Nvidia 8500/8600 Series Overclocking and Feedback thread

[HeUeR]

Post here your experiences with this cards !


8600 Series Members:

1. HeUeR - GigaByte 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 @ 650/797
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2. Solaris17 - EVGA 8600GT 256MB GDDR3 @ 725/850
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3. JC316 - MSI 8600GTS OC Edition GDDR3 @ 775/1130
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4. Nemesis881 - MSI 8600GTS GDDR3 @ 765/1120
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5. Paulieg - Leadtek 8600GTS Extreme GDDR3 @ 750/1100
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5. Paradox - XFX 8600GT xXx GDDR3 @ 804/1037
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8500 Series Members:

1. hat - XFX 8500GT 256MB GDDR2 @ 685/880
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Benchmarks:

3DMark 2001:

Paulieg - 48,544 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9516&d=1189834030)
HeUeR - 36,446 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9508&d=1189805145)
Solaris17 - 28,502
hat - Not Tested Yet!
JC316 - Not Tested Yet!
Nemesis881 - Not Tested Yet!


3DMark 2003:

Paulieg - 22,571 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9495&d=1189731235)
JC316 - 21,432 (http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/3damrk03.jpg)
Nemesis881 - 18,055
Solaris17 - 17,831
HeUeR - 17,783 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9506&d=1189805060)
hat - Not Tested Yet!



3DMark 2005:

Paulieg - 14,218 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9489&d=1189729118)
JC316 - 13,174 (http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/3dmark13k.jpg)
Solaris17 - 11,476
HeUeR - 10,316 (http://forums1.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9472&d=1189680774)
Nemesis881 - 10,101
Paradox - 10,000
hat - Not Tested Yet!


3DMark 2006:

Paulieg - 7,333 (http://img.techpowerup.org/070929/3dmark06929.jpg)
JC316 - 6496 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9867&d=1191264631)
Solaris17 - 5,589
Nemesis881 - 5,479
HeUeR - 5,399 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9507&d=1189805066)
Paradox - 5,200
hat - Not Tested Yet!



AquaMark 3:

Paulieg - 171,294 (http://forums1.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9467&d=1189654149)
JC316 - 140,729 (http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/aquamarkintel.jpg)
HeUeR - 135,215 (http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=9509&d=1189805157)
Solaris17 - 108,161
hat - 80,416 (http://img.techpowerup.org/070919/Clipboard01.jpg)
Nemesis881 - Not Tested Yet!

[Solaris17]

I have said 8600GT volt moded EVGA 8600GT 256mb

core 725 mem 850 but i think i need to mod it better with conductive ink...also their are a couple more points i can mod to get more voltage...

scores are

3DMark01:28502
3DMark03:17831
3DMark05:11476
3DMark06:5589
AQMark3:108,161

[Paulieg]

I've ordered a Leadtek 8600gts Extreme 710/1000. It should be here tomorrow. I'll post once I get it rollin'. It's replacing my BFG 7900gs. So far I like the reviews, but we'll see.

[HeUeR]

I've ordered a Leadtek 8600gts Extreme 710/1000. It should be here tomorrow. I'll post once I get it rollin'. It's replacing my BFG 7900gs. So far I like the reviews, but we'll see.

List Updated


Paulieg - ok we will wait till you get your card ! ;)

[cdawall]

i like this thread :D im hoping to update when the 8700s come out i will definatly post those scores for comparo

[JC316]

Add me.

MSI 8600GTS OC edition 775/1130

3dmark 03
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/3damrk03.jpg

05
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/3dmark13k.jpg

Aquamark

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n10/JC316_2006/aquamarkintel.jpg

[Nemesis881]

I have an MSI 8600gts and I love it :D. Max oc i've been able to get to is 765/1120. Plan to SLI in the future when I get a worthy mobo.

Scores:
3dmark06 - 5,479
3dmark05 - 10,101
3dmark03 - 18,055

No screenshots ATM but I'm sure you guys believe me!

[Sovereign]

I have an MSI 8600gts and I love it :D. Max oc i've been able to get to is 765/1120. Plan to SLI in the future when I get a worthy mobo.

Scores:
3dmark06 - 5,479
3dmark05 - 10,101
3dmark03 - 18,055

No screenshots ATM but I'm sure you guys believe me!

WoW! Your OC'ed GTS scored roughly a little over 100 points more than my non oc'ed (on my end) GDDR4 HD2600XT did in 3DMark06! Looks like ATI has come a long way with the drivers! BTW, JC316's card and probably yours as well was the one I was about to go with until I noticed the new performance improvements that the HD2600XTs were getting with the new drivers as well as being less expensive to boot.

