**Official 3D Mark 11 scores**

[Gregster]

Have you tried the 301.42's? They are what I made my 670 benches with, I tried the 304.79's and all the others inbetween but none come close to them

I haven't and now I have my Rig all back together (Only did the single card test whilst I canged the TIM on my EVGA cooler), I probably won't. If someone beats my score I might though

 

[Gregster]

Very nice score,
whats the temps like after the new tim?

Forget that, sell the Evga and buy a second Lightning

Thanks bud I would love to do that but cost wise, it just isn't viable. One thing I will say though, the Lightning is a seriously good card and yet is cheaper than a lot of the 680's.

It is deffo my new recommendation for a top end card. Temps re good on my EVGA now. A dust build up in the heatsink vents wasn't helping and new TIM has made a big difference.

 

[Gregster]

Out of interest how much did they drop?

Also have you done a Heaven run with your Lightning?

Finally

Have you seen this-

Yer I did and I now have the fastest 680 in the scores I had read of nvidia being an arse over the voltages but didn't think it was to this extent. If you are buying a 680 get the lightning quick.

 

[Gregster]

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4425856

SCORE
P10665

GRAPHICS SCORE
11527

PHYSICS SCORE
8724

COMBINED SCORE
8692

i5 2500k @ 4.7GHz
7970 Lightning @ 1336/1915, 1.365v

Gives you the highest scoring 7970 in the GPU scores

 

[Gregster]

lol ^^ nice boost on the Physics scores and surprisingly poor scaling on the 580's. I would have expected around 22k for the GFX scores.

 

[Gregster]

A gift from AMD.

Score
P11531 3DMarks
Graphics Score
11099
Physics Score
15403
Combined Score
10634

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4438937

beautiful drivers!

Nice Locky

 

[Gregster]

Im wondering if my scores are right, with an i7 2600k @ 4.7ghz, 580gtx Im getting about 7450, clocked at 850/2100 - but im seeing some scores with 580's on here, am I in the right ballpark, this is my day to day running setting, not a one time benchmark test.

You have to take into consideration the CPU's and clocks the other 2 580's are using. What was your GFX score Mark? This will let you/us know if your 580 is performing 'as it should'.

 

[Gregster]

New scores all round, though it doesn't move me up any in the main standings it does move me up in the GPU scores (couldn't be bothered re-tuning my CPU OC and memory timings).

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4444032

Phew, I thought I had lost my 10th spot

 

[Gregster]

Haha even if I did you have that 3930k on the way....

I am happy with the fastest score in the GFX, if you beat me, it will remain that way I am upgrading this way, as I am bottlenecked in some games and only seeing a max of 85% GPU usage.

 

[Gregster]

Scores added and not to worry on positions Wazza. You can deffo squeeze more out of that 7850 if you wanted but for gaming purposes, no need

 

[Gregster]

I did hear about the possible bottleneck from the 2500k chips with multi cards. What motherboard are you going to pair the chip with?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-496-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2174

This MOBO. Read some reviews and although it isn't the best for overclocking, it is still up there.

Yeah the bottleneck is definitely there. Usage in BF3 averaging low to mid 80's for me whereas with my Ivy chip it averages mid to high 90's. That's an unscientific observation though - didn't take any data.

Max 80% on both 680's or sometimes 85% but I am missing out and if I overclock on them, they just decrease. I did some research into Haswell and they are predicting a ~10% increase on Ivy so the 3930K will see me well for a while. It seems Haswell has less power usage so more inclined to benefit Laptops/Tablets.

Edit:

My findings were in MP.

 

[Gregster]

The majority of asus boards on x79 are some of the best for overclocking, swiftly followed by the high end msi and giga boards. Get watercooling next, the 3930k deserves it

And as you said, haswell is geared towards the igpu side of things, I wouldn't expect to see it spanking the hex core I7's. IB-E looks an interesting one however, released after haswell with rumors circulating of 8 physical cores and keeping the 130w tdp.

I will be watercooling and hopefully doing both my GPU's also. Not sure when on the GPU's but as soon as I can get a Lightning block, it will be done. As for Haswell, I found myself reading what I wanted to read if I am honest

 

[Gregster]

^^ it is but you are in the wrong thread

I think there is something in hyperthreading and more cores. The pic in the link below I have shown before elsewhere but if you look at GPU usage its interesting. It shows my setup running BF3 single player the important bit is the CPU is only clocked @4.0

If I look at CPU usage in task manager its not even getting close to maxing out.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/membf3.jpg/

I have read that more than 4 cores isn't essential in games but maybe recent games are utilising >4 better. What made my mind up was FSX runs bad on my 2500K and regardless of 2 680's it is still poor so I am hoping this jump will help.

 

[Gregster]

It isn't that good of a score considering the settings he's used in the benchmark.

I just see it was Heaven, I didn't look at settings

Thanks, Opps sorry

No probs

 

[Gregster]

API = DirectX 11
Tessellation = Normal
Shaders = High
Anisotropy = 4x
Stereo 3D = disabled
Multi monitor = disabled
Anti-aliasing = 4x

Full screen = enabled (yes)
Resolution = 1680x1050 or 1920x1080

 

[Gregster]

isnt bf3 a multithreaded game like crysis? ifso you'll see an increase with a 2600k/3770k compared to just four physical cores

It is Muti Threaded but I have no clue about using more than 4 cores. I do know I am bottlenecked with my I5 @ 4.6 but a 3930K should sort that out.

 

[Gregster]

^^ good info ta

 

[Gregster]

Lightning now under water and just getting warmed up

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4462193

Still to do: Find core limit, tweak GPU memory, push CPU and tune memory.

Very nice and a huge jump in score. Very nice Graphics score PGI

 

[Gregster]

Will be doing some further tuning this afternoon, get that last 670 out of my way

I suspect I'm due to hit a wall sooner rather than later however.

Are your temps good under water? and what volts are you using?

 

[Gregster]

^^ added the score and very nice. Good temps, even when warm ambients

I have tidied all the scores up They look a little more proffesional now. It is a shame I couldn't add an Excel file for ease but no probs.