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Offline eagl

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« Reply #75 on: July 06, 2005, 08:01:19 PM »
Get a pci-e mobo, try to find someone to trade for your current vid card or sell it, and save your pennies for a 7800 GTX.  Apparently the 7800 GTX is faster than a 6800 GT SLI setup, and it can also be set up in SLI.  Downside - it probably costs in excess of $600 right now but it's the fastest out there.
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« Reply #76 on: July 07, 2005, 04:23:45 PM »
7800gtx's cost £480 over here and to befair i just paid £400 for a X2 4400 which i think is perfectly fine. However i think 480 for a gFX card is a JOKE

dunno where i got £480 from, its 380..... even so thats way too much!

and im a "fanboy" (aparently) of ATI right now... although that might change soon ;)
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« Reply #77 on: July 07, 2005, 08:34:00 PM »
overclocking and overvolting these things is scary

a: the Asus A8V is VERY unstable with voltage delievery to these things.... probably opperating at max rated. I set it to 1.5volts, in windows idle is 1.65 :eek: yet at load its 1.55.

b: as with all voltage increases on SOI and strained silicon, the wattage/heat output doubles..... but of coarse with 2 cores onboard its even worse for instance

a single core winchester without strained silicon:

2000mhz 1.35volts = 38c full load
2400mhz 1.6volts = 45-47c full load... not too bad.

a x2 4400+ with SOI and strained silicon

2200mhz 1.25volts (id be undervolting on perpose) = 44-49c full load
2400mhz 1.5volts (ish??) 70c before i stopped the testing.

I think its time to pick up the courage and fit my watercoolering!

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« Reply #78 on: July 07, 2005, 08:59:39 PM »
ok voltage settings are all messed up with these bios's too

1.3volts sets 1.15volts and of coarse doesnt really work
1.35volts sets 1.2volts which is stable and nice and cool :D (currently running at)
1.375volts sets at 1.5volts and stable voltage
1.4volts sets 1.6volts and massive fluctuations

im not testing any higher! LOL
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« Reply #79 on: July 08, 2005, 07:05:02 AM »
gone unstable again

just rebooted my pc, my soundcard went missing and the cpu cant run any stability tests

took soundcard out, still the same. Think its time to go PCI express and get away from asus. Ive had 7 Asus boards however my last 2 have ended up in the bin so obviously i been very unlucky or Asus are loosing there quality control.....
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« Reply #80 on: July 08, 2005, 09:01:14 AM »
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gone unstable again

just rebooted my pc, my soundcard went missing and the cpu cant run any stability tests

took soundcard out, still the same. Think its time to go PCI express and get away from asus. Ive had 7 Asus boards however my last 2 have ended up in the bin so obviously i been very unlucky or Asus are loosing there quality control.....


my Asus A8n Deluxe (nforce4  SLI) has been very good, but right now id get 1 of the DFI N4 SLI MBs.


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« Reply #81 on: July 09, 2005, 04:33:00 AM »
No idea what you are doing/have done to your board.

I am still using the 1014.006 BIOS and everything works great.
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« Reply #82 on: July 09, 2005, 07:57:47 AM »
stable settings with 1013:

600 HTT bus

2.5-4-4-8 and 2t timing. All bank/node interleavin off, memory holes (hard and soft) off.
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« Reply #83 on: July 11, 2005, 08:05:08 PM »
Must be a borked board even those settings i posted are not 24hour stable with prime95 or OCCT testers, so im either going to get a DFI SLI board, or the Asus A8N SLI premium.

however im not sure what gfx to get

X800XL for £200
or
6800gt (leadtech) for £260

the 6800gt will leave me with the option to get SLI when i can find a 2nd hand one in a few months, however a single 6800gt is slower than a x800xl in most games i play (hl2 fs2004 etc)

choices choices :lol
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« Reply #84 on: July 12, 2005, 06:48:14 AM »
ok i gone the whole hog now.....

Asus 7800gtx
Asus A8N Premium
200gig hdd

man my credit card company loves me! :eek:
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« Reply #85 on: July 14, 2005, 08:03:41 PM »
wooohoooo this rocks
100% stable

3dmark 2005 score gone from 1000-2000 range to 7900ish already. And its 100% stable. About to reinstall again, as i messed up what drive (er partition) it installed on.

Bios shows options for running upto 600DDR!
:eek:

My X2 seems happy running at 2550mhz right now...:D

im soooo happy to have a stable pc
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« Reply #86 on: July 15, 2005, 01:26:04 AM »
Heh.  The 7800 GTX is benching at nearly 2x the speed of a 6800GT, with improved FSAA and image quality as additional frosting on the framerate cake.  MMMMM yummy FSAA frosting...

I guess I'm a tard for getting an AGP mobo because I expected nvidia to follow their usual production cycle, which SHOULD have resulted in a simple update of the 6800 lineup instead of the big jump we see with the 7800.  I think the 7800 will be the nail in the AGP coffin because that card alone is going to be worth the mobo upgrade for a whole lot of gamers.
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« Reply #87 on: July 15, 2005, 04:45:03 AM »
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Heh.  The 7800 GTX is benching at nearly 2x the speed of a 6800GT, with improved FSAA and image quality as additional frosting on the framerate cake.  MMMMM yummy FSAA frosting...

I guess I'm a tard for getting an AGP mobo because I expected nvidia to follow their usual production cycle, which SHOULD have resulted in a simple update of the 6800 lineup instead of the big jump we see with the 7800.  I think the 7800 will be the nail in the AGP coffin because that card alone is going to be worth the mobo upgrade for a whole lot of gamers.


the 7800 is really a "simple" update. Its a 6800 core with 24pipelines... well basicaly anyway ;)

i cant believe how big this card is though, its HUGEEEE its only like 1 cm shorter than my full size ATX board


oh and even though i havnt played any games yet i already wanna get some SLI action. LOL :lol
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« Reply #88 on: July 15, 2005, 09:09:12 AM »
starting to think my soundcard might be the overall issue

plugged it in, and it trashed my install :rolleyes:

retrying now :)
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« Reply #89 on: July 15, 2005, 11:20:43 AM »
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starting to think my soundcard might be the overall issue

plugged it in, and it trashed my install :rolleyes:

retrying now :)



LOVE my Audigy2 ZS, u might check in on a Audigy4 :)

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