[Nemesis881]

WoW! Your OC'ed GTS scored roughly a little over 100 points more than my non oc'ed (on my end) GDDR4 HD2600XT did in 3DMark06! Looks like ATI has come a long way with the drivers! BTW, JC316's card and probably yours as well was the one I was about to go with until I noticed the new performance improvements that the HD2600XTs were getting with the new drivers as well as being less expensive to boot.

ATI has always been better with drivers IMO. But also note that my processor is stock speed ;).

[HeUeR]

News


List Updated: (2 New Members & 7 Test Scores in List)

Solaris17 & Nemesis881

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Nemesis881 tell me please, why you have so low score in 3DMark 2005 !? :wtf:

[Nemesis881]

Nemesis881 tell me please, why you have so low score in 3DMark 2005 !? :wtf:

I'm honestly not sure. I only get 9886 with my card at stock speeds :ohwell:.

[hat]

Do 8500's count? I got mine running 680/880 from 500/667.

[pbmaster]

No Hat, they are too unworthy.

[Sovereign]

No Hat, they are too unworthy.

LoL! :laugh:

Nemesis881, I only had a very slight OC on my processor at the time I ran my 3DMark06 benchmark run. I brought it all the way back down to 2.35GHz because 3DMark06 was just not behaving nicely with my system at speeds any higher than that. I've since figured out what the problem was and am probably going to retest @ 2.85GHz to start out with. That should bring my score waaaaay up. Anyhow, love the card you have and like I said, I was sooo close to getting it myself! ;)

[HeUeR]

No Hat, they are too unworthy.

Hmz no, why so bad ?! I think we can change this Thread name to Nvidia 8500/8600 Series Overclocking and Feedback thread ! This be more intresting ! :toast:


PLEASE some moderator change this thread name to Nvidia 8500/8600 Series Overclocking and Feedback thread


hat - please tell you cards brand and what MHZ you use ?!

[Solaris17]

Hmz no, why so bad ?! I think we can change this Thread name to Nvidia 8500/8600 Series Overclocking and Feedback thread ! This be more intresting ! :toast:


PLEASE some moderator change this thread name to Nvidia 8500/8600 Series Overclocking and Feedback thread


hat - please tell you cards brand and what MHZ you use ?!

done

[Paulieg]

Just installed my Leadtek 8600gts Extreme. I've currently got it clocked at 750/1000. Here's my first run at 3dmark06...

[hat]

http://img.techpowerup.org/070912/3dmark03.jpg

DFI Lanparty UP 590SLI
AMD Athlon64x2 5200+ @2750MHz
2x1GB Crucial DDR2 533 $ 250MHz 4-4-4-12
XFX 8500GT 256MB 128 bit @ 685/880

Will post all requested benchmarks once ran (3DMark01, 03, 05, 06, Aquamark 3)

[Paulieg]

Please add me!!! And here's my Aquamark first run...

[Paulieg]

New Aquamark3 score...not too shabby, ehh? 40,000 higher than my 7900gs. :D

[HeUeR]

List Updated: (2 New Members (Paulieg & hat) & 3 New Test Scores in List)



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Here's mine new score in 3DMark 2005, a little big higher !

[hat]

Heuer... my 8500GT is GDDR2 not GDDR3.

[hat]

OK, I've ran all requested banchmarks. 3DMark 01, 03, 05, 06, AQ3 in that order.
CPU at 2750MHZ, memory at 250MHz 4-4-4-12-12, graphics card at 685 core/880 mem w/ 256mb memory on 128-bit bus, 16 stream processors.

ALL 3Dmark benchmarks at default, AQ3 on "high quality" preset.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/The_F0Qer/3DMark01.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/The_F0Qer/3DMark03.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/The_F0Qer/3DMark05.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/The_F0Qer/3DMark06.jpg
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j157/The_F0Qer/AQ3.jpg

[Paulieg]

Here's my first run at 3dmark05. 14,218! I like this card already!:rockout:

[Paulieg]

Here's 3dmark03....

[Sovereign]

Nice GTS btw, Paulieg! That reminds me, I almost bought a Leadtek 7300GT Extreme for sh*ts and giggles and to see what it was capable of! The egg had em on sale for around $70 shipped at the time.

