2022 Team Cup!

[N2 Gaming]

Good catch Bones.  IDKW it is reporting like that.  I installed gpuz to only run from the app on the thumb drive vs installing it.  Probably not the issue as 3DMark03 has an issue reporting it as well.  maybe mobo drivers or something.  Not sure why it is happening.

 

Edit: Looking into it now.  Device manager reports no gpu drivers or it says Microsoft drivers so the driver install I performed yesterday did not take.  Downloading the 780a sli win 7 x64 drivers now.  

nForce Driver 15.56

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Edit #2:  After reinstalling the drivers I was worried that it would not be the problem because when the drivers started installing I got the pop up window these files are already on your computer with the question replace yes or yes to all.  I hit yes to all and boom.  It worked like a charm.  Now lets see if the 3DMark03 scores are still the same lol.

 

 

 

 

 

Edit #3:  

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 2048 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by N2 Gaming

[N2 Gaming]

OK I just submitted this entry.  Y'all want to check it to make sure it's good if not I can edit it before we catch any heat or it gets kicked.

 

https://hwbot.org/submission/5098047_n2_gaming_3dmark03_geforce_8200_igp_3861_marks

 

Edit:  pic 4 HWBot

 

Oh and this BFG sticker pic is for Pio.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by N2 Gaming

[N2 Gaming]

Shoot the screenshot is missing the team 2022 background pic "slaps forehead" Duhhhh!  Let me go edit that after making another run.

 

Edit:  No one is around,  We are down to the wire and every one has pretty much moved on lol.  I just broke 4000 points by upping my gpu from 500 to 525.  That's with out a cpu overclock.  think I'll up the multi on this black form 15 to 16 and if it post see how that will help the score.

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

Edited October 14, 2022 by N2 Gaming

[pio]

58 minutes ago, N2 Gaming said:

Shoot the screenshot is missing the team 2022 background pic "slaps forehead" Duhhhh!  Let me go edit that after making another run.

 

Edit:  No one is around,  We are down to the wire and every one has pretty much moved on lol.  I just broke 4000 points by upping my gpu from 500 to 525.  That's with out a cpu overclock.  think I'll up the multi on this black form 15 to 16 and if it post see how that will help the score.

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

Missing the background, and you've got to turn Cool N Quiet off in BIOS, and make sure Windows is set to High Performance in the power settings.  Since I know its a fresh install since I helped you figure out the install problems you were having, its probably set to "Balanced" power settings still (default).  Like Bones said earlier, its showing your CPU is running at 800MHz, which isn't right (because Cool N Quiet).

Edited October 14, 2022 by pioneerisloud

[N2 Gaming]

4090 with a little gpu overclock and cpu at 3100Mhz

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

Ok going to change those settings now Pio   TY

[N2 Gaming]

575 gpu clock net'd me 4207 3dmark03 points

 

I edited that submission and hope no pray I got it correct.

 

ok going to try another run of 600 gpu clock to see if 100mhz over clock on the Igpu 8200 is doable.  I'f I had more time i'd fart around with the system ram speed cause that would essentially effect the gpu ram speed since they are tied together from what I can see in all the screen shots

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

[N2 Gaming]

OK This is where I stopped for the night.  I'm tired and heading off to bed.  I was just pushing the fsb 5MHz at a time until I got a BSOD running 3DMArk03. 

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

 

 

[N2 Gaming]

This was officially my last run for DDR2 iGPU.  4583 3DMark03 points.  When I ran that my goal was to brake past 4600 points but it was not destined to happen on air.  I pushed the cpu to 1.40v and then tried two more runs but it kept rebooting.  So for now that's all the mustard this system has for that category.

 

Now to play with the DDR3 iGPU a little more to see if I can get a better score before the competition is over.

