EVGA 9800GX2 Unboxing and Benchmarks

**boomstick68** · 03-20-2008, 04:09 AM

Looks like you guys have a $600 headache! But hey, it looks pretty installed!

**speedfreak86** · 03-20-2008, 05:27 AM

600 dollar headache? Looks like I got exactly what I paid for. Overclocking is never a promise. I still got more than 5K in 3dmark06 over the 400 dollar card I used to have.

**Linchpin** · 03-20-2008, 06:03 AM

What are temps like at load with the fan set to 60-70%?

**Kryckter** · 03-20-2008, 06:04 AM

Originally Posted by Linchpin

What are temps like at load with the fan set to 60-70%?

My load temps are around 65 - 70 full load.

This is @ 7000/1800/2200

Idle temps are around 45-50

All this with the fan set to 90%

**Linchpin** · 03-20-2008, 06:14 AM

Is it really noticeable over the noise from the case fans?

**Kryckter** · 03-20-2008, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by Linchpin

Is it really noticeable over the noise from the case fans?

Stock fan speed...No, not at all.

90% - 100%, yes. And that is over my 88CFM yate loons

**fornowagain** · 03-20-2008, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by speedfreak86

Wow! That processor really kills the score...here was mine from the other thread: http://service.futuremark.com/result...eResultType=14

Still having overclocking problems...here is mine overclocked to 730/1825/1100-->http://service.futuremark.com/result...eResultType=14

As you can see, not much better than the first.

Have you tried the 173.67 drivers? The overclock 700+ issue seems to be common. Wonder if its the 174.53's or if the cards throttling.

**speedfreak86** · 03-20-2008, 07:04 AM

No, I didn't try any older drivers and won't have a chance to until next week as I will be out of town for the holiday. I will give it a shot sunday night and let you know. I did not notice the cards throttling though. I set the fan to 100% and it is pretty loud, but it blends right in with all the fans I already have going anyway.

**Delirious.** · 03-20-2008, 08:28 AM

Heads up. I purchase two of these and one was bad. It only ran on one gpu and the scores were terrible. Something like 12,000. I uninstalled and reinstalled the card. Same thing. I removed the card a second time and put the second card in and WOW. got over 18,000 at stock in vista. It eventually overclocked over 19,000.

I put the first card back in and the same thing. It was a bad card. I didn't change a thing between cards. two gpu showed up in the device manager and everything for the first card. Don't know what's up but mwave sent me a second card. I get it this afternoon.

I used driver 174.53

**Waymon3X6** · 03-20-2008, 09:10 AM

Wait, the card is fine if it gives some score - you must be bottlenecking it somehow.

The only thing I can think of at the moment is are both of your PCI-e slots set to 16x?

**Delirious.** · 03-20-2008, 09:13 AM

No, I made no changes between the cards. I seated the first card twice and it did nothing and the new card ran like a dream. No changes what so ever.

**ZippZopp** · 03-20-2008, 10:35 AM

can anyone with this new card help me out and tell me something. can the SLI functionality be disabled and enabled without resetting the system?

I need multiple monitors for graphics work that I do within Windows Vista x64, but I also game a good amount. i need to know if the SLI can be switched on and off without resetting. if a reset is required, it pretty much means I can't get this card

**ban916** · 03-20-2008, 05:54 PM

Nice to see you on here its bigbri916 from in crysis....

**Talonman** · 03-20-2008, 06:05 PM

Screen shot issue is a driver thing, and is being addressed by nVidia...

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews....=538&pageid=27

**fornowagain** · 03-20-2008, 07:38 PM

174.60 fixes it.

**Waymon3X6** · 03-20-2008, 07:41 PM

Holy Sh(i) t!!!

Very high please??!!?

**ZippZopp** · 03-20-2008, 09:48 PM

yeah, i'd like to see very high benchmarks at 1600x1200 or 1920x1280

**AuDioFreaK39** · 03-20-2008, 10:42 PM

Wow, I just noticed something particularly interesting about this card. According to GPU-Z 0.1.7, each internal silicon substrate is given its own separate BIOS number like so:

Is this..normal?

**Gl@re** · 03-21-2008, 02:48 AM

if you turn aero off, screen shots will work fine. or at least they did for me.

**fornowagain** · 03-21-2008, 06:10 AM

Originally Posted by AuDioFreaK39

Is this..normal?

Seems so, mines the same.

**sonofander** · 03-21-2008, 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by ZippZopp

can anyone with this new card help me out and tell me something. can the SLI functionality be disabled and enabled without resetting the system?

I need multiple monitors for graphics work that I do within Windows Vista x64, but I also game a good amount. i need to know if the SLI can be switched on and off without resetting. if a reset is required, it pretty much means I can't get this card

no reboot required

screen goes black, comes back up and violla - dual monitors!

**ShArKo** · 03-21-2008, 07:26 AM

congratulation dude............do you have pictures with the GX2 naked???

I want to see the GX2 naked.......how much did you pay the card??

**Talonman** · 03-21-2008, 12:46 PM

Sweet setup... Looks like she's a runner!

**AuDioFreaK39** · 03-22-2008, 12:06 AM

Originally Posted by Talonman

Sweet setup... Looks like she's a runner!

Just curious, are you the TalonMan from the HardForum?

**Talonman** · 03-22-2008, 02:06 AM

One in the same!

Good or Bad is up for debate...

Thread: EVGA 9800GX2 Unboxing and Benchmarks

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Rate This Thread

Display

Bookmarks

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions