UNIGINE-Valley BENCHMARK scores

[ASOT]

good for you, even thoug hmy setting s are running @ x8, i dont think you should be boasting that, since i am close to your score running @ a fraction of my potential speed.

A few minuts ago i made it,all max out,bro!

 

[jboydgolfer]

fixed my settings a bit , but im still only running @ x8 PCIEVersion 2.0, lowered My clocks, and got..... LINK (apparently You cant link the results, or atleast I cant )
@Tatty_One thanks for bringing that to my attention, i would've gone on in ignorant bliss had it not been for you, i appreciate it.

oh, yeah, and @ASOT now what ? and my set up is STILL out of whack

 

[Tatty_Two]

Nice Score. What does your 290X score at stock clocks?

Stock for this card is 1040mhz and I think I scored around 3300 without the extra 100mhz.

Edit: @jboydgolfer That's more like it, I can only guess you either had some detail settings still active in CCC and/or you had your flat panel setting wrong for the bench and how it handles 1080p on your 1200 screen..... I have been there before! That looks about right now to be honest taking into account loosely a 5 - 10% hit for the x8.

 

[ASOT]

fixed my settings a bit , but im still only running @ x8 PCIEVersion 2.0, lowered My clocks, and got..... LINK (apparently You cant link the results, or atleast I cant )
@Tatty_One thanks for bringing that to my attention, i would've gone on in ignorant bliss had it not been for you, i appreciate it.

oh, yeah, and @ASOT now what ? and my set up is STILL out of whack

Unfortune 4xAA is not the same as 8xAA,try again!

 

[jboydgolfer]

Unfortune 4xAA is not the same as 8xAA,try again!

look @ OP man, You change to x4

 

[jboydgolfer]

@ASOT you might wanna check Your setting s too man, it looks like Your setting your benchmark settings too high, and Im guessing you could get a much better score if you go from "extremeHD" to "custom". follow the OP, and ill bet your score will jump up a good bit. its just not fair for You to be running @ a harder setting than the rest of us, because it will bring your score down unfairly, re-check them and run again for your own benefit.

 

[trog100]

You do realize that the power target slider you're setting in AB or PCX, whatever you're using is just a number in the bios, yes? You could set it to 1000 watts in the bios, and you'd still only be pulling so much power through the card at a certain clock. Setting the power limit to 105%, doesn't mean that the card is going to run at 105%. lol

On every benchmark run you ever do, you should have the power target slider at maximum, no matter what. It'll make sure you're not hitting a power limit perf cap. = )

in theory true and with furmark it works out in reality as well.. a setting of 110 percent gives a load of 110 percent.. when the card hits that 110 percent it then throttles down exactly as it should do.. things make sense..

with heaven or valley things dont make sense.. no matter where you set the power limit lets say at 110 percent for example the cards power usage will never go above the default 100 percent.. run the card or cards at stock speeds and you see 100 percent power usage.. overclock the cards and you still see 100 percent or less..

keep increasing the core speed and at some point the card will trip over its own feet and crash.. in theory increasing the power limit should increase the max speed.. heat (mostly) being the overall limiter.. the card would get too hot and throttle down.. this is the theory..

running valley or heaven the theory dosnt match the reality.. increasing the power setting makes bugger all difference.. power usage never goes above the stock 100 percent.. something aint quite right.. he he..

running furmark increasing the power limit does something.. the card runs faster and hotter and and actually uses more power.. with valley or heaven this dosnt happen.. why it dosnt i havnt a clue.. but its just something odd i have noticed..

for what is worth with valley or heaven cpu-z tells me no capping is taking place..

anal is as anal does..

trog

 

[Mercennarius]

Stock for this card is 1040mhz and I think I scored around 3300 without the extra 100mhz.

Thanks. Trying to figure out why my Sapphire Tri-X 290X is only scoring about 2850 at stock clocks.