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 15, 2022 by N2 Gaming

[Avacado]

3 hours ago, N2 Gaming said:

This was officially my last run for DDR2 iGPU.  4583 3DMark03 points.  When I ran that my goal was to brake past 4600 points but it was not destined to happen on air.  I pushed the cpu to 1.40v and that tried tow more runs but it kept rebooting so that's all the mustard this system has for that category.

 

Now to play with the DDR3 iGPU a little more to see if I can get a better score before the competition is over.

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

 

 

 

 

Looking good brosef. TY very much for all the help.

[N2 Gaming]

YW Avacado

 

This AM3 DDR3 rig is proving to be more difficult than the ddr2 AM2+ rig.  It scores better in 3DMark03 at stock settings but I am not able to overclock the gpu at all.  I think it has something to do with the HT link or dividers or something along those lines.  Looking into it now.  I need to learn all the bios settings like NB VDD etc etc.  Don't want to push voltages on things that are not required or could potentially damage a cpu, mobo Ram etc etc.

[The Pook]

how are you trying to OC it? Afterburner/Precision X/similar is unlikely to work. Do it through the NVCP or a legacy version of RivaTuner.  

 

NVIDIA System Tools with ESA Support

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NVIDIA System Tools with ESA Support

 

[N2 Gaming]

@The Pook yes I was using msi afterburner.  as of now I went so far as to change the ram divider to 1:2 which allowed me to change and lower the gpu ram speed in afterburner but any speeds over stock and the benchmark crashes.  yet another piece of software I have to learn in less than 12 hours if I can figure out nvidia  NVCP.  I'm assuming that stands for nvidia control panel?

[pio]

5 hours ago, N2 Gaming said:

This was officially my last run for DDR2 iGPU.  4583 3DMark03 points.  When I ran that my goal was to brake past 4600 points but it was not destined to happen on air.  I pushed the cpu to 1.40v and that tried two more runs but it kept rebooting so that's all the mustard this system has for that category.

 

Now to play with the DDR3 iGPU a little more to see if I can get a better score before the competition is over.

 

NVIDIA nForce video card benchmark result - AMD Phenom II X4 940,FOXCONN Destroyer

WWW.3DMARK.COM

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AMD Phenom II X4 940, NVIDIA nForce x 1, 4096 MB, 64-bit Windows 7}

 

 

 

 

 

You're hitting 3.6GHz on an early Phenom II x4 940BE.  You need more than 1.37v to break much past that is my guess.  Keep going man, so long as the temperatures are in the safe zones (under around 60*C), you're not going to hurt that CPU with anything under 1.55v.  I'm shoving like 1.7-1.80v through my stuff and its fine, AMD states 1.55v is max safe.  You're good to go up to like 1.45-1.50v perfectly fine on air 110% safely......again so long as temperatures are in the safe zones.

 

Looks like you're doing literally everything else for overclocking 110% perfectly fine.  RAM is more than capable of those speeds and timings (and more).  HT Link / NB you're keeping around 2GHz.  NB it wouldn't hurt to go a TAD higher, but honestly probably isn't going to effect a whole heck of a lot on a DDR2 setup.

 

Like Pookie said earlier, have you tried other tools for the iGPU?  RivaTuner used to be the way to go back in those days, and there was some other tool I think.  MSI Afterburner wasn't really used heavily for GPU overclocking until we got into the GT / GTX 200 series.  

 

EDIT:

WOOHOOO!!!  939 POSTS!!!!  That's it boys, I'm stopping here!!!!  

Edited October 15, 2022 by pioneerisloud

[N2 Gaming]

Pio I moved on from the ddr2 igpu and am onto the ddr3 igpu.  NO sense in pushing that one any more.  I need to figure the AM3 DDR3 stuff out and try to get a couple of better run on the ddr3 igpu before it's over.

[Fluxmaven]

my drunk ass managed to squeak out a better score 

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Fluxmaven`s HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 4k score: 1.153 fps with a Phenom II X4 955

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The Phenom II X4 955 @ 4314MHzscores getScoreFormatted in the HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 4k benchmark. Fluxmavenranks #835...

