Watercooled though, right?
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Watercooled though, right?
Yes! Innovatek Cool-Matic NV40.
415/1110 1.3 volts everything stock :o
Point of View 6800GT 430/1160 stock cooling for 24/7 use.
Why a new PSU??? I just got this one because I killed the other one (don't ask=)
I'll try overclocking later probably the weekend, I don't have a lot of time on weekdays.
And yes I didn't fully research it but as you can see from my bio I live in Belgium and not all cards are carried everywhere. Price is an important factor (even for 400€ gfx cards) I know gainwards are probably good (looked at the golden sample with watercooling review on tomshardware but come on, really... that things costs 900€ the heatsink they use is made by Innovatek and will fit perfectly with my watercooling system so maybe I'll upgrade to that. For now I got a waterblock on the GPU and passive OCZ copper BGA ramsinks on the memory.
For now I want to get my A64 overclock stable seems I need more than 1,65v for 2,5 ghz. And past 2,55 ghz even 1,7v isn't always stable... (next paycheck is goiing to a winchester core). At 2,5 ghz and stock gfx speeds i get a bit over 23000 3D01 marks. 3Dmark won't boot and gives me failures immediatly or stops after test one and gives error failure. I don't know what this is I had the same problem with my 9800 pro maybe it's cpu or ram or install (although I did reinstall 3Dmark03 and its update....) Could it be a problem with the 3dnow feature from the cpu?? (sorry first AMD)
Leadtek 6800GT (A400TDH): 440/1170 max, 420/1100 normal use.
i have leadtek 6800Gt...i use it 400/1120 daily...
gainwards don't use special cores or anything, 90% of cores do ultra speeds probably, as this thread shows. They overcharge a load, on previous cards i seem to recall they used slightly higher voltages(minimally higher) to get those clocks and charged WAY more than they should of for what is essentially programming the bios to start at higher speeds than using power strip, rivatuner or whatever else to set those speeds yourself.
THey have always been overpriced, and stupid and just a waste of space company. They do nothing different, just mad random crap. IE a 5700 ultra watercooled for some £500 or something, when a silently cooled x800's were available for half the cost. If you think a company that uses that kind of logic deserves your cash, thats great for you.
my 6800gt leadteks pci-e in sli do 430/1050 together, not tried separately. they get pretty warm, not to bad though, not sure if one has bad mem but both clock well on the core and get a massive increase in benchies from 350-430 increase.
AS a warning to anyone that was going to try, i tried these cards in an MSI board yesteday, the slots are so close the sinks touch on the leadteks, if you look at leadteks shroud you would be able to see the fan grill and shroud would prevent any airflow at all onto the 2nd card. AS it was i'd already removed the shrouds for better cooling, and even with 2 80mm fans cooling the cards they were burning hot to touch and at some 85C or so in windows just after boot. If they were game stable i'd be very surprised.
Air cooling + leadteks on anythin other than the asus right now is impossible. Not sure how many cards you could use, i know the msi's have single slot coolers. Anyone know if inno3d use single slot coolers? i wanted to get the dfi and have one preordered but just can't use these cards on that board.
Sli = very poorly thought out but nvidia, and board manu's, only asus had the slight sense to increase the gap between the cards, why any of the others didn' think of that i don't know.
Also you really can't stick anything in the first pci slots underneath the cards, maybe not 2 slots. i can't qiute believe anyone over at nvidia thought this was the best way to go about it.
I'm gonna guess ati will scrap it after the next month or two sees numerous rma's for overheating cards and boards that really just can't be used fully. or they'll just sort out the design of the boards so people can fit two cards in. Of course with mainly single slot ati designs they'll probably be better off anyway.
wat about the nf4 chipset - :ROTF:
the nf3 gets hot. tight fit with their own cards
then the try to put 2 cards over an even hotter chipset WTF
im gonna hope for AMR/dothan or just AMR/venice
i have BFG 6800 gt
421mhz and 1.1ghz
500w ps
@ 1.65V? Core voltage or agp?Quote:
Originally Posted by FLYING FALCON
pny6800gt stock cooler crapy very cheap paste
350/1,0@440/1,18@1,4v
no artes, btw my 12v rail is 12,6
someone can tell why GT dies when u use 24/7 like 450/1,2
in every forum guys tell that will kill VID, but maybe power modd helps? :rolleyes:
i got a pny 6800gt too - i got that very crapy cheap paste - did u get those dodgy pads in between ur ram and ur heatsink which dont actually touch em? - pathetic card - replaced the heatsink straight away with an a.c. one - still only does 412/1.14 - how do i up the voltage?Quote:
Originally Posted by sponge bob
mines on a puny 300W though - but my antec 450W didnt do any better
Use nibitor to change the bios, or just download another bios and flash it. Gainward 6800GT GS-bios uses 1.4v. It workes on my card (Aopen), but of course, it might not work for you. Take a backup before you flash.Quote:
Originally Posted by wwwww
I can run mine at 440/1100 for benches, if im lucky, usualy only 430, and in games i just run it stock, or 400 depending on if im at a hot lan party, or a cold home.
The abosolute HIGHEST i can get is 418/1.14, any higher and i start getting artifacts. Its even watercooled :(. Limit of the GPU perhaps?
stock everything (soft.,hard.) EVGA at 425/1150 for 24/7
430+/1160 benching
i have the 'ol BFG TECH 6800GT (NOT BFD)
i have had this thing up to
430mhz and 1.18ghz @ 1.7v and ran like a champ
it was the cpu 3.4ghz p4 i had to keep cool
the card is awesome
TURN THAT MOTHER UP
B 4 I put the card in, :banana: i put a 500w PS
i was runnin a 350w PS and i didnt want to chance it
check out the mess
i have like 7 fans
and im puttin in a intel chip MB waterblock 2 mor row
YEAH MAN!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana4: :toast: :toast:
im sure they mean with stock cooling, becase then the cards get way too hot and eventually fail because of the heat. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sponge bob
FLYING FALCON
Wow, you sure sound excited about an avg. o/c :)
its a little better than avg.
mine is at 420/1145. and this is with a psu that undervolts 12V rail to 11.7 so i think it has room for more once i get a new psu.
for 6800gt PCI-e
from this list
Inno3D
ASUS
MSI
LEADTEK
AOPEN
ELSA
GAINWARD
which should i buy ?
hmm i have CM450w and with 1,3v i can do only 410/1,1Quote:
Originally Posted by wwwww
btw cards dieing with water cooling 450/1,2 maybe power modd help ?
yes,dude i changed those termal pads,then i added some cheap silver paste,and now im getting as i told 440/1,08-09 :banana:
but everywere forums guys tell their GT dies even @1,4v with nvsilencer5
is that pice of :banana::banana::banana::banana: or its true? i flashed mine back to 1,3v,but if i make power modd and nvsilencer on it, temps are norm and i run it 24/7 450/1,2 will my VID die`? :confused:
if you want great support and a long warranty go for the elsa or asus card, if you want a high clocking card get any of the other brands.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimasdw
I have a reference design GT from Aopen, it does 473 benchable on air, so i guess the brand does not matter at all.