BFG 680i, 2xBFG 8800 GTX, CM-830, BFG 1000W, Scythe Infinity

[pentium777]

I took many pics last night of how I managed to get my Scythe Infinity installed, it seems the same issue may exist with some of the bottom HS touching, I had already dremmeled out a small amount for the P5W DH so it would not touch so that's probably why I had no issues with it.

The Scythe Infinity bottom fin does rub against the HS of the NVchipset but it still works fine, so without very much fuss it will work with this board.

If anyone is interested I was able to get 1100mhz on the 6400C4 @ 5-5-5-15 2.2v with about 3 errors in memtest in 8 hrs testing (overnight), I expect with 2.3v those errors will go away.

I have many pics of the setup including my installation of 8x120mm fans in the Coolermaster 830, best case I've ever used and I've had more than I can count. The best part of it is the second 8800 GTX card I still had enough room to reach in and move a jumper and connect a fan power on the MB so plenty of airflow unlike my old TT case. Plus it is the only 8800GTX SLI certified case for good reason.

In 30 min I'll be home happily installing XP SP2 on a custom CD I slipstreamed with all the 680i drivers. If anyone would like pics I'd be happy to submit them, I will be posting results of 2560x1600, 1600x1200, and default 1280x1024 3dmarks06 tonight. very excited to have the fastest stuff again for what ? another 3-4 months? I might not have upgraded had BF2142 started to lag requiring me to remove all AA from it.

Glad I waited to start getting into Oblivion and Fear, I was discourged not being able to use HDR + AA and fear lagged with all settings on high 2560x1600 now I should be able to fully enjoy them.

[metro.cl]

lol you got a lot of bfg do you work there?

[jetjaguar]

post up some pics

[lopri]

More money than brain..
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I kid! I kid!

That's some rig you've got there. Your brag is well justified. BTW, pics are mandatory.

[pentium777]

lol you got a lot of bfg do you work there?

Actually CompUSSR has the 680i & 1000 Watt on sale for $249.99 each (a steal) some of it is instant and some are rebates. I elected to use BFG because during my 7900 GTX nightmare (had to swap 4x) I developed a close relationship with their senior tech. If you recall many 7900 GTX cards were dying and I was not spared the agony.

With newly released hardware support is very important to me the three founders of BFG are all active gamers and used to be execs at Visiontek, now they own their own company. When I emailed my displeasure of the 7900 GTX problem initially because regular support channels required $15 cross-ship fee and it would be sent ground their VP of Marketing gave me a dedicated support guy to assist. Also the PSU is Lifetime warranty (amazing) I believe the video cards are too.

Most importantly though CompUSA has a TAP program so everything I buy gets put on "technology assurance plan" so if I have any "unexpected failures" I get a credit for the full purchase price.


Anyway onto most important things, pictures will be forthcoming in a few mins, I am testing now in memtest my 6400C4 @ 1128mhz 2.2v. I think my issues last night with errors were from the vcore CPU set to 1.53v which I thought it was 1.56 like I set it for. Now that I've set 1.6v it shows up as 1.56v which is what is needed for me to run 3.5G

Grabbing memory stick from camera now, the pics are at 8mpixels so I'll have to shrink them down to 800x600 to be more manageable. Pics in less than 1 hour of everything!

[LudLud]

bfg is my favorite company when it comes to video cards. All of their products are awesome i dunno why people go with evga :o (step up program is a joke...)
anyway gz on the new stuff and post some pics

[pentium777]

Here they are lemme know if any questions, testing 1124 on ram right now seems Test #7 in memtest only error and bumping from 2.2v-2.3v gave more errors, 2.25v got 1 error in 2 passes, so now 2.27v so far 3 passes for test 7 no errors, hopefully will be done with final max mem OC testing and move on to load XP and some 3dm06 8800 GTX SLI testing. Anyone know for sure which pair of connectors to use for SLI. I've seen some people using front pair and others using back pair, does it even matter?

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[pentium777]

Here's another set of pics

[LexDiamonds]

Hey Pentium, what version of the 6400C4s do you have? I just got a set from the Egg that is v2.1 (I believe). So far, they have worked great on my 680i board, but I am hitting a hard fsb wall at 449. At 449, they are still running 4-4-4 with no problems @ 2.1v.

What is the highest sync fsb you have gotten so far? Our rigs are similiar.

[pentium777]

Hey Pentium, what version of the 6400C4s do you have? I just got a set from the Egg that is v2.1 (I believe). So far, they have worked great on my 680i board, but I am hitting a hard fsb wall at 449. At 449, they are still running 4-4-4 with no problems @ 2.1v.

What is the highest sync fsb you have gotten so far? Our rigs are similiar.

