hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score ! part 1

Solarstarshines

Hi all, I know there has been alot of benchmarking threads on here and if this is in the wrong spot please forgive me

Just wanted to share some screen shots on my card and the benchmarks it got vs the guru 3d site im sure the driver has been modified since then im useing 11.3 right now

The first pic is the guru site and the second is my score , I wish i could run a i79xx chip but im not willing to spend that much anyway comments and other benches are welcome

so please post you BENCHMARKS !

Solarstarshines

Anyone have results they want to share?

sygnus21

I think It would be better if it wasn't just limited to a 6870. Not everyone has that card, let alone a 6000 series card.

Anyway you've seen my score before - Which ATI 6950?

kellymac35

That bench really spins up the fans.

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by kellymac35

That bench really spins up the fans.

I thought this thread was only for the red team






(just kidding)

Nice Score

Hopalong X

Not bad for a single Nvidia 460 with no OC.

EDIT- Updated to v2.5

IownAmoneyPit

Here is my score.



Since nobody has posted a download link yet here it is, Solarstarshines please feel free to add link to first post.

Info

Download Unigine 'Heaven' DX11 Benchmark 2.5 (Techpowerup link)

Note: It is the free Basic edition.

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by IownAmoneyPit

Here is my score.

Attachment 149404

Since nobody has posted a download link yet here it is

Info

Download Unigine 'Heaven' DX11 Benchmark 2.5 (Techpowerup link)

Note: It is the free Basic edition.

Yeah I suppose that would be useful, and a new version at that

Thanks +1

Hopalong X

A little tweak.
Running at 50*C during benchmark. Just what I like.

Britjoe

Here's Mine
I think it isnt to bad for full 1080 HD

BugMeister

NB: congrats to kellymac35 - excellent results..!!

my 2x6870's give the following results, using the 11.4 preview driver:



- assuming we have the same basic test settings..
- mine's running at 1600x900 widescreen
- this result is without any OC at all..

- she ran the test very smoothly and remarkably quiet, too..

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by BugMeister

NB: congrats to kellymac35 - excellent results..!!

my 2x6870's give the following results, using the 11.4 preview driver:

Attachment 149496

- assuming we have the same basic test settings..
- mine's running at 1600x900 widescreen
- this result is without any OC at all..

- she ran the test very smoothly and remarkably quiet, too..

Thats a hot x fire score ..Thanks everyone for making this post better and yes wasn't trying to limit to the 6xxx series cards

I appologize and also thank you for linking Unigine heaven

smarteyeball

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

I apologize

No need to apologize mate

I was bored and wanted to see the difference between resolutions.

Card @ stock for all:

1366x768


1440x900


1600x900


1680x1050


1920x1200


1920x1200 Max settings (ouch)

Solarstarshines

I just re-did my benches and this is what i got now,not bad I don't think could be better

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

I appologize and also thank you for linking Unigine heaven

No need to apologize - we're all part of the team and the link is posted. As for my thoughts, well..... you see this thread took on a life of it's own so thanks for making the thread

Anyway interesting scores smarteyeball.

BTW here my 6950 crossfire score when I had a temporary setup as posted here - Which ATI 6950?

smarteyeball

It's certainly crossfire /SLI friendly. I thought had some 5970 benches for comparison, but I'm buggered if I can find them

Solarstarshines

I just used the newer one and did one more and here is the results man it keeps getting better


2.0 vs 2.5 versions i need to x-fire then maybe i'll be with the big boys



smartey your gtx580 is one hell of a card how much did that run you if you don't mind me asking

sygnus21

That's a big jump. I'll have to install the update and see what I get.

Solarstarshines

yeah that had me smilling even though this is a decent card i felt i could do better ,you know budget comes into play as well

Im scared to see how high yours will go I can tell you this benchmark ran alot smoother then 2.0 that i was useing

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Im scared to see how high yours will go I can tell you this benchmark ran alot smoother then 2.0 that i was useing

Well I haven't even installed it. I downloaded it last night though. BTW IE (MSE) flagged it at "suspicious"

The ole we've never seen this one before warning. Used to link provided here, and downloaded it from 2 different servers. Hmmm.......

Solarstarshines

it did me like that too but took a chance it is not a WQHL driver that is why i assume

I installed it it kept giving me options, at first i decided not to but went for it worse comes to worse i can just re do my machine and make it better

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Im scared to see how high yours will go I can tell you this benchmark ran alot smoother then 2.0 that i was useing

Well I haven't even installed it. I downloaded it last night though. BTW IE (MSE) flagged it at "suspicious"

The ole we've never seen this one before warning. Used to link provided here, and downloaded it from 2 different servers. Hmmm.......

Here's what I'm talking about.....

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Im scared to see how high yours will go I can tell you this benchmark ran alot smoother then 2.0 that i was useing

Well I haven't even installed it. I downloaded it last night though. BTW IE (MSE) flagged it at "suspicious"

The ole we've never seen this one before warning. Used to link provided here, and downloaded it from 2 different servers. Hmmm.......

Here's what I'm talking about.....

Attachment 149549

yes i seen that but then again were using IE-9 which is acting like firefox before the new IE came out the warnings weren't so scarey looking either or if you have a virus protect should be able to somehow scan these files before they are open

sygnus21

Yeah, you're right. Anyway MSE says the file is clean

I'll install it later as I'm watching TV (basketball game) on the PC, and posting at both the Yankees forum, and here right now

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Yeah, you're right. Anyway MSE says the file is clean

I'll install it later as I'm watching TV (basketball game) on the PC, and posting at both the Yankees forum, and here right now

multi tasking you devil you

sygnus21

Yeah I've got like 5 different forums open, the TV going, and some minor no restart PC maint going

DarkXeno

Well I might as well join in this one.
New Build so you guys are giving me an idea of where I should be.

This is a MSI AMD R6950 2g card with one screen at 1900x1080.

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by DarkXeno

Well I might as well join in this one.
New Build so you guys are giving me an idea of where I should be.

This is a MSI AMD R6950 2g card with one screen at 1900x1080.

that score looks off a little if you look at page 2 there is a poster that gave varies resolutions and one of them was 1900x1200 - and it was a little higher take into mind the guy was useing a 580 gxt ----still looks good though

BugMeister

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

I appologize and also thank you for linking Unigine heaven

No need to apologize - we're all part of the team and the link is posted. As for my thoughts, well..... you see this thread took on a life of it's own so thanks for making the thread

Anyway interesting scores smarteyeball.

