Gibbo is getting an R600!!

Inazuma · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:16

Er, kinda offtopic but going back to the "Video Memory Watcher" someone mentioned earlier. I would like to ask why it displays me as having 490MB Card Memory and 250MB System memory, when I have 256mb card memory (x1950xt) and 2GM ram?

lay-z-boy · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:21

Because its discriminating against you?! :confused:

I don't actually know.

ihatelag · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:46

Never mind lol

Ah its system memory...my bad!

Dingleberry88 · 15 Apr 2007 at 22:57

Isn't that system memory? :confused:

ihatelag · 15 Apr 2007 at 23:01

Dingleberry88 said:
Isn't that system memory?

yup

Kaiju · 16 Apr 2007 at 00:01

mda96bjh said:
hi gibbo.......is this card quieter than the 8800gtx then???.........Noise has become a bit of a bugbear fro me lately.....i think i'm getting old........

I'll reiterate this as I don't think it was answered.

Which one is louder then at idle and load?

Gibbo · 16 Apr 2007 at 00:12

Kaiju said:
I'll reiterate this as I don't think it was answered.

Which one is louder then at idle and load?

Hi there

I am not really allowed to say, lets just say you will be happy.

Perfect_Chaos · 16 Apr 2007 at 00:34

People think they are getting a great card, but in reality even though it is cheaper than an 8800 GTX and as well performing a better one will soon follow (and i mean soon!) since they are so late getting cards out already..

Worth waiting for the best one for games like crysis imo.

Shocky-FM · 16 Apr 2007 at 00:40

Perfect_Chaos said:
People think they are getting a great card, but in reality even though it is cheaper than an 8800 GTX and as well performing a better one will soon follow (and i mean soon!) since they are so late getting cards out already..

Worth waiting for the best one for games like crysis imo.

This is true but unfortunately this doesnt apply because its R600 and the fanatics that have waiting 6 months+ must have it ! ! !

Kaiju · 16 Apr 2007 at 01:19

Gibbo said:
Hi there

I am not really allowed to say, lets just say you will be happy.

Gibbo knows best. Cheers boss.

Tom|Nbk · 16 Apr 2007 at 01:44

Gibbo said:
Hi there

I am not really allowed to say, lets just say you will be happy.

Chief, you taking pre orders soon?, cash waiting

Smoogel · 16 Apr 2007 at 01:57

If its faster and cheaper than my old 8800gtx I'm going to try one.

Gibbo?

SM2.0 Score: 5262
HDR/SM3.0 Score: 5378

The cpu was overclocked for benchmarking to prevent bottlenecking

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
Core 2 DUO E6400 @ 3.4ghz

Lolcb · 16 Apr 2007 at 01:57

Tom|Nbk said:
Cheif, you taking pre orders soon?, cash waiting

Wont risk it with your PSU. Prepare to spend an amount around the price of a GTX.

PSU + R600.

Tom|Nbk · 16 Apr 2007 at 02:08

Lolcb said:
Wont risk it with your PSU. Prepare to spend an amount around the price of a GTX.

PSU + R600.

My PSU can handle 1900XT-Xfired confirmed by Moi (I had it for months), will be more than enough my friend, sit tight fella', and brace yourself

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fornowagain · 16 Apr 2007 at 03:32

Another titbit..

Same as before, no proof, just those that know Dynasty will no doubt comment on his rep.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2131444&postcount=29

Dynasty said:
The X2900 XT (512mb/256bit) is slower then 8800 gtx.
The 2900 XT/512mb does 10200 in 3D 06 stock clocks vs 8800 gtx @ 10900
both using QX6700 @ 3.6 testing.

Yes, 8800 U is just pretty much what the 7800gtx 512mb was over an year ago.
I could sell them for an pretty penny, they never loss value as they were
so hard to find...

And no mention of which drivers either.

spb251272 · 16 Apr 2007 at 07:04

Well that doesn't sound right - 10900 for an 8800GTX with a QX6700 @ 3.6 :eek:

I can get about 11400 with only the factory OC on my GTX (600 vs 575) and that's with a C2D, not a quad core, and in Vista! I'm sure you'd score higher with a quad core at 3.6.

ihatelag · 16 Apr 2007 at 07:57

Tom|Nbk said:
My PSU can handle 1900XT-Xfired confirmed by Moi (I had it for months), will be more than enough my friend, sit tight fella', and brace yourself .

I think you hit the nail on the head "brace yourself" as that's what will happen when the PSU gets overloaded...at any point it could meltdown or blowup!

HighlandeR · 16 Apr 2007 at 08:01

Doesnt sound too right now that u mentioned your specs and scores :eek:

Not when theres 2 people posting higher scores of 11k+ and with less specs.....

Perhaps hes doing something wrong but hard to say...

Someone should post this link into that forum just for him to see

Id love to run 3dmark 06 on my Q6600/GTX but alas it simply crashes upon starting the main screen.

WJA96 · 16 Apr 2007 at 09:04

HighlandeR said:
Doesnt sound too right now that u mentioned your specs and scores

Not when theres 2 people posting higher scores of 11k+ and with less specs.....

Perhaps hes doing something wrong but hard to say...

Someone should post this link into that forum just for him to see

Id love to run 3dmark 06 on my Q6600/GTX but alas it simply crashes upon starting the main screen.

It depends on the system at the time the test is run. If you have McAfee and a screengrabber running the background then your scores will suffer. I suspect he's not got the machine properly stripped back to really max out the benchmark.

Sir Random · 16 Apr 2007 at 10:05

HighlandeR said:
Id love to run 3dmark 06 on my Q6600/GTX but alas it simply crashes upon starting the main screen.

You can disable the system-check on startup, which should get you past the splash screen. (Gibbo had to do this to test the R600)