Tweakers.net organizes Saturday overklokdag. Along with some overclockers is quite overclocked with four Radeon HD 5870’s. Xs4all has for Tweakers.net a live stream decorated to take a look.
Tweakers.net organizes Saturday overklokdag. Along with some die-hard overclockers will have a lot to be overclocked with as many as four Radeon HD 5870’s. Xs4all has for Tweakers.net a live stream decorated to take a look.
The video from a Logitech QuickCam S7500 webcam and Windows Media Encoder at 640×480 pixels in a 2Mbps stream will be packaged. This stream is a media server with a 1Gbps connection from Xs4all broadcast as a webcast. The stream is as a result of the establishment of the streamplatform of Xs4all only in Windows Media format available.
In the beginning there is still a lot to be tested, but soon will be the liquid nitrogen-rich flow. The webcam will be directed primarily on the overkloksetup with the four HD 5870’s in CrossFireX configuration. However, there is also a second setup, with a cpu to which no details may be released, except that it is of AMD. The livestream will then also between the two setups vary as soon as there is something exciting to see.
During the day this page will be updated if there are concrete results are placed or if there are problems, so that viewers who later turn on the height. The complete hardware consists of an Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer motherboard, where a Core i7 975 in will be placed. In support, there is also a EVGA X58 Classified, where a Xeon 3540 in will take place. The four HD 5870’s are coming from Asus.
- Update 1:
Meanwhile, all cards are equipped with a so-called ocp-mod, and is the pci-e riser installed on the EVGA X58 Classified motherboard. The Asus P6T7 is not used, because the cpu’s in that motherboard is not on 5GHz or higher can run in the 3D benchmarks.
With a single HD 5870, there are a number of scores dropped. In 3DMark03, the following scores were achieved: 107.606 3DMark03 points, 42.649 3DMark05 points, 32.026 3DMark06 points, 23.444 3DMark Vantage-points, and in Aquamark 3 were 376.554 points.
- Update 2:
At this time, all four of the HD 5870’s installed and also the first benchmarks are rotated. Despite the ocp-mod, it seems like the video cards, not a higher clock speed can reach over two weeks ago. Probably throws a rotten apple is a spanner in the works.
The score in 3DMark03 was around the 175,000 points, and is therefore lower than the record set two weeks earlier was achieved with three cards. The benchmark can not deal well with the fourth card. In 3DMark Vantage is the fourth card that would be useful: the highest score achieved so far is just above the 41.000 points, 1000 points less than the world record.
Some driver-problems for delay, but we hope soon to get back to work, after the pizza is eaten.
- Update 3:
After the driver issues were, turned out to be the video cards, no clue more to give on the clock where she had earlier today is still very different benchmarks with afdraaiden. It was decided to use three instead of four video cards to benchmark and also the power supply is replaced.
Also, the AMD system is built up, with a single HD 5870, to see what clock speed the AMD cpu is stable in 3D benchmarks. The liquid nitrogen starts to become depleted, so the question is how many testruns, there still can be performed.
- Update 4:
The overkloksessie has terminated and the stream is closed. Thanks for the watch all.