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8800GT Ramblings Thread

V1N said:
That's interesting.
So is mine!

But, mine ISN'T running at the right clocks of course.

I spoke to BFG in the States on the phone, and the girl said it's the wrong version of the BIOS on the card, and that I should send it back.
What a bloody hassle. I asked about downloading a BIOS and flashing it myself, but they said I couldn't.

So, gunna have to start an RMA.

I know it's only a small OC, but it's the principle, of not getting what I've paid for!
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But you've only had the card a few days?! :confused:

You don't have to RMA it back to BFG do you?

If you got it mail order, can't you just send it back as faulty, and if they refuse to replace it straight away, then just get a refund under the distance selling regs?

Having said that, the direct BFG RMA service is brilliant. 4 days my last card took to be replaced by them.
 
Another small problem that I've come across is that I wasn't able to attach either of the 6+2 Pin PCI-E cables to the Inno3D 8800GT (I was trying to use just 6-pins of course!)

I had a closer look and wondered if the additional +2 pin plug was getting in the way so I snapped it off to leave a clean 6-pin PCI plug however that wouldn't attach either, I would plug it in kinda and then it would pop back out?

The problem is that the clip on the 6+2 Pin PCI-E cable is too *wide* and appears to be unable to latch onto the lug that is part of the PCI-E socket on the Inno 8800GT, there is a cut-out area in the plastic casing that surrounds the PCI-E power socket on the Inno and its not wide enough! :rolleyes:

I am just wondering if this part of the Antec design or if all 6+2Pin PCI-E plugs have a big fat latch of them?

This Quattro PSU also has an additional two modular 6-pin PCI-E plugs and they both fit fine (their clip is slimmer).

Its hard to explain and I curse the fact I don't have a good digital camera because a picture would explain it so much better! :o

I am intending to buy another PSU today (Corsair 620w HX Series) and I know that has been updated with the new 6+2 pin PCI-E plug, I'm worried that they won't fit properly onto the Inno 8800GT?

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Heres a rough idea of what I mean, the latch on the 6+2 PCI-E plug* is too wide to clear the cutout on the plastic casing.

*I dunno what the plug in the pictures is but the pic is just used for example
 
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If someone have already GeForce 8800GT, would like to send on email [email protected]

- Information about manufacturer

- memory timings
- bios (use NiBiTor)
- vmem and vcore values, measured by multimeter


Thanks for help. I`m going to make data base with this information on www.geforce9.com website.
 
Big.Wayne said:
The problem is that the clip on the 6+2 Pin PCI-E cable is too *wide* and appears to be unable to latch onto the lug that is part of the PCI-E socket on the Inno 8800GT, there is a cut-out area in the plastic casing that surrounds the PCI-E power socket on the Inno and its not wide enough!
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The Inno3D comes with a 2-molex -> 1-PCIe connector in the box. Is that what didn't fit or the PCIe power cable from your PSU?
 
I downloaded the beta, is it ok to just use the speedfan.exe by itself? When I try and run it , it just crashes and the debug file says something about the nvidia drivers. Oh well.
 
willhub said:
V1N it probs would be quicker to return the card, get a refund and get a non overclocked cheaper card.
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Yeah I was thinking about that.

No, I didn't have the card for a few days, it arrived yesterday, and I noticed the BIOS and clock speed error yesterday, so immediately got in contact with the store, and BFG. I called BFG, as I was hoping they'd let me get a BIOS from somewhere, just flash it to the right version, and job done.

Nooooo, not allowed to make it easy ;)

RMA with the store is my next decision.
I considered going for the RMA with refund option, so I could order another card straight away, wait for it to arrive, and RMA the other one, and have no down time.

Problem is, I got a "good price" (without going into specifics and getting suspended, again!) and since then, the cost has gone up a fair amount. So if I get the refund, I'd have to pay more, even for a non-OC card.

I also thought, hell to it, I'll just use Rivatuner, clock it to what it's meant to be at, but, my Windows Defender won't allow it to auto run at startup. I don't want to turn it off. It'll run of course, if I don't run Rivatuner as Administrator, but, then the clocks don't work.

So, I could manually load Rivatuner each boot, and go through the hassle of waiting for a new version after each driver update (?) or, RMA it.

You see the dilema? On the one hand, I'm glad to actually have the 8800GT here, on the other hand, it isn't right, and really should be RMAd, out of principle, if not anything else.

I think the store I got it from said they'd have more in on the 6th, so maybe this would be a good time to send it back, and hopefully not go for too long without an 8800.

V1N.
 
@ Big.Wayne... That's certainly a strange issue with the Quattro PSUs, they're generally very good.

Oh well, mine's happily running on a 500w Akasa :D

Also, whoever posted it thanks for telling us about the new speedfan, it works perfectly for once.
 
Raikiri said:
That's certainly a strange issue with the Quattro PSUs
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Indeed, it's like I drew the short straw again lol! :D

Now I want to know which 8800GT owners are using one of the Corsair HX PSU's? because I am getting the fear that if I rush out and buy one to replace the TPQ-1Kw it still may not work?
 
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That is my psu and I was under the impression I have dual 12volt rails, but when I overclock I get a lower 3dmark score, 10400+ at stock and slightley lower when I put clocks at 720 1725 2000, any ideas.
 
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mart280 said:
thanks m8 sussed it now

yes bought it when I got a 8600GT and worked with that ok, am I wrong about the dual 12volt rails?
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Hard to say, it says it has 2 12v rails but only lists one amperage (18a) which would struggle with the 8800GT.

What wattage is it?
 
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