XFX 6800GS...Xtreme 12 pipe card!!!

[coolmonk]

(ALL RESULTS AIR COOLED)

UPDATED: 12/16/2005

XFX 6800GS vmodded 670/1400 (stock 485/1100)





SINGLE-CARD scores:
3DMark03 - 17,186 pts
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4476585


3DMark05 - 7,970 pts
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1566127


This card really blew me away and far exceeded my expectations! It's pretty much the fastest 12 pipe card available without a doubt beating a stock 7800GTX!

More overclocking on the way...
Stay tuned..........

[en4cer]

Looks Great

[HeavyH20]

The 05 result link:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1561882

So, the card is stock with no volt mods? Usually 1.37V on the core is enough to get it to around 550 or so if you are lucky, but not any higher.

[Athens[2004]]

Xtremely Fast .

Those 6800gs are beasts .

We are wait 4 some sli powa /

[nCrusader]

660MHz on core, that's truly xtreme! That's the same clock that Sampsa & Kamu got with LN2 on their 6800Ultras. Sure it's harder to clock in SLI and less pipes might help too, but still very nice!

[coolmonk]

660MHz on core, that's truly xtreme! That's the same clock that Sampsa & Kamu got with LN2 on their 6800Ultras. Sure it's harder to clock in SLI and less pipes might help too, but still very nice!

I will do SLI tests tonight after work and keep everything air cooled. Hoping to bench both cards at 650/1350. I'm sure that'll break 13k marks in '05.

[coolmonk]

The 05 result link:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1561882

So, the card is stock with no volt mods? Usually 1.37V on the core is enough to get it to around 550 or so if you are lucky, but not any higher.

Card is not stock...it's vmodded running on Zalman Fatal1ty air cooler. Ambient room temp 16-18C.

[gocchin]

Are those Jason/mmouse's old cards? If so 13k is not a problem

[coolmonk]

Are those Jason/mmouse's old cards? If so 13k is not a problem

Yes, I got these from Jason. If everything behaves, I may even get 14k.

[HeavyH20]

It all makes sense. The facts were all in the link result. Nice runs!

I saw the "2 hours" reference and thought "stock". But, volt modded out of the box is always a nice way to start

[keiths]

If you could squeak out another 6Mhz on the core you'd match a stock 7800 gt in texel fill rate(8000 MTexels/s).

[coolmonk]

If you could squeak out another 6Mhz on the core you'd match a stock 7800 gt in texel fill rate(8000 MTexels/s).

good to know. i'll bench out in the garage (12-14C room temp) and see if i can manage a few more mhz.

[Rayman]

i have 2 in sli at stock on my 820 they bairly beat that score lol (amd 175 setup being ordered 2 night lol) i cant over clock the core 4 nothing on these cards dont kno y i think it has somethin to do with the mobo but the mem does 1.27ghz go figure any way they are great cards are u on stock cooling and wat temps are u getting on them?

[Fr3ak]

Nice results.
That makes me thinkin why I just bought a 7800GT....

[coolmonk]

i have 2 in sli at stock on my 820 they bairly beat that score lol (amd 175 setup being ordered 2 night lol) i cant over clock the core 4 nothing on these cards dont kno y i think it has somethin to do with the mobo but the mem does 1.27ghz go figure any way they are great cards are u on stock cooling and wat temps are u getting on them?

Already posted above...using the Zalman Fatal1ty coolers. Have not checked load temps yet...but idle was 30C.

[keiths]

BTW, a stock 6800 GS and 7800 GT memory bandwidth is the same @ 32GB/s. Coolmonk clocked the memory a little past a stock GTX(43.8 vs 38.4). Not in the league of the GTX 512MB @ 54.4GB/s but very nice. The one reason why I'd want a 7800 over the gs is transparency fsaa; unless there's a hack out to get a 6800 to do such? Oh, and the 7800's seem to use less power(which is one reason why I'm eagerly awaiting nvidia's transition to 90nm).

[coolmonk]

updated scores...

[Chelly]

Where can i get a volt mod guide for the card ??

[NiCKE^]

Dunno if it's same layout as yours but http://forums.vr-zone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=47261

[Chelly]

Oh thanks for the link

[Unoid]

I'll take a x1600xt and voltmod and oc that instead, it'll oc a good bit higher.

[keiths]

You think a 128-bit memory interface card, which slower by a large margin at stock speed in just about everything is going to come from behind to beat a 6800gs that overclocks past 7800gs performance level? You'll get high praise if you can pull it off.

Perhaps you havn't seen the benchmarks yet:
http://compreviews.about.com/gi/dyna...n%2Dx1600.html

[Unoid]

I'm more [h]ard than you fella, I know what I talk about

I have a feeling you'll be thinking otherwise when usee x1600xt's doing 800-900mhz core with more volts altered with software, no soldering required. goodgame jr

[Cybercat]

I'm more [h]ard than you fella, I know what I talk about

I have a feeling you'll be thinking otherwise when usee x1600xt's doing 800-900mhz core with more volts altered with software, no soldering required. goodgame jr

without modded cooling, and we're talking CPU-level stuff, I won't believe it till I see it.

As for now, if all you care about is 3DMark05, then by all means, suit youself.

[Perc]

these things are 187 bucks a pop at newegg!! holy crap thats a good price! would you say that 2 of these bad boys are worth the money to run a first time sli set up? i can see from your scores already these things rock! now these cards what would you say they are equal too? sorry for the stupid questions but im seriously wanting to grab two of these bad boys..

thx perc,