Heavyh20, please try the 180.10, I'll bet you instantly break 30k..!
in fact I guarantee you will
I tried them and they were slower. At default 24x7 settings (1333 FSB, 4.3 GHz, 1.36V, vide card default BIOS clocks 666/1404/2214) with no PhysX I get 21K with 178.24 and about 20K with 180.10. That early beta release may be more about multi-GPU support than performance with Tri SLI. I see that single card and SLI users got a bump, however.
dammit heavy.... your score is really pissing me off(not at you, just your score). im really glad to see you doing that well but it makes me just want to give up on the 4870x2s.
qx9650 better make the 4870x2s get close to that or im gonna sell it all and get 3 gtx280s and a 790i.
That is the route I am following. Not sure if I am jumping on the i7 bandwagon, yet.
The GTX280's are beating the 4870x2's in 3dmark so if you really want the extra snap...
He is also 4.6 on that quad vs your 4.0 which helps, he has 10k more cpu score...
The CPU score is due to PPU. With 3 x GTX 280, I would get another 5K on the CPU score. And, with the 790i, FSB is better and 3DM06 results improve.
Now, what effect does CPU have on the score? It represents 25% of the Performance preset score. So, a 10K delta is about 2500 points. With PPU enabled, I get about 38K and without it, 18K or so (24x7 settings).
