Testing >>> 8800GT SLI 20K 3DMARK06 Stock Coolers

[dinos22]

hi guys

ok so i finally got around to installing these new 8800GT cards i got during my visit to Nvidia last week for Editor's Day Event in Santa Clara California

Here are some notes on testing from last night

Test Configuration:
XFX 680i SLI Motherboard
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 G0 stepping
2GB DDR2 Corsair Dominators PC10000
DUAL 8800GT PCIe 2.0 512MB Graphics Cards in SLI (Stock coolers)
Corsair HX620 Power Supply
Corsair Nautilus 500 CPU Watercooling
160GB Samsung IDE Hard Drive
Windows XP Pro 32bit

rough ambient during testing: 23.5-28C

also this power supply absolutely kicks ass.........it did not move from 12.05-12.06V on 12V RAIL

I LOVE THESE VIDEO CARDS





HERE ARE SOME TESTS AT 3.6GHz on Quad with stock card clocks 600/900











i had some odd things start happening after my first OC...i though the gain was a bit low

PUSHED THE CARDS TO 700/1000




Following this i noticed the results actually drop down LOL. I benched the cards up to 740MHz in SLI but scores were worse................
temps were maxing out at 56C or so and i did a few restarts but it was strange

In the end i overclocked the CPU as it seems really bottlenecked and gained a bit boost from CPU OC alone





FINALLY ENDED THE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER QUICK BOOST IN CPU AND GFX

i have to do some investigating as to add behaviour of the setup and instability creeping in as well lol at these clocks....was 3am already so i was too tired to go on

3DMARK06 - 19811 points
Q6600@3825MHz
8800GT SLI 710/1000

[dinos22]

I did keep pushing

bloody 680i chipset soo many unnecessary headaches >> finally wrestled it into 3.96GHz 3D stable for today's bench session





3DMARK01 is a lot of fun >> at the end i couldn't get my LL to ~920 that i had before LOL but it turned out OK in the end

looks at the nature FPS in the end


3DMARK01 RUN
76012 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/999/1751
Q6600 @ 3960MHz




3DMARK01 RUN
77542 points
SLI 8800GT: 720/999/1801
Q6600 @ 3960MHz




3DMARK01 RUN
78835 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz >> tightened RAM timings




3DMARK01 RUN
78904 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz




FINAL 3DMARK01 RUN
78931 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/999/1776
Q6600 @ 3960MHz




3DMARK03 RUN
69832 points
SLI 8800GT: 691/956/1725
Q6600 @ 3960MHz




3DMARK05 RUN
25183 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/999/1750
Q6600 @ 3960MHz





3DMARK06 RUN
20268 points
SLI 8800GT: 720/999/1800
Q6600 @ 3960MHz




3DMARK06 RUN
20423 points
SLI 8800GT: 702/1012/1750
Q6600 @ 3960MHz




FINAL 3DMARK06 RUN
20459 points
SLI 8800GT: 712/1018/1775
Q6600 @ 3960MHz

[dinos22]

Last Reserve

[blind_ripper]

no 20 to see any where here
althoug nice card's indeed , look at the space between the card's .
that just give's me a smille on my face , looking @ my rig its like a big sandwitch

pore card sandwitched betwen the fat hot head's off ati

[dinos22]

^^^^ LOL heheh

i read somewhere that these cards are supposed to be running hot

i don't know what the heck those guys are doing >> they must be dillusional because these run much cooler on low fan or high fan speed to all my GTSs and i got a bunch lying around heheheh

[Rattle]

nice posts man, I cant wait to get the setup in my sig going next week.

[dinos22]

nice

added some AM3 runs as well

[HousERaT]

no issues with SLI?

[dinos22]

no issues with SLI?

no issues at all

Sli works perfectly fine

i think whoever said there were didn't test them properly

[metro.cl]

i need a nf680i!!! damn i'm only on P35.


Great benchs Dino i also love the cards

[blind_ripper]

^^^^ LOL heheh

i read somewhere that these cards are supposed to be running hot

i don't know what the heck those guys are doing >> they must be dillusional because these run much cooler on low fan or high fan speed to all my GTSs and i got a bunch lying around heheheh

LOL idd try running 2 ati's :now i dont have to heat up the room , just put on my pc and run 3d for 30min and done i have 22°C room temp .
and this is in winter , dinos what are load temps on those card's ?
im getting more and more intrested in those : price is really nice 2 .
here one shop selling 230€ witch is very low compared to 2900XT and pro's 370€(still going higher evry day in price ) and 300€ to 290€ for the pro .
nvidia has done a great move with those card's

[dinos22]

lol yeah nvidia chipset helps

would be nice to have a skulltrail but i got no chance of getting gear like that

[dinos22]

dinos what are load temps on those card's ?

56C loaded in ATI tool at 740MHz Core
they run much cooler than GTSs

[EDIT] fan at 100%

[DualCore]

wasup, nice work bro , this card's roxx ! every one in my country are waiting for this card , upgrading GTS to GT , and this thread show that corsair hx620 really work fine !!!

[jay_lee300]

i plugged mine in today was reading 52c idle few mins after i had installed it, didnt have ne time to test it as my cpu block started leaking inside and dripping towards my 8800gt

[Danger30Q]

That's good to hear you don't think they are as hot as everyone seems to think. Running SLI with double-slot cards just isn't practical. I'm not going to give up my sound card and I'm sure I speak for others that use their rig for more than just benching. SLI with these single-slot 8800GT's is awesome.

[dinos22]

i plugged mine in today was reading 52c idle few mins after i had installed it, didnt have ne time to test it as my cpu block started leaking inside and dripping towards my 8800gt

default fan speed on these is ~20% whereas GTS is 60%

[Rattle]

dino as far as overclocking and fan control is concerned, are you using riva and do you have seperate control of each card? how does this work?

[dinos22]

i always use riva but it doesn't hurt checking the Nvidia control panel

i'm sure it would work just haven't checked

[Rattle]

so then can you control fan speed and clocks on both with either?
how did you do it? did it let you run the fans at 100% on both.

those were my questions you left unanswered

[dinos22]

so then can you control fan speed and clocks on both with either?
how did you do it? did it let you run the fans at 100% on both.

those were my questions you left unanswered

you cannot independently clock or control fans on them no

at least i haven't figured it out yet lol

[Rattle]

so when you move the core freq for instance and the fan speed it just automatically does it on both cards ?

[NickS]

Dinos man, top knotch testing. Your setup looks sick. This makes me want one even moreeeeeeeeeee Argh they're awesome!!!!!

[dinos22]

hey Nick

remember people not being sure whether these Corsair HX620s can handle such loads :

meh i haven't even started stressing these suckers yet

[neoman]

New 8800GT is a kickass card :O
I wish they could do something about that $=€ ;(