Well you are not the first one asking this, this could be valid for the last two stages that we can open it to single S771 too. (iniitally I wanted to avoid different sockets)

Maybe that could make some peeps happy. Let me make a poll and see what the outcome is. (tbh I don't like changing stuff during the competition, but it is early days:)

Poll thread is here: https://community.hwbot.org/topic/185231-xeon-s771-cpus-allowed-in-ddr2-for-stage-6-7/

nope only single core cards allowed all over the competition

yep it is done, thx for adding the screenshot

Hi,

on the 3dm11 physics, many folks have changed screen resolution, max anisotropy, etc. is that legit ?

http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/team_cup_2018_ddr2/4363/3dmark11_physics

http://hwbot.org/news/14135_application_40_rules/

unsure but rules say max tesselation and LOD only ...?

16 minutes ago, bolc said:

Hi,

on the 3dm11 physics, many folks have changed screen resolution, max anisotropy, etc. is that legit ?

http://oc-esports.io/#!/round/team_cup_2018_ddr2/4363/3dmark11_physics

http://hwbot.org/news/14135_application_40_rules/

unsure but rules say max tesselation and LOD only ...?

Examples?

TAGG's score vs mllr's vs yours from OCN all show different settings on the links, not sure if that's what he means.

From looking at some other scores it looks like you ran at stock, but both TAGG and mllr changed settings, along with other users from other teams.

But I've never run 3dm11 physics so I could be wrong

@Leeghoofd

Hmm, I see. I only just noticed the stage (nor the rules?) doesn't display what preset we should be using. I assumed performance... @mllrkllr88 @TAGG

the mandatory links display score is valid or default settings have been changed

then by comparing what is shown in the score details / settings details, you can see what was changed apparently.

i assumed the benchrun had all to run @ preset except tesselation and LOD, but I see that anisotropy and display resolution may have been changed (1280 x 720 seems default but you see 1280 x 960, 640 x 480, 1024 x 600). not sure if that concerns graphic benchmarks only or the physics as well ?

if an admin can clarify what is legit or not before I rebench...

thanks

for instance, not linking anyone specifically

---------------------------------------------------

Default settings used

No

Screen width

1024

Screen height

600

MSAA sample count

1

Texture filtering mode

Trilinear

Max anisotropy

2

-----------------------------------------------

Default settings used

No

Screen width

1280

Screen height

720

MSAA sample count

1

Texture filtering mode

Trilinear

Max anisotropy

2

test first if these have an impact on the physx score... even as soon as you run just the Physx test the benchmark will already tell you you have altered it...

There are no rules which state how this bench must be run, none that I have seen.  I tried all the presets and I toggled many of the different settings which are available...all made literally no difference.  I didn't find any of those settings which changed the benchmark result more than 1 or 2 points (which is the same variance you can get run to run anyway). 

Perhaps on a different generation platform the presets/settings would make a difference, but on 775 there was no gain for me.  Maybe we need to clarify the rules and specify how this should be run...

tried here, entry, perf or extreme, sliding pins have 0 impact.

seems locked indeed. well, makes life easier then !

thanks for confirming it

I ask for help. All competitors who use 6800GS cards - compare a rivatuner and GPU-Z GPU detection, please. According to my experience GPU-Z detect all NV42 GPUs as NV41 and riva shows the right info. It makes problems with NV41 and NV42 categories splitting.

It will be good if you can add a photo of your GPU too.

Will check when I rebench, I guess similar issue as 290X and unlocked 290 for DDR3 - Stage 7; need a photo of the GPU as well.