 

[pio]

2 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

my drunk ass managed to squeak out a better score 

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Fluxmaven`s HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 4k score: 1.153 fps with a Phenom II X4 955

HWBOT.ORG

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The Phenom II X4 955 @ 4314MHzscores getScoreFormatted in the HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 4k benchmark. Fluxmavenranks #835...

 

My score's still better.   I do hate that you managed 4.3GHz though.  You do know I'm going to yell at you next time I see you in the discord voice channel. 

 

Honestly, that's really REALLY not bad at all though.  1.153 FPS on a multi only drunken OC.  I got 1.159 FPS after spending 2 days trying to tweak the FSB, RAM, and CPU-NB, and trying my HARDEST to just eek out 4250MHz because it kept BSOD'ing that high.  Respect on the score.....

 

EDIT:
Apparently I got a 1.165 FPS.  When the heck did that happen? 

Edited October 15, 2022 by pioneerisloud

[ENTERPRISE]

Well done everyone for all your submissions! Fantastic job by all. 

 

[Avacado]

TY! To everyone who participated in the 2022 HWbot Team Cup. I am so proud of all of you and loved watching some of you learn and grow. I look forward to next year! 

 

[Bones]

1 hour ago, Avacado said:

TY! To everyone who participated in the 2022 HWbot Team Cup. I am so proud of all of you and loved watching some of you learn and grow. I look forward to next year! 

 

It ain't quite over yet - Now subs will be checked to make sure the results are valid and it's possible you may go up a spot if a team currently ahead of you get enough subs tossed.
Just know the same thing can work against you too and drop your placement - That's why getting your subs correct when subbed is so important.

Give it I'd say 3-5 days for it all to settle and the final rankings will be known but as is, be proud you're a top 10 team on your very first time out competing AND with many, if not most of you not familiar with the bot or it's comps.
Use this as a building experience and take what you've learned in this one to do better later.
Country Cup is next up and starts in November, some of you may want to compete there too for the experience that can be gained from that as well - In fact I highly suggest it.

Relative to this - Congrats guys and well done.

[Sir Beregond]

This was a lot of fun and really for a small group I'd say we did pretty well.

 

Was very limited on what I could participate in, but hoping I can get more involved in the future.

[Fluxmaven]

9 hours ago, pioneerisloud said:

My score's still better.   I do hate that you managed 4.3GHz though.  You do know I'm going to yell at you next time I see you in the discord voice channel. 

 

Honestly, that's really REALLY not bad at all though.  1.153 FPS on a multi only drunken OC.  I got 1.159 FPS after spending 2 days trying to tweak the FSB, RAM, and CPU-NB, and trying my HARDEST to just eek out 4250MHz because it kept BSOD'ing that high.  Respect on the score.....

 

EDIT:
Apparently I got a 1.165 FPS.  When the heck did that happen? 

I was in the discord for several hours yesterday so you missed your chance to yell at me 

Me turning up the voltage because I had no qualms with melting a $20 Phenom

 

 

It's been a fun few weeks playing around with all this stuff but I'm glad the comp is over so I can focus on finishing up some of my other projects.

 

[N2 Gaming]

Ok I'll try to keep this short by not posting a wall of text but we all know how that goes

 

It felt good to be a part of a competition where not only all of my older nostalgic "not in use" hardware was proven to be valuable yet again even if only for a friendly competition.  It was cool to be able to use my new hardware as well.  I learned a lot my first time competing on HWBot against global contenders.  Let's give it up for all those who competed. 

 

I ran around like a chicken with my head cut off the whole time, knowing I had hardware I could use yet struggling not only to find it all but to get it set up and posting followed by struggling to get OS's installed on several different computer parts.  I still can't find the Opty 180   "my place looks like a tornado ran through it"

 

Things that would have helped me out a lot in this competition. 