[HeUeR]

All New Benchmark results are updated ! :toast:

[HeUeR]

OK do some more OC with my card (648Mhz/797Mhz) and new results are these:

3DMark 2001 - 36,446
3DMark 2003 - 17,783
3DMark 2006 - 5,399
AquaMark 3 - 135,215

Jeeey, im 1. Place in the 3dMark 2001 with great handicap :) :toast:

[Paulieg]

Here's my first run at 3dmark01, sorry HeUer!! 48,544! :rockout:

[HeUeR]

Here's my first run at 3dmark01, sorry HeUer!! 48,544! :rockout:

Its all okey man, you have 8600GTS! :D :D So now i am in second place, with great handicap from thrid place :D

Edit: OK you score are submited ! ;)

[papubhai]

my xfx fatality 8600gt is rock solid on 750/900 on my msi 975x platinum pue with e6300 at 2.8 ghz giving more than 6000 in 3dmark06 (default)

[HeUeR]

my xfx fatality 8600gt is rock solid on 750/900 on my msi 975x platinum pue with e6300 at 2.8 ghz giving more than 6000 in 3dmark06 (default)

we need some proof ! :toast:

[Sovereign]

LoL! I found this rather funny and thought I'd share it with the rest of you folks... I've posted this in the HD2400/2600 thread as well, for reference. ;)

With the latest review from TechSpot on 09/12/07 regarding the 8600GTS vs the GDDR3 HD2600XT, his conclusion was as follows :

Therefore, in our comparison (http://www.techspot.com/review/66-radeon-hd-2600xt-vs-geforce-8600gts/page7.html) between the Radeon HD 2600XT and the GeForce 8600 GTS, we have found the Radeon X1950 Pro to be the winner, go figure

The test was soley between an ASUS Geforce 8600GTS and a VisionTek HD2600XT GDDR3 512MB video cards. If you read the full conclusion, you'll notice that he brings the Radeon X1950PRO as well as the Geforce 7900GS from previous testing into the picture to come up with the quote above and thus the final conclusion! :ohwell: :D

[Paulieg]

I find this kind of humorous, as ALL of my testing shows better results out of my 8600gts than my previous card, a BFG 7900gs with a GT chip. For example, my 8600gts gave me almost a 30,000 advantage over the unlocked gs in AM3. All of my 3dmark scores are much better to. I wonder if this review testing was done with early drivers. If not, I don't really see how they got those results...

[hat]

New Aquamark3. Please erase all other banchmarks from my name but Aquamark. Dome with settings in my sig.
http://img.techpowerup.org/070919/Clipboard01.jpg

[HeUeR]

All you results are erased, and AquaMark 3 seult submited :) :toast:

Hmz what with other tests, you run them again or what ?!:wtf:

[TheCrow]

Well im lost for words!

I bought a new zalman cooler for my gts which has brought the temps down loads. It kept hitting 75 degrees on stock speeds and cutting out.

With an overclock to 770/1050 its runs perfectly stable at 52 degrees. Which is a lot better than the 75 i was hitting on stock cooling with stock speeds.

But i run 3dmark 05 and only scored 8818.

What is going on. A user with a 2.2 ghz x2 athlon scored 2000 more than me and both my cpu and graphics are clocked higher!

Can anyone shed any light on why my computer is so slow!

My speci s on the left!

[hercules71185]

I need some help. My aquamark3 score is about 93,000 and 3dmark05 is about 9500. I'm trying to perform a pencil mod for some reason I can't overclock my card much at all without losing performance. After numerous analysis people came to the conclusion more I need more volts. For some reason it just bogs down with no artifacts. the fastest benchmarks I've had have been at stock speeds. any ideas for a little more power?

[Wile E]

I need some help. My aquamark3 score is about 93,000 and 3dmark05 is about 9500. I'm trying to perform a pencil mod for some reason I can't overclock my card much at all without losing performance. After numerous analysis people came to the conclusion more I need more volts. For some reason it just bogs down with no artifacts. the fastest benchmarks I've had have been at stock speeds. any ideas for a little more power?
Check your "pencil mod" thread. I found some links that might help. :toast:

[HeUeR]

I need some help. My aquamark3 score is about 93,000 and 3dmark05 is about 9500. I'm trying to perform a pencil mod for some reason I can't overclock my card much at all without losing performance. After numerous analysis people came to the conclusion more I need more volts. For some reason it just bogs down with no artifacts. the fastest benchmarks I've had have been at stock speeds. any ideas for a little more power?

what card you have from 8600 series?

[HeUeR]

Well im lost for words!

I bought a new zalman cooler for my gts which has brought the temps down loads. It kept hitting 75 degrees on stock speeds and cutting out.

With an overclock to 770/1050 its runs perfectly stable at 52 degrees. Which is a lot better than the 75 i was hitting on stock cooling with stock speeds.

But i run 3dmark 05 and only scored 8818.

What is going on. A user with a 2.2 ghz x2 athlon scored 2000 more than me and both my cpu and graphics are clocked higher!

Can anyone shed any light on why my computer is so slow!

My speci s on the left!

well, you know 100% that you rams running in dual mode?! and check rams timings in bios, that might be work !

[TheCrow]

Is ram running in dual mode not good?
I can confirm it is running in dual mode.

