Summer 2008 XS Cheapazchips 3D Challenge

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Originally Posted by JamesBong420

how many volts are u running dino? and 945mhz the max u can do?

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i was running 1.72v loaded there

i have a problem which i don't know the answer for...........i could not have too much or too little voltage at certain clocks...............it was very strange for me

i was in rivatuner/ati tool doing 1100MHz core and i think i even managed to do some '01 nature at 1050 or 1100 but i could not repeat it later as i didn't make notes on voltage used

i could run nature '01 at 1Ghz core but lobby will crash almost instantly

the setup is perfectly stable at 4.8GHz so that wasn't giving me issues. It was the card.......

i could for example start off with lower clocks and increase the volts a lot just for the sake of seeing if it could handle higher volts................... >> 1.9v loaded no probs...evap temp stays at around -48C and if there is a 20C delta i should be in a safe zone...i had a ~15C delta at stock clocks and volts

but if i try to use 1.9v volts with slightly higher clocks...say 800Mhz linked.....it bombs out instantly. i get a black screen most of the time....the pc seems to be running as i have FF codes and it doesn't reboot...just black screen....the volts on GPU change to idle volts (so 1.85v roughly)...........i would also get freezes occasionally too

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Originally Posted by dinos22

what do you mean?

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oops thought you were running on a cascade rather than everyday normal phase cooler - my bad :p:

Sounds like the video driver is dropping out from the clock changes. Does your keyboard still respond with the numlock and capslock buttons? That'll tell you right quick if it's still running video-less.

keyboard
it does man

sometimes it even comes back alive

So it's dropping out of 3D due to instability when linked. Guess your core has weak shaders?

First card I got was DOA, so have to get another.

posting a few pics of my card so far... :up::cool::D;)

http://www.buydurango.com/josh_files...t/DSCF7687.JPG

http://www.buydurango.com/josh_files...t/DSCF7684.JPG

http://www.buydurango.com/josh_files...t/DSCF7685.JPG

Nice :D

i luv this phred

Dinos - does your card have a power connector on it? If not, add one.

I might get time to work on my card tomorrow if we dont work late...

EDIT - Can you tell me what exact VR's you used there james? I'm laz... er working. :D

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Originally Posted by STEvil

Dinos - does your card have a power connector on it? If not, add one.

I might get time to work on my card tomorrow if we dont work late...

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no power connection
lol suggestion to add one heheh....i have no idea how to do that

i don't think i will have time to bench this card any more but i will try

hey gomeler

shouldn't you be updating leaderboards so that we know what's up......it helps keep the competitive vibe going too i think

http://xs131.xs.to/xs131/08383/jamesbong962.jpg
How much did it help you with clocks? :lol:

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Originally Posted by dinos22

hey gomeler

shouldn't you be updating leaderboards so that we know what's up......it helps keep the competitive vibe going too i think

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Hrm.. I've been shirking my duties as competition starter.. but I don't wanna! :yepp:

oh man that's gold
hammer next to the card
love it

Scores updated :up: Need to pick up my roll of solder and get started I suppose, been super lazy as of late without LN2 :shakes:

i hope you guys have good luck with your cards
it willbe super scary seeing the scores with high RAM clocks

shame andy's not a part of the comp......he's such a funny bastard :D

Pretty certain I sent him a PM on XS inviting him a long with a slew of other people, maybe he'll turn up :)

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Originally Posted by xoqolatl

How much did it help you with clocks? :lol:

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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!
had to crack her a few times to get her to boot... j/k...

nah my roomate actually had JUST borrowed my hammer to put something up in his room and thought that was the best spot for it. LOL....

@STEVIL here you are... :up:
http://www.buydurango.com/josh_files...gt/8600mod.jpg

Man, I would have loved to take part in this competition ... damn. If days would have had 48 hours instead of 24, I'd find time, I guess. In any case, Johnny asked me if I had LOD scaling graphs of the 86GT card as I published an 86GT overclocking article on Madshrimps a while ago. Well, officially I have no graphs, but I dug out my data XLS file and I did found some LOD scaling data. I'm not sure if I'm helping someone with this, but here they are:

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...lodscaling.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...k03scaling.png

3Dmark03 might have been biased by the low cpu clock. GT1 turned out to be the test to tweak in order to get the highest boost.

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...an-/XS/GT1.png

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s...234scaling.png

Thanks for the data massman, incredibly helpful and saves us a lot of time :up:

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Originally Posted by dinos22

ah ok
nice cooler

http://www.tech-hounds.com/review34/...USEN8600GT.jpg

better than my card for sure hehehe

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Tested same card some time ago, stock cooler and no mods it did this

looks like i was using the WRONG driver too :D

have a look at your CH and then look at mine

i would have an easy 60-61K somewhere :)

LOD is for handicapped people! ;)

Hahaha STEvil! :D :up: