Nvidia 9800Gx2 Club!

[wilson]

Im gonna give the 177.40 drivers a go as they are the 177.39 drivers with some added bits so will repot back when they are installed.
Cheers for the link

[Loser777]

Can some of you guys upload a pic of your display properties? I'm getting a funky 13k in '06 even with SLI enabled...

[nickless]

Im gonna give the 177.40 drivers a go as they are the 177.39 drivers with some added bits so will repot back when they are installed.
Cheers for the link

I've tested 177.40, but I've lost 400 points in Vantage on the same settings GPU: 800/1998/1176, CPU 4140:
With 177.39:
3DMark Score P15570 3DMarks
CPU Score 39821
Graphics Score 12942
Test Results
Graphics Tests
Jane Nash 37.89 FPS
New Calico 37.93 FPS
CPU Tests
AI Test 2009.18 Operations/s
Physics Test 140.69 Operations/s
and
with 177.40 :
3DMark Score P15167 3DMarks
CPU Score 37246
Graphics Score 12665
Test Results
Graphics Tests
Jane Nash 36.76 FPS
New Calico 37.45 FPS
CPU Tests
AI Test 2028.41 Operations/s
Physics Test 127.85 Operations/s
In Crysis benchmark I have crashes on the same settings with 177.40: GPU: 800/1998/1176, CPU 4140, but with 177.39 haven't problems.
So I go back to 177.39

[elite.ire]

i was only getting like 8870 graphics score in vantage :o, ur score is pro
however im rma'ing my graphics card monday becouse it keeps locking up ingame ohh the joys :/:/

[wilson]

There is a 177.41 out now lol all these drivers

[safan80]

Can some of you guys upload a pic of your display properties? I'm getting a funky 13k in '06 even with SLI enabled...

you might need to switch to vista

edit: this is an old 3dmark06 run I did when I first got the card.

[Loser777]

I know Vista works fine, but my Q6600 is bottlnecking this card during the GFX tests...
I get 18k with 776 Core 1852 Shader and 1103 Mem, increasing the CPU speed helps every time... I wish I didnt have this batch though... I can't even do 4GHz 1.68v...

Any ideas why my card is crapping out under XP but not Vista?

[Gunnz Akimbo]

im running 177.40 drivers

Grid Demo running @2560x1600 does around 60fps, no AA.

PhysX works, vantage only gets 99ops in physics test.
Looks to me only 1 GPU is rendering for physX.

[Malik]

My block arrived

[wilson]

I found these tweaks for cod4 cfg file if anyone is interested.
seta cl_maxpackets "100"
seta com_maxfps "125"
seta snaps "30"
It seems that the cod4 engine likes fps of about 125 and with the maxpackets set to 100 it makes the hit ratio of your weapon more acurate. Not sure what snaps 30 does but its something to do with servers online. Just thought i would post this as it made my gameplay more smooth and i thought my problems where driver related.

And @ Malik that is one nice bit of kit !!

[HermS]

seta cl_maxpackets "100"

That tweak lowers ping, drops mine from 41ms to 25ms on my home server.

seta com_maxfps "125"

That is a wierd tweak that takes advantage of a quirk with the Quake3 engine the games based on, it basically allows you to jump ~9% higher/further.

seta snaps "30"

And that one sets the rate at which the game updates the position of objects in the map including bullets, snaps 30 updates position 50% more often than the default of 20.


Good tweaks for that game.


Love that block, would get one too, but funds are.... tight.

[Loser777]

Anyone know why my 9800GX2 will work fine in Vista but not XP?

I'd really love to get this card working in XP because my CPU will be less of a bottleneck that way.

[Tom|Nbk]

XP is iffy for me aswell.

For example Crysis DX9 XP runs a bit crap then I fire up Crysis DX10 Vista and it runs so much better. I think the drivers of late have really stuffed XP performance up with the card, at least in some games.

[Loser777]

That's what I've been thinking too, because I'm getting utter bull from my card in XP... I would like it to work in XP though, because hitting 20k in Vista is impossible with my setup... If only the SM2 and SM3 tests weren't single-threaded .

[systemviper]

Hello All, I became an 9800GX2 owner last week and spliced it into my water loop 2 days ago. Did the 48 hour leak testing and today started playing. I have been reading and watching, plus very skeptical because of all the problems i have been seeing...

So i fired it up in my Blitz today and here are my first 2 passes...

