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post #81 of 205
8/27/08 at 1:07am
Nice
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post #82 of 205
8/29/08 at 12:05am
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Got the new buuild going finally

Tried Vista x64 for 2 days and deleted it, now Running XP x64 Bit OS

Will benchmark with a single ATI 4870x2 card, then repeat with both cards installed
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post #83 of 205
8/29/08 at 12:05am
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and will work on getting Pictures uploaded on the build
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post #84 of 205
8/29/08 at 8:29am
What happened ('er, didn't happen) w/Vista64?
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post #85 of 205
8/29/08 at 11:32am
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The raid drivers crashed Vista for one, even the lastest ones would not work well,

Vista kept "pausing" - never figured out that one either.

some of my software would not run on Vista 64 Bit, yet It does on XP x64

So the only thing I can't run on XP is my canon camera - Canon refuses to support 64 bit XP.

I think I am just going to hang on until the next OS is realeased @ 2 years
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post #86 of 205
8/29/08 at 12:10pm
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The raid drivers crashed Vista for one, even the lastest ones would not work well,

Vista kept "pausing" - never figured out that one either.

some of my software would not run on Vista 64 Bit, yet It does on XP x64

So the only thing I can't run on XP is my canon camera - Canon refuses to support 64 bit XP.

I think I am just going to hang on until the next OS is realeased @ 2 years
You know the next one will be coming out in only about 5-6 months right?
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post #87 of 205
8/29/08 at 2:59pm
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I thought I read 2010 for the next OS from MS?
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post #88 of 205
8/29/08 at 6:04pm
Whoops you're correct Dave, I haven't been keeping up on it and thought it was early 2009 instead of 2010
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post #89 of 205
8/29/08 at 6:56pm
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17888 3DMark06 first run so far with single GPU card
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post #90 of 205
8/29/08 at 8:34pm
Cool
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post #91 of 205
8/31/08 at 5:26pm
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well the second card only added about 2K to the score.

Going to run FRAPS on sveral programs and see how it does.

I tried playing with OC but until I get my Water blocks for the 4870x2 cards going to wait, These cards run very hot out of the box, and I found any OC sent them into the high 90s and they crashed.

So Water Cooling is a must IMO if you want to OC the GPU cards
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post #92 of 205
8/31/08 at 11:56pm
3dmk6 is cpu biased, and not really reflective of the quadfire power you have there. From what Ive surfed with a 3.6 overclock quads reporting low 20s, but in real world gaming what you have is basically the best in the world

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread....79987&page=149

Toasty though eh? Even the 4870 idle at 80s deg C with the low fan speed they have default. I use modded profile to keep idle to ~38% and 54deg C when just surfing, and then run that gainward auto tool when gaming or rest of time (the min is 50% speed and there is a marked volume difference)

Have fun, thats one heck of a system you have there Dave!
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post #93 of 205
9/2/08 at 12:13am
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Installed Vista, Third time the charm it seems...So far

3DMark Vantage Score P14971 3DMarks Stock Speeds
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post #94 of 205
9/2/08 at 1:16am
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OC the CPU to 3.2 Ghz

3Dmark Vantage score P18304

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7995267
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post #95 of 205
9/2/08 at 8:38am
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Vista Score all 5.9

Crysis went High Res Settings


Frames 2398

Min 22

Max 52

Avg 40
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post #96 of 205
9/2/08 at 9:13am
Glad Vista finally ended up working out for you.

How's that Gigabyte working out?
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post #97 of 205
9/2/08 at 10:14am
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I like it so far,

there is still some program crapping out in Vista and for some reason I still can't connect to my Canon EOS camera even with Vista It does work with 32 bt XP n the laptop

Think it lack of x64 bit drivers even though Vista is supposed to have the drivers built in
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post #98 of 205
9/2/08 at 11:09am
Have you pinged Canon about the driver problem?
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post #99 of 205
9/2/08 at 12:11pm
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other than browsing the FAQs no,


Been getting all the Vista updates done to see if that would cure it
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post #100 of 205
9/2/08 at 1:04pm
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other than browsing the FAQs no,


Been getting all the Vista updates done to see if that would cure it
http://www.vistax64.com/drivers/7769...r-problem.html
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