SLI Benchmarks

[ohnnyj]

Hello all:

I have recently put together my SLI computer and have run a few HL2 benchmarks, trying to gauge performance compared to what I have seen on the net. So I was wondering if others with SLI rigs could post some of their HL2 scores with the settings they used and the config they have.

On a side note, I was also wondering if others experienced any slowdown at certain points in the game that seem rather odd. For instance, toward the beginning of the game when you are unsuccessfuly transported outside of Kliners lab, when I look at the large power plant like structure in the back there is some very noticeable slowdown. Yet in similar graphically intensive situations it is smooth as silk. Are there simply random areas that were not optimized as well or what?

Thanks.

 

[nick1985]

whats your rig specs?

 

[ohnnyj]

FX-55
ASUS A8N-SLI
2xBFG 6800GT
4x512 Corsair 3200XL
PCPC 510 SLI
2x74GB Raptorts in RAID0
Seagate 400GB SATAII
Plextor PX-716SA
Sony 52x32x52x16 CD-RW/DVD
Audigy 4 Pro
Sennheisser HD650
Belkin Wireless Pre-N

Everything is at stock speeds and default configurations (i.e. factory settings such as 1002 ASUS BIOS).

 

[Ronin]

I'll have a box built next week with the following config:

A8N-SLI
2x6800U with NV5's installed
Audigy4 Pro
G.skill (Samsung TCCD) Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR PC-4400, Model F1-3200DSU2-1GBLE
Floppy Drive
Plextor PX-712SA/SW
Plextor PX-716A/SW
OCZ PowerStream 600W PSU (Model # OCZ600ADJ)
MGE CA-SIDEWINDER-B (Case)
Artic Silver 5
CNPS7700-Cu (Zalman HSF) or XP-120 w/120mm Panaflo
4xPanaflo 80mm High Speed (FBA08A12H)
1xPanaflo 120mm High Speed (FBA12G12H)

Once it's built, I'll give you my results.

 

[nick1985]

you should put your raptors in raid 5, as raid 0 is worthless.



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[kento46]

From what I have seen most GT sli's get around 10K in 3dmark 05 granted both cards are OC'd.

 

[GRIdpOOL]

Originally posted by: nick1985
you should put your raptors in raid 5, as raid 0 is worthless.



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Says the guy with NO RAPTORS...

Uh... But since you can't put 2 drives in RAID-5, LOL

Please post your results for benchmarks. I just want to see em.

Oh, and Nick, your rig is the best bang for the $$ out there.

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: GRIdpOOL

Originally posted by: nick1985
you should put your raptors in raid 5, as raid 0 is worthless.



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Says the guy with NO RAPTORS...

Uh... But since you can't put 2 drives in RAID-5, LOL

Please post your results for benchmarks. I just want to see em.

Oh, and Nick, your rig is the best bang for the $$ out there.

you cant do raid 5 with 2 drives?


but if you read the anandtech review of RAID 0 raptors, i think you will agree that raid 0 is almost worthless, and its certainly not worth spending the extra money for.

as far as benchmarks, what would you like to know?

 

[GuitarDaddy]

The silicon raid controller supports software RAID5 but its not certified (what ever that means)

 

[Ronin]

I'll take my sustained in Raid 0 all day long, thank you.

 

[RacerX]

raid 0 is worthless

that (Anand) article was debunked months ago because they didn't use an nforce board in any of the tests. Tech report had an article shortly after showing raid-0 tearing it up on an nForce3.

 

[AiponGkooja]

Originally posted by: Ronin
I'll have a box built next week with the following config:

A8N-SLI

G.skill (Samsung TCCD) Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR PC-4400, Model F1-3200DSU2-1GBLE

This is probably a stupid question, but does that ram work with that mobo? Thought it only took up to PC-3200? Am most likely wrong, but thought I'd ask anyway

 

[ohnnyj]

Well the benchmarks I was specifically looking for was in HL2. I ran the timedemos (updated to version seven) from here at AT and my scores were lower than what they had but I am not sure what settings they had on for the graphics. All they indicate was 1600x1200 w/4xAA and 8xAnsio but you could get varied scores depending upon what other settings you have turned on/off.

 

[jvarszegi]

Originally posted by: nick1985
you should put your raptors in raid 5, as raid 0 is worthless.