BTW here my 6950 crossfire score when I had a temporary setup as posted here - Which ATI 6950?

ooh, nice..
- was that with stock timings on the card?

BTW - which driver were you running back then, 'cos the 11.4 preview is a doozy with the 6*** series..

- might be worth benchmarking to the 2.5 version of Unigine,
- be cool to see what the effects of W7's SP1 are, too..


- wonder what made the Min FPS blip low like that..??

PS that 5*** series result is no fluke either, I've seen some amazingly high scores with those cards
they might thrash a bit, but AMD were right to tout them as the fastest in the world..!!

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by BugMeister

BTW - which driver were you running back then, 'cos the 11.4 preview is a doozy with the 6*** series..

- might be worth benchmarking to the 2.5 version of Unigine,
- be cool to see what the effects of W7's SP1 are, too..


- wonder what made the Min FPS blip low like that..??

PS that 5*** series result is no fluke either, I've seen some amazingly high scores with those cards
they might thrash a bit, but AMD were right to tout them as the fastest in the world..!!

I'm not sure if I had SP1 installed or not at the time of the test. I want to say it was, but..... and that score was taken in Feb as shown in the link, and I was using either Cats 10:12 or 11.1

Anyway I no longer have the Crossfire setup as stated in the link.

Hopalong X

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Im scared to see how high yours will go I can tell you this benchmark ran alot smoother then 2.0 that i was useing

Well I haven't even installed it. I downloaded it last night though. BTW IE (MSE) flagged it at "suspicious"

The ole we've never seen this one before warning. Used to link provided here, and downloaded it from 2 different servers. Hmmm.......

Here's what I'm talking about.....

Attachment 149549

The download from the tech site did me the same last night.
It is clean.
That is what I used in my v2.5 I posted earlier.

The security is tighter on downloads with IE9 and with its newer updates.
That was the third flagged download the last couple of weeks for me that I know were safe.
Mike

sygnus21

Well here's my score after upgrading to Heaven 2.5......



Here's the one with version 2.2.....



BTW it's kind of hard to compare scores since people are using different resolutions. I think a standard res of 1280x1024 should be used to compare scores to one another. With that....



Note that all of these are using the same drivers. Cats 11.4 preview (the fist ones).

And yeah Mike you're right about the false positive IE9 gives

Hopalong X

Sygnus

That is strange yours went down....but then the v2.5 was updated for the Nvid 500's and the ATI 6000's.
So I guess it is more accurate.???

Your 12xx X 10xx res makes sense except on wide screen.
My 1400x900 would be sort of comparable that I posted. So I don't feel bad with my 460's results.

I have read that games look better on equal monitors except if one is 2ms response time and another 5ms for example.
I always wondered how much if any the millisecond response time rating has on benchmarks?

I know resolution goes up frame rate drops. That makes sense it has to make a larger image.
It would make sense response time is lower for same resolution the frame rate would increase.

Not a big deal just a hmmm? curiosity moment.

sygnus21

Well I do have a 6000 series video card (6950). In fact I never used Heaven until I got my card as discussed here - Which ATI 6950?

Anyway I was so surprised to see the score go down that I restarted the computer and ran the test again.... only to get the same score, so..........

DarkXeno

Ive gone threw and looked at some of my setting I see I have work to do to tweak this card and my mobo.
But this that said here is a base line with res at 1280x1024 using cat 11.3
Still have some work to do and to mess with the second bois on the card too.

sygnus21

You score is more in line with mine at that resolution as we both have 6950 2gig cards.

Now if everyone here used the same resolution (1280x1024) for comparision purposes we'd have a better idea of how our cards compare/should compare to one another.

Thanks for sharing.

smarteyeball

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

smartey your gtx580 is one hell of a card how much did that run you if you don't mind me asking

More than I afford to waste

Newegg.com - ASUS ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

But after all the constant frustration I had with my 5970, it's been worth every damn penny. What I've lost in raw FPS, I've made up for practically everywhere else. Overall, it's just a better gaming experience.

It's far smoother, far less glitchy and so damn quiet.


1280x1024



As for these benchmarks, they should be taken for what they are - a bit of fun.

IownAmoneyPit

As per Sygnus21 suggestion 1280x1024, stock settings on card.

sygnus21

@ smarteyeball, what'd you do with the 5970? Sell it? Just curious - (no I don't want it)

BTW the last time I paid that much for a card was in 2003 when I bought an ATI All in Wonder 9800Pro for 427.69

Anyway nice card and damn good numbers

@ IownAmoneyPit, same with you nice numbers.

Glad to see everyone using a standard we can compare to.

Thanks

And dang, my little ole 6950 is getting left in the dust

BugMeister

ran 'em again at 1280x1024


that one was with the basic settings as before..


this one's with everything in sight maxed to the hilt..

- not much difference..
- no need to worry about playing games at ultra-max..

- the native res of my monitor is 1600x900, so I assume it's more "efficient" at that setting
- at least the circles stay round and all that.. heh, heh..!!

sygnus21

I see they're pretty much the same which says there isn't too much of a performance hit. Nice.

kellymac35

All of you have peaked my curiosity I am going to give ver. 2.5 a try. Thanks BugMeister

smarteyeball

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

@ smarteyeball, what'd you do with the 5970? Sell it? Just curious - (no I don't want it)


Anyway nice card and damn good numbers

Thanks mate. It was an impulse 'rage buy' after trying one crappy driver too many

I'll never buy another x2 card again. They're just too much of a pita.

I'm not ruling out going SLI/Crossfire with the next gen cards, but for now I'm very happy with this card and getting back to 'single GPU' basics.

I had a buyer lined up for it, but the deal fell through

I'll offload it eventually.

Quote:

And dang, my little ole 6950 is getting left in the dust

lol, as I said above somewhere, it's only a bit of fun. All that matters is that it does what you want in games. You can't play a benchmark

kellymac35

I got a little bump from ver,2.5

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by smarteyeball

Quote:

And dang, my little ole 6950 is getting left in the dust

lol, as I said above somewhere, it's only a bit of fun. All that matters is that it does what you want in games. You can't play a benchmark

Well put: though we never want to be that guy who's hanging around the crowd with their cool sports cars while he's driving a pinto

Anyways you're right, I'm not playing benchmarks, nor am I drag racing..... but it's nice to see..... even if I can't play

Solarstarshines

here's my results from 1280/1024

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

here's my results from 1280/1024

You're not going to get version 2.5?

Solarstarshines

hahaha omg I messed up and used the wrong one

i will re do it and show results asap!

