My spare board is a MSI 650i running my q6600 AT 3.6 24/7, What are the chip and board limitations...... can I use this setup?
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My spare board is a MSI 650i running my q6600 AT 3.6 24/7, What are the chip and board limitations...... can I use this setup?
No chip/board/memory limits. Your GPU must be 8400GS, thats the only limit.
Of course! You have a month to bench :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Wiggy McShades
Hrm, I didn't even think of that bit. Anyone have an opinion/investigation in this matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ugly n Grey
i would say.......crisp power....:DQuote:
Originally Posted by xoqolatl
ASUS
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...121-086-03.jpg
hmm I've playd a bit with my Gigabyte, and it was able to run 01 at 650c/1300s/470m without any mods, stock cooled...
the gpu seems very nice, but the mem's are weak, i think i will buy a Zotac 8400gs tomorrow to try and compare it... btw it looks very nice :D
What memory? is it Hynix 2.5ns?Quote:
Originally Posted by Achill3uS
yepQuote:
Originally Posted by xoqolatl
aghrrr, i've just take off the stock cooler, and what i see? chewing gum style thermal paste(?) :mad: :D
I think you need an upgrade then. I scraped that chewing gum off and applied this..Quote:
Originally Posted by Achill3uS
Thats bad news :( i cant afford another card with different mems right now, all spare money goes to Cebit trip.
Gigabyte's thermal goo is the worst I have ever seen. Not only it does nothing, it wont come off!
What would you say is a safe voltage for the GDDR2 on these chips with plenty of airflow over the chips? I've tried the stock 2.05, 2.1, 2.2. Not sure if I can safely push 2.3-2.5v, I've got the Samsung ICs and they clock like garbage, 832MHz is barely stable but I think my PWM needs beefing up as it's stable with the core under 700MHz.
lol that's a good ideaQuote:
Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler
i may as well use that TTBT i have on the bench table gathering dust heheheh
Hynix mem has 1.8 stock, but in datasheet I have found info of 2.3V speed bin. I guess you could search Samsung datasheet.Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler
the chewing gum stuff comes off with varsol... it's that simple. Clean it with alcohol to remove the mineral spirits afterwards.
Someone with mods for the Asus-version? I tried to read the codes on the different chips, but it's to damn small. Guess I've to take some pics in high res and zoom in. If I just can get my damn battery charger back.
For those of you that purchased the EVGA half-height 8400GS, here are some resistance/voltage information. This was all done with the pencil mods, resistance/voltage was measured with my Fluke while the card was loaded.
Voltage Resistance
1.25v default 1.55k ohm
1.37v 1.409k ohm
1.48v 1.307k ohm
1.565v 1.247k ohm
1.74v 1.146k ohm
Memory
Voltage Resistance
2.035v default 806 ohm
2.093v 781 ohm
2.201v 744 ohm
2.289v 721 ohm
I'm done testing for the night, got it up to 891/1782/864 with 1.74vcore and 2.289vmem. The core gets up to 47C with my TTBT. The worst part is with the memory at 800MHz, pushing the core from ~750 to 900 doesn't do anything.. hardcore memory limited.
Is it possible to get more volts with those pencilmods? 1.74v is nothing.Quote:
Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler
Do you overclock the shaders? The shaders are really important, they can go insane high.
I'm running the shaders 1:2 to the core, which I believe is how it is stock. For some reason I can't independently clock the shaders in Rivatuner. I only went up to 1.74v as I ran out of time and I want to beef up the PWM a bit as my card has a weak setup compared to other cards. Considering how the core was getting to 47C with 1.74v, I'd say I have plenty of headroom and I'll throw 2v at it once have the PWM set. I need to find a way to manually edit the memory timings though they are either too tight or the memory just sucks.
My very first run so far:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/T_M/Picture1.jpg
donno how much CPU will affect these runs but i'm thinking of whipping out one of these Sony laptops again and go for gold
8.4K from previous session wasn't too shabby :D:D:D
http://img478.imageshack.us/img478/9...k038391uf8.jpg
thats a GT, not a GS ;)
but you're on a laptop so maybe we'll give you a break lol.
true
i'm not gonna bench this one for the comp as it's a GT
youngpro bought a couple of cards today so i'll be benching a reference 8400GS like most here
heavily modded as far as i was told :D
Can we run SLI? :D
Do these cards support software SLI? Would be hilarious :yepp:
there is one or two chipsets which should be able to run them in SLI or some kinda GFX boost setting whatever it's called lol
but lets just keep it simple :p
Dunno, I did see this @ the egg :DQuote:
Originally Posted by [XC] gomeler
EVGA 256-P2-N733-LR
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggIma...130-316-06.jpg
You got wild vmods, we got SLI :D :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by dinos22