8800GT voltage mods

[os008]

Hi,
Since i shorted my 3850 , i had no choice but to go buy a 8800GT ... volt-modded, the RIGHT way this time, clean and tidy, put the iron on the wire ... voila soldered, didn't have to redo it a dizzillion times.

Well, a 200$ lesson on the 3850 :P.

Anyway, here're my results ... 1.12v got me ...



Using the Zalman VF700-Cu i had for ages, got me 40c idle, and 70c load.

For some reason i can get to 850 and 2000 shader, using 1.3v, but not stable, i think it's a heat issue, or maybe the powersupply, but i'm happy with what i got so far, i'm limited by the CPU anyway, so no need to be greedy.

Just a question though, my BIOS version is xx.92.16.xx.xx, i found the most recent BIOS is one from eVGA, version xx.92.A3.xx.xx, it has different clocks, and relaxed timings, i reset them to be the same as my card.

My question is ... would there be ANY benefit from using this newer BIOS, i included both BIOS'.

Thanks.