Roadee's Fastest Rig Competition Discussion Thread

**Asmoday** · Jul 22, 2007, 03:55 PM

Oh crap! My bad....sorry petri1, he's right dx10 card is not allowed in stock. I totally forgot this, it has been a long week for me. Unfortunatly I will have to remove your avatar, once again sorry but you should have read the rules before entering.

Just Learnin' · Jul 22, 2007, 04:09 PM

Doh!

I foresee some wicked nasty rep headed my way...

petri1 · Jul 22, 2007, 04:58 PM

well i didn´t find any intel stock for DX10 cards well well i still got a pretty good score ok i had my 15minutes of fame heheheh

i did for the fun of it anyway

is there any DX10 stock i can enter?

forgot he he right is right if DX10 can´t enter stock then i did wrong no one to blame but me adn in any of the other classes i wouldn´t stand a chance

Zelig · Jul 22, 2007, 06:56 PM

Got pcmark05 working...

My visual settings weren't set to "Best appearence", but to "Custom", because everything was checked, I didn't think to check that until now.

Just Learnin' · Jul 22, 2007, 07:51 PM

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Got pcmark05 working...

My visual settings weren't set to "Best appearence", but to "Custom", because everything was checked, I didn't think to check that until now.

Did you get in your score in time to lose that stalwart looking avatar you are using now??

Zelig · Jul 22, 2007, 07:58 PM

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Did you get in your score in time to lose that stalwart looking avatar you are using now??

Nope, Bart1987 has it until next Sunday at least.

Heh, the avatar I have now is a photo I took of myself and then ran through one of the default filters in the gimp.

**ChaosMinionX** · Jul 22, 2007, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by petri1

well i didn´t find any intel stock for DX10 cards well well i still got a pretty good score ok i had my 15minutes of fame heheheh

i did for the fun of it anyway

is there any DX10 stock i can enter?

forgot he he right is right if DX10 can´t enter stock then i did wrong no one to blame but me adn in any of the other classes i wouldn´t stand a chance

You have more than a chance at getting an award for one of the other classes. However you wont be getting anything without some extensive overclocking.

**ChaosMinionX** · Jul 22, 2007, 09:10 PM

Soon as I get my quadcore.... I will be shooting for a score of about 16K

EDIT: Lets see some more entries people!

brutusmaximus · Jul 23, 2007, 05:49 PM

some serious scores in here......

Just Learnin' · Jul 23, 2007, 06:30 PM

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some serious scores in here......

And I don't even have that XFX Ultra card any more..

Chaos made me send it back http://www.driverheaven.net/1070495-post1388.html

**ChaosMinionX** · Jul 23, 2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

And I don't even have that XFX Ultra card any more..

Chaos made me send it back http://www.driverheaven.net/1070495-post1388.html

Haha no way! ... Actually all that stuff seems to be based on driver revisions and what OS your running.

For instance HD2900XT 1GB version benches alot better in Vista it seems, XP 32/64bit performance isnt there in terms of 2d transparent windows, and 2d graphics memory tests its severly lacking compared to 8800s in XP... But soon as you goto vista its a different ballgame, will be posting the comparison here shortly when I get vista ultimate x64 and my quadcore

EDIT: Futuremark needs to release an x64 edition for vista/xp and same with x86..... The drivers from each company seem to be optimized better on one platform than another. What are you running now Just Learnin'?

Just Learnin' · Jul 23, 2007, 08:11 PM

Actually right out of the box that card had issues! It had a squealing sound and artifacted. Since there isn't anything yet to beat it I am waiting for XFX to send me a new one. Got a message that it was faulty and will be replaced, am waiting for the old "A rep will contact you shortly to work out the details."

**ChaosMinionX** · Jul 23, 2007, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

Actually right out of the box that card had issues! It had a squealing sound and artifacted. Since there isn't anything yet to beat it I am waiting for XFX to send me a new one. Got a message that it was faulty and will be replaced, am waiting for the old "A rep will contact you shortly to work out the details."

Ahh good stuff, now you need to go quadcore so we can compare the 2 cards in realtime programs

Just Learnin' · Jul 23, 2007, 08:57 PM

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Ahh good stuff, now you need to go quadcore so we can compare the 2 cards in realtime programs

Sheesh! Save me a buck and drop in a dually 'k?

**ChaosMinionX** · Jul 23, 2007, 10:01 PM

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Sheesh! Save me a buck and drop in a dually 'k?

I can keep my dually in for benching

Just Learnin' · Jul 23, 2007, 11:18 PM

If I went Quad I'd be looking at more exotic cooling to do any benching as well.

**ChaosMinionX** · Jul 24, 2007, 12:02 AM

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If I went Quad I'd be looking at more exotic cooling to do any benching as well.

Exotic, like using glacial water in a watercooling rig?

EDIT: On a side note, should we have another category for those running quadcore and above? There is a clear advantage in 2 of the 3 benchmarks we use to determine this. Any thoughts?

CDsDontBurn · Jul 24, 2007, 03:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ChaosMinionX

Exotic, like using glacial water in a watercooling rig?

EDIT: On a side note, should we have another category for those running quadcore and above? There is a clear advantage in 2 of the 3 benchmarks we use to determine this. Any thoughts?

i agree! hmm....but some of those guys with QC might not be running DX10 cards though....a possibility. then, that would require four additional categores for each intel and AMD from what is currently available.

so....single dx9 card quad-core intel, single dx10 card quad-core intel, dual card dx9 quad-core intel, dual card dx10 quad-core intel. and the same pattern would follow for AMD once they have their quad-core processors out in the mainstream market.

wow, if this follows suit then this competition has evolved quite a bit since it first came about.

Just Learnin' · Jul 24, 2007, 06:21 AM

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Exotic, like using glacial water in a watercooling rig?

For a quad? Methinks LN2 from the South of France might take the edge off.

**ChaosMinionX** · Jul 24, 2007, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i agree! hmm....but some of those guys with QC might not be running DX10 cards though....a possibility. then, that would require four additional categores for each intel and AMD from what is currently available.

so....single dx9 card quad-core intel, single dx10 card quad-core intel, dual card dx9 quad-core intel, dual card dx10 quad-core intel. and the same pattern would follow for AMD once they have their quad-core processors out in the mainstream market.

wow, if this follows suit then this competition has evolved quite a bit since it first came about.

Yeah, because quad dominates PCmark05 and 3dmark06.... they are optimized for quad.... There may be a need for more categories, but I think we need some more entries before we get new categories so it doesnt look like we just give the spots away