Testing >>> 8800GT SLI 20K 3DMARK06 Stock Coolers

hi guys

ok so i finally got around to installing these new 8800GT cards i got during my visit to Nvidia last week for Editor's Day Event in Santa Clara California :D

Here are some notes on testing from last night

Test Configuration:
XFX 680i SLI Motherboard
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 G0 stepping
2GB DDR2 Corsair Dominators PC10000
DUAL 8800GT PCIe 2.0 512MB Graphics Cards in SLI (Stock coolers)
Corsair HX620 Power Supply
Corsair Nautilus 500 CPU Watercooling
160GB Samsung IDE Hard Drive
Windows XP Pro 32bit

rough ambient during testing: 23.5-28C

also this power supply absolutely kicks ass.........it did not move from 12.05-12.06V on 12V RAIL ;)

I LOVE THESE VIDEO CARDS :D :eek: :D

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/5...70bbbbbey1.jpghttp://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9...bbbbbbbgy0.jpg

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/2...41bbbbbwa6.jpghttp://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4...874bbbbtv2.jpghttp://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7...bbbbbbbti6.jpg

HERE ARE SOME TESTS AT 3.6GHz on Quad with stock card clocks 600/900

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/4...hzsli88ie5.png

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7...hzsli88cb7.png

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1...hzsli88di1.png

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2...hzsli88ka1.png

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3...6ghzsliir7.png

i had some odd things start happening after my first OC...i though the gain was a bit low

PUSHED THE CARDS TO 700/1000

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/9...hzsli88qf5.png


Following this i noticed the results actually drop down LOL. I benched the cards up to 740MHz in SLI but scores were worse................
temps were maxing out at 56C or so and i did a few restarts but it was strange

In the end i overclocked the CPU as it seems really bottlenecked and gained a bit boost from CPU OC alone :eek:

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/4...hzsli88am1.png

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4...825ghzsdg9.png

FINALLY ENDED THE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER QUICK BOOST IN CPU AND GFX

i have to do some investigating as to add behaviour of the setup and instability creeping in as well lol at these clocks....was 3am already so i was too tired to go on

3DMARK06 - 19811 points
Q6600@3825MHz
8800GT SLI 710/1000

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/5...5ghzsliba3.png

I did keep pushing

bloody 680i chipset soo many unnecessary headaches >> finally wrestled it into 3.96GHz 3D stable for today's bench session





3DMARK01 is a lot of fun >> at the end i couldn't get my LL to ~920 that i had before LOL but it turned out OK in the end :)

looks at the nature FPS in the end :shocked: :D


3DMARK01 RUN
76012 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/999/1751
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6...ghzsli8yz2.png


3DMARK01 RUN
77542 points
SLI 8800GT: 720/999/1801
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9...ghzsli8pr0.png


3DMARK01 RUN
78835 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz >> tightened RAM timings

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8...ghzsli8rr8.png


3DMARK01 RUN
78904 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1...ghzsli8ev4.png


FINAL 3DMARK01 RUN
78931 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7...ghzsli8qh2.png


3DMARK03 RUN
69832 points
SLI 8800GT: 691/956/1725
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9...ghzsli8yb8.png


3DMARK05 RUN
25183 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/999/1750
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4...00396ghne9.png



3DMARK06 RUN
20268 points
SLI 8800GT: 720/999/1800
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6...00396ghlf7.png


3DMARK06 RUN
20423 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/1012/1750
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7...00396ghid0.png


FINAL 3DMARK06 RUN
20459 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/1018/1775
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9...00396ghyl9.png

Last Reserve

no 20 to see any where here :p:
althoug nice card's indeed , look at the space between the card's :D .
that just give's me a smille on my face :) , looking @ my rig its like a big sandwitch :(
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...0/DSC01760.jpg
pore card sandwitched betwen the fat hot head's off ati :p:

^^^^ LOL heheh

i read somewhere that these cards are supposed to be running hot

i don't know what the heck those guys are doing >> they must be dillusional because these run much cooler on low fan or high fan speed to all my GTSs and i got a bunch lying around heheheh

nice posts man, I cant wait to get the setup in my sig going next week.

nice :)

added some AM3 runs as well

no issues with SLI?

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Originally Posted by HousERaT

no issues with SLI?

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no issues at all

Sli works perfectly fine :)

i think whoever said there were didn't test them properly :up:

i need a nf680i!!! damn i'm only on P35.


