Unigine Heaven (DX9, DX10, DX11) Benchmark Scores

[Cortexian]

Index of benchmark threads on Modacity:


Unigine Valley (DX11) Benchmark Scores (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?25075-Unigine-Valley-(DX11)-Benchmark-Scores)
3DMark 11 (DX11) Benchmark Scores (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?24779-3DMark-11-(DX11)-Benchmark-Scores)
Unigine Heaven (DX9, DX10, DX11) Benchmark Scores
3DMark Vantage (DX10) Benchmark Scores (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?24780-3DMark-Vantage-(DX10)-Benchmark-Scores)

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Lets get another benchmark thread going, start by downloading the Heaven benchmark (http://unigine.com/download/#heaven) and then run it using the following settings:
http://freelancer.modacity.net/pics/heaven.jpg

I chose to use these settings to give us the broadest spectrum of user input. 1024x768 won't restrict monitor size (if you're using anything smaller, kill yourself) and DX9 shouldn't leave out anyone on the GPU front. If you'd like I'll add DX10 and DX11 sections to the list so we can have results there as well.

To be considered for "official" entry you need to provide a screenshot/photo/video displaying the final benchmark results from inside the benchmark. If you are using two or more graphics cards in SLI or Crossfire please let me know in your post as well! To get the best screenshot you should use the provided screenshot key, F12. Pressing F12 will save a screenshot to "C:\Users\Username\Unigine Heaven\screenshots" on Windows Vista/7. It will likely be in a different place on Windows XP and I don't remember the usual file path, why are you using XP anyway?

Your benchmark results submission should look like this:
http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8615/00001ag.jpg

Tips for improving your benchmarking performance:

Before you start the benchmark:

Close all irrelevant programs running on your system. This frees up resources that the benchmark could potentially make use of.
Navigate to the benchmark installation directory (usually "C:\Program Files (x86)\Unigine\Heaven DX11 Benchmark 2.5"), Right-Click on "Unigine.exe", select "Properties", select the "Compatibility" tab, select "Change settings for all users", set the following options:
http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/6264/compatibilityc.jpg
When set you click "Apply", and then "OK". Click "OK" when brought back to the "Heaven.exe Properties" window.


After you start the benchmark:

I like to let the benchmark "warm up" for a few seconds before I actually press F9 or the "Benchmark" button. What I mean by this is that when Heaven first starts it will look jittery for a few seconds, wait for the performance to stabilize before pressing F9 or clicking "Benchmark". I usually wait until I get to this point in the benchmark:
http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/1111/00000fy.jpg
Keep in mind that this is a benchmark, it's designed to push your computer to its limit. Your FPS may not become completely smooth no matter how long you let the program run before clicking "Benchmark".



Heaven DX9 - 1024x768 Results:

Top 10:

6115 - king_nothing_
5097 - Cortexian
5048 - Zeph
4897 -Warsaw
4135 - BobtheGreatII
3223 - ThePlague
3061 - Donut
3057 - JackalStomper
2941 - Siliconmaster
2778 - InnerGoat


NVIDIA:

6115 - GTX 670 2GB - king_nothing_
5097 - GTX 470 1.25GB SLI - Cortexian
5048 - GTX 590 3GB - Zeph
4135 - GTX 470 1.25GB SLI - BobtheGreatII
3061 - GTX 560 Ti 1GB - Donut
3057 - GTX 560 1GB - JackalStomper
2941 - GTX 570 1.25GB - Siliconmaster
2778 - 8500 GT 512MB - InnerGoat
1722 - GTX 275 896MB - Patrickssj6
1333 - GTX 260 896MB - Limited


AMD:

4897 - HD 7970 3GB Crossfire - Warsaw
3223 - HD 6870 1GB Crossfire - ThePlague
1385 - HD 4850 - =sw=warlord
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Optional DX10 Results:

This is basically the same as above, but you must run the benchmark using the following settings:
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9587/dx10.jpg

Heaven DX10 - 1280x720 Results:

Top 10:

5139 - Zeph
4570 - Cortexian
3841 - BobtheGreatII
2707 - Siliconmaster
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NVIDIA:

5139 - GTX 590 3GB - Zeph
4570 - GTX 470 1.25GB SLI - Cortexian
3841 - GTX 470 1.25GB SLI - BobtheGreatII
2707 - GTX 570 1.25GB - Siliconmaster
...


