LTT 3DMark Thread

[Jumper118]

Make sure to keep GPU-Z open to see if the cards throttle down cause of TDP or not.

74% on gpu 1 and 79% on gpu 2. i knoticed that it seems to be locked at 185fps in the graphics test for some reason

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4973130?

[Raudi_]

74% on gpu 1 and 79% on gpu 2. i knoticed that it seems to be locked at 185fps in the graphics test for some reason

Disable V-Sync completely in the Control Panel.

[Jumper118]

Disable V-Sync completely in the Control Panel.

that was one of the thing i did

[Raudi_]

that was one of the thing i did

Wow thats real odd

[Jumper118]

Wow thats real odd

rebooted and did all the tests http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4973507? (note the lower benchmark scores are all maxxed out at 184.8fps?)

[Raudi_]

rebooted and did all the tests http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4973507? (note the lower benchmark scores are all maxxed out at 184.8fps?)

Might be drivers, roll back a driver.

[Najuno]

rebooted and did all the tests http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4973507? (note the lower benchmark scores are all maxxed out at 184.8fps?)

 

That´s really odd, I´ve never seen a GTX970 2way SLI struggling that hard. It´s weird that your cards don´t reach their limits in power... have you considered to change the PSU?

[Jumper118]

Might be drivers, roll back a driver.

i need to do that.

 

That´s really odd, I´ve never seen a GTX970 2way SLI struggling that hard. It´s weird that your cards don´t reach their limits in power... have you considered to change the PSU?

i dont think its the psu, they were working fine the day before. i could be the drivers because it think i went from 340 to 344 the other day.

[Cheddle]

Benchmark: (Sky Diver)
CPU: i5-4690
GPU: gtx980 g1 gaming
GPU Core: 1368 / 1469 boost
GPU Memory: 2003 (8012)

Score: 21,780
3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4984544?

[Raudi_]

 

Benchmark: (Sky Diver)

CPU: i5-4690

GPU: gtx980 g1 gaming

GPU Core: 1368 / 1469 boost

GPU Memory: 2003 (8012)

Score: 21,780

3DMark Link: http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/4984544?

Thats almost 4000 points lower then what I scored with just a single 770.

Edit: I took a look and its the CPU physics score

[Cheddle]

Thats almost 4000 points lower then what I scored with just a single 770.

Edit: I took a look and its the CPU physics score

 

yeah 3dmark really rewards high-end processors. give it a few months and I might be trolled into buying a 5820k

[rockmassif]

yeah 3dmark really rewards high-end processors. give it a few months and I might be trolled into buying a 5820k

 

Plus higher clock speeds.

 

If that was a 4690K running around 4.6 you would still be fine imo.

[Raudi_]

Plus higher clock speeds.

 

If that was a 4690K running around 4.6 you would still be fine imo.

The i5 he has now is fine for gaming, just benchmarks reward the higher end Intel CPU's alot more then they reward AMD/Intel i5 CPU's

[Najuno]

The i5 he has now is fine for gaming, just benchmarks reward the higher end Intel CPU's alot more then they reward AMD/Intel i5 CPU's

That's true, for me with X99 it wasn't even a question to buy it or not .

[Raudi_]

That's true, for me with X99 it wasn't even a question to buy it or not .

I'm still trying to convince myself to get the 8-core Haswell-E monster of a CPU because of benchmarking and video editing

[Najuno]

I'm still trying to convince myself to get the 8-core Haswell-E monster of a CPU because of benchmarking and video editing

Well for benchmarks (not CPU based benchmarks though) you won't see a too high difference to my 5930K to be honest. I was so torn because I didn't know what to buy when X99 came out. I kind of regret for not buying the 5960X but the 5930K usually OCs a bit higher which results in games in better min FPS. That's why I went with the 5930K.

 

I know too many people that couldn't push the 5960X beyond 4.2GHz and my 5930K goes beyond 4.6GHz so that's better for games unless a game supports all cores/threads.

[Raudi_]

Well for benchmarks (not CPU based benchmarks though) you won't see a too high difference to my 5930K to be honest. I was so torn because I didn't know what to buy when X99 came out. I kind of regret for not buying the 5960X but the 5930K usually OCs a bit higher which results in games in better min FPS. That's why I went with the 5930K.

 

I know too many people that couldn't push the 5960X beyond 4.2GHz and my 5930K goes beyond 4.6GHz so that's better for games unless a game supports all cores/threads.

That I do know, just everything that HWBot has for benchmarks have a CPU based aspect to them.