 

[Vellinious]

in theory true and with furmark it works out in reality as well.. a setting of 110 percent gives a load of 110 percent.. when the card hits that 110 percent it then throttles down exactly as it should do.. things make sense..

with heaven or valley things dont make sense.. no matter where you set the power limit lets say at 110 percent for example the cards power usage will never go above the default 100 percent.. run the card or cards at stock speeds and you see 100 percent power usage.. overclock the cards and you still see 100 percent or less..

keep increasing the core speed and at some point the card will trip over its own feet and crash.. in theory increasing the power limit should increase the max speed.. heat (mostly) being the overall limiter.. the card would get too hot and throttle down.. this is the theory..

running valley or heaven the theory dosnt match the reality.. increasing the power setting makes bugger all difference.. power usage never goes above the stock 100 percent.. something aint quite right.. he he..

running furmark increasing the power limit does something.. the card runs faster and hotter and and actually uses more power.. with valley or heaven this dosnt happen.. why it dosnt i havnt a clue.. but its just something odd i have noticed..

for what is worth with valley or heaven cpu-z tells me no capping is taking place..

anal is as anal does..

trog

Uh, no...increasing the power target won't increase the max speed. Increasing voltage will increase the maximum core clock you can reach, but....raising the power limit does nothing for that.

 

[ASOT]

@ASOT you might wanna check Your setting s too man, it looks like Your setting your benchmark settings too high, and Im guessing you could get a much better score if you go from "extremeHD" to "custom". follow the OP, and ill bet your score will jump up a good bit. its just not fair for You to be running @ a harder setting than the rest of us, because it will bring your score down unfairly, re-check them and run again for your own benefit.

@jboydgolfer Ya yaa,but must be x8 in order to test the performance,like in games..test @maximum bro,to see how it handle's!
X4 Anti-aliasing is half of that,so must be X8 in order to see how is working. GG
How u try a game to see is performance,how is handle the FPS,the res and details ? I tell u...
@ Maximus All!

 

[Tatty_Two]

@jboydgolfer Ya yaa,but must be x8 in order to test the performance,like in games..test @maximum bro,to see how it handle's!
X4 Anti-aliasing is half of that,so must be X8 in order to see how is working. GG
How u try a game to see is performance,how is handle the FPS,the res and details ? I tell u...
@ Maximus All!

And that's fine but don't post benchmarks in here then if they are not valid, show him a 4x run just to get a valid score on the board.

Thanks. Trying to figure out why my Sapphire Tri-X 290X is only scoring about 2850 at stock clocks.

What is your stock? Assuming you have turned off all the detail settings in CCC, have you got your monitor scaling right for running the bench at 1080P, I know it sounds stupid but the first time I tried I got like 1800 then realised that by default the wrong scaling option was enabled in CCC and once I changed it then the scores started to come, I am at work now but I think it was the middle option of the 3 that worked best.

 

[Mercennarius]

What is your stock? Assuming you have turned off all the detail settings in CCC, have you got your monitor scaling right for running the bench at 1080P, I know it sounds stupid but the first time I tried I got like 1800 then realised that by default the wrong scaling option was enabled in CCC and once I changed it then the scores started to come, I am at work now but I think it was the middle option of the 3 that worked best.

My stock clocks are 1030/1375. I have not touched any settings in CCC, what do I need to adjust here? Not sure what scaling I have set in CCC either, I know the benchmark is set to run at 1080P while my Windows desktop runs at 4K. I'll look at this on my lunch today...any other tips? Thanks!

 

[jboydgolfer]

So the deduction is...... if a programme needs and
And that's fine but don't post benchmarks in here then if they are not valid, show him a 4x run just to get a valid score on the board.

i dont think he is understanding my posts, or your @Tatty_One it may be a language thing, he just seems to be getting more competitive every time i try to offer him to change his settings. anyway, Even @ x8 AA, i still beat his score

ive apparently hit a bottleneck of the x8 PCIE speed, because I Cannot score above the 2259 i got earlier. even when my clocks are 10% higher im upgrading my system anyway soon, this PC is 5 years old on some parts, and the 2nd gen CPU is getting long in the tooth too.

 

[Tatty_Two]

You need to go into the 3D settings in CCC and place all the "quality" settings to default settings otherwise you are going to be adding another layer of quality over the benchmark which will have a significant performance cost. As for scaling to 1080P, I found one of the settings caused GPU work which again affected performance.

 

[ASOT]

@Tatty_One I made it at x8 just to test how is doing.. no need high score to show or else..sorry me for that's invalid,i pose later one,ty

 

[ASOT]

i dont think he is understanding my posts, or your @Tatty_One it may be a language thing, he just seems to be getting more competitive every time i try to offer him to change his settings. anyway, Even @ x8 AA, i still beat his score

ive apparently hit a bottleneck of the x8 PCIE speed, because I Cannot score above the 2259 i got earlier. even when my clocks are 10% higher im upgrading my system anyway soon, this PC is 5 years old on some parts, and the 2nd gen CPU is getting long in the tooth too.

