***Official*** 9800GX2 thread (reviews and benches inside)

[Makunouchi]

Well i finally got round to doing a Crysis benchmark, came out at 56.46, no need to provide SS i reckon as thats hardly ground breaking. Im pretty happy with it tbh, considering my system is absolutely nothing special at all i reckon its pretty good. I also reckon i can get it to 60 with some more work. Im trying to get to 3.6 stable on my E6600 and my current GX2 clocks are at 716/1704/1105 and i havent even finished overclocking it to breaking point yet.

 

[Makunouchi]

Can some other GX2 owners post up some of their overclocks please? Im still taking it slowly and would like some comparisons so i know roughly how much more ive got to go.

 

[straxusii]

Lets see, 2x211+~100 =£511 Vs £375 for the GX2

Plus the hastle of two cards, a flakey Nvidia mobo and re-fitting my whole PC

A bit of a no-brainer for me really, with the GX2 I just plug and play.

I scored 16460 3DMarks last night with Vista x64 SP1, Gx2 at stock speeds with latest official driver.

Out of interest that is pretty much what I scored in vista with 8800GT SLI and e8500@4Ghz

 

[WesleyBurns]

Im OCing at 700 / 1100, any more than its not realy stable, haven't bothered any smaller increments yet...

Waiting to get a water block

 

[Makunouchi]

Oh nice, maybe i got a good core then, mine its totally stable on the clocks i posted.

Ofcourse this is all assuming Rivatuner is doing its job properly, and some reports say it isnt.

Oh well, i guess ill push it as far as i can.

 

[fornowagain]

Can some other GX2 owners post up some of their overclocks please? Im still taking it slowly and would like some comparisons so i know roughly how much more ive got to go.

I've had it benching at 777/1944/2300, set it at 725/1836/2200 for games. Seems fine so far. Can't get any decent 3dmark06 scores out of it in XP, I get 20K at stock, 4GHz quad. Increasing to 4.6Ghz 777/2300 and the score hardly changes. Vista seems the clocks actually change, but the scores are terrible, 22.5K 4.6Ghz 777/2300.

 

[Makunouchi]

3Dmark06 seems to be totally obselete when it comes to testing the GX2, a lot of people have said overclock changes arent showing up, ive just totally ignored it for now in preference to using a Crysus benchmark to test out my changes.

 

[willhub]

Crymark07 is the new 3dmark, I suggest we all use it

 

[Chronictank]

The cheapest version of the X2 on OCUK is £270 whereas the GX2 is £352.49, that's double the performance for a 30% price increase .

you must be refering to another ocuk because the cheapest available atm is £411.24

 

[fornowagain]

3Dmark06 seems to be totally obselete when it comes to testing the GX2, a lot of people have said overclock changes arent showing up, ive just totally ignored it for now in preference to using a Crysus benchmark to test out my changes.

That's what I do, the Crysis bench just flys now and is very sensitive (albeit small) to any clock changes.

 

[shaffaaf27]

you must be refering to another ocuk because the cheapest available atm is £411.24

yes well its not available, but on pre order for jsut over £350

 

[Azza]

I may be joining you 9800GX2 owners!!

 

[Makunouchi]

Crymark07 is the new 3dmark, I suggest we all use it

Word.


(or something)

 

[thepigf@rmer]

Crysis standard GX2 clocks

Crysis 726/1724/1110

Crysis 726/1724/1110 maxshaders

 

[skunksta]

The cheapest version of the X2 on OCUK is £270 whereas the GX2 is £352.49, that's double the performance for a 30% price increase .

think your find the x2's are around £250 OcUK dont seem to have followed suit with the price drop on the x2.

 

[Coolasmoo]

Crysis standard GX2 clocks

Well thats not very impressive if im honest,

I was thinking of getting a GX2, but i think i will keep hold of the X2 until next gen

 

[straxusii]

3Dmark06 seems to be totally obselete when it comes to testing the GX2, a lot of people have said overclock changes arent showing up, ive just totally ignored it for now in preference to using a Crysus benchmark to test out my changes.

We just need to agree that all tests from now on are done at 1600x1200 4xAA 16xAF

 

[easyrider]

Anyone done a Q6600 @ 4ghz run yet with XP?

 

[Chronictank]

yes well its not available, but on pre order for jsut over £350

thats the point, its not available
by the time it is the X2 might have another price drop so it's silly using it as an example of a pricepoint

I'll shut up now kind of taking this off on a tangent

 

[HighlandeR]

think your find the x2's are around £250 OcUK dont seem to have followed suit with the price drop on the x2.

True or MM u can grab an X2 for £230-240ish quite a few 3870X2 owners selling it cos the GX2 is out

Still RRP X2@250 vs GX2@350, that extra 100 quid sorta hard to say if its worth the extra bit but then it is only £100!