Summer 2008 XS Cheapazchips 3D Challenge

[STEvil]

I tend to use *15 as it gives better control when you reach near the end of the VR.

[dinos22]

let's go ppl
1st Sept is here

[STEvil]

card wont be here for another day or two at least. Playing with my 8800GTS while I wait.

[Johnny Bravo]

Apparently my card will here on Wednesday then all I need to do is setup a rig to run the damn thing I know some *cough Dinos* will be running pretty high powered rigs and we can't be having advantages like that now can we

[dinos22]

hehehe well we know how comes in storming in at the end with some monster mods/tweaks/benching

i loved your last all black insulation...if i didn't know better i'd of thought you were a New Zealander heheheh

[tiborrr]

Crap, i think i'll have to skip this one or join very late. I could get 8500GT but not 8600GT :/

[N00B]

My 8600gt will arrive this week but still no 9550 E0

[SpikeP]

Well my card has been dispatched and should be with me tomorrow. Guess we will see if its good or bad. I betting it will have Qimonda memory. Be just my luck, lol.

Also probably gona need some help with the voltmods, but wana see if i can figure it out first, lol.

Where are the intial Results from everyone??? I wana see some numbers!

- Paul

[[XC] gomeler]

Well my card has been dispatched and should be with me tomorrow. Guess we will see if its good or bad. I betting it will have Qimonda memory. Be just my luck, lol.

Also probably gona need some help with the voltmods, but wana see if i can figure it out first, lol.

Where are the intial Results from everyone??? I wana see some numbers!

- Paul

Moment I have my card I'll slap it around a bit, maybe tomorrow

[SpikeP]

glad to hear it!

I should be bringing up some stock results tomorrow. Have pulled my TJ09 motherboard tray out and made a open bed comp for the contest risen of the floor. Thinking some open window treament

Was hoping to of had the system already in windows by now and got my quad at some good clocks and tiimings on my ram, but i got chatting to the Gf again. She will be off else where by wednesday so i can concentrate, haha.

3 days off work too. Perfect timing....don't ya think!?

- Paul

[TheGoat Eater]

I just need to wait a bit to get all my purchases shipped - PSU, P45 mobo, and the other little things... Oh and the new CPU pot and NB pot

[[XC] gomeler]

Asus EN8600GT TOP just arrived Going to insulate up the EP45T-Extreme and do some quick testing at 6GHz

[TheGoat Eater]

I have to withdraw from this round as I am now in between jobs ... I will be up for next round though as I could use every last penny that I really don't have to spend.

I hope that is ok with all of you. was looking forward to it - could use that extra $$ to get a tank of gas and go to interviews

[andre X_X]

hey, im in too .... i have 2 8600GT's idling in my desk waiting to be raped ... hopefully none of them coldbugged, since i've tested other 8600GT and most of them coldbugged even on 0c LOL

[[XC] gomeler]

K finally up and running with this card.. it's so damn weak it hurts. First two runs at 5500MHz just to get an idea of where to improve, memory untweaked and no LOD.

E8600, GA-EP45T-Extreme, Corsair 1800C7 Dominators, Asus 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 TOP edition, F1EE + LN2

[STEvil]

No LOD is the way to go. I'm not going to be touching any quality settings this time around.

[dinos22]

has anyone modded their cards

i did those read points and one was reading 1.63K and the other 0.328K

so that means i should be using 50K VR for 1.63K FB first and 10K resistor for the 0.328K FB

when i find out how much they dial down i can reduce it further

the other thing i am wonderin is how you guys find voltage read points? >>> It's a bit of a concern reducing resistance without knowing what is going on with the voltage....do i just poke around the board or what? any smarter way to check?

[STEvil]

pretty much just poke around at more obvious points (near the VRM usually on a choke or mosfet) then find a cap that reads near or the same.

[andre X_X]

my old test with Asus 8600GT Top OC Gear ediition
card was pencil modded to arround 1.5v and cooled with 10c water

[N00B]

OWO everyone got the top gt oc 5000 versions.

i could only got the most regular xfx 8600gt , i'm screwed

[JamesBong420]

well ive modded mine and im at 1.48v hitting 891mhz core.....
have not worked on the memory, it was supposed to be samsung memory from the reviews i searched. but i got gaymondia... have not started to clock the memory....


also i got the asus 512mb silent and i am liking it..

edit: can you guys please post your memory voltages? mine are having trouble even getting passed 800.. might need to lower voltages instead...

[[XC] gomeler]

I've been a bit distracted lately, I have 5 i-rams and am trying to tune them on ICH10R I think tomorrow I'll dedicate a few hours to the 8600GT and do the required volt-mods. Glad to hear 900MHz will be possible on air with "low" volts.


@Dino - just probe capacitor legs until something close to what you are looking for pops up. On these simpler cards it can be a bit more difficult since it's all single-phase but for the most part the larger PWM circuit(larger choke and capacitor/s) is the GPU.

[SpikeP]

Well been testing mine, and it is terrible in my eyes.

1.5v, and im going for a max of 700mhz core
1.66v earlier i was finishing at 775mhz

This is all on stock cooler, so maybe a bit lower temps will help. Card makes a crazy amount of electrical noise as well. Just think i got a real crap one,

Memory is quimonda as well. 1ns stuff. 2.2v is getting me to 1150(2300)mhz. not too bad, but the core is just killing me. I tried 1.75v if i get my figure right, and i couldn't break 2,000 on the shaders!

meh. i`ll get back with some results soon

- Paul

[STEvil]

also i got the asus 512mb silent and i am liking it..

crap, someone had the same thoughts as me

[JamesBong420]

crap, someone had the same thoughts as me

muhahahhaaa...


added 3 caps so far and im at 972 on core 1.58v load... my mem just wont budge at all.....RAWRRRRRR!!!! 700 mhz on mem is wack!!!!!