Great benchs Dino :) i also love the cards

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Originally Posted by dinos22

^^^^ LOL heheh

i read somewhere that these cards are supposed to be running hot

i don't know what the heck those guys are doing >> they must be dillusional because these run much cooler on low fan or high fan speed to all my GTSs and i got a bunch lying around heheheh

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LOL idd try running 2 ati's :now i dont have to heat up the room :p: , just put on my pc and run 3d for 30min and done i have 22°C room temp :D .
and this is in winter :rofl: , dinos what are load temps on those card's ?
im getting more and more intrested in those : price is really nice 2 .
here one shop selling 230€ witch is very low compared to 2900XT and pro's 370€(still going higher evry day in price ) and 300€ to 290€ for the pro .
nvidia has done a great move with those card's :)

lol yeah nvidia chipset helps

would be nice to have a skulltrail but i got no chance of getting gear like that :ROTF:

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Originally Posted by blind_ripper

dinos what are load temps on those card's ?

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56C loaded in ATI tool at 740MHz Core
they run much cooler than GTSs

[EDIT] fan at 100%

wasup, nice work bro , this card's roxx ! every one in my country are waiting for this card , upgrading GTS to GT , and this thread show that corsair hx620 really work fine !!! :up:

i plugged mine in today was reading 52c idle few mins after i had installed it, didnt have ne time to test it as my cpu block started leaking inside and dripping towards my 8800gt

That's good to hear you don't think they are as hot as everyone seems to think. Running SLI with double-slot cards just isn't practical. I'm not going to give up my sound card and I'm sure I speak for others that use their rig for more than just benching. SLI with these single-slot 8800GT's is awesome.

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Originally Posted by jay_lee300

i plugged mine in today was reading 52c idle few mins after i had installed it, didnt have ne time to test it as my cpu block started leaking inside and dripping towards my 8800gt

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default fan speed on these is ~20% whereas GTS is 60%

dino as far as overclocking and fan control is concerned, are you using riva and do you have seperate control of each card? how does this work?

i always use riva but it doesn't hurt checking the Nvidia control panel

i'm sure it would work just haven't checked

so then can you control fan speed and clocks on both with either?
how did you do it? did it let you run the fans at 100% on both.

those were my questions you left unanswered :p:

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Originally Posted by Rattle

so then can you control fan speed and clocks on both with either?
how did you do it? did it let you run the fans at 100% on both.

those were my questions you left unanswered :p:

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you cannot independently clock or control fans on them no

at least i haven't figured it out yet lol

so when you move the core freq for instance and the fan speed it just automatically does it on both cards ?

Dinos man, top knotch testing. Your setup looks sick. This makes me want one even moreeeeeeeeeee :( Argh they're awesome!!!!!

hey Nick

remember people not being sure whether these Corsair HX620s can handle such loads :D:D:D:D:D:

meh i haven't even started stressing these suckers yet :D:D:D:D :up:

New 8800GT is a kickass card :O
I wish they could do something about that $=€ ;(

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Originally Posted by dinos22

hey Nick

remember people not being sure whether these Corsair HX620s can handle such loads :D:D:D:D:D:

meh i haven't even started stressing these suckers yet :D:D:D:D :up:

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Yeah! Corsair's rock, that PSU could handle Dual Ultra's IMO. Keep pushin dinos!

haha, nice results dino :D 88GT rocks, cant wait to see them on full ln2, smbody do it pls :)

I think with a Yorkie with LN2 and voltmodded 8800GT SLI with appriopriate cooling (DICE?) could do some serious damage to the ORB. :D

Would be interesting to see how core clock scales with voltage on 65nm manufacturing process.

Subs

Sweet glad to hear the GPU load temps aren't as bad as people are saying. Good to know i can just crank up the speed and win :)

I did keep pushing

bloody 680i chipset soo many unnecessary headaches >> finally wrestled it into 3.96GHz 3D stable for today's bench session





3DMARK01 is a lot of fun >> at the end i couldn't get my LL to ~920 that i had before LOL but it turned out OK in the end :)

looks at the nature FPS in the end :shocked: :D


3DMARK01 RUN
76012 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/999/1751
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6...ghzsli8yz2.png


3DMARK01 RUN
77542 points
SLI 8800GT: 720/999/1801
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9...ghzsli8pr0.png


3DMARK01 RUN
78835 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz >> tightened RAM timings

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8...ghzsli8rr8.png


3DMARK01 RUN
78904 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1...ghzsli8ev4.png


FINAL 3DMARK01 RUN
78931 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7...ghzsli8qh2.png


3DMARK03 RUN
69832 points
SLI 8800GT: 691/956/1725
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/9...ghzsli8yb8.png


3DMARK05 RUN
25183 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/999/1750
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4...00396ghne9.png



3DMARK06 RUN
20268 points
SLI 8800GT: 720/999/1800
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/6...00396ghlf7.png


3DMARK06 RUN
20423 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/1012/1750
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/7...00396ghid0.png


FINAL 3DMARK06 RUN
20459 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/1018/1775
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9...00396ghyl9.png

wow, glad I switched, these cards got potential really.
Nice marks there man!

Wow!

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Originally Posted by blind_ripper

no 20 to see any where here :p:
althoug nice card's indeed , look at the space between the card's :D .
that just give's me a smille on my face :) , looking @ my rig its like a big sandwitch :(
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y90...0/DSC01760.jpg
pore card sandwitched betwen the fat hot head's off ati :p:

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lol!

