8800GT Official Reviews

[adamsleath]

definitely seems (mine anyway) to be limited by shader clocks...
ive had 750 core @ 1700 shader..but got less 3d06 than with 700 1800 shader ..lol

750 core 1700 shader = 11500+
690 core 1810 shader= 11503 lol (1820 shader throws errors with atitool test @660core)
734/1781/2000mem = 11705.
720 core 1800 shader/1900mem = 12000+
unfortunatley mine becomes unstable with clocks higher than 1800....tried 1850/1840/1830/1820 and it is a nogo.

shader clocks have the biggest effect on 3d06 score.

so all we need now is more shaders

now running 720/1790/1950...seems very stable in games (crysis) 169.02

[RAW-Raptor22]

EVGA kind of stinks... they are still processing my step-up.... I havent even sent in my GTS yet...

[Diverge]

LOL, why didn't *I* think of a hacksaw ?

Ya know Diverge, I noticed we have about the same clocks... and I also noticed something in your 3dmark window... my SM2.0 score is IDENTICAL essentially to yours, while the HDR/SM3.0 score had a huge boost with the SLI (you're running a single card, correct?). Maybe the drivers aren't up to snuff yet, and that's causing the really low score... because that's just too coincidental if you ask me :p.

yep, single card here. one thing that kinda confuses me is my CPU and SM2.0 score fluctuate from run to run... wish i knew why. i took lots of data, incrementing each clock individually, see how it affect each portion of the 3dmark score.. and SM3.0 is the only one that constantly went up with clock increases.. SM2.0 and CPU when up and down.

here's a graph some each individual portion of the 3dmark score vs overclocks of GPU/shader/RAM... each individually. only one that constantly increases with clocks is SM3.0



edit: here's a graph of 3dmark total score.. shader overclocks seem to increase the score more constantly

[GoldenTiger]

Wow, that is interesting... lends credence to jason4207 of OCforums posting this as a possibility:

"Alas, the G92s aint flawless. We've tried to run the 8800GT in SLI mode with an EVGA 680i mainboard and the Asus P5N32E-SLI, but was only greeted with a single card in Vista's device manager despite our various attempts to rectify this problem. All users who wishes to buy a couple of 8800GT cards should take note, G92 SLI doesnt seem to be quite working with the 680i chipset in Vista just yet. Nevertheless, we reckon this isn't a major problem and Nvidia should be fixing this in due time, as we've seen SLI benchmarks of the G92s on Nforce 780i floating around the web in recent days."

From a launch review of the 8800GT. I'm on Vista 64.

[VETDRMS]

Just a quick update, new stable clocks.

864mhz Core and 2106mhz shader, messing with memory timings at the moment.

[GoldenTiger]

Just a quick update, new stable clocks.

864mhz Core and 2106mhz shader, messing with memory timings at the moment.

(Unreal Tournament) HOLLLLLYYYYY SH******! (echoes repeatedly)

Making me anxious to do the vGPU mod ASAP :p.

[GAR]

What is everyones max OC on their card, with the stock cooling, ive got my fan up to 75% idles at 45 loads at 60c........max is 756-1836-2000

[cstkl1]

I unplugged an optical and HDD to see if the score would budge, but nothing happened... so while that's a (small) amount of evidence the PSU's enough, I'm not quite convinced it's not the PSU causing the problem. Because of that, I think I will be ordering a new PSU this weekend... I actually found an "inexpensive" PSU that was reviewed nicely: newegg's housebrand, "Rosewill" 750w, for $125 shipped. I may go with that, but I'm gonna go check the price on the PSU you're using. Gamestream = OCZ, correct?

Here's the one I am looking at:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...37;2bRX750-D-B

Jonnyguru, among the major sites, has a good review of it.


EDIT: Popped timings down to 5-5-5 1T, and score went up to 15971... at least it's something :p... gonna look around at PSU's and then order one, I'm pretty convinced it's the PSU causing the problem.

dude
that c2d setup i did was powered by a enermax fma II 460watts
so i dont think power supply is your problem

what drivers are u using?? ure suppose to be using the 169.04 for the 8800gt sli

ure sm3 scores a tad bit low
vista home premium 64
4gbs ram..

[GAR]

What drivers are everyone using, im getting random bsod's dont know if its from my gpu OC or not, my system OC is stable from the tests i have done, my gpu OC passes ati tool for a while and plays crysis for an hour, i donno wut is goin on......im hoping its a driver issue, also anyone with an x38, what pci-e mhz r u using??? thanks

[Shintai]

What drivers are everyone using, im getting random bsod's dont know if its from my gpu OC or not, my system OC is stable from the tests i have done, my gpu OC passes ati tool for a while and plays crysis for an hour, i donno wut is goin on......im hoping its a driver issue, also anyone with an x38, what pci-e mhz r u using??? thanks

169.02

ATITool dont seem to test it enough.

What BSODs do you get? Their debug info could show you what might be the issue.

[cstkl1]

What drivers are everyone using, im getting random bsod's dont know if its from my gpu OC or not, my system OC is stable from the tests i have done, my gpu OC passes ati tool for a while and plays crysis for an hour, i donno wut is goin on......im hoping its a driver issue, also anyone with an x38, what pci-e mhz r u using??? thanks

no bsod dude
almost the same setup and same board

whats the bsod message
if machine error check ... ure proc.. fsb voltages.nortbridge voltages etc

so whats the message ??

