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

[dinos22]

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

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





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











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




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





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