But with the timings i have lots to chage but don't really know what to set them to.

[hat]

Dual channel is better than single :P
Generally, lower is better. 4-4-4-12 is really good for DDR2.

[hercules71185]

Well im lost for words!

I bought a new zalman cooler for my gts which has brought the temps down loads. It kept hitting 75 degrees on stock speeds and cutting out.

With an overclock to 770/1050 its runs perfectly stable at 52 degrees. Which is a lot better than the 75 i was hitting on stock cooling with stock speeds.

But i run 3dmark 05 and only scored 8818.

What is going on. A user with a 2.2 ghz x2 athlon scored 2000 more than me and both my cpu and graphics are clocked higher!

Can anyone shed any light on why my computer is so slow!

My speci s on the left!

your stock temps with your stock cooler was 75C?

[Paulieg]

Please update my 3dmark06 score!!http://img.techpowerup.org/070923/3dmark062.png[/IMG]

[HeUeR]

Paulieg your score updated !:toast:

[hercules71185]

what card you have from 8600 series?
I have the 8600gt by leadtek. people have overclocked it to 660 and 1600 but, if I go above 560/1500 it slows down and stock is 540 and 1400

[Paulieg]

http://img.techpowerup.org/070925/3dmark06high.png

My latest....Please update

[HeUeR]

Paulieg your score updated !

hehe dont have time for OC, now i playing Project Entropia :toast::rolleyes:

[-=l32andon=-]

http://img.techpowerup.org/070925/X2 @3009MHz GPU @612MHz x 712.80MHz = 15340032.jpg

[HeUeR]

ok, if you whanna come to our ''club'' we need to know what brand card you have and write please your cards frequences too :) :toast:

[-=l32andon=-]

If you were referring to me HeUeR, I just wanted to submit an 8600gt score for this thread. But I would like very much to join the club! Ok, I have two PNY 8600gt's. Got them from best buy. I run them in my Opty 170 rig but they have been idle for awhile. The 3DMark03 screenie is from a single card. The specs are 540MHz Core Clock & 1190MHz Shader Clock. IMO, the PNY 8600GT could be one of the weakest 8600GT available. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/9218/dsc00360dr5.th.jpg (http://img146.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00360dr5.jpg)http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/4346/dsc00369lf2.th.jpg (http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00369lf2.jpg)

[Paulieg]

Paulieg your score updated !

hehe dont have time for OC, now i playing Project Entropia :toast::rolleyes:

It doesn't show as updated.....:wtf:

[hercules71185]

http://img.techpowerup.org/070925/X2 @3009MHz GPU @612MHz x 712.80MHz = 15340032.jpg

what nvidia application do you have running on the right?

[-=l32andon=-]

It is RivaTuner.

[hat]

When you OC your core, your shaders automatically OC themselves to some funky ratio. However you'll find that you can max out your core and your shaders laugh at it in disgust.

//I NEVER use software to OC ANYTHING. My card is oc'd via BIOS... I did temporarialy OC with ntune, but when I found some nice comfy clocks I BIOS flashed it.

[pt]

Can I Torch This Club?
Please? :)

[HeUeR]

-=l32andon=- - how can you run the cards in SLI of i see you dont have SLI Bridge! :wtf:

[-=l32andon=-]

"I run them in my Opty 170 rig but they have been idle for awhile." The whole rig has been idled for awhile. I got the bridge sitting on my shelf.

[Rainmann420]

Hay Guys,
Just Built my new System See Left menu for details, I have the gigabyte 8600gt with passive cooling and lovin it. Even though this is my 3rd system that i have built over the years, it is the first that i want to OC. So here is my question what Temps are good for for the GPU or should i say safe right now i have not OC and like i said the cards have Heatpipe Tech on them and factory settings are as follows Core 600Mhz and Memory 720Mhz running at 40C to 45C with my nForce at 55C to 68C ? And i am getting some good (well i think) benchmarks. Second i was thinking about adding them to my Water cooling loop before i OC if i need to keep temps down does anyone know will the water blocks for the 8800gts work on these cards i cant see much difference between the the two cards but what the hell do i know.... i put my pre-OC benchmark scores in my sig hope it shows up, Cheers guys :respect:

[Paulieg]

LOL, there is no way in hell your system got 7814 in 3dmark06...not possible. Good effort though. Take a look at my system stats, and I can't get close to that score. Please post screenshots of your benchmarks. You may want to check with the manufacture of the water block to make sure it is compatible. You certainly don't want to get it wrong when using WC.

[DOM]

LOL, there is no way in hell your system got 7814 in 3dmark06...Good effort though. Please post screenshots of your benchmarks.

Gigabyte 8600gt 256mb DDR3 SLI

[Paulieg]

Then it really doesn't make sense, since he only got 113,000 in AM3........confused???