Solarstarshines

this is a little more like it sorry still have both installed

sygnus21

That's better

And I see you score went up upgrading to the latest version. Good.

smarteyeball

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Well put: though we never want to be that guy who's hanging around the crowd with their cool sports cars while he's driving a pinto

lol, true. But you're not driving the Pinto, so it's cool

Here's my Pinto (laptop)

1280x1024




1920x1080 (native)



1920x1080 MAX

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by smarteyeball

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Well put: though we never want to be that guy who's hanging around the crowd with their cool sports cars while he's driving a pinto

lol, true. But you're not driving the Pinto, so it's cool

Here's my Pinto (laptop)

1280x1024

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1920x1080 (native)

Attachment 149711

1920x1080 MAX

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lol ,that's not a pinto that is a mid range /most people i know of ,friends and families machines score wouldn't be a fraction of that ......

Be proud you have a mustange but not the GT model......

Also being a Laptop you get tottal coolness points cause all the laptops i own are old and obsolette

Squid

I thought I would give this a try. First at stock....then with a "slight" bump in graphic card settings

Solarstarshines

For those who want to see some more comparisons check this out

Radeon HD 6870 vs Radeon HD 6950 2GB � Performance Comparison Benchmarks @ Hardware Compare

this will compare your card to others this is what the initial site looks like

Muggs

Here we go now that my system seems to want to play ball with me

First is in the normal, second I turned the settings up a tad. Both done on standard clocks and in crossfireX

Will try it with the cards OC'd a bit and see what happens

sygnus21

We kind of agreed that for "comparisions" sake we'd use a "standard" res of 1280x1024 to compare scores.

- hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !
- hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !
- hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Not saying you can't post others but for comparisions 1280x1024 gives us something to go by.

Nice score BTW.

Muggs

fair enough, will give that res a bash and see what the scores come out with.

Muggs

Not bad if I do say so myself

sygnus21

Not bad at all. What cards are those - your specs don't say, and the hardware section just tells me they're 6800 series cards. So.... 6850's of 6870's?

smarteyeball

They look like 6870 CF scores

Muggs

They are a pair of 6870 MSI OC twin Frozr II's. That last score was with the cores at 950 and the memory at 1150 with standard voltage. Unfortunatley due to the AB not liking DX11 games in crossfire I can't turn the voltage up.

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Muggs

They are a pair of 6870 MSI OC twin Frozr II's. That last score was with the cores at 950 and the memory at 1150 with standard voltage. Unfortunatley due to the AB not liking DX11 games in crossfire I can't turn the voltage up.

those are some nice cards /crossfire looks nice i have the diamond hd6870 clocked 975/1215 I just oc'ed my cpu yesterday to 3.7 up from 3.4 slight performance bump ......

Im still waiting on swapping boards and ram as well see if i can get a better score

Im still useing DDR2

sygnus21

Hehe.... I played with a crossfire setup (a pair 6950's) for a weekend. Had to have my 6950 replaced so Amazon sent the replacement before the other card had to be returned - Which ATI 6950?



Anyway I thought about getting another 6950 but in the end decided against it as I didn't want the hassle a crossfire setup can sometimes bring. It's nice when they work though

BTW note how close they sit on my Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Hehe.... I played with a crossfire setup (a pair 6950's) for a weekend. Had to have my 6950 replaced so Amazon sent the replacement before the other card had to be returned - Which ATI 6950?



Anyway I thought about getting another 6950 but in the end decided against it as I didn't want the hassle a crossfire setup can sometimes bring. It's nice when they work though

BTW note how close they sit on my Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

thats one of the reasons Im kinda against crossfire lack of spacing and the bridge connector is like 1 inch long lol if they come with a bridge that can give you atleast one slot between them both would be awesome

you know what i mean more air less fry ....none the less it looks pretty sexy when it works right and no botched drivers like we been getting in the past

sygnus21

Well actually my fear is more performance related than spacing. Though with the X58A-UD5 space would be a concern as well. However I could have used the last X8 lane PCIe slot for better spacing.....



But I wanted to use both the X16 lanes.

Also I didn't need two bridge connectors as shown. One would have worked. Rookie mistake

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Well actually my fear is more performance related than spacing. Though with the X58A-UD5 space would be a concern as well. However I could have used the last X8 lane PCIe slot for better spacing.....

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But I wanted to use both the X16 lanes.

Also I didn't need two bridge connectors as shown. One would have worked. Rookie mistake

yeah i saw the double bridge but i wasn't going to say anything lmao ,It's not nice besides you live and learn Altogether though you have a impressive beast on your hands

BugMeister

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Hehe.... I played with a crossfire setup (a pair 6950's) for a weekend. Had to have my 6950 replaced so Amazon sent the replacement before the other card had to be returned - Which ATI 6950?



Anyway I thought about getting another 6950 but in the end decided against it as I didn't want the hassle a crossfire setup can sometimes bring. It's nice when they work though

BTW note how close they sit on my Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD5

that's some VERY neat cable work, there - very smart..!!

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by BugMeister

that's some VERY neat cable work, there - very smart..!!

Thanks




I'm a stickler for cable management. I'm like that with any cableling.

Solarstarshines

that's the best way

I have a old clear atx case no real cable managment, but i found a way to make it work without making it sloppy

DarkXeno

ATI released new drivers so I thought I would benchmark them against each other. Nothing crazy to say about them but did get a small 2 fps up in the new set lol.

BugMeister

mine's showing a very slight increase, though the min framerate has dropped a bit..

max51

I have been reading the threads on the Heaven benchmarking , just thought you may be intrested in my scores for the resolutions of 1920x1080 and 1280x1024. both with the latest ccc drivers
Powered by Unigine Engine

Heaven Benchmark v2.5 Basic

FPS:95.6
Scores:2408
Min FPS:56.7
Max FPS:176.9

Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 1 2011
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
CPU flags:3214MHz MMX+ 3DNow!+ SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4A HTT
GPU model:AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series 8.841.0.0 CrossFireX 2048Mb

Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1920x1080 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Tessellation:normal

Unigine Corp. � 2005-2011

Powered by Unigine Engine

Heaven Benchmark v2.5 Basic

FPS:120.6
Scores:3038
Min FPS:57.1
Max FPS:239.8

Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 1 2011
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1090T Processor
CPU flags:3214MHz MMX+ 3DNow!+ SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4A HTT
GPU model:AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series 8.841.0.0 CrossFireX 2048Mb

Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1280x1024 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Tessellation:normal

Unigine Corp. � 2005-2011


Those score are with a pair of xfire Sapphire hd6950 bios flashed to 6970.

sygnus21

@ max51

When you choose to save you benchmarks, they will be saved as an html file. Just find it, snip it and past here.

