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System Name | Rainbow |
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Processor | Intel Core i7 8700k |
Motherboard | MSI MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC |
Cooling | Corsair H115i, 2x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM |
Memory | G. Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB (F4-3600C16Q-32GTZR) |
Video Card(s) | ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity |
Storage | 2x Samsung 950 Pro 256GB | 2xHGST Deskstar 4TB 7.2K |
Display(s) | Samsung C27HG70 |
Case | Xigmatek Aquila |
Power Supply | Seasonic 760W SS-760XP |
Mouse | Razer Deathadder 2013 |
Keyboard | Corsair Vengeance K95 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | 4 trillion points in GmailMark, over 144 FPS 2K Facebook Scrolling (Extreme Quality preset) |
And by the way, thanks Dolf. Sorry to be such a nuisance, but I like doing things the hard (and custom) way. I tend to learn more that way. I'm giving one last shot at editing the BIOS and if that doesn't work, I'll go for the automatic CD.
Edit: Corrupted my BIOS. I tried doing a blind write, but I just got a bunch of spinning garble and my system rebooted after about 5 seconds. I threw in a PCI card and was able to flash back to the original BIOS. Going to try to keep it simple this time.
Another edit: The flash worked this time, but I somehow flashed it down to an X800 with 8 pipelines (by modifying the original BIOS). I entered "4B4C" into RaBiT, but ATITool reports "4A4C". Dolf wins. I guess I'll just go with the CD.
3rd edit: After flashing with the CD (choosing the first option), ATI tool only reported 12 pipelines, but managed to get better FPS on the fuzzy cube demo. After restarting once, ATITool reports 16 pipelines. Thank you, Dolf. You are my lord and master. *hangs head in shame*
4th edit: Before enabling the extra pipelines, I could overclock to 545/620@65c and pass the artifact test on stock cooling. After enabling the extra pipelines, I can do 530/615@66c and pass the artifact test on stock cooling. Overclocking will give me about 290 FPS on the cube demo. If you route air from the outside directly to your stock HSF, I personally think you could get XT PE speeds on the stock heatsync. I've had an idea where you just take a gutted out slot blower and place it one slot below your Radeon. Maybe do a little ducting, too.
Edit: Corrupted my BIOS. I tried doing a blind write, but I just got a bunch of spinning garble and my system rebooted after about 5 seconds. I threw in a PCI card and was able to flash back to the original BIOS. Going to try to keep it simple this time.
Another edit: The flash worked this time, but I somehow flashed it down to an X800 with 8 pipelines (by modifying the original BIOS). I entered "4B4C" into RaBiT, but ATITool reports "4A4C". Dolf wins. I guess I'll just go with the CD.
3rd edit: After flashing with the CD (choosing the first option), ATI tool only reported 12 pipelines, but managed to get better FPS on the fuzzy cube demo. After restarting once, ATITool reports 16 pipelines. Thank you, Dolf. You are my lord and master. *hangs head in shame*
4th edit: Before enabling the extra pipelines, I could overclock to 545/620@65c and pass the artifact test on stock cooling. After enabling the extra pipelines, I can do 530/615@66c and pass the artifact test on stock cooling. Overclocking will give me about 290 FPS on the cube demo. If you route air from the outside directly to your stock HSF, I personally think you could get XT PE speeds on the stock heatsync. I've had an idea where you just take a gutted out slot blower and place it one slot below your Radeon. Maybe do a little ducting, too.
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