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coolmiester
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I've got two pretty high spec systems sitting in my living room so it would be a shame not to stick them head to head to see how they fair against each other.
Its quite a sight i must admit and that's saying something as i made them both.
Anyway, one thing i can't get working in Windows 7 on the black Skulltrail is Sli (been an ongoing problem from the start tbh) so to make it fair for the time being until i can get it working i took the Sli bridge off the Smackover as well so essentially they are both running single cards.
Skulltrail System Spec:
Coolermaster Cosmos S
Skulltrail DX5400 Board
2x QX9775's CPU
Zotac 9800 GX2's
4GB Dual Channel FB Memory
OCZ Core 30GB Solid State Drive
Coolermaster Ultimate 1100w PSU
Smackover System Spec:
Coolermaster ATCs 840
Smackover DX58SO Board
core i7 965 CPU
Zotac GTX 295's
6GB OCZ Triple Channel Memory
WD 74GB Raptor
Coolermaster Real Power 1000w PSU
I ran both systems at stock speed of 3.2GHz on the Skulltrail and 3.73GHz for the Smackover and left both GPU cards at stock also and ran 3dMark 06
Skulltrail = 14046
Smackover = 18303
Quite a bit of catching up to do but there was always going to be one winner in this fight but as i intend to max both systems out and see what can be had and as the i7 overclocks for fun i see the gap getting even bigger tbh but i'm having fun and they both look nice side by side so there isn't any real winner in my book as both will do pretty much anything i will be throwing at them in the foreseeable future.
I've just started overclocking the Skulltrail to 4GHz and and card using the Zotac Nitro but as i only have one and its taking rather longer than expected so will follow up with both overclocked results later.
I've got to say, i'm no professional when it come to overclocking either boards or cards and usually leave it to the experts but i've got to say its pretty good fun though.............where did my Saturday go!!!
I just wish i knew what i was doing
Its quite a sight i must admit and that's saying something as i made them both.
Anyway, one thing i can't get working in Windows 7 on the black Skulltrail is Sli (been an ongoing problem from the start tbh) so to make it fair for the time being until i can get it working i took the Sli bridge off the Smackover as well so essentially they are both running single cards.
Skulltrail System Spec:
Coolermaster Cosmos S
Skulltrail DX5400 Board
2x QX9775's CPU
Zotac 9800 GX2's
4GB Dual Channel FB Memory
OCZ Core 30GB Solid State Drive
Coolermaster Ultimate 1100w PSU
Smackover System Spec:
Coolermaster ATCs 840
Smackover DX58SO Board
core i7 965 CPU
Zotac GTX 295's
6GB OCZ Triple Channel Memory
WD 74GB Raptor
Coolermaster Real Power 1000w PSU
I ran both systems at stock speed of 3.2GHz on the Skulltrail and 3.73GHz for the Smackover and left both GPU cards at stock also and ran 3dMark 06
Skulltrail = 14046
Smackover = 18303
Quite a bit of catching up to do but there was always going to be one winner in this fight but as i intend to max both systems out and see what can be had and as the i7 overclocks for fun i see the gap getting even bigger tbh but i'm having fun and they both look nice side by side so there isn't any real winner in my book as both will do pretty much anything i will be throwing at them in the foreseeable future.
I've just started overclocking the Skulltrail to 4GHz and and card using the Zotac Nitro but as i only have one and its taking rather longer than expected so will follow up with both overclocked results later.
I've got to say, i'm no professional when it come to overclocking either boards or cards and usually leave it to the experts but i've got to say its pretty good fun though.............where did my Saturday go!!!
I just wish i knew what i was doing