AMD:

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Optional DX11 Results:

This is basically the same as above, but you must run the benchmark using the following settings:
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4299/dx11p.jpg

Heaven DX11 - 1280x720 Results:

Top 10:

4800 - Warsaw
3704 - Zeph
3496 - Cortexian
2861 - BobtheGreatII
2208 - Bobblehob
2004 - Siliconmaster
2000 - InnerGoat
712 - =sw=warlord
...
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NVIDIA:

3704 - GTX 590 3GB - Zeph
3496 - GTX 470 1.25GB SLI - Cortexian
2861 - GTX 470 1.25GB SLI - BobtheGreatII
2208 - GTX 480 1.5GB - Bobblehob
2004 - GTX 570 1.25GB - Siliconmaster
2000 - GTX 570 1.25GB - InnerGoat


AMD:

4800 - HD 7970 3GB Crossfire - Warsaw
712 - HD 6700 Series - =sw=warlord
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[Warsaw]

Why is Tessellation on at all when you are testing DX9?

[Cortexian]

It's not, once you change it to DX10 or DX9 it actually grays the option out since it's not available at all. Hard to tell in the pic I provided.

[Warsaw]

Gotcha. Downloading now. It will be interesting to see how my 7800GT performs. It meets the minimum specs. God damn, I swear the GeForce 7 is the finest line of graphics cards Nvidia has ever produced.

[Cortexian]

I've added the "Tips for improving your benchmarking performance" section to the OP. Pretty general stuff, if you guys have any other suggestions let me know.

[Siliconmaster]

Siiiick I just got a GTX 570 a while ago, and I've been waiting for something like this to post with it. I'll upload my results in a bit.

[Ifafudafi]

What the hell, I'll bite

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/8853/donges.jpg

I'll be upgrading this to a DX11 card and probably win7 for BF3 at some point in the near future, but this card's pushed me through just about anything I've thrown at it so far (been enjoying Witcher 2 at max at a ~30 avg, which is fine with me)

[Cortexian]

Siiiick I just got a GTX 570 a while ago, and I've been waiting for something like this to post with it. I'll upload my results in a bit.
The Heaven benchmark is GREAT on the 570. Tried it at my friends and we were very close in score, that was DX10 at 1680x1050 mind you.

You should try the DX11 options and mess around with tessellation as well. Just jack the camera and go look at the difference in different scenery with/without tessellation. It's awesome.


What the hell, I'll bite

<snip>

I'll be upgrading this to a DX11 card and probably win7 for BF3 at some point in the near future, but this card's pushed me through just about anything I've thrown at it so far (been enjoying Witcher 2 at max at a ~30 avg, which is fine with me)
Render: direct3d11

Makes me think you ran it in DX11 mode, even if you don't have a DX11 or 10 capable card it will skew your performance results. Running in DX9 will probably bump you up a bit.

[Limited]

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8510/00000n.jpg

Say I was to buy a GTX 280, and get a new mobo (one that has 2 PCIx16 express slots, probably the old one I had but had to give back as it was broken.) that would help with overal graphical speed (and physx stuff), right?

[Siliconmaster]

Muahaha

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/8223/00000g.jpg

I've actually had this demo on my computer for a while, but I've never used the benchmarking aspect of it before. The above are my results from the DX9 settings.

And because I couldn't resist,

(spoilered for beautiful and high-res images in shot tags)
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/6590/00001xa.jpg
http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/255/00004g.jpg
Dat tesselation...

And the benchmark results:
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9695/00005ug.jpg

All in native res, just in shot tags.

[Warsaw]

FFFFFFFFFF

"Unigine Fatal Error."

I think my video driver is too old (197.xx), but if I upgrade it to a newer one then Mass Effect will break.

[Siliconmaster]

Say I was to buy a GTX 280, and get a new mobo (one that has 2 PCIx16 express slots, probably the old one I had but had to give back as it was broken.) that would help with overal graphical speed (and physx stuff), right?

The GTX 280 by itself will greatly increase your visual performance. As for the motherboard, I can't say exactly without looking at your current specs and your theoretical new specs, but the double PCIx16 slots are only really useful if you are running SLI cards. AFAIK, a board with a single slot should work just as fine as a card with two. It's when you have two slots/cards that you have to pay attention, because some boards run both through the same circuit, cutting the bandwidth in half when using both cards. However, regardless, that wouldn't affect a single card use.

And to Freelancer: We should make standard settings/resolutions for DX10 and DX11 as well- the only reason I can even run it at that absurd resolution is that I have a 2K 16:9 screen, which is an oddity in itself. Probably doing it at 1024x768 is a good idea, but also decide on antialiasing, tesselation, etc.

[=sw=warlord]

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[ThePlague]

It's a 5870
http://k.min.us/ic2xwU.jpg

[Warsaw]

The GTX 280 by itself will greatly increase your visual performance. As for the motherboard, I can't say exactly without looking at your current specs and your theoretical new specs, but the double PCIx16 slots are only really useful if you are running SLI cards. AFAIK, a board with a single slot should work just as fine as a card with two. It's when you have two slots/cards that you have to pay attention, because some boards run both through the same circuit, cutting the bandwidth in half when using both cards. However, regardless, that wouldn't affect a single card use.

