Drives for high PCIE frequency?

Patch · #1 09-20-2010

Suggestions? (Aside from IDE. No ports.)

All the projects I'm currently working on benefit from (or must have have) PCIE of 125+.

My current drives limit me to 115 or less.

sofos1990 · #2 09-20-2010

Velociraptors and SSDs

BUT you need to be sure that your vga can handle this pci freq

Patch · #3 09-20-2010

Thx for response Sofos.

My Vrap is currently the problem. Used to do better, but lately not handling more than 115. Tried 2 different VGA's so far.....maybe try another tomorrow.

Haven't tried the OCZ vertex yet because I'm not benching what it's tuned for..... guess I should just slap it on to see before buying more drives.

sofos1990 · #4 09-20-2010

IDE is for high pci freq for sure . If you want to bench 3dmark2001 SE then the most appropriate HDD is an IDE . Aside from IDE you can use the other controller of your motherboard, pci should go a little higher I guess .
130Mhz on pci is what you are looking for .

Splave · #5 09-21-2010

vertex2 does 130 and then shits a brick on the R3E for me

vga is 8500gt 512mb this was with 920.

Like sofos said you can use the marvell ports etc

PS it was still scaling with pci-e at 130 :0

rickss69 · #6 09-21-2010

I guess this will be my next hurdle. I am ignorant in the ways of pci...I have never benched with anything over 104. (Needs schooling)

ReverendMaynard · #7 09-21-2010

all three of my 160gb Raptors handle 130-135 PCIE in the Intel RAID controller.

Patch · #8 09-21-2010

Yeah, I'll revisit 3D01 next time with different RAM and an IDE drive.

Right now I'm just trying to push a 920. Boots and benches at 239X21 under SS without a hiccup - but can't do 240 baseclock AT ALL. I've seen that kind of wall before.....and it's PCIE limited baseclock for sure.

Didn't think of trying a different port, doh! I've done 120+ PCIE before with this very drive..

ReverendMaynard · #9 09-21-2010

any of my 240+ bclck benches were done between 116 and 119mhz PCIE, just when trying to high validate over 250 did I need 130ish.

I may have my bios settings somewhere if you'd like to reference. With a 760 Classy though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patch

Yeah, I'll revisit 3D01 next time with different RAM and an IDE drive.

Right now I'm just trying to push a 920. Boots and benches at 239X21 under SS without a hiccup - but can't do 240 baseclock AT ALL. I've seen that kind of wall before.....and it's PCIE limited baseclock for sure.

Didn't think of trying a different port, doh! I've done 120+ PCIE before with this very drive..

Splave · #10 09-21-2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patch

Yeah, I'll revisit 3D01 next time with different RAM and an IDE drive.

Right now I'm just trying to push a 920. Boots and benches at 239X21 under SS without a hiccup - but can't do 240 baseclock AT ALL. I've seen that kind of wall before.....and it's PCIE limited baseclock for sure.

Didn't think of trying a different port, doh! I've done 120+ PCIE before with this very drive..

patch you on r3e? if so you need to use slow mode over 4000qpi link speed