[Najuno]

That I do know, just everything that HWBot has for benchmarks have a CPU based aspect to them.

Oh don't get me wrong the 5960X is state of the art... but the 5930K supports already the 40 native PCIe lanes. This and the OC potential won me over to the 6 core CPU. If I'd get my hands on a good 5960X (at least 4.4GHz on all cores) sample I wouldn't hesitate to sell my CPU right away.

[rockmassif]

The i5 he has now is fine for gaming, just benchmarks reward the higher end Intel CPU's alot more then they reward AMD/Intel i5 CPU's

 

We're talking about benchmarking tho, not gaming 

3D Mark benefits highly from both high clock speeds, higher end processors. That's what I said in my earlier post. I'm getting close to 10K physics score with an i5. Thus allowing me to score 1K more than him with an R9 280x.

 

http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2444334

 

 

Oh don't get me wrong the 5960X is state of the art... but the 5930K supports already the 40 native PCIe lanes. This and the OC potential won me over to the 6 core CPU. If I'd get my hands on a good 5960X (at least 4.4GHz on all cores) sample I wouldn't hesitate to sell my CPU right away.

 

I'm kinda obsessed with the number of cores, I think they should always be a power of 2  So there is no way I'm getting a 6-core CPU. And 5960X is literally just too expensive for me.

[Raudi_]

 

We're talking about benchmarking tho, not gaming 

3D Mark benefits highly from both high clock speeds, higher end processors. That's what I said in my earlier post. I'm getting close to 10K physics score with an i5. Thus allowing me to score 1K more than him with an R9 280x.

 

http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2444334

 

 

 

I'm kinda obsessed with the number of cores, I think they should always be a power of 2  So there is no way I'm getting a 6-core CPU. And 5960X is literally just too expensive for me.

 

In the end it comes down to number of cores and speed. 

http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2567589

[Najuno]

 

We're talking about benchmarking tho, not gaming 

3D Mark benefits highly from both high clock speeds, higher end processors. That's what I said in my earlier post. I'm getting close to 10K physics score with an i5. Thus allowing me to score 1K more than him with an R9 280x.

 

http://www.3dmark.com/sd/2444334

 

 

 

I'm kinda obsessed with the number of cores, I think they should always be a power of 2  So there is no way I'm getting a 6-core CPU. And 5960X is literally just too expensive for me.

 

But it wouldn't help you if you get hands on a 5960X that just OCs to 4.0GHz. Because that would cost you actual performance in benchmarks. If 5960X then you need a good sample. Like written before, if I'd get a good 5960X sample my 5930K would be gone.

[Raudi_]

But it wouldn't help you if you get hands on a 5960X that just OCs to 4.0GHz. Because that would cost you actual performance in benchmarks. If 5960X then you need a good sample. Like written before, if I'd get a good 5960X sample my 5930K would be gone.

But your also looking at a 3.0Ghz base speed to 4.0-4.4Ghz is crazy for any CPU that's a 1Ghz- 1.4Ghz increase in speed on 8 cores.

[Najuno]

But your also looking at a 3.0Ghz base speed to 4.0-4.4Ghz is crazy for any CPU that's a 1Ghz- 1.4Ghz increase in speed on 8 cores.

Yeah but that's really just based on the CPU TDP safety factor. I think Intel didn't want to go with a CPU out of the box that reaches AMD's power usage hehe. Because you will get any 5960X up to 4 GHZ pretty much.

When you look at my 5930K runnnig at 4.625GHz this is also a boat load of OCing potential. The soldered lid is awesome .

[Raudi_]

Yeah but that's really just based on the CPU TDP safety factor. I think Intel didn't want to go with a CPU out of the box that reaches AMD's power usage hehe. Because you will get any 5960X up to 4 GHZ pretty much.

When you look at my 5930K runnnig at 4.625GHz this is also a boat load of OCing potential. The soldered lid is awesome .

True I just need more cores at this point, because video editing is taking to long. Even though I render everything a little faster then real time thanks to my SLI 770's Cuda stuffs.

[Najuno]

True I just need more cores at this point, because video editing is taking to long. Even though I render everything a little faster then real time thanks to my SLI 770's Cuda stuffs.

Yeah if I'd do more rendering I'd probably try to sell my 5930K. Pretty sure there would be someone willing to pay 400 bucks for a very good CPU sample. And I'll be honest with you I still think about the 5960X..

I am bored to death right now, have no PC to build at this point and my own hardware pisses me off... if it frustrates me more I'll be ending up buying a new PSU and another GTX980 today.