And to Freelancer: We should make standard settings/resolutions for DX10 and DX11 as well- the only reason I can even run it at that absurd resolution is that I have a 2K 16:9 screen, which is an oddity in itself. Probably doing it at 1024x768 is a good idea, but also decide on antialiasing, tesselation, etc.

I kind of want one of those 2048x1152 monitors. It's a good in-between for 1920x1200 and 1920x1080. It's also approaching 2560x1440 without being too demanding.

[Siliconmaster]

Yeah, it's a really nice resolution- higher than full HD, so no worries about being able to display blu ray, but a little higher for more desktop space. Only downside is that 1080p images end up ever-so-slightly unclear, because they have to get slightly upscaled. It's barely noticeable at all (I can't really see it), but theoretically there anyway. Games look stunning though.

[Cortexian]

Say I was to buy a GTX 280, and get a new mobo (one that has 2 PCIx16 express slots, probably the old one I had but had to give back as it was broken.) that would help with overal graphical speed (and physx stuff), right?
You wouldn't be able to SLI the GTX 260 and 280 together, SLI requires two of the same card. You would be able to dedicate your GTX 260 for PhysX and let your GTX 280 om nom through everything else.


And to Freelancer: We should make standard settings/resolutions for DX10 and DX11 as well- the only reason I can even run it at that absurd resolution is that I have a 2K 16:9 screen, which is an oddity in itself. Probably doing it at 1024x768 is a good idea, but also decide on antialiasing, tesselation, etc.
I was thinking the following for DX10:
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9587/dx10.jpg

And the same for DX11, but with normal tessellation:
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4299/dx11p.jpg

Again, I'd assume that most people with DX10 capable cards are running at least 720p monitors now. As for DX11, I was thinking up upping it to 1920x1080 but you're going to have a hard time finding people to compete with I think.


FFFFFFFFFF

"Unigine Fatal Error."

I think my video driver is too old (197.xx), but if I upgrade it to a newer one then Mass Effect will break.
Oh? I have no problems with Mass Effect using the latest drivers... Is it an issue related to your GPU specifically?

[Siliconmaster]

Yeah, those settings look good. It would be nice to be able to compete with someone- no fun having a beautiful card if it defeats the purpose of all benchmark comparisons :P

My results:

DX10:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9922/00006rm.jpg

DX11:
http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/708/00007yh.jpg

[Warsaw]

Oh? I have no problems with Mass Effect using the latest drivers... Is it an issue related to your GPU specifically?

I don't think so. The NPCs in Mass Effect get jaggy lighting and gouges in their face on the newer/newest Nvidia drivers. Reverting to 197 fixes it. It's a common problem. See here (social.bioware.com/.../Mass-Effect/Mass-Effect-1.../Character-Texture-Issue-PC-2949829-1.htm).

Also, can we have a 4:3/5:4 aspect ratio as an option? 1280x720 OR 1280x1024? I had a DX11 GPU, but I still retain my 5:4 monitor. I'd rather not run a benchmark in stretched mode.

[Cortexian]

So long as you can meet the 1280 horizontal requirements then it shouldn't matter if you have more vertical pixels, the benchmark results will be more consistent even if stretched. Hence the set parameters.

I don't want to many because then the OP just gets crazy.

I'll add my DX 10 results in a bit, 60% through a defrag after updating to today's Nvidia drivers and installing Windows 7 SP1.

Edit:
http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/1863/00000q.jpg

Raped by current gen again...

[InnerGoat]

Siliconmaster you're running a much older version lmao


http://innergoat.modacity.net/computer/00000.jpg

idk

[Siliconmaster]

Oh for the love of

Well balls. As soon as my internet bandwidth usage goes down, I'll download the newer version and test it using that. How did I not see that? >_<

Edit: Yeah, I must have installed the version that came with my graphics card, not realizing there was a newer one out. And none of your screenshots have the GODDAMNED PIRATE SHIP in them :P I'm assuming the results won't be too different, but we'll have to wait and see.

[InnerGoat]

I'm trying to break 2800, im really close lol.

[Cortexian]

Are those SLI 8500 GT's goatse?

[InnerGoat]

Nah just one to drive the 3rd display :-3

[InnerGoat]

Guys we should benchmark with furmark next :iamafag:

[Cortexian]

What are your main GPU's.