A Preferred Method of Uploading/Posting Screen Shots

Hope this helps.

max51

Yes that helps, Thanks

sygnus21

Good. Glad it helped

Those are some nice numbers BTW for such a high resolution. I see your cards are 6950's flashed to 6970's Nice!

BugMeister

- hey max, those are amazing results..!!

just tried the 11.4c hotfix, and got these results:



a slight narrowing of the overall fps band..
up slightly on the min, but down a bit on the max..

fraction higher over all..

Solarstarshines

My score has went way down since installing 11.4

I don't know what happened there i guess i need to fool around with the drivers more

Or do a uninstall sweep then reinstall fyi I didn't do a sweep or uinstall first

max51

Hi guys, thanks! All clocks on those benchmarks where stock 6970 with no oc , that new 11.4 driver seems to have made a big difference to the 6900 cards.
That is a good score for the 6870 cards BugMeister.
Time to play around and see what i can get out of the cards at 1280x1024 res, will keep you all posted

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

My score has went way down since installing 11.4

I don't know what happened there i guess i need to fool around with the drivers more

Or do a uninstall sweep then reinstall fyi I didn't do a sweep or uinstall first

Everybody has different opinions but I mostly uninstall via ATI Catalyst Install Manager and never use any registry sweepers. This has worked for me forever and a day. I know others swear by CC Cleaner/Drive sweeper but I don't use them.

Any that's how I do it, just uninstall and install the new ones. Lately though I've just been installing over existing ones, but I usually only do this if the driver is a hotfix.

That's me.

Wishmaster

Ive always just upgraded my ATI drivers over top of the existing installation and never had a issue myself ..

If going to the next release I/E 10.2 -- > 10.3

If rolling back, for whatever reason, I just uninstall with ATIs Express uninstaller, Reboot, and install whichever CCC Im wanting to use.


This is however with my ATI card which reminds me of a interesting point.
Since my new card is going to be a Nvidia card (EVGA 570 SC which should be here by end of next week)

Im wondering what the best means of cleaning out all ATI GPU related stuff before I switch to Nvidia?

If this uninstall method as Ive always done will be all thats needed , or,

ATI express uninstall then run Driver Sweeper in safe mode?

Or someone have a better suggestion

max51

I have always deleted the old drivers first using the catalyst install manager then reinstalled the new ones. that has always worked for me .
Wishmaster , cccleaner and driver sweeper in safe mode will work just fine

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Wishmaster

Im wondering what the best means of cleaning out all ATI GPU related stuff before I switch to Nvidia?

If this uninstall method as Ive always done will be all thats needed , or,

ATI express uninstall then run Driver Sweeper in safe mode?

Or someone have a better suggestion

I would probably just uninstall the ATI ones trough device manager, uninstall the Cat package through Programs and features, install the new card and drivers..... But I'm sure someone has some elaborate uninstall procedures that they swear by.

Wishmaster

Thats pretty much what I was planning to do.

Ive upgraded cards in that manner before, and never had a issue, although its just been an upgrade of same brand.
I just wasnt sure if Changing from ATI->Nvidia may be a bit different issue.

sygnus21

I don't think so, but ever since 3DFX was bought out by Nvidia years back I've always been with ATI.

Good luck.

BTW I'm in the process of installing Portal 2 now

Solarstarshines

Well guys , I think i licked the issue

I went and uninstalled the drivers and rebooted then used driversweeper then reboot

After all the nonsense i went on to install 11.4 here is what i got
Diamond Hd 6870 none Oc'ed and then the second one clocks bumped up to 975/1200

smarteyeball

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Wishmaster

Im wondering what the best means of cleaning out all ATI GPU related stuff before I switch to Nvidia?

If this uninstall method as Ive always done will be all thats needed , or,

ATI express uninstall then run Driver Sweeper in safe mode?

That's the method I used when I switched.

BugMeister

out of pure interest i did the benchmark on my old computer, my main machine is err laying in peices in a box right now since i blew a few things on it
q6600
4gb ddr2 1066 ocz reaper
ati 4870 1gb
gigabyte ep35c

native resolution for me is 1920x1080 for both monitors so i did max settings here



medium settings here



and 1280x1024




interesting from a comparison point of view if you look at older cards to new cards and what we gain and lose.

also tesselation disabled...tbh i don't think the 4870 can do it i'll see if i can turn it on later

sygnus21

whenever I want to completely eradicate my ATI drivers, I use this guide:
TweakGuides.com - ATI Catalyst Tweak Guide

'bout halfway down the page, it tells you how to scrub everything out..


- it's an excellent guide to the ATI settings as well..

Wishmaster

That guide is old and hasn't been updated since June 2009 (Cat 9.4) - We're up to 11.4 now. Anyways the guy doesn't have a recent ATI card anymore.....

Quote:

Important: This guide does not contain details on all the features in the latest Catalysts as I do not have recent ATI hardware to test the Catalysts. Therefore significant portions of this guide may be outdated or incorrect until I am able to rectify this at some point in the future.

Here's AMD recommended procedures for removal and install.....

- How to Uninstall ATI drivers
- Direct link to Windows 7 install

Guest

Thought Id run this benchmark on my 4890 as a comparison.


1280x1024 (Tesselation OFF)



1920x1080 (Tesselation OFF)


Not too bad, but it starts to really choke w/AA and Im guess Teselation would choke it as well, if it was capable.

Crazymike

Thought I would throw in my score.

Wishmaster

Heres my new EVGA GTX570 SC

sygnus21

Damn good numbers Wishmaster. I just know you're lovin' that card

Good score.

BugMeister

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Crazymike

Thought I would throw in my score.

wow, that's amazin', Crazymike..

especially given it's @ 1920x1080 res..

wonder if it'd increase at 1280x1024..
- go on, give it a shot, bet it goes up..

Hopalong X

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Wishmaster

Heres my new EVGA GTX570 SC

WOW!
Great numbers.
My Asus 460 is only 40 fps.
Posted on page one.

Wishmaster

Thanks everyone.

Yes, Im really loving it so far.
I made a thread in the GPU section showing some Metro benchies and a comparison w/my old 4890 for those interested in that sort of stuff.


Still getting used to the software/Control Panel etc.
Ive become so comfortable with ATIs CCC, its a bit strange still.