I believe I am running unlinked? Still not very familiar with how this board OCs, running 1556 FSB I believe with 1124 memory 2.27v

I bought my 6400C4 8/11/06 and I just verified they are 6404 v2.1 also. I purchased another pair last week and had some issues with the pair for my wife's PC (my old P5W DH) they certainly don't clock anywhere near what mine do.

BTW I just touched my pair of sticks while memtesting and they aren't even warm I can barely detect any heat from them so this cooling I have setup is really very good 76'F ambient room temp.

Any utilities that are working yet with 680i, I read ntune crashes, I'd like to be able to monitor temps and OC video maybe.

Thanks

[Yoxxy]

Seems like ALOT of voltage on that chip for that speed but otherwise things look good. I would check to see if you can get it done a bit. I am also setting up pretty much the same setup as you. Only difference is C2D Quad rather then E6600.

[wtkprol]

Can I have it?

[TheGoat Eater]

what is the Madonna ticket in there for - picked up my BFG 8800GTS at COMP USSR ( I'm going to borrow the phrase- GOOD ONE!)on release day though they had to look for it for an hour. BFG is a GREAT AMERICAN company - buy quality and american! <- company not mfging

[charlie]

there's just SOMETHING about high end BRAND NEW hardware tucked in a BRAND NEW case...

[pentium777]

what is the Madonna ticket in there for - picked up my BFG 8800GTS at COMP USSR ( I'm going to borrow the phrase- GOOD ONE!)on release day though they had to look for it for an hour. BFG is a GREAT AMERICAN company - buy quality and american! <- company not mfging

That ticket was laying around my computer room wife and I went when she was in Miami (wasn't as much fun as we thought it would be) she turns off the damn A/C and it was hotter than my C2D in there.

Check out the deals on Comp's website ending 11/18/06 BFG 680i @ 249.99 & 1000W also 249.99 great saving. I had almost everything except the case and PSU delivered overnight AM for $27 shipping and they came from 4 different warehouses.

[LexDiamonds]

nTune has been working OK for me.. there are 2 components to it, one that monitors volts and temps and another that allows you to tweak stuff.

The Ocing portion of it is crude, but it has allowed my to play with OCing my 8800gtx. DO NOT use the auto detect feature or it will lock. So far, I can get 640/2160 stable with no problems. With conroe at 3.8ish I get about 20k even in 3dm05 (no tweaks).

[LexDiamonds]

Also-- I agree the C4 sticks run quite cool, even with volts on them. I still have a 120mm fan on them just for kicks.

I noticed I was able to change timings to 4-3-3-8 with no hassle. This was good for about a 1/10 of a second in Pi.

With the 449 fsb wall I am hitting now, I havent had a chance to see how the sticks scale to 500ish, but hopefully a new bios will bust this open.

[pentium777]

nTune has been working OK for me.. there are 2 components to it, one that monitors volts and temps and another that allows you to tweak stuff.

The Ocing portion of it is crude, but it has allowed my to play with OCing my 8800gtx. DO NOT use the auto detect feature or it will lock. So far, I can get 640/2160 stable with no problems. With conroe at 3.8ish I get about 20k even in 3dm05 (no tweaks).

Really nice OC on that video, surprised to see that 2160 memory speed, hopefully my pair will OC decently.

[theteamaqua]

lol you got a lot of bfg do you work there?

lol

[elec999]

Very nice, but a floppy drive.
Thanks

[pentium777]

bfg is my favorite company when it comes to video cards. All of their products are awesome i dunno why people go with evga :o (step up program is a joke...)
anyway gz on the new stuff and post some pics

I've read the "requirements" for that step up program, if anyone hasn't used it please do some reading definately sounds like jumping through hoops to get it done. I really chose the BFG MB and PSU due to availability and credits I had at CompUssr, also reading that BFG 680i was just reference nvidia board figured it was a safe bet. Also many reads of BFG tech support say I'm not the only one impressed with the way they handle their customers especially high end each replacement 7900 GTX (3-4 total I think) was sent overnight.

[charlie]

yeah, BFG= top notch Nvidia cards... frequently offered in an OC version too.

[charlie]

Oh and btw, how about a review on the BFG 1K PSU?? Specs look good but not quite great... have you pulled out he MM and measured the rails under load?

[LexDiamonds]

pentium-- I'm curious if you get any electrical whine from your 8800s under load... try rthridbl and let me know. Thanks.

EDIT: NM... my 8800 is quiet as a mouse.. its my new PCP&C thats whining! I might crack it open and try and glue the chokes.

[TheGoat Eater]

I would take a guess that the wife games? Or she just has one kick ass system from your old parts? LOL