New Toys

[OpTiX]

so i just recently built a new desktop after being out of the oc'ing scene for abit. im looking to get this thing over clocked
specs:
2x Evga 8800GT
Asus M3N-HT Deluxe
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition(HDZ940XCJ4DGI)
Patriot NVIDIA Viper Series DDR2 PC2-8500 1066MHz 4GB
OCZ GameXStream 700W Power Supply
2x 150GB Western Digital Raptor Raid 0

seeing as after market air coolers cost just as much as some of the high preforming water blocks im going to choose a water cooling setup on this thing and compare the results of the over clocks(air vs water).

-OpTiX

[OpTiX]

ok so now i will start with the video cards, are there any 8800GT bios i can play with so that i dont have to keep setting the clocks every time i restart/reboot?

[apt403]

RivaTuner can be set to auto apply overclock and fan settings on start-up. Only way I keep my 8800GT below 70c..

[jagass]

Nice specs you have there huh...

[OpTiX]

thanks dudes, i was just looking at riva tuner i can only change the fan speed on these things.i mangaed to change the clock speeds in ntune but i have todo that every time, i rather just flash the bios.

[OpTiX]

ok so what would be max volts i can pump to a my norb bridge?

[OpTiX]

ok so i've been playing around with this tonight this is what i have so far. i've been looking to get a set of ram that can do 1200Mhz easy since these crappy patriots cant oc a single mhz.

[OpTiX]

also does the software read the vcore correctly? where can i measure the vcore on the board with my multi meter?

[Titan7171]

what did you set it to in the bios?1.6v is extremely high for 3.6ghz

[OpTiX]

1.5~ in bios i lowered it all the way down to 1.4(1.38~ in the bios) volts seems the option for the vcore are not accurate on this board

[WSP]

use eVGA Precision Tools to set your GPU OC. it can apply the settings at windows startup

[OpTiX]

use eVGA Precision Tools to set your GPU OC. it can apply the settings at windows startup

i had to play with riva tuner to get it to work they way i wanted it to thanks tho

[Glow9]

Rivatuner sucks man, get ahold of EVGA precision it's my favorite piece of software that isn't bloated full of crap. Really you get a fantastic layout to get great performance I've been using it for like 2 years. Haven't gone to a new version because it is perfect.

[OpTiX]

selling my video cards to a friend and putting 3x8800gtx in, what are good water blocks for 8800gtx?

[soundood]

what are good water blocks for 8800gtx?

waterblocks that are designed for the 8800GTX

XSPC have a nice one, dont know if its still around though, and where are the pics of this new build? god its been ages since i seen some good pics round here,

heres my rig at the moment,]

[OpTiX]

so uh whats the power draw on 3 8800gtx?