3D Mark 2006 at 1680x1050 SLI vs Quad SLI

terentenet

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I need to know how 7900 GTX SLI stands up against 7950 GX2 Quad SLI at 1680x1050.
I had a 7900 GTX SLI setup before, hit 10400 at defaults in 3d mark 2006.
With defaults on 7950 GX2 Quad SLI, score dropped to 9000.
It's been told that Quad SLI shines at higher res. Therefore, I need 3d mark 2006 benchmark results at 1680x1050 (highest res I can hit) from 7900 GTX SLI owners.
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New system, not updated in sig:
Core 2 X6800 (benchmarks ran at stock speed, 2.93)
ASUS P5N32 SLI SE Deluxe (BIOS upgeaded 0305)
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048 8500C5
2 x eVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 Superclocked
Rest of the system remained the same.
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Tomorrow I will decide wether to keep the GX2's or switch back to 7900 GTX's.

My current score in 3D Mark 2006 with 7950 GX2 Quad SLI @ 1680x1050 is 7887 3D Marks
 

Nightmare225

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Originally posted by: terentenet
I need to know how 7900 GTX SLI stands up against 7950 GX2 Quad SLI at 1680x1050.
I had a 7900 GTX SLI setup before, hit 10400 at defaults in 3d mark 2006.
With defaults on 7950 GX2 Quad SLI, score dropped to 9000.
It's been told that Quad SLI shines at higher res. Therefore, I need 3d mark 2006 benchmark results at 1680x1050 (highest res I can hit) from 7900 GTX SLI owners.
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New system, not updated in sig:
Core 2 X6800 (benchmarks ran at stock speed, 2.93)
ASUS P5N32 SLI SE Deluxe (BIOS upgeaded 0305)
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048 8500C5
2 x eVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 Superclocked
Rest of the system remained the same.
---
Tomorrow I will decide wether to keep the GX2's or switch back to 7900 GTX's.

My current score in 3D Mark 2006 with 7950 GX2 Quad SLI @ 1680x1050 is 7887 3D Marks

So, I'm guessing you're gonna spend another thousand bucks when G80 comes out. :disgust:
 

m21s

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Originally posted by: Nightmare225
Originally posted by: terentenet
I need to know how 7900 GTX SLI stands up against 7950 GX2 Quad SLI at 1680x1050.
I had a 7900 GTX SLI setup before, hit 10400 at defaults in 3d mark 2006.
With defaults on 7950 GX2 Quad SLI, score dropped to 9000.
It's been told that Quad SLI shines at higher res. Therefore, I need 3d mark 2006 benchmark results at 1680x1050 (highest res I can hit) from 7900 GTX SLI owners.
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New system, not updated in sig:
Core 2 X6800 (benchmarks ran at stock speed, 2.93)
ASUS P5N32 SLI SE Deluxe (BIOS upgeaded 0305)
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048 8500C5
2 x eVGA GeForce 7950 GX2 Superclocked
Rest of the system remained the same.
---
Tomorrow I will decide wether to keep the GX2's or switch back to 7900 GTX's.

My current score in 3D Mark 2006 with 7950 GX2 Quad SLI @ 1680x1050 is 7887 3D Marks

So, I'm guessing you're gonna spend another thousand bucks when G80 comes out. :disgust:



Why not? :beer:
 

terentenet

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No no no, you got it all wrong. I don't need Quad SLI scores. I need plain 7900 GTX SLI scores in 3D Mark 2006 at 1680x1050 so I can compare to my current Quad setup. I need to see how these two compare once the resolution gets bigger.
This will help me decide, cause tomorrow I can either keep the 2 GX2's or switch back to the 2 GTX's I had before.
Nightmare, yes, if the performance gain is good, I will spend another thousand bucks on new hardware when it comes out. Performance comes at a price, correct?
 

akshayt

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A single 7900GTX should give 6-6.5k with that system. A single 7950GX2 maybe around 7-8k and your dual 7950GX2 give only that much
 

Navid

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How do you run 3DMark at that resolution? I thought the resolution was limited to 1280x1024. Or do you not use the free version?
 