[DOM]

Then it really doesn't make sense, since he only got 113,000 in AM3........confused???
CPU and there not OCed

[Paulieg]

It's interesting though, he beat me by 600 in 3dmark06, and I pounded his AM3 score by 60,000 pts....WTF?

[Rainmann420]

LOL, there is no way in hell your system got 7814 in 3dmark06...not possible. Good effort though. Take a look at my system stats, and I can't get close to that score. Please post screenshots of your benchmarks. You may want to check with the manufacture of the water block to make sure it is compatible. You certainly don't want to get it wrong when using WC.

I assure you these are true benchmarks and as soon as i figure out how to post pics in this forum i will, and yes i am running 2 8600gt in SLI as both of these cards cost me less than one 8800ultra which was the other option i was thinking about. $400 Australian versus $900 to $1000 plus for one, hopefully next year if the price drops i would still like to get 2 of them. when i first put the system togeather i ran 3DMark06 with only one card and got a score of around 4500 give or take cant be exact though it was a month ago. Cheers guys

[Paulieg]

I'm just suprised at the 3dmark06 score, when the AM3 was quite low. I do believe you though, since you have 2 in SLI. I didn't see that at first. My bad.

[Rainmann420]

It's interesting though, he beat me by 600 in 3dmark06, and I pounded his AM3 score by 60,000 pts....WTF?

interesting i must admit, not to cut hairs but it was 116,971 not 113 :cry:
now i feel stupid i just saw the quick image upload i will post screen shots shortly

[Paulieg]

http://img.techpowerup.org/070929/3dmark06929.jpg

New high score, 7333....please update!!

[Rainmann420]

http://img.techpowerup.org/070929/3dmark06929.jpg

New high score, 7333....please update!!

Ok i just got the new Forceware drivers :rockout:

[Rainmann420]

whoops im a noob lets try that again

Ok i just got the new Forceware drivers :rockout:
http://img.techpowerup.org/070929/06 results1772.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/070929/aqua3879.jpg

[TheCrow]

Nice score mate!

Good to see the x2's managing to get a good score!

[jacky1982]

Thanks for this valuable thread!

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[JC316]

Here is my 3dmark06 scores.

[pt]

Here is my 3dmark06 scores.

nice score, but i think i will beat it tomorrow :D:D:D:D

[Paulieg]

Should we have a seperate list for those who hahave their 8500/8600 series cards in SLI, like rainmann?

[HeUeR]

Should we have a seperate list for those who hahave their 8500/8600 series cards in SLI, like rainmann?

i think we can write in this list Sli members :toast:

[Paradox]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/PaRaDoX_seal/804n1037.jpg
XFX 8600GT xXx 540mhz edition + VF900cu
5200 in 3dmark06
10000 in 05

[hercules71185]

seriously how are you guys overclocking this high all vmodding?

[HeUeR]

seriously how are you guys overclocking this high all vmodding?

no, with standart cooling and standart Volts, some days later i think i create Vmod :):toast:

Paradox, i think you score is very low because the problem to you PC is CPU ! I have lower Mhz to Core and Mem but i get higher results !

[Paradox]

Paradox, i think you score is very low because the problem to you PC is CPU ! I have lower Mhz to Core and Mem but i get higher results !

I know, just replaced it with a e6300@3.2ghz Sold the card awhile back though, bought this
2600XT and have not looked back...

seriously how are you guys overclocking this high all vmodding?

I had 1.7v going into the core and 2.5v into the memory, aye, voltmoded.

[mrw1986]

3DMark05: 11151 3DMarks
3DMark06: 5596 3DMarks
MSI 8600GT (Model# NX8600GT-T2D256EZ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127293))
Stock: 540/700/1400
Overclock: 660/850/1800 (Flashed a custom BIOS)
Temps: 39C Idle/51C Load
CPU: Intel E6300 (Running at 2097.91mhz using SetFSB because of mobo limitations)

I tried volt modding the card with VRs and it failed...miserably and almost killed the card. I have the card back to the Overclock settings, but now there are little yellow dots when I check for artifacts no matter what I have the clocks set too. ATITool doesn't pick them up as artifacts though.

http://img.techpowerup.org/071019/11151-3DMark05.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/071019/5596-3DMark06.jpg

EDIT: I raised the video clocks as well as the CPU clocks.

[hat]

My final clocks are 667/866/1100 via BIOS flash.

[hercules71185]

ok I got a new motherboard and that helped out A LOT!!!!!! I think before I overclocked it bogged down.. Now its effective! My 3dmark05 went to 11,000 now and my aquamark3 didn't go up much but, still did to 101,000
1 more question whats the easiest way to do screenshots? I do them but, never the easy way. I print screen open up microsoft word, save as web page.. open web page and rick click picture and save as the name I want. in games all I do is use fraps and hit f10 and its fine.. any easy way while on the desktop?