Glad for u..i'm the other side AMD
I test at extremehd and x8 to see how is handle,just that.
Have a nice day,there

 

[jboydgolfer]

Glad for u..i'm the other side AMD
I test at extremehd and x8 to see how is handle,just that.
Have a nice day,there

cool man, im glad it worked out for you. have a nice day

 

[ASOT]

Finaly done it

 

[Mercennarius]

You need to go into the 3D settings in CCC and place all the "quality" settings to default settings otherwise you are going to be adding another layer of quality over the benchmark which will have a significant performance cost. As for scaling to 1080P, I found one of the settings caused GPU work which again affected performance.

So these are my current settings:

See anything awry?

 

[Tatty_Two]

Take surface format optimisation off (possibly 50 points right there). Make sure scaling is set on "scale image to full panel size", make sure you raise the power limit in CCC also, just to ensure you avoid any possible issues when in extended full load.

 

[Mercennarius]

Take surface format optimisation off. Make sure scaling is set on "scale image to full panel size", make sure you raise the power limit in CCC also, just to ensure you avoid any possible issues when in extended full load.

What should the power limit be raised to? Thanks!

 

[Tatty_Two]

What should the power limit be raised to? Thanks!

Give it 20%, probably won't need it but it won't do it any harm. You do realise you could easily raise the GPU clock to 1070mhz and memory to 1425mhz without any additional tweaks and she would fly along without any issues? No voltage necessary for those clocks. I run mine 24/7 at 1100 with no additional voltage but not all can do that.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Give it 20%, probably won't need it but it won't do it any harm. You do realise you could easily raise the GPU clock to 1070mhz and memory to 1425mhz without any additional tweaks and she would fly along without any issues? No voltage necessary for those clocks. I run mine 24/7 at 1100 with no additional voltage but not all can do that.

have you ever increased voltages of your 7970 build? ( i saw you had a 7970 score in the OP) im wondering because ive always been apprehensive about doing it, but if it brings my clocks up higher what the heck right? Ive got the LCS powercolor 7970, So temps will NEVER be an issue, The highest ive gotten it to is around 43C playing GTA5 for Hours. thanks in advance

 

[Tatty_Two]

have you ever increased voltages of your 7970 build? ( i saw you had a 7970 score in the OP) im wondering because ive always been apprehensive about doing it, but if it brings my clocks up higher what the heck right? Ive got the LCS powercolor 7970, So temps will NEVER be an issue, The highest ive gotten it to is around 43C playing GTA5 for Hours. thanks in advance

Mine was a 280X but yes, I did myself a custom Bios because the 3D voltage was not even holding the reference clocks (albeit it was an OC version so increased them to 1.212V, that raise temps by 2 degrees), like anything, if your cooler is decent and you don't go too mad then it should be OK but to be honest you don't need to if it is just to run a bench, the only reason I did this time is because it's the first time I really got to play with the 290X so just wanted to see what she had so to speak, I read up on the card first and saw some good results but I run stock voltage 24/7.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Mine was a 280X but yes, I did myself a custom Bios because the 3D voltage was not even holding the reference clocks (albeit it was an OC version so increased them to 1.212V, that raise temps by 2 degrees), like anything, if your cooler is decent and you don't go too mad then it should be OK but to be honest you don't need to if it is just to run a bench, the only reason I did this time is because it's the first time I really got to play with the 290X so just wanted to see what she had so to speak, I read up on the card first and saw some good results but I run stock voltage 24/7.

i hear ya. I cant even get Higher performace right now, Ive hit a ceiling because of the x8PCIe lane, or it looks that way, since no matter how high my clocks go, or what changes i make in the settings i cant get any higher than my above scores in unigine...but anyway, i was just curious to see what this puppy Could do is all. Its a Koolance water block, full coverage so heat wont change more than a degree or 2 maybe.I read a reveiw that the guy testing it, cranked it up to 1300Mhz, and had no issues. obviously cards differ, and gains are limited, but i was just curious as many of us are

i squeezed a TINY bit more HP out of it, but i think this is it @ the lower bandwidth of this lane..