MSI N460GTX Hawk (1GB) Overclocking Results

[Neoroy]

Yup prof jim, i think if u change procie to core2quad or core2duo E8400 and run at high speed then ur score will increase :)

[profJim]

An E8400 cpu update for $170 would be nice, but my E6300 is more than fast enough for my everyday needs.
I'd love to have a Q9550 but not for $275 (new).

[Neoroy]

Hmm yup correct profjim, Q9550 new price is not logical ... to expensive, maybe u can try find an Q9550 used one (you buy from user who want to sell his Q9550), then u'll have more good price :) i used to do like this for my Q9550 hehehe bought from myfriend ^_^ new Q9550 is to much cost, i cant afford it.

[profJim]

I ran some additional DX11 tests with tessellation = Normal that resulted in some unexpected benchmarks:

----------- FPS --- Score --- min ---- max
850/4000 - 36.4 ---- 916 ---- 6.9 ---- 90.9
850/4100 - 36.4 ---- 917 ---- 8.9 ---- 87.4
850/4200 - 36.4 ---- 917 ---- 8.1 ---- 88.1
850/4400 - 36.5 ---- 920 ---- 7.1 ---- 91.1

The min and max columns are the high and low FPS scores.
I wasn't expecting a large increase in test scores as memory speed was increased, but I expected larger increases as memory speed was increased 2.5%, 5.0%, and 10%.

I've been running with the 260.99 Nvidia drivers for these tests.
I'm going to "downgrade" to the original 259.22 drivers and rerun some of these tests.

Stayed tuned for further updates as they happen....

***EDIT*** The only problem with buying a used Q9550 is that the previous owner might have thoroughly abused his cpu by running way too many IBT/LinX stress tests where each test was at least twice as long as it should have been. I don't wanna name names, but does this sound like anyone we know Neoroy?

[profJim]

Lost Planet 2 benchmark using default settings:
780/3600 --- dx9 = 52.9 fps --- dx11 = 42.6 fps
875/4000 --- dx9 = 58.6 fps --- dx11 = 46.4 fps

Teaser scores for upcomming attractions:
----------- FPS --- Score --- min ---- max
900/4000 - 39.8 --- 1002 ---- 14.1 --- 93.4 [dx11 with tessellation = normal]
920/4100 - 40.4 --- 1018 ---- 14.7 --- 92.9 [dx11 with tessellation = normal]

Heaven v2.1 benchmarks for gpu = 875MHz and memory = 4000MHz (QDR) for DX9, DX10, and DX11:

[Neoroy]

Yeah u right prof jim, a used procie is unwarranty... so we dont know how it is, has it been overclocked or not ^_^ lucky me i bought from myfriend and he really dont know how to oc until now just for general purpose :)
Btw i cant see details on ur SS latest profjim only fps and scores... wow u did run multiple tes with unigine :) have u try extreem tessel?

note: recently i upgraded my rig into lynnfield but using MSI mobo, can i still join this forum profjim? i see there's no subforum from MSI, i just afraid that i cannot longer allowed to be in here ...... my target was gigabyte mobo but i was unlucky only got MSI P55 GD80 with i5 750.

[profJim]

In post #17, I said:

You will probably need to copy the picture to your image viewing program to easily read the information.

I right click on an image, select COPY IMAGE, and paste it in my IrfanView image program.
The image in post #25 is 1794px × 853px (scaled to 800px × 380px) in FireFox.
FireFox right clicking also lets you VIEW IMAGE in another tab, where you can left click on the new image to zoom in somewhat.

The six Heaven tests were all run with the same gpu/memory settings and voltages:
DX9 with no tessellation
DX10 with no tessellation
DX11 with tessellation = disabled
DX11 with tessellation = moderate
DX11 with tessellation = normal
DX11 with tessellation = extreme to show the benchmark differences with each setting.

For advice with your new MSI P55 motherboard, the best way to get expert support will be to find a quality site that deals with MSI boards. Be sure to check out the MSI forums on their web sites. There are subtle differences with bios settings from each manufacturer and some bios setting combinations will be different.

FWIW, I emailed MSI tech support with a question about aftermarket VRM heatsinks. They responded very quickly to my question where they said that they do not support aftermarket cooling solutions.

[Neoroy]

Ok profjim thx for advice and info :) oops i miss that how to read ur picture/SS hehehe ok now they are clear to read, thx.
Hmmm ok i will try searching msi forum from now, but still i like to read and join in this great forum ^_^

[profJim]

Settings for this test:
GPU = 900MHz, voltage = +70mv
Memory = 4000MHz (QDR), voltage = +20MV
CPU: E6300 @ 3.60MHz
Mobo: P35-DS3L
Memory: 4GB Mushkin XP8500 @ 1080MHz (5-5-5-15)
O/S: Win7 Home Premium 64bit

The six Heaven tests were all run with the same gpu/memory settings and voltages:
DX9 with no tessellation
DX10 with no tessellation
DX11 with tessellation = disabled
DX11 with tessellation = moderate
DX11 with tessellation = normal
DX11 with tessellation = extreme to show the benchmark differences with each setting.

To view the results, right click on the image, select COPY IMAGE, and paste it in your image viewing program.
FireFox right clicking also lets you VIEW IMAGE in another tab, where you can left click on the new image to zoom in somewhat.

Next Heaven benchmark will be with gpu = 920MHz with memory = 4000MHz (QDR).



***EDIT*** New Nvidia driver (266.58 WHQL) for the GTX 460 video cards was released today (18 January 2011).

[Neoroy]

Hmmm extreme tessel DX11 is 1.6fps higher than normal tessel DX11 at min fps, how come? btw thx for info about newdriver prof jim :) now downloading it .... later test it.