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Makes me want to try and run it on my ATOM single core 1.6ghz netbook (toaster coil for gpu) but I think it might explode.




THUUUUUUUBANNNNN!

God I love that chip.
 


I've tried much less demanding game benchmarks and the result... either a "application is not responding" or a crash 😀
 


I tell you the Grandpa of AMD high end CPUs is holding up well for me
still respectable on the THG CPU charts
I have an 1155 Z68 rig which runs a Xeon equilavent to a I5-2400 in it
for CPU upgrade I have to go to a 3770K to make it worthwhile over the 1100T
the 1100T can hold its own in multithreaded benches with the 3570 and 2400 and 3570 etc with a good OC
MOAH COARS!
 
Holy moley, this 290 is loud but it folds like a Honduran housekeeper. Running 145K PPD after it's first two work units. This is HFM.net stats not the F@H client stats.

I think I'm gonna zip-tie a Corsair H55 to it to keep it quiet and cool. Hopefully get another 100MHz out of the core.
 
there is an NZXT bracket where you can install any coolers, for example hydro100 😀
I heard tha you can unlock the modules, like you could on old AMD CPUs, can you do that here?
 


Thanks I owe you one. :)

 




Looks like I can get the Gelid heatsink fan for $50 which does pretty well. Then there's that NZXT bracket which is made to mount an AIO liquid cooler and 92mm fan to any GPU for $30, so $30 for that plus ~$60 for the actual cooler.

Not sure what I'm going to do yet.

Yes people are able to unlock some of their 290's into full on 290x's. I haven't tried mine yet and probably wont until I get better cooling.
 


That sounds really good King. Do you know what model it is? PM me the details of the model, I will send you some money and start shopping for a bracket.
 
Had to reinstall Windows, and so I decided to do another stock run on my Crossfired 7770s. Picked up a couple hundred points.

[ cklaubur ] - [ I5-3570K @ 4.2 GHz ] - [ 2 x MSI 2PMD1GD5/OC @ 1020 core/1125 mem ] - [ 5618 ]


Maybe now I can actually get the overclocked run I've been trying for.

Casey
 
Nice run Casey! Looking forward to seeing more runs, thanks for sharing.

Start overclocking one card at a time individually, core clock first, add 25MHz at a time until you get artifacts/crashes. Then if applicable add voltage/core clock until stable. Then go for memory, then once you find the limit of both cards set them both to the same common stable overclock and JOY!
 
hmmpf... lowest official score is mine.

giantbucket - A6-3650 - GT610+9400GT (6 monitors) - 0

so that was fun. got to see about 55sec of the Ice Storm test and then it crashed the app. evidently it doesn't like my 6-screen resolution setting while being confined to just 2 of those screens (no Eyefinity here)

graphics looked good while it lasted though! makes me think "hmm, maybe one day i'll build a games-specific machine"
 
yup, 2x3 grid. works GREAT for 2D productivity stuff, but starts to stumble on watching movies, and completely signs off on anything even remotely interesting or demanding. but it wasn't put together for anything other than 2D productivity, so i totally expected it to fail. heck, the initial build wasn't going to use more than 1 monitor anyways - stuff just got added to it after-the-fact.

and yeah, it's hard to function on anything less now, at least for work.
 
3DMark likely crashed because it was unsure which display adapter to use. Just run it in 1080p (if one of your monitors is 1080p). I would probably use the monitor hooked up to the A6, I think that's your strongest GPU.
 
here's my somewhat unique non-gaming setup. i did the test just for kicks - and to get the lowest score!

6 monitors, each is 1920x1080 (all identical)
onboard GPU automatically disabled because i'm running dual cards in PCIe
GT610 is a special Galaxy MDT version that tells Win7 it has two 3840x1080 outputs (but internally each gets split into a left & right 1920x1080)
9400GT is just a plain vanilla BFG card, one DVI out and one VGA out

GT610 is in PCIe-x16 slot, 9400GT is in PCIe-x4 slot (x16 size but x4 electrically)

screens:

[1][2][3] **
[4][5][6]

1&2 are the 610's first output, 4&5 are the 610's second output, 3&6 are the 9400GT
1&2 are the primary, and that's what the test was using automatically - there's no way of telling it to use anything else

** irrelevant for this test, but these are mounted upside down so that the control buttons don't hit the bezel of the other monitors 😉 it means i use my BIOS upside down (getting pretty good at it), but Win then rotates it when it loads drivers, so it's a non-issue

sometime in january, i'll run the test again on my next (replacement) build, and i'll get a score of 3. i'll be running dual 7790s (same monitors) but each will be in a full PCIe-x16 slot (running at x16/x16) since it'll go into a new mobo and with a new CPU (fx-6350)

Arnie voice: "i'll be back" /Arnie voice
 
at home I have limited desk space so I run a primary 21.5 1080 LCD with a secondary 1280x1024 17 inch which is rotated to be used in portrait mode
the secondary is mainly used for monitoring,alarm clock,MS Outllook and Folding at Home depending on what I am doing.
going back to a single display would be rough
 
my screens are mounted to the wall. i custom made three "mounting boards" from 3/8" plywood, and then attached a long rail for all three boards to rest on, and hooks up top to keep it from topping down. i used to have a fancy twin-arm stand, but it wasted SO MUCH SPACE in behind for the mounts that it was dumb (at least 13" of space wasted in behind).

i use all 6 screens for forex trading.
 


Why are all these tests showing the graphics driver is not approved?

Are you using some bootlegged driver?

 
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