Summer 2008 XS Cheapazchips 3D Challenge

[[XC] gomeler]

Normal 3D01
61883 G H Z
61183 loonym
59113 noxon
57613 Johnny Bravo
56007 jamesbong420
30966 STEvil

Normal 3D03
26125 loonym
15519 STEviil

Extreme 3D01
72099 Johnny Bravo
64056 Dinos
52580 Gomeler

Extreme 3D03
27920 Johnny Bravo
21304 Gomeler
24910 Dinos

Contestants

[xc] Gomeler
dinos22
TheGoat Eater
Johnny Bravo
dinos22
oohms
youngpro
massman
systemviper
JamesBong420
Filmbot
Marvin_The_Martian
SpikeP
Achill3uS
Deanzo
T_M
STEvil
0cool
SpikeP
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xoqolatl


The Rules

1) Competition runs September 1st, 2008 to October 1st, 2008.

1a) Final submission is Oct 15th, 2008 at 12:00pm EST

1b) Submission must be in the form of a screen shot showing the following
CPU Speed
GPU Speed
Memory Speed
Memory Timings
Benchmark Details(optional)

2) Card is 8600GT, can be any brand, 256MB, 512MB or 1GB

2a) GDDR2 and GDDR3 results will be separated into separate classes

3) The competition will be in 3dmark001 and 3dmark03. Drivers must be Futuremark approved.

4) You can ONLY change LOD setting in respect to visual quality.

5) No cpu cap

6) Classes will be Normal(Air/Water on CPU/GPU) and Extreme(Anything Goes)

[quake6]

Maybe HD 3470? Also a nice card...

[[XC] gomeler]

64-bit memory interface If another person votes for it then I'll add it to the poll.

[RAW-Raptor22]

64-bit memory interface If another person votes for it then I'll add it to the poll.

I vote for the 8600GT, at least it will be useful when we are done.

Actually, 8500GT would be awesome too (I already have one)...

[Oliver]

gomeler lets try to work out 95gt uh?

and followed ur words with vote @ comment

[quake6]

I would try some ati or 9500

[JamesBong420]

i voted for 8600gt.... 3650 is a little more... would be kinda cool to have it be ATi this time... but there are 20 types of 8600gt's...

[SpikeP]

I voted 8600GT for same reason as james and what i said in the previous thread.

There are so many different forms. Think i already found a good design, but won't leak too much. Got let everyone make there own pick.

My next question to ask people would be, what sections are we going to have?

Eg - benchmarks (3dmark 03 + 05???)

Also, are we doing air as one group, and water or higher as another group?

- Paul

[filmbot]

Heres all the cards for each brand that have 128-bit and DDR3, Nvidia, ATI.

For the newer series, both are slightly over $50 but I think its not too much that we can swing it

[BenchZowner]

9500GT GDDR3 for sure.

[Oliver]

Exactly 9500gt should be cool teared up with 2k1

[George_o/c]

9500GT GDDR3 for sure.

But Bill, there aren't as many 9500GT types, as the 8500 or 8600 ones ...
I too think it would be kinda cool to see some ATi battles this time Maybe 3650 ? I can see in newegg that 8600GT prices do not differ a lot from those of 3650

[BenchZowner]

If it's like the buggy overclocking for the HD2xxx entry-level and midrange I'll pass.
As for the types... better stick with a specific card, equal terms, more fun.

[SpikeP]

I think the 9500GT, along with the radeon cards would be awkard, solely because of the overclocking of them. Also there does not seem to be many varieties, and i don;t know about the rest of you, but i found that a fun part of the 8400gs's. The different PCB's, memory modules and PWM areas that we had to find or way around.

With that in mind, i still think the 8500GT or 8600GT would make most sense. 8600GT being a bit more interesting, because its a different core, and more heat to remove.

Once we have chosen a card, we can all start to decide which one to go for!

- Paul

[systemviper]

how about 8800 gts 320's

they go for around 75....

[SpikeP]

they are not that easy to get your hards on over here. can get a HD 2900GT though if thats a option.

main concern though is that then we are coming out of the cheap cards, and into something more expensive. HD2900GT i hve had personally upto 800mhz without a hitch, but cooling becomes a concern.

- Paul

[Stapler]

I think the 8600 GT is probably the best option, but these things always happen at awful times for me. Why couldn't we have done this at the start of the summer. I'm about to start college, and I really don't feel like I'll have the time to participate.

Btw, Gom are you movin out to LA?

[oohms]

It depends if we allow ddr3 or not... its almost impossible to find an 8500GT ddr3 here for less than $90

8600GT ddr3 are about $80 or so

9500GT ddr3 about $100+

But if we want cheap cards and have more fun tweaking them with a common limitation then running 8500GT's with ddr2 could be quite competitive

[[XC] gomeler]

Hrm, is it possible to edit a poll? Not finding an obvious button..

So far 3 mentions for the 9500GT, 1 for the HD3470, 1 for the HD3650, and 1 for the 8800GTS 320.

I figure we can leave the poll open for another 3 to 5 days?

I also think the rules from the last competition were perfect and 3D01 and 3D03 were both fun and not too GPU limited Added temporary rules to the 1st post, if you have any suggestions please shout them out so we can get this hammered out.

[youngpro]

ill enter this time for sure, going to have alot of free time on my hands when i get home =)

plus its fun running 3.3v directly into a core hehe

sounds good guys, lets get some 6.4ghz 3d01 runs with this card happening LOL =)

[stangracin2]

9500 Gt

[MoF]

HD3650 and Hybrid Crossfire allowed?

[[XC] gomeler]

I'd have to say Hybrid CrossFire should not be allowed as not everyone is 1) able to run it 2) willing to purchase an AMD processor and motherboard. Think we should stick with a single discrete GPU and not involve multi-GPU setups.

edit: realized I was saying 9600GT instead of 9500GT, corrected.

[philbrown23]

i say either 8600gt or 7600gt or 7300gt the 73's can be had for like $39 usd

[inCore]

Another vote for the 9500 GT here.