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thasoul

Sep 30, 2006, 08:39 AM

Has anyone done this already? I have ordered a Mac Pro 2,66 with X1900XT and I am wondering how many points the 3d Mark 06 spits out... :)

Origin

Sep 30, 2006, 09:08 AM

My same configuration gave me a little more than 6000 points (I don't remember the exact score)

thasoul

Sep 30, 2006, 10:57 AM

oh - very interesting! do you know if 4 cores or only 2 cores were used (available in windows)

Origin

Sep 30, 2006, 01:13 PM

I don't know ... I did not pay attention to that.

twoodcc

Sep 30, 2006, 08:28 PM

My same configuration gave me a little more than 6000 points (I don't remember the exact score)

does anyone have anything we can compare that too?

damado

Sep 30, 2006, 09:55 PM

Here's mine
2.66 x1900xt 3 gb ram (2 recognized in winxp)

topgunn

Sep 30, 2006, 10:14 PM

Mine also got 6000. The 7300GT gets about 1500 and 3000 if you have two 7300's in SLI.

twoodcc

Sep 30, 2006, 10:43 PM

does anyone have anything to compare to besides a mac pro?

Wintrmte

Sep 30, 2006, 11:58 PM

does anyone have anything to compare to besides a mac pro?

Here are my 3D Mark06 scores when I had the AMD 4200+ and the X1900XTX card (the 512mb version) for the PC..

Main Test Results
3DMark Score 5848 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 2328 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2591 Marks
CPU Score 1833 Marks

Wintrmte

Oct 1, 2006, 12:02 AM

oh - very interesting! do you know if 4 cores or only 2 cores were used (available in windows)

If you use Windows XP Home, it will only see 2 cores.

If you use Windows XP Pro, it will see 4 cores.

aneks

Oct 1, 2006, 02:55 AM

I ran 3dmark 06 on my mac pro with 7300 and scored just under 2000. 1830-ish

my Am2 3800+, 2gb ddr2 with geforce 7950 gx2 scores up to 7012 depending clock settings.

Mac pro has a much higher cpu mark score but the 7300 is not so great. will probably buy an x1900 very soon so I can feel better !

Spanky Deluxe

Oct 10, 2006, 08:42 PM

Just thought I'd add that my 2 7300GT's in SLI and overclocked (stable) get around 4800 points in 3DMark06 which is pretty good imo!

aneks

Oct 10, 2006, 11:28 PM

knome

Oct 10, 2006, 11:51 PM

i'm actually quite amazed that if those were games they would be playable.

rs1985

Oct 11, 2006, 12:35 AM

i got a stock MacBook Pro 15.4 inches
2.16 GHz
my 3D mark score is 3011
my CPU socre is 5398

twoodcc

Oct 11, 2006, 12:40 AM

i got a stock MacBook Pro 15.4 inches
2.16 GHz
my 3D mark score is 3011
my CPU socre is 5398

how can your CPU score be higher than the 3D mark score?

rs1985

Oct 11, 2006, 02:47 AM

lol
I have no idea !

Spanky Deluxe

Oct 11, 2006, 07:37 AM

just a quick question how are you running two 7300's in SLi. Did you jsut but two from apple and then get an sli cable or ???

What happens ot this configuration under osX ?

I am really keen to try this as an option till someone releases a better nvidia card for Mac Pro !

I bought my Mac Pro with one 7300GT and then bought another 7300GT from the marketplace for $100 delivered to the UK, which was a great deal. I put the second card in the slot above the first and used the SLI bridge from my DFI NF4 SLI-DR motherboard that's left over from my old PC system. Installed the modified nVidia drivers that enable SLI on Intel motherboards available here (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=106212). I activated SLI then activated coolbits which you can do by installing this (http://www.overclockers.com.au/files/CoolBits.reg) registry file and then used the nVidia driver's clock speed tools to overclock the core and memory to 480/485 for both of the cards. I originally had it at 485/475 but got graphics errors in games. I haven't spent a lot of time getting the maximum possible speeds yet although those aren't bad results for DDR2 7300GT cards.

I've been playing HL2 and the Sims 2 at 2560x1600. I can't remember if I've got AA/AF going, I think I have a little bit although it really doesn't make as much of a difference when using such a high resolution imo. HL2 is most definitely playable but isn't quite as smooth as my SLI'd 6800GTs ran HL2 in my A64/X2 machine - although that machine only drove a screen with a res of 1280x768 so the results aren't that bad in comparison!

EvilMonk

Oct 11, 2006, 07:54 AM

i got a stock MacBook Pro 15.4 inches
2.16 GHz
my 3D mark score is 3011
my CPU socre is 5398
Try to do it again with the 2006 Version of 3dmark, my mac pro score lower than that.
http://ze.zone.free.fr/3dMark2006.JPG

lowfi

Oct 11, 2006, 09:46 AM

core speed 1995Mhz?

Origin

Oct 11, 2006, 10:00 AM

yes, a bit strange .... perhaps a CPU-Z pb :)

EvilMonk

Oct 11, 2006, 10:23 AM

yes, a bit strange .... perhaps a CPU-Z pb :)
Nope, its an intel technology on the Xeon to lower its clock speed to reduce the heat and energy used by the cpus, when i took this screenshot the system wasnt doing any intensive work so the CPU'S where downclocked to 2Ghz instead of 2.66.:)

Origin

Oct 11, 2006, 10:32 AM

okay, I didn't know that the xeon had a sort of speedstep built-in, cool ;)

rs1985

Oct 12, 2006, 05:12 PM

is there some problems with my graphic card when my CPU score is higher then my video card's ?

twoodcc

Oct 12, 2006, 05:31 PM

is there some problems with my graphic card when my CPU score is higher then my video card's ?

it seems that way. your cpu score is higher than your overall score, which in theory isn't possible, unless i'm reading these scores wrong

waremaster

Oct 12, 2006, 10:26 PM

Try to do it again with the 2006 Version of 3dmark, my mac pro score lower than that.
http://ze.zone.free.fr/3dMark2006.JPG

I wonder what is different about your system I only get 5976 in 3dmark 06 I do have 2gig vs your 3 but the rest is the same.

EvilMonk

Oct 13, 2006, 12:50 PM

I wonder what is different about your system I only get 5976 in 3dmark 06 I do have 2gig vs your 3 but the rest is the same.
My systems under XP only see 1.98gig of memory so i think its all the same, i used the Omega Catalyst Drivers and thats all.

waremaster

Oct 13, 2006, 04:43 PM

My systems under XP only see 1.98gig of memory so i think its all the same, i used the Omega Catalyst Drivers and thats all.

Ahh OK I used the Catalysts from ATI's site the Omega drivers have always been a step ahead in performance.

novagamer

Oct 13, 2006, 10:06 PM

padré

Oct 14, 2006, 03:34 AM

My highest so far is around 6700 with the card overclocked a good amount. I'm trying for 7k but haven't gotten there yet, probably will be able to after I change the stock cooler. Games run amazingly

how exactly did u overclocked it, i'm a totally noob when it comes to sush things, so help would be apreciated, and how did the card react on the overclocking???