SYSTEM INFO:
Asus Blitz Extreme
E8500
2x1G OCZ DDR3 8500 (1066)
Evga 9800GX2 w/EK block
OS: XP-64
Driver Version: 175.16


Here are the results from my first 2 runs with the OCZ DDR3 1066, but my DDR3 Dominator 1800 came in today but figured to start with the OCZ DR3 PC8500 (1066)

First run..... Bone Stock


Results 06: 15060
6800
7873
2992

Second run, Some changes:
Just changed FSB to 450.
So E8500 running @ 4275

DDR3 Running at 450mhz 6-6-6-18-2T

Changed 9800GX2 to
700 -1101 - 1708

Results 3DMark-06 - 19,185
8939
9410
3983

I feel 2K comming soon, Hope it won't be like loosing those last few pounds

But i have my secret weapon those Dominator 1800's ready and waiting. And they are V3.1 which means microns very happy about that!


here are the links to the orb....

15060

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7271770

19185

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=7272038


I can't wait to try this system in the games, that it the real test, not just numbers, also see how stable the system is.,\

Regards
Steve

[systemviper]

Well i got it, it was busting hump to get over 20k and just got it., now it relaxy time!...

Got to love that Blitz Extreme......
Didn't even have to use the dominatorzzz

SYSTEM INFO:
Asus Blitz Extreme
E8500 @ 4.51Ghz
2x1G OCZ DDR3 8500 (1066)
Evga 9800GX2 w/EK block
OS: XP-64
Driver Version: 175.16

20226 3DMark 06

GPUz 3DMark06 20226

Tomorrow is for fine tuning,......

Regards
steve

[slugzkea]

I am also getting some issues with XP. Lots of stuttering that's for sure. And I really don't want to go Vista (yet).

However, going off topic for a second, the new ATI cards are out.

and the 4870 looks quite impressive. Would the 4870 in CF mode be the 9800GX2's rival by a large margin?

or is that a pointless attempt for at least a 25% in performance gain?

[Loser777]

Well i got it, it was busting hump to get over 20k and just got it., now it relaxy time!...

Got to love that Blitz Extreme......
Didn't even have to use the dominatorzzz

SYSTEM INFO:
Asus Blitz Extreme
E8500 @ 4.51Ghz
2x1G OCZ DDR3 8500 (1066)
Evga 9800GX2 w/EK block
OS: XP-64
Driver Version: 175.16

20226 3DMark 06

GPUz 3DMark06 20226

Tomorrow is for fine tuning,......

Regards
steve

Arrrggghhh, what build of XP are you using and what is your card manufactured by?
My card just refuses to work right in XP x64.

[wilson]

Loser777 i have xp x64 and i seem to be ok with drivers 175.19 but i also have raid0 do you?.
And systemviper what v-core do you have for your E8500 @ 4.275 and also @ 4.51.
Cheers.


Ive just looked on nvidia website and 175.19 have been removed must be because of the missing profiles.
Anyway you can get them here.http://downloads.guru3d.com/GeForce-...load-1961.html

[RaZz!]

[...]
Here are my current issues with my card:

- loss of over 150fps when using dual display mode

[...]

hey, even if i don't have a 9800gx2, i'm aware of this issue.

open your nvidia cp and head to the 3d settings. make sure "multi-display/mixed-gpu acceleration" is set to "single display performance mode".
for quite some time this option defaults to "multi display mode", which causes this huge performance hit.

given the fact that you play games mostly only on one monitor at once one doesn't need multi display 3d acceleration.
with single display acceleration you'll only enounter problems, if you want to use a 3d application on both monitors at once, as in single display mode only the primary monitor will have gpu acceleration.

nonetheless, i'm using 2 monitors myself and have no issues with single display mode.

dunno if it was mentioned before in this thread. just wanted to spread the word in the hope it might be helpful for someone

[Loser777]

I've tried that... every fix in the book... I've even installed XP 32bit to see if this would fix anything... apparently not...

[swiftex]

hey, even if i don't have a 9800gx2, i'm aware of this issue.

open your nvidia cp and head to the 3d settings. make sure "multi-display/mixed-gpu acceleration" is set to "single display performance mode".
for quite some time this option defaults to "multi display mode", which causes this huge performance hit.

given the fact that you play games mostly only on one monitor at once one doesn't need multi display 3d acceleration.
with single display acceleration you'll only enounter problems, if you want to use a 3d application on both monitors at once, as in single display mode only the primary monitor will have gpu acceleration.

nonetheless, i'm using 2 monitors myself and have no issues with single display mode.

dunno if it was mentioned before in this thread. just wanted to spread the word in the hope it might be helpful for someone

RaZz, thanks for the tip!

[wilson]

Can any 1 post the modded inf file for win xp x64 177.41 drivers that work.
I think i have the vista x64 ones.

[wilson]

If any1 is interested the 177.73 driver are working very well with my GX2

[koc]

If any1 is interested the 177.73 driver are working very well with my GX2

Thanx