Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 crushes the SuperPi 1M, 3DMark 05 and 06 world records!

[dpg]

Yesterday(26th September) we told you about our latest toy, an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650, and that it showed a lot of promise. Well after benching the night away, Kinc not only smashed the SuperPi 1M world record with the QX9650 running at 5600 MHz, he also completely rewrote the book on good 3DMark 05 and 06 results. The new world records are now 37,095 points in 3DMark 05 and 27,542 points in 3DMark 06. The key has of course been the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650, which was working like a charm at speed way above 5 GHz.

The new 3DMark 06 record was set at 5.2 (13x400) GHz while the 3DMark 05 was set with the processor running at 5.440 (13x418) GHz! The motherboard that made these overclocks possible was the ASUS Maximus Formula, paired with Mushkin's fastest Redline DDR2 running at 4-4-4-5 timings with a 4:5 divider. The graphics cards were of course his two trusty ASUS Radeon HD 2900 XTs.

However these two records was set after the SuperPi 1M record. Kinc decided to use this benchmark a bit as a stability test and after seeing how well Penryn performed in SuperPi at IDF, it seems quite feasible that he could break that record as well, and so he did. The processor was pushed up to 5.6 GHz and then he managed to reach a result of 8.110 seconds.

Screenshots \/

SuperPi 1M - 8.110 s

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/6053/image3pc8.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image3pc8.jpg)


3DMark 06 - 27,542 points

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2376/image3ju3.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image3ju3.jpg)


3DMark 05 - 37,095 points

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8993/image3hi6.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image3hi6.jpg)

[Anusha]

I expected more :D

Let's see how Phenom performance. Rumours say Phenom at 3GHz can give 30k points in 3D Mark 06 with two HD 2900XT cards. (That's too good to be true though)

[blood_brotha]

i've got to get my hands on one of those

[blood_brotha]

I expected more :D

Let's see how Phenom performance. Rumours say Phenom at 3GHz can give 30k points in 3D Mark 06 with two HD 2900XT cards. (That's too good to be true though)


u expected more?? :D those AMD PR guys r saying thigs way over their heads.. but lets see..

[Anusha]

u expected more?? :D those AMD PR guys r saying thigs way over their heads.. but lets see..
This is only a 10% improvement from the previous record (Super PI).

[Ranhiru]

Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[blood_brotha]

This is only a 10% improvement from the previous record (Super PI).


we are talking about very high end procs here.. so what do you think About AMD's FX series ?? every hertz is valuable...

[gayandinusha]

ela ela

[Anusha]

we are talking about very high end procs here.. so what do you think About AMD's FX series ?? every hertz is valuable...
AMD have confirmed that 30k points in 3DMark06 is not achievable with Phenom at 3GHz and two (heavily) overclocked 2900XTs. :D

But I still think Intel will win with their high clocks. Intel is already at 3GHz (even in Penryn, where the Extreme series CPU will be released soon). Phenom will not be released at 3GHz, and not even at 2.5GHz...maybe until next year.

[geethq]

thanks for the info machan
godak wadagath

[iRocker]

When I'm planning to buy a 65nm c2d, here comes 45nm c2Q... :baffled:

[gayannr]

When I'm planning to buy a 65nm c2d, here comes 45nm c2Q... :baffled:
:rofl: :rofl:

[iRocker]

:rofl: :rofl:

:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :D :lol: ;)

[Anusha]

When I'm planning to buy a 65nm c2d, here comes 45nm c2Q... :baffled:
yes, you suck with timing :P