death metal
06-04-2006, 05:45 AM
Setup:
Intel® Pentium® D 950 (3.4GHz) @ 4.25GHz on stock voltage, XP-90 + silent 92mm Delta Fan ~2,200RPM
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Dual Graphic (Non Crossfire, Non SLI)
2x512MB Micron 667MHz D9 (SPD CL5-5-5-15, 1.8v) 4:5 ratio (DDR2-625MHz)
2xGigabyte GV-NX66T128D (6600GT) SLI Mode (stock everything)
WinHec 550w EPS/SLI Certified
Windows XP SP2
FutureMark Compare (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2050737)
Now, I am completely an SLI noobie, and considering I am running this on a non-SLI board (not even Crossfire certified), I am completely at a loss whether I have a good score. I am actually saving this set-up for my Conroe rig with Bad Axe Rev302, but bad luck struck and I can't find a way to send money to an XS member so I can get the parts.
My motherboard isn't SLI ready, the other PCIe x16 slot is actually terminated at the Southbridge rather than direct to the Northbridge, so I am having another "bottle neck" between NB and SB. My OS isn't tweaked at all, no tweaking as well on NVIDIA drivers i.e. no specific profile used or changes on the advanced settings. So imagine it at as completely untweaked system, except for CPU OC.
Anyway, I need help in the following:
1. Is my score any good?
2. How do I OC the VC with SLI? Use Coolbits or ATi Tool? In ATi Tool, I have to go thru all VC cores and mems. With Coolbits, I found a link that says I just use 1A as value to let me OC, but I tried it and found no significant increase (I add 25MHz on Core only).
3. DOOM3 failed to run in SLI mode, but other game, such as FarCry has no problem. Any clue?
4. Is this the first SLI with i945 chipset? Hahaha =)
On my Bad Axe, DOOM3 worked flawlessly under SLI. The score for 3D benchmark is also a lot better on my i975 (well, it has Dual PCIe x16 terminated at the NB anyway). However, I just want to check it out on i945P and other 6600GT users out there.
Thanks in advance...
Intel® Pentium® D 950 (3.4GHz) @ 4.25GHz on stock voltage, XP-90 + silent 92mm Delta Fan ~2,200RPM
Gigabyte GA-8I945P Dual Graphic (Non Crossfire, Non SLI)
2x512MB Micron 667MHz D9 (SPD CL5-5-5-15, 1.8v) 4:5 ratio (DDR2-625MHz)
2xGigabyte GV-NX66T128D (6600GT) SLI Mode (stock everything)
WinHec 550w EPS/SLI Certified
Windows XP SP2
FutureMark Compare (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=2050737)
Now, I am completely an SLI noobie, and considering I am running this on a non-SLI board (not even Crossfire certified), I am completely at a loss whether I have a good score. I am actually saving this set-up for my Conroe rig with Bad Axe Rev302, but bad luck struck and I can't find a way to send money to an XS member so I can get the parts.
My motherboard isn't SLI ready, the other PCIe x16 slot is actually terminated at the Southbridge rather than direct to the Northbridge, so I am having another "bottle neck" between NB and SB. My OS isn't tweaked at all, no tweaking as well on NVIDIA drivers i.e. no specific profile used or changes on the advanced settings. So imagine it at as completely untweaked system, except for CPU OC.
Anyway, I need help in the following:
1. Is my score any good?
2. How do I OC the VC with SLI? Use Coolbits or ATi Tool? In ATi Tool, I have to go thru all VC cores and mems. With Coolbits, I found a link that says I just use 1A as value to let me OC, but I tried it and found no significant increase (I add 25MHz on Core only).
3. DOOM3 failed to run in SLI mode, but other game, such as FarCry has no problem. Any clue?
4. Is this the first SLI with i945 chipset? Hahaha =)
On my Bad Axe, DOOM3 worked flawlessly under SLI. The score for 3D benchmark is also a lot better on my i975 (well, it has Dual PCIe x16 terminated at the NB anyway). However, I just want to check it out on i945P and other 6600GT users out there.
Thanks in advance...