Glad to see this support for the x11. Isawhim had a bad break and seems to think that Powercolor 7970s are susceptible to problems with this. I cannot know since I don't own any, but I can say my 7790s and R9 270s run a lot cooler, use less power, and hit the speeds that they are supposed to with x11 (about 3.5 times the hashing speed). I also have no HW error like I did mining Vertcoin. It is a matter of time before people realize, I think, that X11 is GPU friendlier than Scrypt Adaptive N-factor like Vertcoin has. It is far easier on my electric bill to. Also the shit will really hit the fan when ASICs are manufactured to have expandable memory to accommodate for the adjustments in N-factor, effectively ending Vertcoins claim of ASIC resistence, or flat out ASIC "proof"ness and some Verter's claimed at the beginning of it's hype. (Disclaimer, I still like Vertcoin and it is for that very reason I am being critical of this). Removing X11 from the table is a big mistake in my opinion. People who dislike this idea seem to have exited or are not miners anyway, and are concerned that it will distract from other areas that need focus. I respectfully disagree with this notion because I think the significance of this implementation is largely undervalued at this point. Given the recent crash in prices we may just need something big like this to inject some AIR back into things.
Isawhim had just bad luck, X11 is stressing GPU/memory much less than scrypt.
I have several 7970s and a lot 280Xs, they've been doing nothing but run cooler and using less power on X11.
Agree with what you've noticed, X11 is a clear future for quite a time.
There is several more things at Darkcoin which is future too, sooner or later people will notice.
It all comes down to one thing really. Smart developers innovate, copycats - well just copy. I know where to put my money.