[Siliconmaster]

Alright, I finally managed to download the newest version, and here are my results:

DX9:
http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/6085/00009no.jpg

DX10:
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3915/00010d.jpg

DX11:
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3631/00011v.jpg

Looks like that definitely leveled the scores out a bit. From the changes log it looks like they added some ambient occlusion and other things that stress cards more than the original benchmark program did.

[Cortexian]

Updated! GoatSE what GPU's are you actually running?

[InnerGoat]

Well this is as far as it'll go with this CPU. I dunno what it did in that first screenshot. Overclocked to 900/1800/2000

dx9

http://innergoat.modacity.net/computer/00008.jpg


dx11 - 850/1700/2000

http://innergoat.modacity.net/computer/00009.jpg

[Siliconmaster]

Daaamn, you got an extra 32 points with the DX11. Very nice.

Edit: Oh, you have the exact same card as me, just overlocked. Hehehe.

Edit edit:
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/156/00012h.jpg

<3 Sorry Goat

[InnerGoat]

lolz

[Cortexian]

Tweak until you get 2011 and I'll be impressed.

Getting my friend with i5-2500k @ 3.6 Ghz and GTX 570 SuperClocked to post scores in a bit.

[Siliconmaster]

I look forward to getting owned haha

[BobtheGreatII]

Alright, here's my benchmarks:

Also, 470's SLI

DirectX 9

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/2673/00001ff.jpg

DirectX 10

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/1313/00002oo.jpg

DirectX 11

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/7161/00000qa.jpg

[Cortexian]

Nice score rape there.

[Siliconmaster]

Holy hell

[Cortexian]

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3493/00001krc.jpg

[Siliconmaster]

Damn. How the hell did you pull that off?

[Cortexian]

Thats my friends with the i5 and GTX 570.

[Siliconmaster]

Jeez. I have an i5 and a 570, but the Sandy Bridge cpu must make the difference. I'm a little sad I didn't just wait the extra month and buy that one. Tell your friend kudos on the computer.

[Cortexian]

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3534/00000wn.jpg

Single GTX 470 1.2GB in my system. The CPU was back to stock at 2.4GHz for this test. Memory was at 5-5-5-15 and 800MHz since I can't get over 800MHz stable with more than 2 sticks installed.

EDIT - DX10:
http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/6224/00001f.jpg

EDIT EDIT - DX11:
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/4900/00002pi.jpg

Will have to see what two of them do in SLI, once the second one gets here I'll start playing with my CPU overclock again as well.

[Amit]

Rain rain go away, go pour on somebody else's GTX 470.

[InnerGoat]

why do you have old 470 gtx

[Rook]

http://bacon.modacity.net/img/images/derphyh.png

[Cortexian]

Apparently Rook can't read instructions!

[Amit]

why do you have old 470 gtx

Hey, he RMA'd those GTX 285's for a couple of GTX 470's which are pretty much the equivalent in performance. For renewing your old cards for slightly newer ones, I think that EVGA was generous.

[Cortexian]

And the 470's are SLIGHTLY better as well :)

[InnerGoat]

Hey, he RMA'd those GTX 285's for a couple of GTX 470's which are pretty much the equivalent in performance. For renewing your old cards for slightly newer ones, I think that EVGA was generous.

I saw his post in the other thread after writing that :mech:

[ThePlague]

Scored higher with my new 6870's in crossfire:
http://k.min.us/jPsKL5UWlilla.jpg

[Cortexian]

Updated main page.

[Patrickssj6]

Your right-click properties suggestion thing doesn't work I think. You have to do it to Unigine.exe because Heaven.exe is just wrapped by it.

I'll post a result of mine later...after my computer finished encoding :S

[Cortexian]

Your right-click properties suggestion thing doesn't work I think. You have to do it to Unigine.exe because Heaven.exe is just wrapped by it.

I'll post a result of mine later...after my computer finished encoding :S
Good point, though I thought that most compatibility settings executed on one executable were passed onto any executables it launched/wrapped.

[Patrickssj6]

No SLI or anything. Hell I think a capacitor on my Mobo is broken since a month xD

http://img7.imagebanana.com/img/9u1ye28c/00000.jpg

[Cortexian]

Added, I'm going to try and run it on my system in the state its in now so I can compare to after my mobo/ram/processor upgrade.

EDIT:
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/7859/00000ec.jpg

[ThePlague]

Baddie.

[Donut]

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s277/TheKillerDonut/bench.png
please excuse the 1mb png >_>

E: ran it a second time, this time with moar jpg
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s277/TheKillerDonut/bench2.jpg

[Cortexian]

Updated OP Donut! Why are you running a 2500k at stock speeds? You can get to like 3.8 - 4.0 with the stock cooler easily.

