Clevor
10-11-05, 06:39 PM
Good luck to ya' :D It can be done, but it's going to take a whole lot of cpu speed indeed. Breaking 100k with a single 7800GTX however is quite a bit easier.
Having tried out an Abit NI8 SLI (nforce 4 Intel Ed.) motherboard with somewhat limited cpu overclocking abilities, I still get a better Aquamark score @ default resolution with a single 7800GTX.
So P4 @ 4.65 Ghz with 2x 7800GTX in SLI scores approx. 105k in AM3
and P4 @ 5.1 Ghz with a single 7800GTX scores approx. 107k in AM3
The SLI setup is obviously much faster @ 1600x1200 4x fsaa 16x af, which is my preferred gaming resolution. However even a single 7800GTX is very cpu limited @ 1024x768 resolution, and 7800GTX in SLI is almost entirely cpu bound/limited, even at much higher resolutions as well.
Putting 2x 7800GTX in SLI isn't going to get you a very high AM3 score unless you have a highly overclocked to pair them with. Even a default clocked FX-57 will not be remotely enough to utilize the potential of 2x 7800GTX's in SLI at lower resolutions.
Thanks for the info. Geez, I remember the day when the X850XT PE was the fastest card around. Of course, ATI's next offering may stomp the 7800 GTX.
While I have UTT that can do 270, 2-2-2-6, I don't think 270x11=2970 will break 100k at default clock. It will be a good try though. But I think 266x12=3192, 2-2-2-6 will do it - maybe pretty easy with those kind of ram timings. One thing good about the FX is the upper multis are unlocked. If that don't work, than 270x12=3240 or 270x13=3510+phase should do it :D. Heck, I'm shooting for 32M stable there so passing Aquamark should be a cakewalk.
I've heard the 7800 GTX can be CPU limited :confused:. I guess the later cards can still use more CPU. More good news for my FX :). However I need to stick with the ATI for benchmarking as all my empirical data are based on it. Switching to another card will throw everything out the window. I mainly need the Nvidia to populate my other PCI-E rig.
Having tried out an Abit NI8 SLI (nforce 4 Intel Ed.) motherboard with somewhat limited cpu overclocking abilities, I still get a better Aquamark score @ default resolution with a single 7800GTX.
So P4 @ 4.65 Ghz with 2x 7800GTX in SLI scores approx. 105k in AM3
and P4 @ 5.1 Ghz with a single 7800GTX scores approx. 107k in AM3
The SLI setup is obviously much faster @ 1600x1200 4x fsaa 16x af, which is my preferred gaming resolution. However even a single 7800GTX is very cpu limited @ 1024x768 resolution, and 7800GTX in SLI is almost entirely cpu bound/limited, even at much higher resolutions as well.
Putting 2x 7800GTX in SLI isn't going to get you a very high AM3 score unless you have a highly overclocked to pair them with. Even a default clocked FX-57 will not be remotely enough to utilize the potential of 2x 7800GTX's in SLI at lower resolutions.
Thanks for the info. Geez, I remember the day when the X850XT PE was the fastest card around. Of course, ATI's next offering may stomp the 7800 GTX.
While I have UTT that can do 270, 2-2-2-6, I don't think 270x11=2970 will break 100k at default clock. It will be a good try though. But I think 266x12=3192, 2-2-2-6 will do it - maybe pretty easy with those kind of ram timings. One thing good about the FX is the upper multis are unlocked. If that don't work, than 270x12=3240 or 270x13=3510+phase should do it :D. Heck, I'm shooting for 32M stable there so passing Aquamark should be a cakewalk.
I've heard the 7800 GTX can be CPU limited :confused:. I guess the later cards can still use more CPU. More good news for my FX :). However I need to stick with the ATI for benchmarking as all my empirical data are based on it. Switching to another card will throw everything out the window. I mainly need the Nvidia to populate my other PCI-E rig.