7900 GTO Single & SLI Testing on a Badaxe

man_from_uncle · 30 Sep 2006 at 14:04

Heatsinked said:
Looks like I have an awsome card! Check out the coolbits "Find Optimal" results:

Memory clock frequency: 760

3D clock frequency: 700

More benchies to do...

Get on with it man! Go!

Heatsinked · 30 Sep 2006 at 14:26

Sorry Asgard, hope you don't think I'm hijacking your thread...

Updated 3DMark05 score (760 memory, 700 core):

9997

Aww so close... but don't think I should risk pushing the card any further, not right away anyway.

Updated F.E.A.R test score (760 memory, 700 core):

Min: 34
Avr: 152
Max: 67

So, it has made a difference, just not a great deal...

The Asgard · 30 Sep 2006 at 14:30

Heatsinked said:
Sorry Asgard, hope you don't think I'm hijacking your thread...

Updated 3DMark05 score (760 memory, 700 core):

9997

Aww so close... but don't think I should risk pushing the card any further, not right away anyway.

Updated F.E.A.R test score (760 memory, 700 core):

Min: 34
Avr: 152
Max: 67

So, it has made a difference, just not a great deal...

Great scores keep em coming. Cracking card m8.

Post away.

Heatsinked · 30 Sep 2006 at 14:31

Thanks mate

How far did you manage to push your two GTOs in the end?

Phunky Phish · 30 Sep 2006 at 14:37

Easyrider, Quad SLI does not work on the P5W-DH mate. The patched and tweeked drivers are pre-quad SLI!!!

The Asgard · 30 Sep 2006 at 15:26

Heatsinked said:
Thanks mate

How far did you manage to push your two GTOs in the end?

In single mode with the latest drivers I think I could get about 700/800 but for some reason in SLI they wern't happy much past 685/720 although I didn't do that much fiddling. I got the feeling that the detect routine was failing them early. The hacked driver detects them as a 7900GT.

man_from_uncle · 30 Sep 2006 at 16:21

Heatsinked said:
Updated 3DMark05 score (760 memory, 700 core):

9997

Aww so close... but don't think I should risk pushing the card any further, not right away anyway.

With just a 7900gt (with volt mod) and a opty 144 at 2.7ghz I managed this:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1986951

I think that was at something like 700+/1850+ and though it was artifact free in the benchmark it didn't work for games. The point of this though is that the memory does make a big difference. Sure the CPU being 300mhz faster helps, but the big difference is the extra 300+mhz on the vram.

I bet if you go up to 800 or more you'll see a steady rate of increase in all benchmarks.

Heatsinked · 1 Oct 2006 at 12:35

Final set of benchmarks, for those of you who are interested:

7900 GTO running at 700 Core / 760 Mem, rest of spec in siggy.

3DMark03 - 21880
3DMark05 - 10239
3DMark06 - 5210

Little dissapointed with the 3DMark06 score, was expecting 6000 or so... but I guess my CPU may be letting me down.

Conclusion:

Performs noticabley better than my previous 7800GT SLI setup. Used the money I had from selling those to pay for this new card. I am more than happy with the trade and, if really necessary, I know I can install another one for some SLI action

As Gibbo and others have stated numberous times already, it's a cracking card, overclocked or not...

Richdog · 1 Oct 2006 at 12:37

Heatsinked said:
Performs noticabley better than my previous 7800GT SLI setup.

It bloody well should do, they're like chalk and cheese.

The Asgard · 1 Oct 2006 at 13:36

Heatsinked said:
Final set of benchmarks, for those of you who are interested:

7900 GTO running at 700 Core / 760 Mem, rest of spec in siggy.

3DMark03 - 21880
3DMark05 - 10239
3DMark06 - 5210

Little dissapointed with the 3DMark06 score, was expecting 6000 or so... but I guess my CPU may be letting me down.

Conclusion:

Performs noticabley better than my previous 7800GT SLI setup. Used the money I had from selling those to pay for this new card. I am more than happy with the trade and, if really necessary, I know I can install another one for some SLI action

As Gibbo and others have stated numberous times already, it's a cracking card, overclocked or not...

The cpu score does weight the 06 score but im sure your cpu wouldn't make much difference in the majority of games. The only games I have played where a better CPU helps is Oblivion and COH.

Nice scores m8

Gibbo · 1 Oct 2006 at 13:48

The Asgard said:
The cpu score does weight the 06 score but im sure your cpu wouldn't make much difference in the majority of games. The only games I have played where a better CPU helps is Oblivion and COH.

Nice scores m8

HI m8

Check the motherboard section for me, I have a thread in there and maybe you can help.

The Asgard · 1 Oct 2006 at 14:12

Gibbo said:
HI m8

Check the motherboard section for me, I have a thread in there and maybe you can help.

Done m8

Heatsinked · 1 Oct 2006 at 21:59

Well, I have managed to hit 800Mhz on the memory. 100% stable so far. Coolbits wont let me go any further, although I could increase the core if desired. I will leave it for a few days to ensure the new overclock is stable, then try pushing the core a little further.

man_from_uncle · 1 Oct 2006 at 22:13

Heatsinked said:
Final set of benchmarks, for those of you who are interested:

7900 GTO running at 700 Core / 760 Mem, rest of spec in siggy.

3DMark03 - 21880
3DMark05 - 10239
3DMark06 - 5210

So putting a further, mere, 40mhz on the memory gave you a......5-6% boost on your benches? That's almost directly scalable, which says that the memory bandwidth on the graphicsa card is the bottleneck.

With 800 now, I bet you'll be 10700+ in 3dmark05.

Heatsinked · 2 Oct 2006 at 00:27

Well, I was hoping that my CPU woulden't be letting me down too much. All this Conroe hype has got me thinking but I would have to change motherboard, RAM etc...

I think my current setup will do me well until Vista and DirectX 10 games start appearing.

xsnv · 10 Oct 2006 at 20:12

Got a simple question for the asgard.

Did you spot any apreciable picture quality difference after moving over to the green side?

My finger's hovering over the check out now button but i've also got dibs on a 2nd hand x1900-xt

Cheers

geordiepaul · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:24

What power PSU are you running with the 7900GTO's in SLI?
Thanks

elmuzzy66. · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:14

Heatsinked said:
Final set of benchmarks, for those of you who are interested:

7900 GTO running at 700 Core / 760 Mem, rest of spec in siggy.

3DMark03 - 21880
3DMark05 - 10239
3DMark06 - 5210

Little dissapointed with the 3DMark06 score, was expecting 6000 or so... but I guess my CPU may be letting me down.

Conclusion:

Performs noticabley better than my previous 7800GT SLI setup. Used the money I had from selling those to pay for this new card. I am more than happy with the trade and, if really necessary, I know I can install another one for some SLI action

As Gibbo and others have stated numberous times already, it's a cracking card, overclocked or not...

cpu limited i got 5.4k with a single 7900gt 560 on the core

The Asgard · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:58

xsnv said:
Got a simple question for the asgard.

Did you spot any apreciable picture quality difference after moving over to the green side?

My finger's hovering over the check out now button but i've also got dibs on a 2nd hand x1900-xt

Cheers

No real difference. Ati colours tend to be more vivid in wow. Water seems better with Nvidia. Not seen any shimmering. Very similiar. Both good.

The Asgard · 10 Oct 2006 at 23:00

geordiepaul said:
What power PSU are you running with the 7900GTO's in SLI?
Thanks

Seasonic 600W but i'm sure a good quality 450watt would cut it no problem. These seem to draw less current than my X1900XT. Certainly less heat.