Nvidia 9800Gx2 Club!

[426hemi]

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[lefy]

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.

only 1 GPU in vantage.. meh. what about in games? eg - cod4? is physx working well with quad sli? which physx version supports the gx2 btw? still only the hacked version?

I found these tweaks for cod4 cfg file if anyone is interested.
seta cl_maxpackets "100"
seta com_maxfps "125"
seta snaps "30"

awesome.. thanks!

[wilson]

No probs..
On another note does any1 play microsoft`s FSX with this card n if so what settings do you run it at ? so far ive tried 1920 x 1200 with 2 x aa and 16 x af with most settings medium to high and get 30-50 fps. There are also lots of tweaks for the cfg file but does anyone know of any that work ?
I will post some screen shots later...

[wilson]

That is with the settings above but i dont think sli is supported in this yet so is any1 else getting playable fps at higher settings and if so what are they.

[426hemi]

anyone else hear that the whql drivers for the 9800gx2 with physx support will be release tomorrow 8/5????

[Omarko]

since these cards are so cheap now .... is it worth going down the 9800gx2 SLI path ? it works out to be same cost as single 4870x2

cheers

[systemviper]

I don't think there is much to gain from SLI these boards,
I am switching mine to my Foxconn Mars, it a crazy overclocker
so i will be shooting for 23k with this combo.....

[Omarko]

I don't think there is much to gain from SLI these boards,

can you please explain why ? From the few benchmarks I have seen they scale really well ...

[total90]

Hello

i'm just buy my Evga 9800 GX2






i need help to overclock it ...

thank you

[koc]

Hello

i'm just buy my Evga 9800 GX2

congratulation ,
you can use ( riva tuner ) to OC the card , see my signature

[shaolin95]

Hi all!
I am about to buy a 9800 GX2...almost bought a PNY but their crappy "so called" life time warranty scared me away.
Anyway, I was considering the HD4780 but reading all reviews I kept seeing that 9800 GX2 at the top most of the time but I ignored it thinking it was a $600 monster...well, you can imagine my surprise when I saw its price.
I dont think there is a better deal out there but if anyone knows something I dont please tell me before I buy.
Thanks

[lefy]

anyone else hear that the whql drivers for the 9800gx2 with physx support will be release tomorrow 8/5????

really? did they come out yet?

[koc]

i just ordered second 9800GX2 with EVGA 780i mobo and with my new 42" plasma , i will have some fun

[shaolin95]

I am beginning to second guess my 9800gx2 choice mainly because I have been thinking on getting a 24" lcd which is 1920x1200 and at those resolutions it seems the 4870 beats the gx2 several times and at others it would seem that while the avg frame rate is lower on the 4870 the Minimum is actually higher which means overall experience should be smoother.
Anyone care to comment?
Thanks

[426hemi]

they nvidia physx power pack is available at the home site......drivers support x2........

[just a noob]

can somebody tell me what performs better in a single card solution(in their opinion) the gtx 280 or the 9800gx2

[shaolin95]

Well, I dont even have it but from my research..its all confusing. It seems the GX2 performs better in many games as long as you dont go with a super high resolution WITH AA. The GX2 does well at very high resolution but takes a bigger hit with AA.
Also, the MINIMUM frames is something I am trying to research.
Right now...I am still going with the GX2 but its a tough research indeed.

[Loser777]

9800GX2 FTW... The cards are pretty much matched...
GX2 wins in 3dmark06 so the GTX280 for all I care.

For me the GX2 is a good balance of perf in games vs synthetic benchmarks... and price

[shaolin95]

How about the famous micro stuttering...is it real or just something that was a problem when it came out and now people that dont even own it just keep repeating the same thing again and again?

[Rattle]

people just repeat it over and over again, most never even owned the cards or multi gpu setups to compare. the card is badass for the price.

[lefy]

they nvidia physx power pack is available at the home site......drivers support x2........

cool.. here's a link

GeForce Driver v177.83 with PhysX support
This driver supports NVIDIA® GeForce® 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series desktop GPUs, including the newly released GeForce 9800 GTX+, 9800 GT, and 9500 GT GPUs. The driver adds support for NVIDIA® PhysX™ acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory. NVIDIA PhysX System Software v8.08.01 is automatically installed with this driver package.

[shaolin95]

I have been checking you tube videos or any video I can get of the GX2 trying to look for that stutter but nothing so far.
I dont like ATI too much and the GX2 performance is just too sweet.

[wilson]

does any1 seem to be getting bsod/freezing with the 177.79 177.83 and the new 177.92 beta`s. 175.16 are the only drivers that give me no problems and ive read that overclocking your card could be the cause. If this is true are nvidia trying to stop us from overclocking? Like i say 175.16 no problems with oc or in general but anything else then BAM bsod or you freezing.I am now running at stock to see if the problem goes away but im not gonna hold my breath...

[Gunnz Akimbo]

i found rivatuner crashed it alot (on vista64)

havnt used it for months, drivers doing well so far, just got the 177.92 and 8.08.18 physx driver.

havn't tried em yet.

[wilson]

Same thing with 179.92 with no overclock. But very nice drivers other than that.