[Tech9]

Xfx8600gt @ 700/900 17560marks in 2003

[pt]

click printscreen
open paint
paste
cut (if needed)
save

[Solaris17]

seriously how are you guys overclocking this high all vmodding?

i vmod

[fatih-8]

http://img.techpowerup.org/071102/adsız.pnghi this is my first message and here is my scores
http://img.techpowerup.org/071102/2222.pngmy card is palit 8500 gt super ddr2 512 mb@700/875

[Solaris17]

Heres something for you guys click on the link in my sig.

[Black Light]

what are the settings for the scores?

[Solaris17]

mine?

[Black Light]

no just in general for the bench tests

[Solaris17]

3d mark all stock settings no tweaking the rez etc.

[hat]

680/1066/866 new bios flash

[pingwei]

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/246/3dmark2006nr2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/2016/aquamark7021000fm0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

My Card : POV 8600gt @ 702/2000
3dmark2006 : 6086
Aquamark : 131,649

[sheep]

Hi, ive just purchased a Gigabyte Geforce 8600GT (GV-NX86T256H) and ive installed Ntune and see that the stock frequencies are at 600/720.

Can someone plz advise me what safe frequencies i can bump the above to? (ie. without any special cooling equipment etc, just purely using the stock fan the card came with)

thank you very much in advance

[hat]

Stock cooling is fine as long as you don't overvolt. You'll have to determine the clocks for yourself as no 2 cards are different. Do it one part at a time. Clock the core until it's unstable, back it down by 5MHz until it is stable again. Then back it down 10MHz. Same for mem. Find a nice comfortable number.

[sheep]

sorry for asking stupid questoins... how will i keep track of the stability.... by looking at the temp?

also how high should i slide them before starting to back them down again? (i.e 600 to +/-650 and 720 to +/-840 ?)

[cdawall]

run 3dmark05 a couple times and watch for artifacts

[wolf]

XFX 8600 GT Extreme ZM 600M SLi

wrote my own bios as following: Core: 700 Shader: 1836 Memory: 1800

much better performance than stock shader multi at 750 core, which was 750/1540, it seems the shaders make a huge difference.

im planning a vmod very soon to get 800+ on the core and 2ghz+ on the shaders

scores 10,775 06' 3dmarks in SLi, 6,682 in sinlge card mode, and 320fps in Lightsmark2007

pics to back up 3dmark scores if u want em.

[pt]

wich 3dmark?

[wolf]

06 naturally, i think my scores are actually decently high up for this thread too.

[pt]

i didn't saw it was sli
pretty good scores :)

[wolf]

cheers :D, it took butloads of tweaking and eventually my own modded bios to get it working sweet

[wolf]

revised single card score is 6939 06'3dmarks

@ core:729 shader:1912 mem:1900

[wolf]

3d mark 03 saw 21,219 points for a single card

so thats 6939 in 06'
and its 21,219 in 03'

both single card (second one is being fixed as we speak)
any chance of being placed on the scoreboard or will i need screenies to back it up...

sof ar the only cards beating me are GTS's and not by much at all, in fact im beating a GTS i think, and all the other GT's

[Jizzler]

That's pretty good.

Mine: 8600GTS 783/1836/1098, P4D @ 4Ghz (250Mhz), nVidia 169.25 WHQL.

3DMark06: 6146
3DMark05: 10156
3DMark03: 20680
3DMark01: 22181 (?)

Haven't maxed the card, but I'll need some Core 2 action to make any significant difference.

[Jizzler]

Yup.

891/1890/1098 = 6215 in 3DMark06.

[Nemesis881]

new 06 score! 5777 lol

found a way to get alot more out of my card...gonna be doing more testing over the next few days and I'm gonna make it to 6000!! :rockout:

[wolf]

core 2 duo at 3.20ghz is whats boosting my score, what im interested in is a volt mod, cos now my core/shader ratio is higher, around 2.6 so if i can get my core to around or over 800mhz, that would be 2.0ghz + on the shaders, i think with a tweaked shader ratio and the vmod this card could see 7500+ o6' 3dmarks.....so all i need is a multimeter now.

http://users.tpg.com.au/b3rtrand//gpuz.8600gtbmod.bmp

a screenie of gpuz and my custom bios, i love the simplicity of your own bios, then you dont need apps to o/c anymore, you need them in the beginning to see whats stable then flash it on and bam. theres about the same difference between my this card/bios and a stock 8600gts, as a 8600gt is to a gts.