Not too bad, but a few extar things or things named slightly different. Will just take a bit to get used to.

BugMeister

wow, wishmaster - most excellent..!!

bet that makes one heck of a difference..

max51

Hi guys, here is some scores on a mild overclock of my 6950. Had them a month now and still running well. Very pleased with how there running

Crazymike

�� Quote: Originally Posted by BugMeister

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Crazymike

Thought I would throw in my score.

wow, that's amazin', Crazymike..

especially given it's @ 1920x1080 res..

wonder if it'd increase at 1280x1024..
- go on, give it a shot, bet it goes up..

Sure, here you go.

BugMeister

oops - sorry, Crazymike..

- I got a bit carried away..


- amazin'

BugMeister

test run with AMD 11.5 gfx driver, using the "standard" 1280x1024 res
no overclocking..

slight reduction in overall score - the min/max fps band has widened

- it runs the test very smoothly, though..

max51

latest benchmark for my 6950s with 11.6 drivers

Solarstarshines

Those look pretty sweet i downloaded the driver but havn't installed

I will be around later tonight to post my scores ,those look really good

max51

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Those look pretty sweet i downloaded the driver but havn't installed

I will be around later tonight to post my scores ,those look really good

Thanks. i look forward to seeing your scores to see what you make of the new drivers.

max51

Just out of curiosity i benched my 5770 and i am amazed at the score i got with a pair of mid range cards.

Fumz

10.5 drivers

10.6 drivers

GTX 570 apples to apples; Ambient Occlusions off in driver CP

GTX 570 4xAA; AO set to quality in driver CP

Maccman

How do you attach thumbnail images so that I can show the world my results?

MrNeeds

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Maccman

How do you attach thumbnail images so that I can show the world my results?

click on "go advanced" when you're ready to post and scroll down, click on manage attachments, this will bring up a window which will let you browse for files to upload, add the pictures you want, close the attachments window and post.

MrNeeds

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Maccman

How do you attach thumbnail images so that I can show the world my results?

Check this - http://www.sevenforums.com/general-d...tml#post852738

Also this - How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista - Vista Forums

Maccman

�� Quote: Originally Posted by MrNeeds

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Maccman

How do you attach thumbnail images so that I can show the world my results?

click on "go advanced" when you're ready to post and scroll down, click on manage attachments, this will bring up a window which will let you browse for files to upload, add the pictures you want, close the attachments window and post.

MrNeeds

Thanks for the advice. Looking at your post I also live in Cheshire.

seekermeister

This bench is nothing to brag about. No, I've not updated to the latest driver, but I doubt that would help. What would?

MrNeeds

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Maccman

�� Quote: Originally Posted by MrNeeds

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Maccman

How do you attach thumbnail images so that I can show the world my results?

click on "go advanced" when you're ready to post and scroll down, click on manage attachments, this will bring up a window which will let you browse for files to upload, add the pictures you want, close the attachments window and post.

MrNeeds

Thanks for the advice. Looking at your post I also live in Cheshire.

oh right, whereabouts? i'm near warrington

apollodominion

Ill have to run it at stock then my OC settings

ill test with

Stock 1 screen
and OC with 2 screens then 3 screens

apollodominion

My Test Stock CPU/GPUS settings
AMD Radeon 6970 2GB

Maccman

�� Quote: Originally Posted by MrNeeds

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Maccman

�� Quote: Originally Posted by MrNeeds

click on "go advanced" when you're ready to post and scroll down, click on manage attachments, this will bring up a window which will let you browse for files to upload, add the pictures you want, close the attachments window and post.

MrNeeds

Thanks for the advice. Looking at your post I also live in Cheshire.

oh right, whereabouts? i'm near warrington

Near Macclesfield.

Maccman

Maccman

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Maccman

How do you attach thumbnail images so that I can show the world my results?

Check this - http://www.sevenforums.com/general-d...tml#post852738

Also this - How to Use the Snipping Tool in Vista - Vista Forums

Thanks for the link. I used snipping tool.

sygnus21

Well here's my latest scores with the new Cat 11.6 drivers. First one is 1280x1024, the second one is 1920x1080....



My old results here - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

BugMeister

11.6 driver

Fumz

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Well here's my latest scores with the new Cat 11.6 drivers. First one is 1280x1024, the second one is 1920x1080....

Attachment 160206Attachment 160207

My old results here - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Hi sygnus,

You need to slap some AA on that bad boy and crank up the AF. ... to many 1280x1024's in here with no candy.

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

You need to slap some AA on that bad boy and crank up the AF. ... to many 1280x1024's in here with no candy.

Here's mines at Extreme..... first one 1280x1024, second, 1920x1080



I checked yours BTW - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !, just to see

I see you have an Nvidia 570, I just have an ATI 6950.

Maxwell

Fumz

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

You need to slap some AA on that bad boy and crank up the AF. ... to many 1280x1024's in here with no candy.

Here's mines at Extreme..... first one 1280x1024, second, 1920x1080

Attachment 160215Attachment 160216

I checked yours BTW - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !, just to see

I see you have an Nvidia 570, I just have an ATI 6950.

I'll throw up an extreme tonight... but the 275.33's are a bit slower than the previous set. I noticed that when I installed them: my WEI went down 1 notch... but I'm not going to revert back just for WEI and a benchmark... so I'll just wait for other 570 owners to step up. Games still fly though, and there isn't one I don't run at least 4xAA on.

Ambient Occlusions is killer, but it makes games look sick. It's too bad ATI's don't have the option in the driver CP. I'll have to remember to test with all 3 settings. For all the tests I already put up it was set to quality.

To be able to more evenly compare cards, I'll also throw up settings. Without those it's difficult to compare cards. My personal preference is to go for the highest quality, so it would be interesting to see what others have theirs at given the huge impact drivers make on benches.

**edit**

lol @ "just".

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

**edit**

lol @ "just".

Thought you'd like that. Now If I had a 6970 we might have a fair fight

Anyway for comparision's sake it was suggested by me that all benchmarks be run in a resoultion of 1280x1024 so that we get a good comparision on cards.....

Quote:

BTW it's kind of hard to compare scores since people are using different resolutions. I think a standard res of 1280x1024 should be used to compare scores to one another. With that....

hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

A lot of posters did but as this thread moves on people tend to forget

As for graphic settings most users just use the standard settings so that wasn't an issue, just the resolution.

max51

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Well here's my latest scores with the new Cat 11.6 drivers. First one is 1280x1024, the second one is 1920x1080....