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Wrong; RAID 0 is not "worthless". RAID 5 is closer to being "worthless" for the home user; there are fewer scenarios where it makes sense. Also, you need at least three drives to use RAID 5!

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Ronin and ohnnyj ....... you two have far to much money, send some my way

very sweet rigs though :beer: for you

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: AiponGkooja

Originally posted by: Ronin
I'll have a box built next week with the following config:

A8N-SLI

G.skill (Samsung TCCD) Dual Channel Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR PC-4400, Model F1-3200DSU2-1GBLE

This is probably a stupid question, but does that ram work with that mobo? Thought it only took up to PC-3200? Am most likely wrong, but thought I'd ask anyway

It's for overclocking, it runs at PC3200 (DDR400) speed until he starts overclocking. It simply says that these modules have been tested stable up to PC-4400 (DDR550).

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: jvarszegi

Originally posted by: nick1985
you should put your raptors in raid 5, as raid 0 is worthless.

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Wrong; RAID 0 is not "worthless". RAID 5 is closer to being "worthless" for the home user; there are fewer scenarios where it makes sense. Also, you need at least three drives to use RAID 5!

i suppose you didnt read through the article i posted.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: GRIdpOOL

Originally posted by: nick1985
you should put your raptors in raid 5, as raid 0 is worthless.



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Says the guy with NO RAPTORS...

Uh... But since you can't put 2 drives in RAID-5, LOL

Please post your results for benchmarks. I just want to see em.

Oh, and Nick, your rig is the best bang for the $$ out there.

you cant do raid 5 with 2 drives?


but if you read the anandtech review of RAID 0 raptors, i think you will agree that raid 0 is almost worthless, and its certainly not worth spending the extra money for.

as far as benchmarks, what would you like to know?

Nope, RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 drives.

Like this:

HD0......HD1........HD2
bit............bit..........parity
bit..........parity.........bit
parity........bit...........bit

etc etc.

RAID 0 is the best performer but offers no fault tolerance Like RAID 1 or 5.
I myself have 2 36GB raptors in a RAID 0 config. FAST AS HELL.
But also keep in mind that I dont store any critical data on there. Everything is backed up to my server, and then backed up onto mag tape. Now thats fault tolerance!!!!.

OP: Very nice setup you have there. I didn't even know there was an Audigy 4 yet.
That rig should rip anything up on the planet when it comes to gaming. Congrats.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: jvarszegi

Originally posted by: nick1985
you should put your raptors in raid 5, as raid 0 is worthless.

Text

Wrong; RAID 0 is not "worthless". RAID 5 is closer to being "worthless" for the home user; there are fewer scenarios where it makes sense. Also, you need at least three drives to use RAID 5!

i suppose you didnt read through the article i posted.

Nick, some of us do not have to read articles about RAID arrays. I have a good deal of my own experience with them. I know what is the best performer (RAID0) and the best for fault tolerance (Duplexed RAID5 with hot spare). You don't have to just run 2 disks with RAID 0 either. You can run as many as your controller cards can manage. RAID 0 is very far from worthless from a performance standpoint. I really don't care what Anand has to say about it.

But enough about RAID arrays, this is the video forum and the OP is showing off his mighty fine SLI setup.

 

[ohnnyj]

Has anyone else run the AT benchmarks on an SLI setup?

 

[Gunnman]

Don't be stupid guys, RAID is not worthless at all. Good God you guys need a brain.

RAID-0 with 2 drives on a crappy motherboard controller with no cache memory is a waste. I agree.


You need more than 2 spindles to get a real advantage and a controller with some cache onboard to cache the RAID.

For SATA you need a 3ware or raidcore controller and 4 drives in RAID-0 will rule.

I have an Adaptec U320 2200S (512M Cache) Dual Channel RAID with 4xU320 drives at 15Krpm 16M cache in a RAID-0

Why is RAID-0 better? I'll tell you. With a good controller RAID-0 rules ass because it does not have to sync any mirrors, hince the increase in speed going from RAID-5 (who cares if it is slightly cached, no speed gain and RAID-5 does perity checking which slows her down.) Bench it yourself and you will see the same.

RAID-0 rules for the enthusiests out there. If your poor? Your SOL


My HDD solution was $1600.00

 

[caz67]

RAID O, has it's place.