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[auniqueid]

Finally got this beast up and running... still waiting on new egg to deliver my third 980, so for now I'm running "only" two 980s.

Here's the breakdown:
Mobo: asus x99 delux
Memory: 16 gCorsair dominator ddr4 2800
HDD: Plextor 512 gig m.s/4tb wd red
CPU: 5960x
GPU: 2x evga gtx980 oc (soon to be 3, as soon as amazon ships....)
case: corsair 900d
cooling:
CPU: cooler master nepton 280L
GPU: stock (for now)
PSU: EVGA 1300 gold




Running firestrike extreme, here are my scores -- no overclock, everything is stock:

3dmark, firestrike extreme
Overall Score: 10,702
Graphics: 12,153
Physics: 15,796
Combined score: 4499

[bayoucowboy]

Nice build.

[Catamount]

Now... go overclock that CPU!

[Oderint dum Metuant]

Very nice.

I bet MWO still does not play at 60FPS solid, unmoving

[auniqueid]

DV McKenna, on 26 September 2014 - 07:29 AM, said:

Very nice.

I bet MWO still does not play at 60FPS solid, unmoving

HA.

Haven't tried it yet ... I wasn't really having any issues with my 650ti, even over three monitors. I'm sure sli will cause MWO all sorts of grief.

[xWiredx]

Every time I set up SLI it works for like 1 or 2 matches then completely bugs out no matter what I try to set in the SLI profile. I highly recommend setting "Single GPU" for MWO in the Nvidia control panel.

Also, for comparison: 5820K @ 3.98GhZ, DDR4-2800, 2x GTX 660 Ti = 8830 in Firestrike. Methinks you might want to boost that CPU. You can very easily get a few hundred MhZ more out of it without much fuss.

[B0oN]

Yummyumm, downsampling forever

Nice rig, man !

[Desintegrator]

Nice rig yeah - hopefully MWO supports also Triple SLI !

[auniqueid]

xWiredx, on 26 September 2014 - 09:01 AM, said:

Every time I set up SLI it works for like 1 or 2 matches then completely bugs out no matter what I try to set in the SLI profile. I highly recommend setting "Single GPU" for MWO in the Nvidia control panel.

Also, for comparison: 5820K @ 3.98GhZ, DDR4-2800, 2x GTX 660 Ti = 8830 in Firestrike. Methinks you might want to boost that CPU. You can very easily get a few hundred MhZ more out of it without much fuss.

Is that a firestrike or firestrike extreme score? best I'm seeing on 3dmark for sli'd 680s in extreme is high 5,000s.
and yeah, I monkied around with overclocking, with asus built in overclocking feature I was able to get around 4.2 ghz on the chip without breaking a sweat and barely budging the temperatures... haven't had a chance to bnechmark. The 980s also overclock extremely well... I've been able to boost the clock to 1500 without any problems ... again, haven't had a chance to benchmark just yet.

Checking 3dmark firestrike extreme scores, doing a search for similar setups, I'm right in the middle of the pack (#57) overall for benchmarks with people running 2x 980s and 5960 processors... so at least I know my baseline is valid... pretty much everyone running stock speeds are getting roughly my score.

Edited by Jimbobbob, 26 September 2014 - 09:46 AM.

[NoSkillRush]

Nice buddy. Check out my build here (same case + water cooling)

link: http://www.blackstar...build-log-book/

[auniqueid]

FileTitan, on 26 September 2014 - 10:07 AM, said:

Nice buddy. Check out my build here (same case + water cooling)

link: http://www.blackstar...build-log-book/

Nice. I went with the 900d specifically becuase I'm going to build my own liquid cooling rig. ran through my budget FAR quicker than I thought .... I'll have to make due with an AIO for now :-) VERY nice rig.

[The Gunman]

Not bad bro, needs more 980.

[Lordred]

Fyi. The double ribbon is not needed for normal SLI.

[Redshift2k5]

Water coolers give me the heebie jeebies

[auniqueid]

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FYI, the double ribbon is not needed for normal SLI.

I know-- (1) I have a third card on the way and (2) it's the only ribbon Asus provided with the mobo. I don't want to get an aftermarket sli connector until I see the spacing on three card--- for three-way sli on the asus delux board, the spacing isn't even.

[Lordred]

Grats on the third 980. I'm sticking with one for now.

[auniqueid]

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Every time I set up SLI it works for like 1 or 2 matches then completely bugs out no matter what I try to set in the SLI profile. I highly recommend setting "Single GPU" for MWO in the Nvidia control panel.

Also, for comparison: 5820K @ 3.98GhZ, DDR4-2800, 2x GTX 660 Ti = 8830 in Firestrike. Methinks you might want to boost that CPU. You can very easily get a few hundred MhZ more out of it without much fuss.

BTW, I re-ran using firestrike (NOT firestrike EXTREME), and benchmarks came out as -- again, everything at stock clocks:

Overall Score: 20,619
Graphics: 27,068
Physics: 18,446
Combined: 7900

Edited by Jimbobbob, 28 September 2014 - 03:41 PM.