ScrewFace

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I you go to the nVidia website it'll tell you that Quad SLI will be enabled in a FUTURE driver release and then you'll see 2 7900GTX's get smoked by 2 7950 GX2's!:)
 

KeithTalent

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You obviously have Pro to be able to run at 1680x1050, so can't you just find comparables in the ORB?
 

terentenet

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Keith, great ideea!!!!! Never thought of it lately. I was so busy building the system and trying to troubleshoot as many problems I can that I forgot about ORB.
I'm telling you. Building a new system is not as easy as it used to be. I now can't power off the PC. I press the power button and it enters some kind of Suspend mode. Fans still spin but slower, the water pump runs water through the system, the DVD-RW LED is on.
And worst of all, there's no option in BIOS where I can select the Power Button Mode. It's shown in the manual, but not there in the BIOS. Crap.
Thanks
 

KeithTalent

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Well good luck with that.

Why the heck do you need Quad SLI to run that 20" monitor? :confused:

Seems like overkill.
 

terentenet

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Keith, seemed like a good ideea and I had some extra cash to upgrade from the GTX's. Anyways, I am 90% now I will return to my GTX SLI. I can only game at 1680x1050 and GTX SLI shines there compared to GX2 Quad SLI.
Until new and 100% Quad SLI compatible drivers come out, I will stick with SLI. Don't get me wrong, the drivers work, recognise the cards and all, but the performance doesn't even match the simple SLI for me @ my res (FEAR is an exception. Average framerate went up from 96 to 110; But 96fps @ 1680x1050, 4xAA, 16xAF is preety playable, right?).
And by the time good drivers come out to overcome the AFR of SFR issue in Quad, DX10 will be out and a new series of cards as well.
 

KeithTalent

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Originally posted by: terentenet
Keith, seemed like a good ideea and I had some extra cash to upgrade from the GTX's. Anyways, I am 90% now I will return to my GTX SLI. I can only game at 1680x1050 and GTX SLI shines there compared to GX2 Quad SLI.
Until new and 100% Quad SLI compatible drivers come out, I will stick with SLI. Don't get me wrong, the drivers work, recognise the cards and all, but the performance doesn't even match the simple SLI for me @ my res (FEAR is an exception. Average framerate went up from 96 to 110; But 96fps @ 1680x1050, 4xAA, 16xAF is preety playable, right?).
And by the time good drivers come out to overcome the AFR of SFR issue in Quad, DX10 will be out and a new series of cards as well.

Yeah, in a way this is what I was getting at also.

I always play with Vsync on so I have no idea how playable 96FPS would be. I would assume there would be tearing at that rate, hence the Vsync.
 

TheTeacher

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Give me a key for 3dMark 06 and I will run the tests for you. =P

I have almost identical setup cept for the CPU (my x6800 was defective, just running a 3.4 DC @ 3.8Ghz)

Same motherboard, same ram, quad raptors RAID 0 though, same case, BFG 7900GTX OC SLI, same sound card, Klipsch 5.1 Ultras though.

Mike
 

Munky

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Originally posted by: ScrewFace
I you go to the nVidia website it'll tell you that Quad SLI will be enabled in a FUTURE driver release and then you'll see 2 7900GTX's get smoked by 2 7950 GX2's!:)

That's what they've been telling for the past 2 months already. Quad SLI is enabled, they just need to make it work.
 

tersome

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Originally posted by: terentenetI press the power button and it enters some kind of Suspend mode. Fans still spin but slower, the water pump runs water through the system, the DVD-RW LED is on.
And worst of all, there's no option in BIOS where I can select the Power Button Mode. It's shown in the manual, but not there in the BIOS. Crap.
Thanks

Play around with the ACPI functions I think.