[trans am]

im using 169.04 and scoring 7500 in 2006 using performance settings...wtf?

is there an issue with this driver and 3dmark ver 1.1.0?

system in sig. 3.6Ghz 5-5-5-10 @600mhz

[Soulburner]

Vsync? Most common 3DMark mistake

I had a BSOD last night as well. Never had any problems with this system until the 8800GT went in, and I started using Rivatuner. Of course I also changed drivers to 169.02. I don't know which one is the culprit yet.

[kemo]

Any body here got the Palit 8800GT

[trans am]

Vsync? Most common 3DMark mistake

I had a BSOD last night as well. Never had any problems with this system until the 8800GT went in, and I started using Rivatuner. Of course I also changed drivers to 169.02. I don't know which one is the culprit yet.

just went to 169.02 and still bad results


Below is the result details of your submitted project.
Main Test Results
3DMark Score 7367 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 3065 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2782 Marks
CPU Score 3085 Marks

Detailed Test Results

Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon 24.671 FPS
2 - Firefly Forest 26.419 FPS

CPU Tests
CPU1 - Red Valley 0.976 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 1.559 FPS

HDR Tests
1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0) 29.78 FPS
2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0) 25.867 FPS

Feature Tests
Fill Rate - Single Texturing N/A
Fill Rate - Multi Texturing N/A
Pixel Shader N/A
Vertex Shader - Simple N/A

[trans am]

Hmm I disabled vsync and still getting around 7k using vista 32 os. Maybe my card is bogus? Even card at stock clocks is getting. 7k. Nvidia settings forced performance settings. My. 8800gts was getting around 11k. Any ideas? Should I unistall ati tool and riva? My pcie x16 bus is oc to 115mhz. This was fine on other cards. 6pin is plugged in. I have more than enough power from my psu to run this thing.

I should also add that when I removed my previous card and installed this one the pcie 16 slot sparked cause I forgot to fully dscharge the power. Maybe I killed the card or the slot itself? Strange that the card works in 3d mode but it just gets low scores. Am3 is about 100k with no lod tweaks

[RPGWiZaRD]

Any body here got the Palit 8800GT

Yea I'm also interested in it. A problem though is that they do also have the design with the reference cooler and I don't know if it will even have an own product code with the custom cooler/power design. So far I've only seen the reference design but many sites don't have any pics too so it's a bit difficult to say.

[Sanborn]

Attention everyone, all 4 versions of the evga card are for sale on their website directly.

I just purchased a regular vanilla 8800GT for $270. After shipping ended up being $25 cheaper than getting the SC from ZZF.

[kemo]

Yea I'm also interested in it. A problem though is that they do also have the design with the reference cooler and I don't know if it will even have an own product code with the custom cooler/power design. So far I've only seen the reference design but many sites don't have any pics too so it's a bit difficult to say.

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PLT-8800GT

[RPGWiZaRD]

Yeap, that's the same product code (NE/8800T+T352) as the reference design part. So it's a bit difficult to find sites in Germany as about half of them or more doesn't have any pics of it. You have to go by picture to know what you get on this one...

Here's an example: http://www.hardware-chris.at/artikel...dvi-pcie-.html that's the reference design but has same product code. :/

[kemo]

Yeap, that's the same product code as the reference design part. So it's a bit difficult to find sites in Germany as about half of them or more doesn't have any pics of it. You have to go by picture to know what you get on this one...

mm , even there website list both card in the same page ,,, Stupid company

[RPGWiZaRD]

mm , even there website list both card in the same page ,,, Stupid company

Yea that's really stupid IMO.

I'm interested in seeing how it clocks though, the probably more powerful cooler extra mosfet might help to stabilizie the overclock so. And since it seems to cost the same then why not?

[GoldenTiger]

dude
that c2d setup i did was powered by a enermax fma II 460watts
so i dont think power supply is your problem

what drivers are u using?? ure suppose to be using the 169.04 for the 8800gt sli

ure sm3 scores a tad bit low
vista home premium 64
4gbs ram..

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169.04 here... half wondering if SLI isn't kicking in correctly, except when I disable it, I score around 13.5k, so I know it's kicking in somewhat . Maybe there's a BIOS setting I needed to change that I didn't or something? I'm on an eVGA NF68-A1 680i SLI board. Also, is the score you have there a single card?

[GAR]

OK guys, problem mostly happens with Unreal 3, here is the BSOD message after it came back to windows....this is with 169.04


Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 76
BCP1: 0000000000000000
BCP2: FFFFFA800788FA40
BCP3: 0000000000005084
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_0_6000
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini110307-01.dmp
C:\Users\GAR\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-57174-0.sysdata.xml
C:\Users\GAR\AppData\Local\Temp\WERE5EB.tmp.versio n.txt

[Soulburner]

Hmm I disabled vsync and still getting around 7k using vista 32 os. Maybe my card is bogus? Even card at stock clocks is getting. 7k. Nvidia settings forced performance settings. My. 8800gts was getting around 11k. Any ideas? Should I unistall ati tool and riva? My pcie x16 bus is oc to 115mhz. This was fine on other cards. 6pin is plugged in. I have more than enough power from my psu to run this thing.

I should also add that when I removed my previous card and installed this one the pcie 16 slot sparked cause I forgot to fully dscharge the power. Maybe I killed the card or the slot itself? Strange that the card works in 3d mode but it just gets low scores. Am3 is about 100k with no lod tweaks

That doesn't sound good...if you still have the GTS I would try it to compare back-to-back.