Retail X1800XT - My 1st Impressions (pics)

[techstyled]

Thought I would share my first night experiences with my shiny new X1800XT. First here are some pics:

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And some more:

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Clock speeds:

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First bench:

[perkam]

Some Nice shots there techstyled

Now lets see some overclocked numbers

Perkam

[guess2098]

54*C.... that is hot, but i like it

[techstyled]

I'm about to start turning up the heat I think.

Anyone got any ideas that don't involve me killing my new card?

(prolly won't take the leaf blower off to peak at core till tomorrow, need sleep first)

[perkam]

Anyone got any ideas that don't involve me killing my new card?

I imagine you'd need the oc tool from driver heaven: http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=88559 .

Perkam

[ingentingmendeg]

where did you buy this card?

[perkam]

where did you buy this card?

Allstarshop had them for $599 when they got a few of them in stock...now $699

Also, Newegg had 20 of them in stock today, sold out within hours

Perkam

[techstyled]

where did you buy this card?

Bought it from AllStarShop and had it delivered NDA. They shipped their first batch out the same day they got them (yesterday). They are now out of stock.

[G H Z]

What's with those clocks? I thought XT was 625/750.

Nice card tech

[RickCain]

Here are my first results with my X1800XT running CAT5.10a with zero tweaks

Running X2 3800 @ 2.5
2 x 1024 OCZ RAM (3-3-3-5)

[harleybro]

Any links to the score? Nice card but how can you think about sleep when you have that to play with?

[guess2098]

memory at 797 woow, faster than my 2.5v's 790......

[babyelf]

w00t.. it's here

lol wake up dude.. *knocks*

[perkam]

We know from sxs112's run that its capable of 10k on air...just with some tweaking though

Perkam

[RickCain]

Well interesting. I can max out Overdrive (700 core / 1600 mem) without a problem. Once my waterblock comes in I will try to push it harder.

[Stumpjumper5200]

Wow, these X1800XT's are clocking like crazy. It might almost make me regret leaving ATI for a 7800GT (that is going to be laying around until DFI actually ships the SLI-DR Expert ). But after the price difference....nah.

[techstyled]

I imagine you'd need the oc tool from driver heaven: http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=88559 .

Perkam

Won't work with X1800XT I don't think. At least it doesn't seem to.

[techstyled]

Any links to the score? Nice card but how can you think about sleep when you have that to play with?

Oh I'm not thinking about sleep, I just don't want to try pulling this leaf blower off without some sleep under my hat.

[techstyled]

Well interesting. I can max out Overdrive (700 core / 1800 mem) without a problem. Once my waterblock comes in I will try to push it harder.

I can't get through a complete run of 3dMark05 with mine at absolute max Rick. I'm pretty sure it's my P/S holding me back though. Don't have my OCZ P/S with me right now, it's at home.

Trying to get through a run at highest I can.

[RickCain]

Oh I'm not thinking about sleep, I just don't want to try pulling this leaf blower off without some sleep under my hat.

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Maybe it is me but this leafblow is not nearly as loud as the X1800XL stock heatsink.

[techstyled]

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Maybe it is me but this leafblow is not nearly as loud as the X1800XL stock heatsink.

Wouldn't know about the X1800XL but I was referring to the size of it, not the sound.

Mine is VERY quiet too.

I'm gonna have to go home and get my OCZ P/S now.

[Supertim0r]

This card is huge...