And here's my current DX11:
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/2294/00001cx.jpg

[Donut]

id OC it if i had any reason to, but so far the most demanding thing iv thrown at this rig is bad company 2, which is just fine at the default 3.3ghz

E: oh also, its fucking HOT in my dorm room.

[BobtheGreatII]

Oh look I'm still owning all you all. :P

[Donut]

^maybe i should OC it. just to beat you plauge :realsmug:

[Cortexian]

Oh look I'm still owning all you all. :P
When my 2500k gets here we'll see... Are your 470's overclocked at all? Mine run really hot as is.

[ThePlague]

I've got both my cards at stock clock, and my CPU is is only 50% clocked. I'm thinking of buying a CPU cooler.

[BobtheGreatII]

When my 2500k gets here we'll see... Are your 470's overclocked at all? Mine run really hot as is.

No. Didn't really see a need to overclock them.

[Cortexian]

I've got both my cards at stock clock, and my CPU is is only 50% clocked. I'm thinking of buying a CPU cooler.
Seriously, get a Noctua NH-D14:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

Or a Thermalright Silver Arrow (Newegg doesn't have them so IDK). They are the two best air coolers on the market right now. It's good to invest in a good CPU cooler because the cooler you can get your CPU the longer it will last.

You could look into the Corsair Hydro series as well, the H70, H80, and H100 are all amazing coolers.

[dark navi]

http://img.odinseye.org/images/00002.jpg

Iconic FPS amirite?

[Cortexian]

So now that I've got my upgraded system stable... After determining that one of my GTX 470's was defective, I achieved this result at only 3.8GHz and with one GPU:
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8902/00000hz.jpg

[ThePlague]

You go through so many cards...

[Cortexian]

Here are my scores for 4.6GHz with on GTX 470 (470 not overclocked):
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/8321/00002me.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/2415/00003t.jpg

[Cortexian]

GTX 470 replacement came in, GPU's at stock:
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/8615/00001ag.jpg

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2462/00004s.jpg

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9871/00005tk.jpg

Trying to figure out why I scored lower than Bob in DX10 and DX11.

[BobtheGreatII]

Cause I'm dope like that. Lol. *shrug*

[Zeph]

Figured I'd run this on the 550ti before the 590 gets here. Print screen doesn't work and I dont have fraps here. This will have to suffice:

http://modreality.net/550ti.JPG

Kinda wondering why the 2600k only boosts up to 3.5GHz whereas when rendering something in Max it goes up to 4.4 GHz. I know it wont make too much of a difference, but these things are often CPU bottlenecked.

edit: DX11:

http://modreality.net/550tiDX11.JPG

Not too bad of framerate for a low end card.

[Cortexian]

Heaven has a built-in screenshot feature (F12), it's detailed in the OP instructions.

Anyhow, Heaven doesn't read CPU frequency correctly. It reads my 4.6GHz OC as 3.3 (stock).

[Zeph]

those were pure black as well. Not sure if this is going to turn out to be a bad thing or not

[Cortexian]

You didn't disable desktop composition/visual themes then.

[Zeph]

interesting reason for that to happen. :\

http://modreality.net/00007.jpg

[Cortexian]

Yeah IDK what it is with 3D applications and Vista/7 but if you don't disable those two things most screenshots will come out black.

[Zeph]

This is quite a boost over the 550ti.

DX9:
http://www.modreality.net/00008.jpg

DX10:
http://www.modreality.net/00009.jpg

DX11:
http://www.modreality.net/00010.jpg

[Cortexian]

raaaaape

[ThePlague]

:C At least use lube next time.

[BobtheGreatII]

Most Impressive.

[JackalStomper]

:bump:

Always late to the party.

Stock:
http://i.imgur.com/uizsv.jpg

Overclocked:
http://i.imgur.com/8klW8.jpg

To anyone thinking 'hey lets get a 560 and 1Ghz it! It'll be easy! Yeah don't. If you notice the graph those fans were fuckin screamin. I normally run on just stock clocks at a cool 45C.

[Cortexian]

560's are boss.

[Cortexian]

My GTX 470's at 700Mhz Core/1400Mhz Shader/1700Mhz (3400Mhz Effective) Memory:
http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/4151/00001is.jpg

The stock clocks are 607/1215/1674 (3348).

I'm playing with voltages right now and stuff. I can probably OC higher but 900Mhz seems to be the top-out for these cards and I'm not sure if I want to do a 100% fan speed suicide-run...