1: Obviously being organized and know exactly what I have and where all of it is located.  

2: Know how to use and set up all my hardware in a timely manner.  It reduces stress when you know how to do it.

3: Have all my downloads stored and saved in one location perhaps on a server to be built " per Pio's suggestion " 

4: Mark all my suspected defective hardware as such and put it to the side for further testing at a later time when there's no deadline to contend with.  

5: I should have looked over all the competition categories and made of list of all the categories I could have competed in.  Followed by checking off each category on the list until they are all done.  Just today I realized there were area's like the AMD DDR2 Athlon competition I could have made entries with an Athlon x2 5400+ BE cpu " I have two of them "  We only had the one entry from Pio. 

6: I need a better test bench.  The plastic test  bench I have from the Foxconn Destroyer mobo's is not cutting it.  Although it worked I need better.  Maybe in the future I can build one with my sheet metal and welding skills and use a dead mobo as a template for the stand off locations.  Now if only I can find that dead M2N32 Workstation mobo.  It's around here somewhere.  It goes back to being organized.

7: Don't enter a competition halfway through it expecting to have enough time to do every thing I wanted.

8: walk away for a few hours or a day to reset.  I was so so frustrated many times when I could not get things to work just to either post or install an os.  Many times felt like my eyes were going to bleed.

9: Most importantly remember I'm doing this for fun. 

 

I look forward to more competitions.

 

EDIT: Perhaps I should set up a camera so I can video record all my bios settings. I always struggle with those because I have a hard time remembering what they all do and mean and it goes with out saying but to remember how all my bios settings were especially after a Clear CMOS is required.  I struggled with kowing if I should enable or disable bios features, Example ( Nvidia core calibration ), is used to unlock cores on unlock able cpu's.  At least that's my understanding of it at this point.  There is just so many different bios options and settings that can make or brake a good system and cause hours upon hours of frustration.

 

I struggled with ram timings as well.  Can't remember what is cas, trap, trc, trfc etc etc.  I need a cheat sheet that makes it easy to plug all the timings in to the bios.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 15, 2022 by N2 Gaming

[damric]

You first timers did awesome. There's a crap load of rules, and they didn't scare you away. Our team is ranked pretty darn good in the overall season and worldwide points now.

[N2 Gaming]

7 hours ago, Bones said:

It ain't quite over yet - Now subs will be checked to make sure the results are valid and it's possible you may go up a spot if a team currently ahead of you get enough subs tossed.
Just know the same thing can work against you too and drop your placement - That's why getting your subs correct when subbed is so important.

Give it I'd say 3-5 days for it all to settle and the final rankings will be known but as is, be proud you're a top 10 team on your very first time out competing AND with many, if not most of you not familiar with the bot or it's comps.
Use this as a building experience and take what you've learned in this one to do better later.
Country Cup is next up and starts in November, some of you may want to compete there too for the experience that can be gained from that as well - In fact I highly suggest it.

Relative to this - Congrats guys and well done.

It's already happening   We went from 8th to 9th in a very short period of time.

 

Looks like both the DDR2 IGPU entries were kicked out   I tried so hard on that one too.  Is it not a good thing to edit my entries every time I get a better score?

Edited October 15, 2022 by N2 Gaming

[Avacado]

1 hour ago, N2 Gaming said:

It's already happening   We went from 8th to 9th in a very short period of time.

 

Looks like both the DDR2 IGPU entries were kicked out   I tried so hard on that one too.  Is it not a good thing to edit my entries every time I get a better score?

Yea, that was my sub. I had a lot of trouble with that board. I was running a super small resolution and did not expand the details tab. It got yanked. It happens. Believe me, I felt the stress too. I had many things to bench and not enough time to do it without mistakes. To be fair, the rules don't explicitly state that the details tab must be shown (It should state that). I knew better, but I would not expect you to. 

Edited October 15, 2022 by Avacado