Benchmarks - Synthetics

By Thomas Soderstrom and Shelton Romhanyi and Shelton Romhanyi, published on March 24, 2008
Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: , , | Themes: Desktop Computers

9. Benchmarks - Synthetics

uberclok reactor

uberclok reactor

Mostly a test of graphics capability, Überclok’s 8800GTX SLI set leads Dell’s 8800GT SLI set by around 30% in 3D Mark 2006’s system test. Cranking up anti-Aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings drops Überclok’s average lead to 28%.

uberclok reactor

uberclok reactor

3D Mark 2006’s SM2.0 test gives the higher-priced Überclok Reactor a 33% average performance lead, but activating anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering drops that lead to 23%.

uberclok reactor

uberclok reactor

SM3.0 hammers the older but more elaborate 8800GTX cards of the Überclok Reactor to a smaller 24% average lead, while enabling anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering further drops it to 22%.

uberclok reactor

uberclok reactor

3D Mark’s CPU test show the Überclok Reactor’s high overclock with a 49% performance lead both with and without anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering enabled.

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rtfm 03/24/2008 10:06 PM
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Crysis benchmark is where?

retro77 03/24/2008 11:00 PM
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Wow...pricey!

Hazzzaa 03/25/2008 3:46 AM
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Exactly my thoughts rtfm.
with the exception of Supreme Commander and Warhammer. The games tested are clearly last generation. Why are you still running DX9 games to benchmark a DX10 system? get something there to actually stress the system a little bit.

ciduser 03/25/2008 11:55 AM
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Wow, I bet solitare would have over 200 fps with the Uber. Where are the benchmarks for games that folks actually play?

ap90033 03/25/2008 2:31 PM
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I just want to know what the CPU voltage is, I have the e8400 and have it a 3.6 but would love to go to 4.0 if I knew more on how to set it. I have DDR2 800 ram though (Gskill)

mdrejhon 03/25/2008 3:21 PM
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Two DVD burners would have been better choice than a DVD reader and a DVD burner. You can launch two copies of most writer software (i.e. Nero Essentials that's included with LG drives) and burn two DVD's simultaneously, good for making quick rapid copies of photo albums and home videos for friends at a party. Even worthwhile in the budget $1500 gaming rig. I have two of the same DVD writers and writing to both simultaneously is not a problem for modern dual core systems (less than 5% CPU to burn to two drives at once), and you still have enough CPU headroom left to play HD video simultaneously on a mid-range graphics card.

spekkies2 04/02/2008 1:07 AM
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ap90033, I also have the E8400, DDR2 800 ram and have it at 4.0 stable. My settings:

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FSB - 1779
RAM - 800
CPU core - 1.50v
CPU VVT - 1.35v
Nothbridge - 1.43v
LTD - 3x (Under Advanced Chipset Features)
Memory Timing - Auto

Would like to go higher than 4 but my abit FP-IN9 mobo refuses. The same with everyone else who has this board. Point is, you should get your e8400 up to 4.4 at least with a OC friendly board.

ap90033 04/02/2008 5:00 AM
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isnt that voltage to high? I thought 1.4 was the highest you could go safely?

spekkies2 04/05/2008 9:11 PM
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which voltage do you mean: cpu core or northbridge? some people go even higher:

http://forus.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=139623

Check out those settings. Apparently raising the cpu vvt voltage quite high can help a lot with stability.

extra cooling for the northbridge would be a good idea though.

Anonymous 01/03/2009 6:11 PM
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pffff

This isnt a supercomputer...

My home machine :D
Two quad-Core x5350 xeon's 2.66GHz/1333
160GB (7,200rpm) SATA2 Hard Drive (the wimpyist thing about the machine)
16GB DDR2 677 Quad Channel FBD Memory (8x2GB)
XFX 8800 GTX 768mb DDR3
Soundblaster Audigy

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