Geforce 9600GT Some Close Pics. & SLI Results

[Calmatory]

Except it does not heve 2 SLI connectors, so max cards in SLI = 2
And so far SLI scales terribly bad, 10k vs 13k in 3dm06? thats like 30%? I guess its a driver problem.

I guess CPU bottleneck, early drivers and overall bad design of SLI.

[informal]

I guess CPU bottleneck, early drivers and overall bad design of SLI.

Nope,the CPU is not a bottleneck,it's the way how the final mar06 score is calculated.SLI scales pretty good(but i think the CF with RV670 is still a little better in that department).

[CraptacularOne]

Nope,the CPU is not a bottleneck,it's the way how the final mar06 score is calculated.SLI scales pretty good(but i think the CF with RV670 is still a little better in that department).

The CPU at 3Ghz is most certainly a bottleneck.

[vengance_01]

not for the 9600GT. If this Nvidia's new Architecture each shader might give better performance vs the old 8 series. The 10K in 06 does look a bit fishy. Core and shader clocks could be super high thus giving it a better scores at lower resolutions. Crank the res up and watch the score fall off quite a bit as raw shader power can not save the card.

[CraptacularOne]

not for the 9600GT. If this Nvidia's new Architecture each shader might give better performance vs the old 8 series. The 10K in 06 does look a bit fishy. Core and shader clocks could be super high thus giving it a better scores at lower resolutions. Crank the res up and watch the score fall off quite a bit as raw shader power can not save the card.

Having 2 9600GT in SLI, a 3Ghz C2D is most certainly a bottleneck

[halo112358]

Having 2 9600GT in SLI, a 3Ghz C2D is most certainly a bottleneck

prove it.

[CraptacularOne]

prove it.

*sigh*....as if the numbers for the SLI run weren't enough...... Seriously, if you think a 3Ghz C2D is enough to push the cards in SLI to their limit in 3Dmark...you have a LOT to learn about benchmarking.

[ownage]

Having 2 9600GT in SLI, a 3Ghz C2D is most certainly a bottleneck

of course not. Why would you think these cards are that powerful, there actually not.

[CraptacularOne]

of course not. Why would you think these cards are that powerful, there actually not.

A card that scores 10k in 06 is not powerful?...*sigh* are you blind or just cannot read? 3Ghz C2D is a bottleneck for them it's plainly obvious from the score being only 13K in 06 with SLI.

[xlink]

The CPU at 3Ghz is most certainly a bottleneck.

dif between conroe CPU @3.0Ghz and 3.6Ghz is like 100-200 points when using an 8800GTS 640.

so I am thinking ti's the otherway around.

[DeathReborn]

dif between conroe CPU @3.0Ghz and 3.6Ghz is like 100-200 points when using an 8800GTS 640.

so I am thinking ti's the otherway around.

If you looked at CraptacularOne's post on page 1 you'd have noticed that simply raising the CPU from 2.66 to 3.6GHz increases the SM2 & SM3 scores. It's either the CPU or the FSB holding the card back by not passing the data to it fast enough.