Attachment 160206Attachment 160207

My old results here - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Hi sygnus,

You need to slap some AA on that bad boy and crank up the AF. ... to many 1280x1024's in here with no candy.

Here is mine maxed out.

sygnus21

What did you do to get your 6950 flashed to the 6970?

Did you have to move the power slider to +20? And how's the fan speed and temps?

Thanks

Fumz

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

**edit**

lol @ "just".

Thought you'd like that. Now If I had a 6970 we might have a fair fight

Anyway for comparision's sake it was suggested by me that all benchmarks be run in a resoultion of 1280x1024 so that we get a good comparision on cards.....

Quote:

BTW it's kind of hard to compare scores since people are using different resolutions. I think a standard res of 1280x1024 should be used to compare scores to one another. With that....

hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

A lot of posters did but as this thread moves on people tend to forget

As for graphic settings most users just use the standard settings so that wasn't an issue, just the resolution.

If you got the 6970 then I'd have to step up to the 580. 6950 vs 570 is a fair fight. The 50's are very good cards... but I don't have to tell you that.

Rgr that on 1280... I'll do that... didn't catch your earlier posts.

I don't mean the test settings that matter, I mean individual driver settings in the control panel. They can sway the test radically. We need to figure out what driver settings most closely resemble each other.

max51

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

What did you do to get your 6950 flashed to the 6970?

Did you have to move the power slider to +20? And how's the fan speed and temps?

Thanks

Hi Sygnus, i hope this info will help. I used the bios flash utility from techpowerup, here is the link with all details for you and i have also included some temps and specs from my system for you. AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod | techPowerUp
The temps idle at just over 40c and running MSI Kombustor they have hit 92c.
The variation in the temps is down to the UD5 Motherboard, the 16 pcie slots are very close so the top card gets about 6c hotter.

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

If you got the 6970 then I'd have to step up to the 580. 6950 vs 570 is a fair fight. The 50's are very good cards... but I don't have to tell you that.

Yeah I've been thinking more and more about flashing the card to a 6970 now that my new monitor has a higher res - 1920x1080.

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

Rgr that on 1280... I'll do that... didn't catch your earlier posts.


I don't mean the test settings that matter, I mean individual driver settings in the control panel. They can sway the test radically. We need to figure out what driver settings most closely resemble each other.

Yeah its understandable that you didn't see mine or the other posts regarding the res as it was a few pages from the first post.

As for testing the card via the video card's control panel we can do that but then you'd have readings all over the place. Since we're just comparing, the easier and standard way would be to just just standard settings at a standard res.

That's my way thinking but........

Fumz

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

As for testing the card via the video card's control panel we can do that but then you'd have readings all over the place. Since we're just comparing, the easier and standard way would be to just just standard settings at a standard res.

I didn't mean test, I meant agree upon a standard list of settings... just like we're agreeing on resolution.

For example, if I have my drivers set to performance, then I'm going to be faster than someone else who has theirs set on quality, even if we have the same everything.

If you're using driver optimizations for textures and filtering, then someone who's not, like me, isn't going to be able to put up the same numbers... without some form of agreement on driver settings, independent of Unigine, the test is skewed.

For example, there is no ATI setting for Ambient Occlusions. Nvidia has 3 settings. There's a performance hit almost as great as 2xAA if enabled. Likewise for texture and filter optimizations, although the hit isn't as great... but still... it's a hit.

We need a baseline.

Fumz

Ok sygnus... lol, I'm officially sick of looking at this benchmark. Drivers reverted back to default.


.

Maccman

�� Quote: Originally Posted by seekermeister

This bench is nothing to brag about. No, I've not updated to the latest driver, but I doubt that would help. What would?

I tested my gts450 on the settings as you and got a score of 504. To slightly improve the score you could crank up your clock settings but in real game play life is adjusting the settings going to make much difference? I personally would say no.

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by max51

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

What did you do to get your 6950 flashed to the 6970?

Did you have to move the power slider to +20? And how's the fan speed and temps?

Thanks

Hi Sygnus, i hope this info will help. I used the bios flash utility from techpowerup, here is the link with all details for you and i have also included some temps and specs from my system for you. AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod | techPowerUp
The temps idle at just over 40c and running MSI Kombustor they have hit 92c.
The variation in the temps is down to the UD5 Motherboard, the 16 pcie slots are very close so the top card gets about 6c hotter.

Thanks for the info max,

I already have the files from TechPowerUp, I've just been hesitant to do the flash because I don't I'm worried about the extra noise and temps it may bring, especially if I have to play with the power tune settings, which I don't really want to have to do.

I notice a lot of people flash the card, than overclock from there; I just want to flash the card and leave it as is - not overclock after the flash.

I do a bit more research and make a decision soon.

Thanks

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

Ok sygnus... lol, I'm officially sick of looking at this benchmark. Drivers reverted back to default.
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Attachment 160294.

Well, just know you have a darn good card that can handle anything out now

On the other hand I'm the one looking to flash my card so......

Fumz

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

Well, just know you have a darn good card that can handle anything out now

On the other hand I'm the one looking to flash my card so......

When you do, I'll be right here waiting to go another round. Flashing vs Precision Tools sounds like another fair fight to me.

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

When you do, I'll be right here waiting to go another round. Flashing vs Precision Tools sounds like another fair fight to me.

LOL - Yeah your 570 will like WTF, he's wearing his big brother's shoes



Anyway I'll post results if I do it, though I don't intend to overclock the card, just flash it.

Later.

Fumz

I was able to clock the card to 850MHz core, but decided to stick with the defaults because I didn't see games getting faster; they were already fast enough at the settings I like.

However, if given the proper motivation...

sygnus21

We'll see. As I said I�m kind of hesitant to flash mines as I like where it's at right now - noise, temps, performance wise. However curiosity is starting to get the better of me now

Fumz

I know... I was real tempted to flash my 5850, and I still might, one day, but man if it doesn't go right, or if I happen to have one of those cards that isn't up to it... Scary stuff.

max51

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by max51

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

What did you do to get your 6950 flashed to the 6970?

Did you have to move the power slider to +20? And how's the fan speed and temps?

Thanks

Hi Sygnus, i hope this info will help. I used the bios flash utility from techpowerup, here is the link with all details for you and i have also included some temps and specs from my system for you. AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod | techPowerUp
The temps idle at just over 40c and running MSI Kombustor they have hit 92c.
The variation in the temps is down to the UD5 Motherboard, the 16 pcie slots are very close so the top card gets about 6c hotter.

