the chip lottery for once and got a beast.

Hey-ho! :D
 
Yep all of the core system components have a say in the final score, for example adding another 150mhz to my cpu but dropping the memory down 200mhz gave me a terrible result and is why I'm just figuring out what memory to buy next :)

Vengeance modules are poop!
 
RobSmith said:
I'm talking graphics score alone. I scored a 9.8k graphics score with 1250MHz/1777MHz.
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I understand what you are saying and being honest, I sympathise. When you see some of the GFX scores, I would have expected most 670's to break 10K and be pushing for 10500 scores.

Out of curiosity, what 670 is it?
 
Rusty0611 said:
Try the 304.79 beta's.

The chip lottery determines your how high you can overclock not normally how it performs at said speed.

As I have said, 1250 Mhz on the core is fairly decent.
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I've heard the beta drivers cause BF3 crashes, so I'll avoid them for now.

I'm being a little pedantic, even with the extra 50-100MHz it'd make little to no difference in gameplay, it's just the 3dmark11 scores that I'll see it :p
 
RobSmith said:
It's a Gigabyte Windforce.

CPU: i5 2500k @ 4.5

Mobo: Asus P8P67 PRO

RAM: G.Skill 8GB @ 1600
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The 670 WF is generally regarded as tops for OC but on here the EVGA is proving to be top dog with the WF a close second. It is chip lottery though.

whyscotty said:
http://3dmark.com/3dm11/4070702

P 23591
GFX 31390
PHYSICS 14712
COMBINED 12050

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TRI SLI EVGA 680 FTW+ 4GB 131% CORE +55 MEM +435
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Great GFX scores...Does it scale that well in AAA games?
 
RobSmith said:
I've heard the beta drivers cause BF3 crashes, so I'll avoid them for now.

I'm being a little pedantic, even with the extra 50-100MHz it'd make little to no difference in gameplay, it's just the 3dmark11 scores that I'll see it :p
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They don't. I'm using the 304.79's.

Regarding the extra MHz - a tiny, tiny minority of cards will push 1300 and over. It's not even close to the norm. Your score is low for a 1250 overclock.
 
Rusty0611 said:
They don't. I'm using the 304.79's.

Regarding the extra MHz - a tiny, tiny minority of cards will push 1300 and over. It's not even close to the norm. Your score is low for a 1250 overclock.
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Ah okay. I'll give them a go then!

Not sure what to say about the 3dmark11 score then :confused:

On another note, has any tried the updated BIOS yet?

I was completely under the impression that it wouldn't help with overclocking but from reading about quite a number of people are saying it's helped them achieve slightly higher clock speeds.
 
RobSmith said:
Another 1250MHz / 1750MHz run just to make sure I hadn't made a mistake -P2000

Maybe you get an extra 2k score for paying the extra £100 for the 680? :D
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Had mine since release day :). I feel like I've had good value for money so far.

On a separate note, to ensure my machine is maxed out as much as possible I've just bought an i7 3770K :)

Coming for you Locky/Besty!
 
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