EDIT - So here's 820/1640/1800:
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/2835/00003e.jpg

If I push the core/shader much higher (they're perma-linked in 400 series) I start getting artifacts on my card around 830Mhz. Temp wasn't that bad, fans at 100% kept the cards around 72 degrees. I might of been able to eliminate some of that artifacting by increasing the voltages some more but I didn't feel it was worth it just for a theoretical maximum. If I water-cool them in the future it might be worth it, but that's unlikely since GTX 470 waterblocks are now fairly hard to find at a decent price.

EDIT EDIT - Got my DX10 and DX11 scores for the OC, had to drop it to 800/1600/1800 for this resolution due to a lot of artifacts. I actually got a score of 4712 in DX10 but it was plagued with the occasional artifact so I decided not to count it as a legitimate score.
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4937/00004jt.jpg

http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6203/00005i.jpg

[BobtheGreatII]

Lol nice. I'm just not super big on the heat and fan noise from my 470's. So I'll let you win this round lol.

[Cortexian]

Yeah I'm going to run them at 700/1400/1700 for my 24/7 requirements:
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/6876/20120327gtx470247clocks.jpg

I can pull that off at 1.025v instead of 1.087v and it keeps the fans around 50% when I'm idle.

[Warsaw]

Teaser, because for whatever reason my screen-cap in the benchmark comes out as nothing but a black box:

http://i39.tinypic.com/2z4lifp.png

I have my computer bone stock settings on every component, and I never saw that 44 fps...that's just the bench doing it's hiccup non-visual thing when it switches scenes. I also left my anti-virus running, Chrome running, and Steam running.

[Cortexian]

for whatever reason my screen-cap in the benchmark comes out as nothing but a black box
Check the tips section and disabled Visual Themes/Desktop Comp for Unigine.exe. There's a weird thing in Vista/7 that causes screenshots to come out black from 3D applications if you don't do this. It also improves performance, so why not?


I have my computer bone stock settings on every component, and I never saw that 44 fps...that's just the bench doing it's hiccup non-visual thing when it switches scenes.
Yeah I sometimes find that when the benchmark first starts it drops the FPS when switching screens. Hit Esc/F9 a few times until you get a start about 100 FPS for best results. There's also a few points in the benchmark when switching scenes where it's gonna drop you regardless, like you said.


I also left my anti-virus running, Chrome running, and Steam running.
Yeah I do this all the time too, because I'm usually going to have those three things running (plus a few others) all the time anyway so it wouldn't be a fair/accurate test otherwise!

And those are some awesome scores! You've got two cards right? I'll wait until you post your actual results before I update the OP. :)

[Warsaw]

It just crashed my system. I actually think it's this PoS WD Caviar Green I'm forced to keep working with. It never worked right...

E: When you hit F12 for screenshot, where the hell does it save the picture?

EE: Nevermind, found it...

http://i43.tinypic.com/11j3iiv.jpg

DX 11 soon. Then extreme DX11. Not going to bother with DX10, nobody cares about DX10.

DX11:
http://i39.tinypic.com/2wel65x.jpg

DX11 at settings I would play games at:

http://i43.tinypic.com/i3w0o9.jpg

1080p is for saps. I would normally say 16:9 is also for saps, but when your resolution exceeds 1920x1200 in both directions then all arguments are really out of the window. I never saw 12 fps in my uber bench...it was generally between 50 and 71. I did see some tearing where it exceeded my U2711's 60Hz refresh rate. It's also pretty well documented that Radeon 7900 series underperform in DX9 mode. Of course, when underperforming is still an average of 200 frames per second, who the hell am I to argue?

[Cortexian]

I'm expecting overclocked results to beat Zeph by tonight. :)

Just crank your fans to 100% while your playing. Doesn't have to be 24/7 stability either.

[Warsaw]

Noes...not while under warranty!

I don't want to risk bricking $3000, and my cooling is not 100% set up either. The only exhaust fans I have are the two GPUs and the fan on my radiator. The angled fan at the top of this case needs to be flipped around, since I already have two intake fans on the front (140mm) and blowing air over the CPU itself isn't going to to jack-shit since it's got a water block on it.

Also, I'm pretty damn sure I'm CPU-limited...

[Cortexian]

Just to confirm, you're using 7970's in Crossfire right? And they're actually 3GB versions (I'm not even sure if there are other versions)? Sometimes Heaven doesn't like displaying accurate VRAM amounts.

Also, are there any better benchmarks out than Heaven right now? Heaven is mostly GPU oriented for DX11 performance, are the new 3DMark benches any good? I might make a new thread. (edit: I was also considering adding an "Optional DX11 Native Results" section to this thread. Same as the DX11 settings we have now but at your native resolution)

And speaking of cooling, I have an airflow question that I'm going to be posting soon in the computer advice thread. Would appreciate your input.

[Warsaw]

There are indeed two Radeon HD 7970s in my computer, and they do both, in fact, sport 3GB of GDDR5 (booo! Where's my XDR2 that was promised!?).

