Nvidia 9800Gx2 Club!

[swiftex]

174.93 xp64 beta installed - little wonky at install but working so far - after playing around with minor settings
- went first to multi-gpu mode
- now multi monitor mode

[swiftex]

drivers show a lot of promise - but they need work and if you know what you're doing they could be really good

- I do not have the experience but I think I'll keep them
- I'm limited to multi-monitor mode because of it

there is a way for multi-gpu by modifying inf files but I do not have that confidence

if you can do the registry mods I think multi-gpu mode could be very good with these 174.93x64 xp

[Darkatom]

Is it me or does this card and the .74 drivers not play nice with AA enabled in most games ?

[wilson]

I play cod4 with 4 x AA and full AF and sometimes i get stuttering with good fps and when i drop the AA down to 2 x it seems to be better so i think it is a driver issue for now.

[swiftex]

I reverted back to 174.74x64 - seems only stable set so far for me

[giorgos th.]

yeap me too...on XP.

[giorgos th.]

and also finished my tests with a mini SS (-19C) on the E8500..

[slugzkea]

that is a SWEET score dude, looks like i'll be aiming for a e8500 since u got 5ghz on 1.55v? that's insane.

I got 4.4ghz at 1.6v, jeez.

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On another note, I have gone back to stock settings for my GX2. I keep getting the NV4 display error while running D3D (NFS carbon).

I think my core was oc'ed too high, first thought it was the memory.

Anybody else having issues oc'ing this card? maybe i was oc'ing too high..

[cajer]

Nope no issues for me. When I oc too high I just artifact the crash not even able 2 load into a game.

[slugzkea]

Who here has the highest artifact-free clocks? so far my first GX2 did 750/1680/1050

[giorgos th.]

i`m at 720/1050 with the fan at 55%...no need to stress the card more..

[cowie]

that is a SWEET score dude, looks like i'll be aiming for a e8500 since u got 5ghz on 1.55v? that's insane.

I got 4.4ghz at 1.6v, jeez.

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On another note, I have gone back to stock settings for my GX2. I keep getting the NV4 display error while running D3D (NFS carbon).

I think my core was oc'ed too high, first thought it was the memory.

Anybody else having issues oc'ing this card? maybe i was oc'ing too high..

you and me too bro
takes 1.48 to 4.45 but over that it takes alot more.
as for my card,my clock at like 45c load cant get the 229 G.T has in gt3
have it up to 799/2000/1135 too with no arty's at all,if warmer it will arty at 777c 1940shader

card cover is off and i have 1/2 pound of dice on each side of card intake area fan at 100%

ill test the card more today since its cool.

[wilson]

I think 680 on the core is the highest retail card on sale that is the XFX XXX but i have mine at 700 and all seems well

[slugzkea]

The GX2 doesn't use anything like 300W. TDP is 197W, actual power used would be less. I've clocked a GX2@780/2250 and QX@4.7Ghz quad on a 500W (34A@12v) PSU with no problems at all. A 60A PCP&C should be able to power 2 of those without any effort.

Likewise you should recalculate the cpu usage, my Q6600 used approx 200W@3.5Ghz.

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.ph...&limitstart=15

is your Qx 65nm, or 45nm?

What voltage are you using for your Qx? I had to use over 1.5v to stabilize my crappy G0 at 3.5ghz.

the GX2 oc'ed does use almost 300w close on LOAD.

http://www.techspot.com/review/91-as...x2/page10.html


Maybe for your system, it's okay. but with my settings, it was not.

65nm quads use up a lot of power which is why they are now primitive.

[slugzkea]

AA bug is present with 174.74

AA bug is fixed with 174.83 but, unstable beta drivers.

[Darkatom]

How much of an improvement is there with AA enabled in games ?

[slugzkea]

image quality was way better, but i found 174.83 to be unstable. It could have been my OC though, but i think i'll wait for the next official release.

when the heck is that scheduled for anyways? damn nvidia takes so long.

ATI comes out with new catalyst pretty quickly.

[theonlybabyface]

Official Nvidia Beta 175.12 are out now...

Vista64: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x64_175.12.html

Vista32: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvista_x86_175.12.html

[klataa]

any new drivers for Win XP 32? Im using now 174.74 but they are slower than 174.54...

[theonlybabyface]

Vista only unfortunately. These drivers are supposed to be the 3DVantage optimized drivers and as you know, 3DVantage is for Vista only.

[slugzkea]

Well guys i've been experimenting with forceware 174.93 again, XP-32bit.

I'm trying to see if these new beta drivers actually fixed the AA bug.

In 174.74, AA would not apply no matter what setting you tried.

But in 174.83, the edges looked smother. 174.93 is kinda unstable, getting stickyness on the desktop but runs pretty damn fast. I'm going to post screens with 16xCSAA Team Fortress 2 and I want you guys to tell me if AA is actually applied or not.

[slugzkea]

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[slugzkea]

BF2 everything high 8xAA

[slugzkea]

TF2 16xQSAA

[Retro]

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I initially tried 174.74, then 174.93. The 93's botched up sli (dual gpu), I could no longer enable it, so I dumped them and installed 174.88. So far the 174.88's have been the best driver for me, very stable, no issues and AA is working great.