8600GTS Real Benches from an Aussie

[mascaras]

8600GTS

Just picked it up, whim me for shop!!!

Got to stuff it in my pc and run some benchies!








With drivers supplied on cd:

E6600
250gb 16mb cache Sata 3gb/sec
2gb 6400 Gskill ram

3dMark06...
Main Test Results

3DMark Score 5542 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 2284 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2036 Marks
CPU Score 2605 Marks

Detailed Test Results

Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon 17.534 FPS
2 - Firefly Forest 20.532 FPS

CPU Tests
CPU1 - Red Valley 0.834 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 1.302 FPS

HDR Tests
1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0) 18.063 FPS
2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0) 22.653 FPS



Max temp with fans PELTING (stock) was ~70c with ATI tool stress test... This thing could do with some aftermarket methinks!

After adding Zalman VF900cu (fit perfectly with 7600gt holes and settings) at high speed, max temp at stock settings came to 50c.

So I overclocked...

With core at 715, and memory at 1110, 3dmark06 score was 5847 Marks , with temps JUST touching 55c.

I've now dropped it to 710 and 1100, with idle temp 40c and max about 52-53.









http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum...s.cfm?t=715719

Stock

3DMark Score 5542 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score 2284 Marks

SM 3.0 Score 2036 Marks

CPU Score 2605 Marks

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Overclocked (705 core // 1145mhz Ram)

3DMark Score 5654 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score 2342 Marks

SM 3.0 Score 2079 Marks

CPU Score 2603 Marks

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Delta Stock -> OC

3DMark Score +112 3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score +58 Marks

SM 3.0 Score +43Marks

CPU Score -2 Marks

Perhaps the memory is holding your card back... I'm surprised that overclocking yielded so little performance.

MAX OC w/ Zalman VF900 >> 715Mhz core // 1145Mhz memory :

720 gave me a little green dot on the fuzzy cube when "scanning for artifacts".

I just tried the memory. Got up to 1155 (with find max mem), then cube turned into a big yellow square, with something about direct x not matching?



(Stock settings with stock cooler got to 70c)

regards