Thanks for the info max,

I already have the files from TechPowerUp, I've just been hesitant to do the flash because I don't I'm worried about the extra noise and temps it may bring, especially if I have to play with the power tune settings, which I don't really want to have to do.

I notice a lot of people flash the card, than overclock from there; I just want to flash the card and leave it as is - not overclock after the flash.

I do a bit more research and make a decision soon.

Thanks

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fumz

Ok sygnus... lol, I'm officially sick of looking at this benchmark. Drivers reverted back to default.
Attachment 160293

Attachment 160294.

Well, just know you have a darn good card that can handle anything out now

On the other hand I'm the one looking to flash my card so......

You are welcome Sygnus, I have all so read you can just change the shaders to the 6970and leave the voltages and clock speed standard 6950.
Those settings on mine are all standard 6970 with no overclocks and that is what i have done most of my benching on, i have found it is just the new drivers that have made the differnce and overclocking them makes little change to the fps.
And all so i have found that there is not much change in the temps or increased noise. The only time the cards become realy noisy is when you run the benches and push the cards to there max, but other than that they are fine.
I play shift 2 on mine and the max temp was about 70c and fan speed went to about 50%.
I just have to make a few alterations to my case cooling to get more air to that top card, other than that i have had the cards for a while now and have had no problems.

Solarstarshines

I have yet to post my results cause i am baffled that my card scored really high the first test

Now each test after that goes down little by little it is kinda frustrating to see this

I am working on it though and when i am satisfied enough i will produce something for you guys

Fumz

That's pretty much been the case with every benchmark I've ever done unless I make a change to the hardware, like clocking up. It's all downhill after that first one, lol... but that's ok, I think everyone here has run enough to realize what's going on; besides, it's not like the scores are dropping that much, are they?

Solarstarshines

they kinda are it has droped a good 12 points

It should't matter as long as my games play stutter free and also im not using a 6900 series so im not expecting it to be near but the first test rendered me 134.1 frames now it has gone to 119.1

Even restart nothing running im baffled

Fumz

pfff... lol. 12 points is insignificant to the point of being meaningless. By the way you were talking I though the drop was a few hundred points... which you can manipulate just through driver settings.

Set your drivers to performance. I'm sure you'll get it all back, and then some.

Solarstarshines

yeah i been messing around with the settings seeing if i can get it back otherwise i can go back to the 11.5

Also i figure with new drivers every two months i would think the benchmarking program would need some newer updates too ,or i could be talking out my you know what ...


But im wondering is there a newer version of the benchmark available ?

Fumz

Well, that's sorta the way it goes with benchmarking apps. There's always one set of drivers that gives the best results. I know the 275.33's don't, but there's no way I'd revert to an older set just to get a better score in a benchmark. Like you said, the only thing that really counts is how well your games play... this is just for shits and giggles.

I would not bother going back if I were you. I already posted the difference between 11.5 and 11.6: hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Solarstarshines

Exactly but i would love to be on top of that pile of Sh*t though

Fumz

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Exactly but i would love to be on top of that pile of Sh*t though

You were on top; now it's someone else's turn.

max51

BugMeister

- we are not worthy..!!

max51

�� Quote: Originally Posted by BugMeister

- we are not worthy..!!

Thanks Bugmeister

Terronium 12

4870 vs. 6950. Same settings; D3D9

Third capture is the 6950 running in all of it's nativity.

sygnus21

Well I finally decided to flash my 6950 to a 6970...... first one before flash, second - after flash



Benchmarks before flash.... 1280x1024, then 1920x1080



Benchmarks after flash, 1280x1024, then 1920x1080



Only gained 4-5 points

Noise and temps are about the same though. We'll see how it goes as in about a week though.

Fumz

I was afraid for your card... but it looks like it turned out well. How's gaming performance?

sygnus21

Right now I'm playing FEAR 3 all maxed out (it's a DX11 game) and it's running without any stuttering or slowdowns, though I'm not sure the game is a system tasker.



So far the card hasn't acted up but like I said before, I'm not overclocking it, just using the 6970 BIOS. I've also done no tweaks in the CCC control panel.

All is good thus far

BugMeister

- rather you than me, but nice trick..!!

Fluffy

Here is mine, this bench test looks amazing. My card didn't even break a sweat. Fans kicked in though to keep my gpu temps below 65C

Terronium 12

6950 Overclocked - 895/1360MHz

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Terronium 12

6950 Overclocked - 895/1360MHz

That's about right. I'm running 880/1375 with mines flashed to a 6970 and get 44 fps at that res.

Good.

BugMeister

11.6 drivers running at max everything..
- no overclock..

sygnus21

Those are some damn good numbers at that res for that crossfire setup

BugMeister

-this is the same test - all maxed - no OC
- but this time, the crossfire is disabled..

- proof that Crossfire really does give your system a massive boost..!!

max51

I have found the same with my 6950's single card and XFire

vrosa

1x HD6870
GPU: 1050 MHz
RAM: 1200 (4800) MHz

Terronium 12

6950 - 895/1375 (Cat 11.6)

BugMeister

the GURU 11.8 test driver..

essenbe

here's mine FWIW OC'd to 1000/1150



Here's mine at stock 900/1050

BugMeister

the 11.9 test driver - no o/c..

Solarstarshines

11.9 beta already out ?

BugMeister

yep, it's available for testing - see here:
AMD Catalyst 11.9 RC 8.89 - BenchmarK3D

- runs very well in crossfire..

essenbe

Here's a picturee of my card and benches at several resoluntions. I'm running in an X8 slot. Not sure if that really makes a difference.
The Card- Gigabyte 6950 1GB


1366 X 768



1680 X 1050



1920 X 1080

essenbe

Just to see I overclocked it as much as afterburner would let me 900/1325 Didn't seem to help much. 1689 X 1050

Hopalong X

�� Quote: Originally Posted by essenbe

Just to see I overclocked it as much as afterburner would let me 900/1325 Didn't seem to help much. 1689 X 1050

Attachment 187222

Just a little better than my Asus 460.

Impressive!

essenbe

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Hopalong X

�� Quote: Originally Posted by essenbe

Just to see I overclocked it as much as afterburner would let me 900/1325 Didn't seem to help much. 1689 X 1050

Attachment 187222

Just a little better than my Asus 460.

Impressive!

Mike here's mine at the same resolution you ran yours at, 1440 X 900 I'm at stock settings.

