Tried to compare HD4870x2 Crossfire (Asus Top bios flashed) at stock 790/915 vs 837/985 with just E8600 @4.5Ghz and must be severely cpu limited for 3dmark benches only 3dmark2003 and 3dmark vantage showed any gain. That or Cat 8.11 RC2 drivers aren't working that well ?
System:- E8600 Q820A599 0464
- CPU Cooling: Dtek Fuzion Rad Tower Box
- DFI LP DK X48-T2RBS Plus - 9/23 beta bios
- HIS HD4870x2 + Gigabyte HD4870x2 both flashed to Asus HD4870x2 TOP bios 790/915 default
- 4GB Mushkin Ascent XP2-8500 + 4GB Mushkin XP2-8500
- Memory cooling: 120x25mm Thermaltake 81cfm fan
- 320GB Seagate 7200.10 SATAII
- Pioneer 215 DVD-RW
- 1200W Silverstone OP1200
- Vista Ultimate SP1 64bit fully vLite updated
Powermate meter = 831 Watts peak load
Left (790/915) vs Right (837/985)
3Dmark06 =
23,129 vs
23,188
3Dmark05 =
31,182 vs
31,071
3Dmark2003 =
124,982 vs
127,931
3Dmark Vantage =
16,924 vs
17,123