Sparkle 8800gt Voltmod - no reference design?!

[Heinzkopf]

hehe
with 3mb more l2 cache u would have definitly broken trough the 13k barrier

Well my problem n1 is the noise level. I wanna have a silent system that is really quite. On the other side I also want to be able to play the latest games.
It's hard to find a good compromise between high performance and silence.

Higher voltages mean more heat, and my power supply unit gets really hot then. My load wattage is 300W. Then the fan has to turn up and generates a damn loud noise.


So my goal is now to find the compromise

For CPU ive already found it. Running now at 429FSB which results in 3Ghz CPU. still a good push from 1,86 to 3Ghz. and the big advantage is it runs stable with only 1,27Vcore. 3,3Ghz needed 1,41v. In numbers that means my Core Temp sank to max 57°C from 70°C.

Now i have to find the max core of my graphics card with 1,1V gpu and 1,95v ram. should be around 680 , 1040

And then ill run 3dmark again and see what score I still have.. I suggest not much less then 11000.


Edit:
I found the max. stock clock for my graphics card now too: 700mhz gpu-1750 shader- 1055 ram

I did some power consumption measuring before and after voltage decreasing:

1,41Vcore - 2,15Vdimm | 1,325Vgpu - 2,05Vmem
IDLE: 110W
LOAD: 306W

1,27Vcore - 1,85Vdimm | 1,1Vgpu - 1,95Vmem
IDLE: 80W
LOAD: 200W

And->I still get 12012 3dMarks with these new settings...

Isnt that quite impressive?
My computer needed more than 34% more energy for gaining 8% more performance....

Now with only 200W the power supply's fan is much more silent as before.

Now i'm really happy