2008 XS Cheapazchips 3D challenge

[dinos22]

I'm in. The card make doesn't matter then?

/dinos on vmods

lol
lucky i'm not doing them or cards would be dead before we started hahah
i think youngpro wants to do some additional mods hipro style

i really hope these cards can take a beating hahahahah

[T_M]

my name is T_M btw :P

[masterpain]

count me in, jan will join too

[oohms]

Could you get back to us with info on which ram it uses? and how it does? I am gonna order a card monday.

/Grau

The ones where i work use quimonda, but they might change ram every now and then.

You would be best off going to a comp store and ask to have a look at the cards they have in stock

[zakelwe]

I have updated the list and made corrections. I have not added any information yet apart from this but soon will add the rules and the league tables up there too.

When you are posting your results please include whether it is Anything Goes or Air cooled you are submitting for. Core and mem Mhz would be good too.

I think I might adapt an old retail heatsink from an X6800 but being a half height card I will have to hacksaw it in half so it fits and then clamp it on.

I'll try it on my POV 8400GS first and post results.

Regards

Ady

[G.Foyle]

What about me? I'm in of course! looking for best PWM/memory combination now...

[Kaffebord]

I'm in zakelwe.

[Cordite!]

1) GPU will be the 8400gs
2) Competition will run from 1st Feb till 28th Feb and on the 1st March we will have the winners

3) The two ORB classes will be 2001 and 03

4) Our XS classes for the above will be
a) Air cooled gpu with either water/air cooled cpu.
b) Anything goes.

5) LOD adjustment by trial and error is allowed as long as they fall within expected results (see below for point 6)

6) The judges decision will be final.

Right, who us up for it, please sign below and then I will start a new thread!

Regards

Andy

Count me in if still possible.

[oohms]

Got my gigabyte 8400GS ready to bench... once i solder in the mods ill get cracking

[jan]

I'm in too.

[T_M]

While im yet to test it, i think XFX might be a good choice
Samsung memory and chunky power.

[GOESA]

[QUOTE=T_M;2739181]While im yet to test it, i think XFX might be a good choice
Samsung memory and chunky power.

QUOTE]

Okay , whats the productcode of that one? PV-T86S-WANG?

/Grau

[T_M]

Wan3

[oohms]

So far mine is benchable at 540 (1060) mem speed without mods

[zakelwe]

Names added.

here is my old rig, a lot more tidy than oomhs mess Just one big off board fan also cooling below the motherboard

http://www.zen141854.zen.co.uk/rig.jpg

Sadly you get no points for being tidy ....

Regards

Andy

[G.Foyle]

Ok, I ran around some shops, this is what I found out:
- ASUS has Hynix memory and very beefy PWM (at least it looks beefy)
- Gigabyte has Hynix memory but PWM looks a bit weaker
- Palit has Qimonda memory, it looks to be the worst choice.
ASUS is most expensive of those.

[T_M]

I found leadtek was cheapest in Singapore, XFX was most expensive

[ownage]

You're XFX looks different then mine. Yours has the old cooler and other caps.

[oohms]

WOOOOT

#1 on the ORB for 2k1 so far

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9327596

e8400 @ 4ghz, card at 553/1106/540 gpu/shad/ram, no mods and stock cooling

only basic LOD tweaks too

[T_M]

I think people should include GPU-Z in the screenshots

[[XC] gomeler]

CPU-Z, GPU-Z, and memset would always be nice to compare. I could only hit DDR2-840 with my crappy Samsung ram, I sure hope it simply needs more voltage.

[Achill3uS]

nice result oohms push push!

i will got a gigabyte today, i'm curious how high would it clocks...

[zakelwe]

Nice work oohms.

Note that there is no rule about what you have to show, however it would be sporting to show as much as you can of course. If people wish to make it a rule then if common concensus has it then so be it. Personally I don't think we should get too bogged down in rules though and let common sense and general opinion be the guide.

Oohms added to the first post as our current #1 in aircooled 2001

Regards

Andy

[massman]

Can I still enter? I have a 8400GS lying around from the dutch competition

[zakelwe]

Can I still enter? I have a 8400GS lying around from the dutch competition

No problem, technically anyone can join up till the finish time which is last day of Feb - but which might end early if everyone has gone as far as they can etc.

Regards

Andy