8600GT - 8600GTS - ...."8600GTX" :D (see it in the screenie of gpuz :P)

[Solaris17]

XFX 8600 GT Extreme ZM 600M SLi

wrote my own bios as following: Core: 700 Shader: 1836 Memory: 1800

much better performance than stock shader multi at 750 core, which was 750/1540, it seems the shaders make a huge difference.

im planning a vmod very soon to get 800+ on the core and 2ghz+ on the shaders

scores 10,775 06' 3dmarks in SLi, 6,682 in sinlge card mode, and 320fps in Lightsmark2007

pics to back up 3dmark scores if u want em.

my mods got my 810/1050/1784 or something its as far as riva tuner allows look aty my gpu-z link in my sig.

[wolf]

what mods did you do exactly ^^ solaris, as i said im keen to push 800 core and 2ghz shaders, then these cards will really fly

[Solaris17]

ya they will i did the bios mod i adjusted the timings and i increased the voltage the pencil trick will get you 1.4~1.5 depending on how good and thick you put it and i have 2.4 on the mem...

[wolf]

well i got an 8800GT 2 days ago so im really into that atm, but in a few days when i get back onto the 8600GT on my second monitor, ill have to try that pencil mod and push 800 core....i can feel it.....it wants to go 800.....

[Solaris17]

o and it will im waiting for my resistors..with the pencil trick and the resistors soldered in place and an adjustment of cooling youll break 1ghz core.

[wolf]

i am so in for that, ill start with the pencil and wait for pics of how you do the resistors :P

800 core here i come, oh and the 8600gt's are done by xfx and came with zalman vf700's i believe, so not much need for more cooling there at all.

[DonGonzo]

The maximum stable overclock I've gotten out of my 8600GTS is 850/1150 Core/Memory.
The card has been voltage modded, but not to the point of adding resistors or anything... mostly just little workarounds here and there.

It scored 6999 on 3DMark06.

[wolf]

heres an official pic of my wikid 8600GT 3dmark score, can i be put on the scoreboard now plz ??? :P

http://users.tpg.com.au/b3rtrand//86gt06.JPG

as of yet its definatly one of the best 8600GT scores ive ever seen, especially for stock volts all around, proud to have it. :D

[DonGonzo]

Word of mouth isn't taken well in these parts is it? So be it, add me to my rightful place in the list S.V.P.

11637
11638

Card MFG: BFG Tech
Model: 8600GTS-OC
Bus: PCI-e
Clock: 880Core 1166Memory

Let me know if you need anything more to add me to my place on the list =D

-Gonzo

[wolf]

i got a replacement 8600GT today, they were kind enough to replace my extreme 600m edition with the XXX 680m, however it doesnt seem to clock as high....

stock extreme: 600/1310/1500
stock xxx : 680/1360/1600

so stock for stock its faster, but i had the extreme @ 700/1836/1800

this card isnt stable at 700 core, it isnt stable at 1836 shaders, i guess im just a little dissapointed...

any thoughts solaris?

[Solaris17]

perhaps voltage modification or a cooling prob not with the core but make sure your ram and the mosfets on the back of the board arent getting to hot if they are see if you can put a little fan someware blowing on them.

[candle_86]

had one before my 7950GT, eVga 8600GT SC, great card.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=1992903

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3052408

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9202050

couldnt get 2k3 to work on it for some reason back when i had it, but these are the benchmarks ran, also i got the core to 700 with a voltmod and ram to 900 with volt mod but ran to hot with stock HSF so undid the work and steped it up to 7950GT

[wolf]

ok ive got the xxx @ 720/1728/1700 ..... still not where i had my 2 lower clocked cards @ ...

oh and solaris, do you think you can track down a trustworthy vmod guide on the 8600GT's from XFX, they dont use a reference board, i think theirs is unique

[wolf]

ok solaris i need help, i was flashing my 8600gt with a higher clocked duplicate bios, and for some reason now it thinks its a 8600M gts and errors a bunch, and when i try to flash it back to original bios its says theres no adapter found or maybe its no matching adapter....wtf, how can i force a flash?

[Solaris17]

first go into yout bios...make sure that in nibitor the name of the card is 8600GT or w/e by your company...then type the following while trying to flahs...




nvflash -4 -5 -6 orig.rom that includes tehf orce command try that or try
nvflash -4 -5 -6 -y orig.rom

[wolf]

well now a bad roms has been flashed onto it so i dont think it will abck up my original, jsut the bad one.

[wolf]

and i have 2 adapters in atm, the 8800GT and the one it now thinks is a 8600M GTS, so i dont want to now accidentally write over the 8800GT's bios....

[Solaris17]

here dude try this its a 8600GT you say? do you have the orig bios for it?

