** The Official 8800GT 512/256mb Review/Overclocking Thread **

[Talrinys]

Oh nice, but cant you manually adjust shaders? Have they always changed automatically or is it since they introduced manual shader overclocking into it?



Do you have your speakers loud? the only problem about this fan is if you turn it up and end up hearing it its awfull, little 60mm fan whine, great that its silent, door is always open downstairs so a nice chilling draft comes up and as my PC is on the floor at the moment ir runs really cool as I also have the side of the case off.

Always did automatically, not you can clock them yourself too

 

[The Asgard]

Always did automatically, not you can clock them yourself too

Pretty sure you could change them manually on the GTS/GTX.

I changed my GTS with a Bios mod

 

[willhub]

Pretty sure you could change them manually on the GTS/GTX.

I changed my GTS with a Bios mod

You can change em manually in Rivatuner, last time I seen there was a seperate slider for shader clock, I'm sure on the GTS when I overclocked it the Shader Clock did not increase

Not sure, I suspect it's being done automatically in the driver??

Just Dial in the clocks and see what happens.

I really do feel these cards are being help back by lack of voltage. I'm sure they will become screamers with a voltage mod.

Maybe there is some software to up the voltage, I mean 700+ is allready good, these are amazing cards, I've never known a card better, I think that I'll never sell this card because when I come to get a new card some day this will be a good backup card.

I'm glad I can use heaps of AA again , 16xQAA in HL2 EP2, things like UT3 I'll be happy with 4xAA, but were I can use 16xAA I'll use it, honestly, a Brilliant card, cant believe it.

 

[RavenXXX2]

I use a headset and my case fans are louder than the GT even at 70%, I'm ok with that, you should have heard the 2900 xt kick in at 65% in gamesthe GT is nowhere near as bad. I'm using ntune to overclock and it does indeed increase the shaders automatically, I'm currently at 1795 from 1500

 

[pastymuncher]

You can change em manually in Rivatuner, last time I seen there was a seperate slider for shader clock, I'm sure on the GTS when I overclocked it the Shader Clock did not increase




Maybe there is some software to up the voltage, I mean 700+ is allready good, these are amazing cards, I've never known a card better, I think that I'll never sell this card because when I come to get a new card some day this will be a good backup card.

So can you or can't you manually clock the shaders on these? My 320mb GTS has the shader at 1650. You only see the rise when running 3d apps, leave the hardware monitor in Rivatuner on. How do these cards do with loads of AA. Not just 4x like most reviews are showing.

 

[easyrider]

Asus maximus just came to work.

Some clocking tonight!

 

[willhub]

I use a headset and my case fans are louder than the GT even at 70%, I'm ok with that, you should have heard the 2900 xt kick in at 65% in gamesthe GT is nowhere near as bad. I'm using ntune to overclock and it does indeed increase the shaders automatically, I'm currently at 1795 from 1500

Honestly, I hate to sound like a Nvidia fanboy, but I wont be going back to ATi unless they pull something big out of bag.

So can you or can't you manually clock the shaders on these? My 320mb GTS has the shader at 1650. You only see the rise when running 3d apps, leave the hardware monitor in Rivatuner on. How do these cards do with loads of AA. Not just 4x like most reviews are showing.

HL2:EP2, I use 16xQCSAA
TF2: same
CSS: same
Portal: same
Lost Planet: 8XAA
UT3, havent tried AA, but 4x proberbly, I assume 8x or higher will be too much of a hit?
GTA: Level 3, crap performance in that game, has a problem with high end cards.

I'll see what other games I have, I'll try crysis sometime with 4xAA, cba with it yet far too big to download, brilliant card tho, 4xAA-8xAA causes slight lag in some of those games.

 

[TheDean]

Is there any info regarding the new GTS floating around anywhere?

 

[Neal]

@ 1920x1200

Min 23
Average 28
Max 32

@1680x1080

Min 25
Average 35
Max 41

1920x1200 feels silky smooth suprised by the low numbers. Feels faster when playing.

Interesting difference between our score for nowa gain. Quads don't seem to benifit very much at all.

So it should handle Crysys @ 1280x1024 sufficently well then - Woop!!

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Some people spend their whole life waiting on things, this the best card out now and that's a fact, forget your GTX or ULTRA's, the GT is the one, the new GTS maybe a wee bit better but not much, GT F T W.

Turned into a right NVIDIA boy ain't you.

 

[RavenXXX2]

I was kind of blinded by my devotion to ATI but after seeing what Nvidia have done with the GT i just had to go way from ATI, they need something big in November with the new cards or it does not look good, i am sad to say.

 

[willhub]

I was kind of blinded by my devotion to ATI but after seeing what Nvidia have done with the GT i just had to go way from ATI, they need something big in November with the new cards or it does not look good, i am sad to say.

Apparently the 3800 series will be cooler and lower power but not as far, that sound about right if they are just 2900's with less memory bus and on 55nm fab, I wont be changing whatever the performance tho, aint doing an 8800GTS-2900XT again lol, I'm gonna be happy with what I got .

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Just run Crisis everything high no AA under XP E6600 @ 3.6 - 745/2100/1863

@ 1920x1200

Min 23
Average 28
Max 32

@1680x1080

Min 25
Average 35
Max 41

1920x1200 feels silky smooth suprised by the low numbers. Feels faster when playing.

Interesting difference between our score fornowagain. Quads don't seem to benifit very much at all.

Just for a comparison I have the same specs as Asgard but I have an 8800GTX @ 621/1512/2000


@1680x1080

Min 25
Average 41
Max 49



Asgard aint far off though!

 

[booyaka]

got my gigabyte one here - running 3d marks etc on old system and will then install new 8800GT and see what happens!

 

[booyaka]

X1900XT 650/1500
E6600 @ 3.15ghz
2gb ballistix Pc6400

3DMark Score 6531 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 2410 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 2768 Marks
CPU Score 2753 Marks

Detailed Test Results

Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon 18.498 FPS
2 - Firefly Forest 21.673 FPS

CPU Tests
CPU1 - Red Valley 0.873 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 1.389 FPS

HDR Tests
1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0) 26.949 FPS
2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0) 28.411 FPS

8800GT gigabyte @ stock

3DMark Score 11588 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 5371 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 5139 Marks
CPU Score 2778 Marks

Detailed Test Results

Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon 43.816 FPS
2 - Firefly Forest 45.702 FPS

CPU Tests
CPU1 - Red Valley 0.877 FPS
CPU2 - Red Valley 1.407 FPS

HDR Tests
1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0) 49.109 FPS
2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0) 53.674 FPS

 

[mrk]

Ok, 1680x1050 Lost coast bench:
4xFSAA (6xFSAA doesn't work, no 8x or 16x listed) 16xAF max everything else
130fps

CSS Stress test
8xCSAA 16xAF, 1680x1050, max everything else
209fps - with 4xFSAA it's just under 230fps.

These are with factory overclocks on the GT and cpu at 2.6ghz

 

[willhub]

Ok, 1680x1050 Lost coast bench:
4xFSAA (6xFSAA doesn't work, no 8x or 16x listed) 16xAF max everything else
130fps

CSS Stress test
8xCSAA 16xAF, 1680x1050, max everything else
209fps - with 4xFSAA it's just under 230fps.

These are with factory overclocks on the GT and cpu at 2.6ghz

You at stock? Just tested and I got 211 with 8xCSAA at 1680x1050 in CSS Stress test so getting good results .

 

[booyaka]

temps are a bit high on these eh?

idleing around 60 and maxing around 90??

anyone else the same?

 

[willhub]

temps are a bit high on these eh?

idleing around 60 and maxing around 90??

anyone else the same?

According to Ntune I'm idling at 50 degrees.

Just ran CSS Stress Test, in that I got to 63 degrees then went down to 62 and back to 63 so maxing temp out there, awsome!.

 

[fornowagain]

Not to bad for air.