OverKILL-3D ASUS HD7970 Quadfire Madness
Final Thoughts
Published: 28th February 2012 | Source: OC3D | Price: $100,000,000,000 |
Final thoughts
So let's get a few things out of the way beforehand to hopefully calm some of the more vocal forum members.
Yes, we know this is overkill. We know this is insanity. There is a clue in the title. We know that no right minded person would want four of these things in their PC solely for gaming. It's all about the quest for enormous benchmark results and nothing else. For proof of this, and also explaining why we had two Corsair AX1200W PSUs, under loading the bench rig was sucking a magnificent 1290W. So this is the equivalent of running a kettle all the time. It certainly gets warm enough to boil water when it's running. Finally in our brief 'heading off at the pass', it's clear from our 3D Mark P scores that even with the 4.8GHz Hexcore i7 under the hood, we're CPU limited!
So it's too expensive, too hot, too hard on the electric bill and you can't get enough CPU power to make the most of it anyway. We know this.
What it is, is hilariously powerful. Well over 50000 X Marks and 65000 P Score is frankly insanity. We all remember when Vantage was released and how we all dreamt of scoring 10000 P score. Now hardware has reached such a point that even 3D Mark 11 is providing only a slight challenge. Thanks to this monster haul of hardware and a couple of bleeding ears we have managed to go top of the UK benchers in all of the tests we ran (correct at the time of going to press) which is not to be sniffed at with some of the epic benchers that grace our shores.
If benchmarking is something that interests you then be sure to have a word with the boys on the OC3D Benchmark Team who will be more than happy to walk you through do and dont's of eeking every last drop of performance from your system for benching.
Therefore if you have won the lottery, live in a fridge, own a windfarm and are solely interested in having the very biggest scores currently available, this is absolutely the setup for you..... If you dont plan on gaming at all!
For the rest of us, it's like when you watch Top Gear and they show the latest Veyron. It's a dream machine, but one that will have to remain exactly that.
Thanks to ASUSfor supplying the HD7970s for our Quadfire review. Let us know what you think in our forums.
Most Recent Comments
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Originally Posted by Ofan
Bonkers.......but I love it |
Very impressive scores.
Will it run BF3 on Ultra?
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Originally Posted by grammaton_feather
What PCIe bandwidth are the 4 x GPU's getting? x8 each? Very impressive scores. Will it run BF3 on Ultra? |
al tho then i am afraid i will put Folding on it , POS for F@H or NOT
Mouth watering results
Now bring on the DICE
when LIKING the vids on YT, please hit the +1 button too
it helps TTL make us more nerd pr0n like this beauty
thanx for doing this tom - we lurves ya
Would be fun to see some benches with dice also :-)
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Originally Posted by Azurite
Awesome scores and review. How far could you push that cpu with proper wc? Would be fun to see some benches with dice also :-) |
It sure would make an interesting review if it did.
5400 MHz on the cpu and the score whould a been 75000+ in vantage
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Originally Posted by ExtremeBB
I want Tom's playing hours al tho then i am afraid i will put Folding on it , POS for F@H or NOT |
Reason I reply to your post is coz I love your quote, BUT.. What happens if the iron is no longer an option? Mind and body on different wavelengths... That is the worst thing life can do to someone that has truely seen and enjoyed life O.C'd.
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
Water wont make any difference, temps are not the problem here. |
Otherwise good review as usual.
Given the sys setup:
4x ASUS Radeon HD7970 @ 1225MHz
Catalyst HD7970 Drivers 11.12
Intel Core i7-3960X @ 4.8GHz
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme
2x Corsair AX1200W
Corsair GTX8
Corsair H100
Noctua NF-F12 Fans
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Are two 1200W PSU really needed? Did I completely overlook them, or were there no power draw figures provided in this review? Other reviews of quad 7970 (not overclocked, but under heavy load) showed power consumption north of ~830W. Would be curious to see the power consumption digits for this rig as reviewed.
Great work, hoping to match it
cz
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Originally Posted by cz3141
Are two 1200W PSU really needed?
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In combination with ASUS we're rerunning our Quadfire HD7970 test with the benefit of overclocking. Roll up, roll up.
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