Looks like that sound/physx card (can't tell which) gets a free trip to the spa everyday!:D

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Originally Posted by AliG

lol!

Looks like that sound/physx card (can't tell which) gets a free trip to the spa everyday!:D

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Sound..
Phyx is BLUE

so what does 20k in 3dmark06 equate to in avg fps in crysis at 1920x1200 with aa? does crysis/vista know how to utilize 1GB of mem from sli?

i was going to download it last night to test it but jeeeez 1.8GB download was going to take 1 hour :rolleyes:

Looks like you had allot of fun with these cards dinos :up:
great results and thx for teh efforts ;)

:up: :)

nice job dinos, I wait my cards:up: :)

nice results....

anything planned for tri-sli w/780i board .....:)

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Originally Posted by Dynasty

nice results....

anything planned for tri-sli w/780i board .....:)

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what's that never heard of it :D:D:D:D

you Assies are mad , now let George tweak ya ram and you will soar into the ORB

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

you Assies are mad , now let George tweak ya ram and you will soar into the ORB

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hehehehe i learnt a thing or two about RAM tweaking now but i'm afraid this 680i was hardly stable and nothing other than straight 1:1 would finish 3D runs....even though this RAM will do 590MHz 4-3-3-x on 680i as tested in another thread of mine :) >> 'tis a shame as that would help in '01/'05/AM3 at least :(

it would be nice to have SLI drivers on X38 that's for sure

Where is big_sam when we need him? I ordered a pair of EVGA SSC 8800GT's (fastest factory clocked cards I could find). Should be in later this week.

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Originally Posted by Robilar

Where is big_sam when we need him? I ordered a pair of EVGA SSC 8800GT's (fastest factory clocked cards I could find). Should be in later this week.

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should of just waited for the G92 / 8800 GTS 512mb
with 128 SP's on 65nm.....;)

The SSC is G80/A2 core with 112 SP's.....320-bit

Dec. not that far off for nVidia 2nd launch.....:)

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Originally Posted by Leeghoofd

you Assies are mad , now let George tweak ya ram and you will soar into the ORB

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haha ... :)

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Originally Posted by dinos22

hehehehe i learnt a thing or two about RAM tweaking now but i'm afraid this 680i was hardly stable and nothing other than straight 1:1 would finish 3D runs....even though this RAM will do 590MHz 4-3-3-x on 680i as tested in another thread of mine :) >> 'tis a shame as that would help in '01/'05/AM3 at least :(

it would be nice to have SLI drivers on X38 that's for sure

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Weird about the dividers dinos.. you've forced me to revisit an old friend for SLI http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=5033 :D

hey George

it's not just dividers i couldn't finish anything longer than say 4M SuperPi and on an occasion could even do 32M >> strange board i tell ya :confused:

man i love you and all :D

how many people do you know that do this kind of research :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Originally Posted by eva2000

Sole purpose for the return is to play with SLI configs, so thought I'd reference this post to the effect memory bandwidth/latencies has on 3dmark performance I tested 8 months ago here.

http://fileshosts.com/intel/Asus/680...esults4_wm.png

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hehe i remember i had a bit of time on my hands LOL

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Originally Posted by jonnyGuru

2000MHz memory OC is easy with this card BUT the overclock won't hold long term.

The memory is actually 2GHz, but the interface can't handle the speed for long periods. This has been tested by Nvidia, their OEM's and some partners over several weeks. The card will run like a bat out of hell for a while and then suffers irrepairable damage.

I would only crank the memory up to 2GHz plus to get a killer benchmark and then crank it back down to 1900~1950MHz for day to day use.

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Hey dinos could you test with high shader/core clocks and mem sub 1Ghz to see if maybe the so called damage is hindering the cards. G80 series cards aren't that bandwidth starved are they?

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Originally Posted by eva2000

hehe i remember i had a bit of time on my hands LOL

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how long did it take to do all that :rofl:
yay for aussie commitment :)

What ocing tool did you use to oc the second card? Rivatuner's ocing area is greyed out for the second card :(

u can't independently OC these cards

i use rivatuner or ATItool

It makes sense that they would probably have the same clock speeds..

only with + 200mhz cpu (from 3600mzh to 3800mhz) = + 800 marks ????????????


and then when you overclock the CPU from 3800mhz to 3960mhz + OC cards from 700Mhz to 720Mhz = only +550 marks ????????


btw: nice scores :up:



regards

yeah CPU MHz hungry :D

@dinos22 good clock. My Q6600 g0 3936 MHZ air, 2900 PRO CF Stock cooler 3D2006: 20542 :)

good work

it doesn't mention what clocks you were running on the cards and whether you had set vcore/vdimm any higher on the GFX than what stock options are

600/900 and 3600 = 66k+
Very impressive :clap: