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XFX GeForce 8800 GTX Extreme

Hi all. Well i've now got the Arctic Cooling Accelero Extreme fitted to my card. Surprisingly i can now run 648 on the core. Shaders top out at the same 1513 and mem i've just tested at 1050(2100). Rather be careful with mem settings though as i think it's what caused the degradation of my last GTX. As far as temps go, the ACAE cooler has dropped idle from 51c to 44c and load from 65c to 54c. Not done any gaming yet(still) but getting 14k on 3dMark06. Didn't realise the early GTX's clocked so well. I'll stick with the card now until the new stuff get's released later in the summer. Glad i got it at it's cheapest price £139.99 +VAT. The price now is ludicrous.
 
A question with regards power supply.

I have just bought this card and would like to know if I should connect 2 seperate PCI-e power sources to the card sockets.

I hope to be using it tomorrow.
I just purchased the following hoping to get improvements again my P5N32-E sli card:

Asus Striker 2 Formula,
G. Skill DDR2 2 x 2 gb PC 8500C5 single card only.
Cooler Master Cosmos 1000 tall case
All from Overclockers U.K.

Thanks
 
Azibs said:
Hi all. Well i've now got the Arctic Cooling Accelero Extreme fitted to my card. Surprisingly i can now run 648 on the core. Shaders top out at the same 1513 and mem i've just tested at 1050(2100). Rather be careful with mem settings though as i think it's what caused the degradation of my last GTX. As far as temps go, the ACAE cooler has dropped idle from 51c to 44c and load from 65c to 54c. Not done any gaming yet(still) but getting 14k on 3dMark06. Didn't realise the early GTX's clocked so well. I'll stick with the card now until the new stuff get's released later in the summer. Glad i got it at it's cheapest price £139.99 +VAT. The price now is ludicrous.
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Azibs, you said you could now run the core at 648 with after-marking cooling....was that not the case with the stock cooling (was the max overclock lower then?)

Cheers :)
 
Gameruk said:
any tips for overclocking it?
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This 8800gtx overclocking table may come in handy

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Just use the hardware monitor in Rivatuner.

You will see with each 1mhz increase you give the Core, if it actually does anything or does increase it by 1mhz or more.
 
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TerminatorUK said:
Azibs, you said you could now run the core at 648 with after-marking cooling....was that not the case with the stock cooling (was the max overclock lower then?)

Cheers :)
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Yes, 3DMark06 wouldn't get past the first test before locking up with stock cooler at 100% fan speed at 648core. The lower temp with the ACAE seems to have made the difference. All of the card gets cooled. For an extra 27Mhz on the core it wasn't worth £35 but i'd bought it with the card expecting a much better o/c from the stock cooler to start with.
 
Azibs said:
Yes, 3DMark06 wouldn't get past the first test before locking up with stock cooler at 100% fan speed at 648core. The lower temp with the ACAE seems to have made the difference. All of the card gets cooled. For an extra 27Mhz on the core it wasn't worth £35 but i'd bought it with the card expecting a much better o/c from the stock cooler to start with.
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Awesome, thanks for the info Azibs....I'll definitely go and get another Thermalright HR-03 Plus in that case (I think they look and perform awesomely!).

27mhz is definitely worth £35 but that's just my opinion ;)

Framerate > Money :p
 
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