I mean most tech sites use PC Mark and 3D Mark (both Vantage and '11), and I do know that they are more system-intensive than Unigine. This bench was laughably easy for my computer, even at that really high setting. I expect a benchmark to make just about any system crawl at 19 fps or so.

[Cortexian]

It makes mine crawl at 5760x1200 :P

EDIT: OC'd a little more for my "24/7 OC" to 740/1480/1760 which places my cards into the realm of GTX 570's:
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/7853/00006pj.jpg

That's at native res, and interestingly enough that's a similar FPS (70+) to what I get in Battlefield 3.

[Warsaw]

Cheat, you have AF set to 4. :p

What setting were you running the AA on? I had it going at 4x, because anything more is a pointless gesture if your monitor is sporting a high enough pixel density. That, and FXAA is more optimal for playing and this is MSAA.

[Cortexian]

Oh yeah, I just ran that preset DX11 at my native resolution with no AA. I do play BF3 without AA and Ambient Occlusion though, no need really with all the settings on Ultra and FXAA. I have AF set to 16X in BF3:
pidkHHVrBus

I made that video to pretty much show you how air is useful in the hands of a good pilot. Also, that's pretty much an entire game with the boring parts cut out. Pretty typical for me when I play, I find myself in the top 5 more often than not.

[Zeph]

I'm expecting overclocked results to beat Zeph by tonight. :)

Just crank your fans to 100% while your playing. Doesn't have to be 24/7 stability either.

Mine were stock as well.


Also, I'm pretty damn sure I'm CPU-limited...
Yeah, you are. Your CPU is roughly on par with my 2600k. The 2600k is better in some areas while yours is better in others. Probably has to do with quad channel memory bandwidth.

Either way, I'm surprised your pair of 7970s didn't go past my 590 as a single 7970 is considerably better than a 580. It's gotta be your CPU. You planning on moving up to a 3939k? No guarantee that ivb-e will even be on the same socket. By then, I'm sure the 8kHD series will be around the corner as well.

[Warsaw]

HD 7970s are underperformers in DX9; they sacrificed some DX9 power with GCN architecture to get that compute performance, apparently. I sailed past you in DX11 though, and I didn't even bother with DX10 because DX10 is irrelevant.

I'll move up to whatever Ivy Bridge-E CPU comes out for the $600 price point, along with another 16 GB of RAM. Then we should be all set. On the off-chance that IVB-E isn't compatible with Socket 2011, I'll find a 3930K on eBay or something. Beyond those two upgrades, I don't really plan on doing anything to this rig for a good long while, not unless there is some major revolution in games. From what I've seen from The Samaritan and the GTX 680 scores, I'm pretty future-resistant at the moment.

[Limited]

Bump

Only just installed Windows 7 and updated to latest gfx drivers. Havent really played around with any of the settings (or GPU Boost), will test again at later date.

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3151/00000eo.jpg

[king_nothing_]

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/9923/00005m.jpg

Not sure why it decided to list my iGPU. It's an OCed HD 7950 3GB.

I could probably get a bit higher score out of it if I messed around with it some more. Maybe later.

[InnerGoat]

Stock Asus gtx670 DCUII TOP. It looks like a midrange card lmao (pics later)



http://innergoat.modacity.net/computer/gtx670%20stock%20dx9%20may2012.jpg

turned stuff up plays ok for a single gpu

http://innergoat.modacity.net/computer/gtx670%20stock%20dx11%20full%20may2012.jpg

[king_nothing_]

Stock Asus gtx670 DCUII TOP. It looks like a midrange card lmao (pics later)
I just ordered one of these. It's on the way. I'm selling my 7950.

:woop:

[king_nothing_]

Got mine today.

Asus GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP @ stock
3770k @ 4.7GHz

http://i.imgur.com/68kAO.jpg?1?4798


OCing to come.

[king_nothing_]

So apparently it likes to...over-overclock itself? Specs say the boost clock is 1137MHz. Right out of the box, with it set at 1137MHz in GPU Tweak, it actually runs up to 1293MHz. That's what it was doing during the previous benchmark.

Here it is set at 1160MHz in GPU Tweak (which makes it run at 1316MHz) and memory set at 6550MHz (stock is 6008MHz). Temp didn't go above 60c during the benchmark with my custom fan speed setup (runs at 60% at 60c).

http://i.imgur.com/K1Obv.jpg?1

[InnerGoat]

Looks like you got a better card than most. Seems like a few people got TOPs that can't make it through the benchmark without crashing at stock. Go max the benchmark out and let it run for half an hour and see if it crashes. :)

+23 core (~1264mhz), +500mem (7000mhz)

http://innergoat.modacity.net/computer/gtx670%20plus500memory%20plus23core.jpg

[king_nothing_]

+23 core (~1264mhz), +500mem (7000mhz)
Wha? Your memory runs at 7000MHz at an offset of +500? Mine runs at 6500 at that offset.