Hopalong X

Kicks my butt!
Settings are default.

sygnus21

We kind of decided early on that a standard resolution of 1280x1024 would be used for comparison purposes - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Anyway two scores�.

1280x1024


1920x1080


Sapphire 6950 2gig unlocked to a 6970. Catalyst 11.11a drivers used.

essenbe

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

We kind of decided early on that a standard resolution of 1280x1024 would be used for comparison purposes - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Anyway two scores�.

1280x1024
Attachment 187260

1920x1080
Attachment 187261

Sapphire 6950 2gig unlocked to a 6970. Catalyst 11.11a drivers used.

Sorry, I must have missed that. Here's my Gigabyte 1GB 6950 Catalyst 11.11

BugMeister

twin MSI HD6870's in crossfire
running driver version 11.11c (- the "performance" hotfix, via Guru3D)

sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by essenbe

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

We kind of decided early on that a standard resolution of 1280x1024 would be used for comparison purposes - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Sorry, I must have missed that. Here's my Gigabyte 1GB 6950 Catalyst 11.11

Well no one is going all the way back to page 4 to read that statement. Being the poster of it I knew it was there. It's all good you didn't know

BTW nice scores guys, especially at the higher res. Mines needs work, and I have a 2gig card

essenbe

Thanks Sygnus, but I'm not sure why yours needs work, it certainly beats mine.

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

�� Quote: Originally Posted by essenbe

�� Quote: Originally Posted by sygnus21

We kind of decided early on that a standard resolution of 1280x1024 would be used for comparison purposes - hd 6870 Unigine Heaven Post your score !

Sorry, I must have missed that. Here's my Gigabyte 1GB 6950 Catalyst 11.11

Well no one is going all the way back to page 4 to read that statement. Being the poster of it I knew it was there. It's all good you didn't know

BTW nice scores guys, especially at the higher res. Mines needs work, and I have a 2gig card

It seems the scores are lower then before with the 11.11 driver im wondering is crossfire really worth it when it comes to gaining frames + heat it would give off in the case

sygnus21

@ essenbe, I'm talking about the higher resolutions, @ 1920x1080 I get 44 frames. Maybe they are in line for that res, just looks a little low to me.

@ solarstarshines, I don't have a crossfire setup. I've heard, read, (can't confirm, never had one) about too many issues with Crossfire/SLI to be going through that headache. Plus I don't feel like dealing with the added heat.

Solarstarshines

Ok guys know I havn't been here for a while

Well I went Ahead and Crossfired Two differrent AMD cards same make but Different Brand names

Main Gpu Diamond hd6870 930/1120 Second Gpu Msi Twin frozer hd6870 920/1120

After a few failed attempts to get a solid Benchmark i finally got the clock to behave at above speeds

regular clock speed for a Hd 6870 is 800/1050

Im actually Happy with the Numbers but what do you guys think ?

BugMeister

hey, solar - nice results..!!

give it a spin at 1280x1024 to see how it stacks up against prev readings..

Solarstarshines

here you go

When i get time i will try it on 1920/1080

mark369

essenbe

Nice scores, mark369. Try cranking it up to max and see what you get. like this.

mark369

here you go the max settings my computer can do becasue of monitor (1280x1024 max.) and one bad stick of mem but i don't think that would change any thing running 12gb unstead of 16gb. and cpu is over clocked to 4.0 GHz.

essenbe

Nice scores, Mark369.

xXSevenXx

Is this ok?

essenbe

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Is this ok?

Not a bad score. Well done.

xXSevenXx

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�� Quote: Originally Posted by xXSevenXx

Is this ok?

Not a bad score. Well done.

Thanks.

Fluffy

Here is mine

Fluffy

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Ok guys know I havn't been here for a while

Well I went Ahead and Crossfired Two differrent AMD cards same make but Different Brand names

Main Gpu Diamond hd6870 930/1120 Second Gpu Msi Twin frozer hd6870 920/1120

After a few failed attempts to get a solid Benchmark i finally got the clock to behave at above speeds

regular clock speed for a Hd 6870 is 800/1050

Im actually Happy with the Numbers but what do you guys think ?

You need everything on max to get a proper result, imo.

BugMeister

- using the vers. 8.982.0.0 test driver (19th July)

- with the bog-standard settings:

Tessellation: Normal
Shaders: High
Resolution: 1280x1024 (Full-Screen)
4xa/a
4xa/f

this driver is a good one
- all probs with Skyrim solved, BF3 great - Diablo3 excellent!
- nae bad..

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fluffy

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Ok guys know I havn't been here for a while

Well I went Ahead and Crossfired Two differrent AMD cards same make but Different Brand names

Main Gpu Diamond hd6870 930/1120 Second Gpu Msi Twin frozer hd6870 920/1120

After a few failed attempts to get a solid Benchmark i finally got the clock to behave at above speeds

regular clock speed for a Hd 6870 is 800/1050

Im actually Happy with the Numbers but what do you guys think ?

You need everything on max to get a proper result, imo.

There is no reason to show max settings we used variables to every setting there was i just never did 1920/1080 simple because there is no need to

Im also in turn about to purchase a pair of Hd7950's in a few weeks comming up then ill post some results lol but im still debating

Fluffy

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Fluffy

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Solarstarshines

Ok guys know I havn't been here for a while

Well I went Ahead and Crossfired Two differrent AMD cards same make but Different Brand names

Main Gpu Diamond hd6870 930/1120 Second Gpu Msi Twin frozer hd6870 920/1120

After a few failed attempts to get a solid Benchmark i finally got the clock to behave at above speeds

regular clock speed for a Hd 6870 is 800/1050

Im actually Happy with the Numbers but what do you guys think ?

You need everything on max to get a proper result, imo.

There is no reason to show max settings we used variables to every setting there was i just never did 1920/1080 simple because there is no need to

Im also in turn about to purchase a pair of Hd7950's in a few weeks comming up then ill post some results lol but im still debating

No point in using a bench test if you aren't going to max out the settings, as for 1920x1080, most people use this resolution these days.

BugMeister

- unless you want to make a statistical comparison..

Solarstarshines

�� Quote: Originally Posted by BugMeister

- unless you want to make a statistical comparison..

Exactly and I'm not everyone else running 1920/1080 all the time
That is only for watching movies

I play games on 1680/1050 so it makes no difference to me I know my set up will still run on that resolution fine

Solarstarshines

Crossfire HD7970

essenbe

Nice scores, Tommy. I know you are happy now...at least for a little while.