AFAIK, the GPU wattage is not determined by the bus connector. It is the GPU itself that draws the wattage, it could do 200W even if its on PCI-e (although, no company looks for 200W;))
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AFAIK, the GPU wattage is not determined by the bus connector. It is the GPU itself that draws the wattage, it could do 200W even if its on PCI-e (although, no company looks for 200W;))
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Originally Posted by gocchin
wow did it die? :(
damn...cause i dont have much experience with that kind of stuff, didnt plan to alter it. plus i would be powering it one the same PSU (PC power and cooling 510 express)Quote:
Originally Posted by skate2snow
so high power would be out of the question for the time being
so i guess scrap that idea. so i guess i would be stuck with normal water ;). think 650+ is possible on water?
thanks
Sorry bout your card Gochinn :(
2D was fine it booted into windows with no probs but the screen would go whacko with any 3D bench or games...Quote:
Originally Posted by Geforce4ti4200
ah I hope your next one overclocks better, might wanna ask mr. icee ;)
btw how old are you guys that benching for top place with 6600gt?
juliette, gocchin, zakwel and others?
You dont wanna know;). I am 13...
BTW: Randi I know what brand your card is:D.
Me too. The key is really the 5000 limited production kits. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by skate2snow
LOL, I guess I gave enough clues, huh? :)
On the age thing, I'm 45.:D
Randi:D
I think I have a good idea what the card is :) I wanted to originally get that but they havent been in DK for the last 4 months since they showed up on the webiste.
Randi, age doesnt matter, in your case its an advantage as you've forgotten more than we know (my math teacher's quote). I'm 16, I began on a Commodore64, and last year I finally got a job that allows "minor" upgrades every 6 months. I know my low age might be of resent to some, but I'm glad the hardware expenses kept me off the stuff some friends are doing :rolleyes:
Perhaps my social life isn't party every day, but I have retained my sanity and self-respect, and that's what counts for me :)
I still haven't got a clue what the 5000 run card is.
I'm 37 as an aside.
When's this review going up, to put me out of my misery ?
Regards
Andy
Andy:)
I'm hoping sometime next week on the review, we have many in the pipeline but I think this will get squeezed in between others:)
I have 2 of these cards, and can tell you # 2 is not near as good as # 1. 650Mhz on the same cooling setup is about max. I have a # 3 arriving today as a backup, as if I kill one before my SLI testing for the review I won't be SOL:D
Randi:D
You are a lucky man Randi. 650 is still good compared to mine and Andy's Ho Hum cards :(
yeah lol dont even wanna talk about my card...Quote:
Originally Posted by Juliette
btw im 15 and from sweden :)
When I as young I was spending all my money down the pub and trying to attract girls ( somewhat badly ).
Randi, looking forward to the review. My card did 607 with stock volts and improved heatsink , then only 635-643 with 1.65-1.7v, so your 650 is still better. I think I might check out the forums to see if anyone has managed a good overclock on an AGP version, or maybe Juliette and I have just had the luck to get average or poor to average cards. ( I can never remember if Juliettes is AGP or not, but I think it is).
You mention having a backup for the SLi rig, good idea. This is another reason I am not keen on SLi, you have to be lucky "twice" to match the cards up rather than once. It must be frustrating to have an exceptional card and average card so their is always the temptation to keep buying and selling till you get a pair. Sounds like a money drain. Then if you lose one you have to do the same all over again ..argh. More grey hairs on my head.
So I think I will stick to single cards and do maybe 6200 turbo cache and perhaps 6500/ 6700 etc when they come out. If Pcie do better than AGP then I will have to move over I guess. Certainly for turbocache I will have to. Those little cards really interest me because they use system memory and will benefit from an extra tweak on PCie bus I am sure. The more variables the better. And they are cheap.
My replacment 939 MSI arrived today and so swapped it over with the dead one and everything is working fine, managed a 26k on the 5800 and so as good as the old.
I have a new sig, I have put up some of my nvidia scores in a table to show how scores have increased through nvidia's history, see below. The 5600U was on my old Abit 754 Via Max3 ( now there was a fairly difficult board to bend to your will) with 1MB 3200 so the score is a bit down. The others are fairly comparitive though. The GF4 and 5700U really stand out.
Regards
Andy
Hows the weather over there at present ? We are getting easterly winds coming down from your way, still only -1C to 3C though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowman89
Regards
Andy
I have PCIE - but all the superb overclocking cards by Gainward are perfrom equally from what I have seen. If you look at their forums the situation is about the same. :(
"Going to the pub" for one evening would cost you half a 6600GT card ;) So its usually bumming someones house after coming out of the supermarket
Get that heatgun! :D
You guys are having alot fun keep up the good work.
I may join you all later.
Testing out an Asus "brand" 6600GT right now while I wait for my eVGA to be RMAed.... will let you know how it goes ;)
Well the card is pretty good... less volts and better results... still room to go I think...
1 x ASUS 6600gt@1.58v 684/1386 watercooled 13x255 1.5-2-2-5 @ 3.6v
11607 (am I back on top? ;) )
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3737031
Nice work gocchin :toast:Quote:
Originally Posted by gocchin
Think with more volts you can hit 700 ?
Regards
Andy
man, that card is awesome!!!!
Hi gocchin, what's the highest you got without the volt mod?
I will have to bench tonight again;).
Good job Gocchin!