Still rockin' the 1680x1050, but:

http://i.imgur.com/gHCTr.jpg?1

I did have to make a few changes to stop it from crashing at max settings. I pushed the power target up and put the memory at 6500 (+492 offset). Kept the core at +23 offset (runs at 1316MHz @ that). I let it run for awhile and it didn't crash. Seems fine.

I kinda wish I could push it further. I haven't seen it go over like 61c yet. The max voltage is locked at 1175mV though, right?

[InnerGoat]

I use MSI afterburner which shows half clocks, 3000mhz is stock so +500 to that. You got a really good card, grats on that :-3

Also yeah voltage is locked which is lame...

[Cortexian]

Why is voltage locked? Try using EVGA Precision X, you should be able to adjust it. Only downside to Precision X is the stupid GUI and the voltages you set won't save/be applied with Windows startup.

Old Precision (now called Precision Legacy) saves voltages though.

[JackalStomper]

maybe nvidia got tired of people melting their cards and trying to RMA them as 'defective'.

[Cortexian]

No, EVGA Precision X has specific videos detailing overclocking the 600 series cards and adjusting the voltages. That's mostly just with the 680 though, maybe the 670 is locked down.

[InnerGoat]

The voltage is still capped, all that does is prevents the voltage from dropping iirc.

[Cortexian]

It's capped yeah, but it's adjustable through Precision X. All cards have been "capped" that I know of.

[king_nothing_]

http://i.imgur.com/lzE6u.jpg

Had to break 6000 obv.

[Warsaw]

Adoring how biased toward Nvidia that Unigine is. Feelgood benchmark anybody? Freelancer, I think you need to make the baseline comparison at DX10 now, DX9 is irrelevant because any new mid-range card is going to raep face. A 9800 GTX is still more than potent enough for d3d9.

[Cortexian]

http://i.imgur.com/lpWI0.jpg

I ran this again recently so I updated this post. :woop:

[Warsaw]

Nvidia bias...also let's see you do it at 2560x1440 and DX10.

:realsmug:

[InnerGoat]

Freelancer are you gonna take that shit?? Run it at 2560x1600 and run out of vram :)

[Cortexian]

I had to run it at 2560x1600 yesterday for something I'm working on actually:
http://i.imgur.com/rNr3G.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/SdcLg.jpg


Nvidia bias...also let's see you do it at 2560x1440 and DX10.

:realsmug:
http://i.imgur.com/yxpnQ.jpg

Should I make a 3DMark 11 thread that has sections for Performance and Extreme?

[Warsaw]

Nice.

I think you just need to drop DX9 + low-res entirely. It's a meaningless benchmark since most of us here play at least at 1080p and with DX10 support.

E: Your tessellation is disabled. Mine was at extreme. That explains why yours was only just over 300 points shy of my setup. I don't remember if the GTX 470 is DX11, but I also ran DX11. DX11 might net you even better results.

[Cortexian]

You told me to run it at DX10, which doesn't support tesselation...

[Warsaw]

Yeah, my mistake. I should have said DX11, especially since I'm the one who said DX10 is also irrelevant.

[InnerGoat]

I had to run it at 2560x1600 yesterday for something I'm working on actually:

http://i.imgur.com/SdcLg.jpg


http://innergoat.modacity.net/computer/heaven-2560x1600.jpg

[Warsaw]

I had AF at 8x and Tessellation set to Extreme guys, c'mon now...

BTW, that GTX 670 is packing serious heat.

[Bobblehob]

Okay, so I am rather confused at my results on this one.

I have a single GTX 480, I am getting scores and such that are realistic to my cards performance, but for some reason it isn't detecting the actual card.

http://oi45.tinypic.com/2uekz60.jpg

Also, just for fun, tested on the highest possible settings and resolution on my rig.

http://www.bobble.tucker933.com/00000.jpg

[=sw=warlord]

So I ran this last night.
http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n599/cobby87/heaven2013-03-0808-28-11-67_zpsee9dfaca.jpg

[Cortexian]

But there's a new benchmark from Unigine now!

Unigine Valley (DX11) Benchmark Scores. (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?25075-Unigine-Valley-(DX11)-Benchmark-Scores)

I made a new thread about this, with a list of Valley scores running on the Extreme preset so there's no need to fiddle with specific settings.

http://i.imgur.com/dfSDujw.jpg