Benchmark

[connormac]

I use wireless mouse and keyboard. That helps a bunch.

[Craig Madsen from CM3D]

On my XP Pro laptop, trying with and without a ramdrive, I have found that no matter what you map to the ramdrive Mastercam STILL writes and reads from the Physical disk.

 

I am looking for a 'work-around'. Very little is getting written to the ramdisk compared to the physical drive.

 

Later,

[Colin Gilchrist]

Hey Craig, how about getting a 32 Gig solid state hard drive. Now that's a work around. virtually nil on the seek time.

[Craig Madsen from CM3D]

Colin, That would be a wallet flatening tool. While it would be cool - I think I would be consigned to a deep, dark, cold place for a substantial time.

 

The Hyperdrive4 would get me there - at ONLY $2400 for 16gb.

 

I'll pass for now.

 

Bogusmill - go to http://www.cpuid.com and get PCWizard2007 - double check your temp. I just emailed my stepson and his OC'd from 2.4 to 3.4ghz runs at 72C (161F) with a high end cooling system with extra fans, etc.

 

My OC'd FX-60 idles at 39C but under load hit 60C (about 140) in short order. My laptop (lap heater) Idles near 70C and with V9 (CPU HOG) hits 85C in about 3 minutes (That is 185F).

[bogusmill]

I know its hard to believe it runs so cool but like I said I have the best air cooler made and the C2D CPU runs cool anyway. Maybe this screen capture will clear this up. It's at idle.

 

http://s115.photobucket.com/albums/n303/97...rrent=P5B-D.jpg

[Roger Peterson]

anyone get a new pc lately they would like to benchmark?

[cadcam]

For this settings (3. Set the Total Tolerance to .0001" on all three operations.)Are you folks doing 1 to 1 or 3 to 1?

[Roger Peterson]

The files do not have the filter on, only change the total tolerance.

[jeff]

quote:

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anyone get a new pc lately they would like to benchmark?

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Not yet, but I am in the process of building a bad a$$ gaming rig!

woOT! woOT!

Jeff teh gotta work some O-T to pay for it!

[bogusmill]

Not sure what you mean? When I got my 5 min. 4 sec. time on the benchmark I opened the .MCX file, changed the tolerance to .0001 on all three toolpaths, selected all three, hit regen and started timing.

 

I used inches, the metric times always seem faster. I had just loaded MCX2 so I hadn't changed any settings. But I don't understand what 1 to 1 or 3 to 1 is.

[cadcam]

Ok I go 5min 2 sec on my new box.

 

XP pro

Extream core2 2.93 over clocked to 3.4

4 gigs a ram

Quadro fx 4500

Dual 24" monitors

 

This was tested out for over a week with my IT team before releasing to me on the floor about to build 2 more.

 

Temp stays cool and seems to be really stable and fast.

[bogusmill]

Great time, 4sec. faster than my home built. You have twice the RAM, and a 9% overclock. What did the box cost? I think your video card cost more my whole PC.

 

Your FSB is probably close to 300MHz, mine is 500MHz, an 87% overclock. My FSB is probably making up for your having twice the RAM. I have 1 10,000 RPM HD but it's not yet installed. When I get the second and they are in a RAID 0 array I'll run the bench again, see if I can regain the speed lead.

 

[ 08-16-2007, 12:55 PM: Message edited by: bogusmill ]

[cadcam]

Bogus I to have the 160 gig Rapter 10,000 drive in there.

We did do before this one a 2.13 core2 and clocked to 3.5 and it did well but the extrem core makes the clocking easer and less stress on the core.

 

They want me to play for a few weeks keep an eye on the dempature if all goes well they want to try taking higher and testing.

 

I will check on the FSB as I do not remember what it was set for and I will check on the MB who makes it.

 

I know it was not to cheap the Extreme core was about $800 and the 650watt power supply was close to $200. Then there is the Lian all alum case that was about $100. just some of What I know.

 

the ram is the 800 were they did not go with the 1066 that it supports.

[Todd Tracey from Fastech]

Jay,

What driver for the FX 4500? Have a custom that just got one in an HP box and has the HP version driver installed. PS: I'm jealous

[cadcam]

I will check and let you know, real soon Todd.

You will like this card if you have not used it before.

[bogusmill]

Cadcam,

Mine is a C2D E6320. Stock speed is 1.86GHz, thats a 7X multiplier and 266MHz front side bus. 7 x 266 = 1862

Now at 500Mhz FSB my processor is about topped out at 3.5GHZ but yours should be able to reach 3.8-4.2GHz. You'll need good RAM and CPU cooler. I think your multiplier is unlocked and at 11X so if it will run at 12X you should have 3.7GHz. I have my vcore at 1.512 volts and still dont break 130 degrees, I use a 580W power supply, Shark aluminum case with plenty of fans, and Crucial PC8500 RAM. Would cost about $1600 to duplicate today. Wouldn't you know it, right after I completed building it, there is a new chipset out and quad core just got faster and cheaper. Might build another new machine. Any one interested in an ex-record holder.

[cadcam]

The FSB is clocked at 1250 and it runs at 50c all day and peekes during extreame crunching to a hi of 57c. the mother board is EVGA680I the Core is a X6800. we have it like you set on lite side of 3.4 and looking after a while of boosting.

PS I see I said 3.5 ealer that was the Core2 duo 2.13 we were playing with upstairs in IT.This one is at 3.4 right now.

 

the CPU cooler is huge and a speacial buy to do exactly what we wanted to keep it cool.

 

We are ordering a Quad Core to play with next.

[cadcam]

Mr Todd I am running the what looks like one of the newr versions of 6.14.11.6218 drivers

[bogusmill]

Something is wrong with your FSB number. You have a default multiplier of 11.

 

11 X 1250 = 13.75GHz

 

Evga 680i is a very good board. My air cooler barely fits the case and I put 2 120mm fans on in push pull arrangement. I've never broken 54c with CPU using this set up. Research your quad core. There is a couple of new ones out that run faster, cooler, and draw less power.

[cadcam]

I am checking the FSB. as for the cooler we had another case but like you say it was 1/4 to tall to close the case and move to the Lian Li case much wider.Same fan config here.

 

So i guess will see who tests the Quad first and posts.

[cadcam]

core FSB is 312 is this what you are looking for?

[Jack Neelands™]

Mark and Jeff ....could you please email us your dual Xeons ?

The zip to go feature should work

[bogusmill]

Would have guessed 309 so I got close. Won't be doing quad core, at least not on this board. If you do I'll bet you slowdown. I might try Xenon core 2 though. Loading a Raptor this weekend to see if that helps. A second one in RAID 0 a payday or 2 later and try again. Keep your eye on heat. 680i MB's run hot.

[Kim Frandsen]

Could anyone try to mail me the test file HST-CORE-HORIZONTAL-RASTER.MCX, I would realy like to try it on my system, to find out if my system is as bad as i suspect it to be my mcx disk 2 has an error

 

mail: [email protected]

[Kim Frandsen]

I found the file im the metric version, i used a total tolerance of 0.00254mm(.0001") on all three operations, time: 4min 11sek

 

System

 

Asus P5D MB

4GB ram

Intel core 2 duo 6700 2.66Ghz

8800GTS videocard

Mastercam X2 MR1 sp1