Taking A Shot At Water Cooling

[andz]

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all part of the plan ? lol

[nestlE]

go gree..red team

andz unsa pa imo tago sa imo kaban? nice results

[glide 1]

arniel, libog nako ninyo

GTX295 3DMark06 Score~ 20922 @ 1680x1050


4890X2 3DMark06 Score~ 23766 @ 1680x1050

Nice scores andz -wow!

so let me get this right - those scores would be the other way round if you used vantage? why is that?

[andz]

Yes, Vantage is made specifically better for Nvidia Cards especially because of PhysX.

If you notice in review sites like x-bit labs and techpowerup, they don't use Vantage, they use 3dMark06 for fair game

I still have my score of my 295 in vantage:



I assume 4890X2 would be either a little lower or little higher if not the same.

Nvidia Rules 3DMarkVantage~

[centax error]

so ang conclusion aneh kay if ATI card imo na buy then use 3DMark 06 but if NVDIA card then use Vantage hehe

[andz]

so ang conclusion aneh kay if ATI card imo na buy then use 3DMark 06 but if NVDIA card then use Vantage hehe

yes technically lol!

[petnemic]

bai newbie here, unsa diay ni about inyo gpang storyaan? interesting lage kaau...

[isaacrobot]

grebehag scores oi. akong gtx260 16k raman. @1680x1050
bottlenecked?

[glide 1]

andz, centax - gets na ko. thanks for sharing kay ang uban nato (usa na ko diri), wala gyuy reference sa mga xfire/sli benchies, so kudos to you both for posting some very interesting results.

[glide 1]

....back to topic - water cooling

i did a little non-scientific test. Some of you may remember my setup, i had both the gpu and cpu blocks running in 1 single loop through a dual 120 radiator.

Here are some thoughts:

* the dual rad is definitely not enough to cool both cpu AND gpu even at moderate oc's. Idle temps were between 45-50deg 4.2ghz at 1.28v - load as you can see in some of my screenshots - 80deg up
* If only cpu (i7) in the loop, i only get, at most, 4-5deg less in temps
* for cpu only, we will need at least a triple rad to handle moderate oc's on the i7 procie. This thing runs hot like a furnace!!
* if you decide to run 2 loops, 1 dedicated for cpu and 1 for gpu, then a triple rad for cpu and at least dual for gpu. gtx 295 and 4870x2 will probably need a triple also.
* 1 thing to note though is that my gpu temps were the best affected by water cooling, temps never exceeded 60deg at full load. just a comparison, - 55deg idle and 78deg max at load with stock cooling as oppose to 40deg idle and 58deg max. nice i think

Anyways, just thought i'de update a bit. Still waiting for some parts to arrive so maybe with that, i can tame this i7 procie temp wise.

stay tuned