[wolf]

yeah i made a backup in windows, however thats the bios i modified and flashed on. i do have an original made from gpu-z ... G84.bin

[candle_86]

mvktech.net has alot of bios's just go there find your brand and flash it

[Solaris17]

hey wolfe give me the details on your 8600 xfx nvidia etc.... and is it a GT or GTS ill hook you up with some solaris modz...if youd like.

[wolf]

its a XFX 8600GT XXX stock clocks of 680 core and 1600 memory

the stock bios is 60.84.58.00.70, and i tried to flash it back on but since now my 8600 thinks its a mobile GTS ... it says theres no match to flash the file to...

[Solaris17]

kk gimme a sec.

[Solaris17]

kk here you go remember the flash parameters youll have to reinstall drivers...but that should work i tweaked some stuff but your core mem and shader have been adjusted to match your cards original freq and type...it will show up as a xfx 8600GT at 680/1700/800

nvflash -4 -5 -6 modded.rom

[Solaris17]

if that doesnt work give me your gpu-z dump of the orig and ill see whats up :)

[wolf]

legend m8. ill try it now

[Solaris17]

kk man remember to tell me how it goes :)

o shit wait dude ur in australia? do you use pal or ntsc? cause ill need to change the card bios for that.

[wolf]

well i got the stock bios back on ok, ended up getting gung ho and forgetting to put ur bios on the floppy, but with the nvflash -4 -5 -6 command and my 8800GT OUT of the box it worked fine, originally it almost forcebly overwrote my 8800...and i was all like *ESC ESC ESC CTRL+ALT+DELETE*

its so weird, ive done heaps of modified bios's before on heaps of cards and this is the only one thats screwed up, and in such a weird way.... i just dont get why it would think its a 8600M GTS considering all i did was upped the clocks on my original bios and flashed that....

so what did you tweak in your bios? heres my original.

ima also start writing up a 8800 tweak and info guide soon, prolly email it to ya when its done so you can go thru and edit and get it ready for a post

[Trisail]

Was looking for info to overclock my new EVGA 8600 GTS. Ended up here. All stock cooling and no mods. Not sure what else to say right now. What can I do from here?

Thanks,

Trisail

[wolf]

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=44216

shy of that working solaris or i could walk you thru it in baby steps.

hope we can help. wolf.

[candle_86]

Was looking for info to overclock my new EVGA 8600 GTS. Ended up here. All stock cooling and no mods. Not sure what else to say right now. What can I do from here?

Thanks,

Trisail

first off, get rivetuner and find your max overclocks or use ntune, doesnt really matter.

Other things are this

that card is refrance PCB so a volt mod guide is avaible and i suggest getting at minimum a vf-900 to cool it voltmoded

[Solaris17]

all i modded was the preformance levels how it shows up did a fan mod etc...and of course made sure it showed up as a real 8600 not a mobile... but wait till i check ur orig to see if its pal or ntsc then after i repost up the modded one or tell you the one i posted above is fine go ahead and try to flash to that youll need to reinstall your drivers though but glad everythings getting better for ya.

[Solaris17]

all right wolf the orig bios i posted a couple posts ago will work your card doesn't use pal so were good.

[wolf]

hey solaris, your 8600gt bios is maybe off?

your bios says 00.05.00.12.45 and G84 Board p402h00
and mine says 60.84.58.00.70 and G84 Board p402h01

will yours work on my card?

[Solaris17]

ya its just because its been modified

[wolf]

cool well i used your tweaks and made a new bios running 742.5/1836/1700 so the core can ramp up a bit more but the memory wont budge.

does adjusting the voltage table and setting 1.4v actually result in 1.4v vcore?

[BrooksyX]

Hey guys would it be worth selling my leadtek 8600gt to my friend and pick up a 8600gts or should I just slap some arctic silver 5 on the gt and bios mod it.

If I were to bios mod it am I able to bump the voltage higher than stock or does that need to be done via hardware mod. Also what would be a good speed for the Shader clock, I am unable to change it in Riva tuner. The shader can oc much higher than the core, right?

[wolf]

wait for 9600gt, it will replace the 8600 series and be FAR superior, twice as many Sp's, 12 ROP's up from 8, and the muchly needed 256bit memory bus.

[BrooksyX]

Okay, sounds like its time to mod the heck out of my 8600gt then.

Last night I was able to oc it to core: 680, mem: 815, & shader: 1500 on stock voltage and cooling. Seemed to be really stable, ran all the way through 3dmarks06, got a score of about 5010. Temps were around 55c idle and 75c load. If I tried to oc it any higher I would get artifiacts or windows would freeze and I would have to reboot.

How much further do you think I could push it by modding the bios? Also if I get a bad flash, could I reflash it with the onboard video, or do I need a pci video card?

[wolf]

force the fan to run at 100% with ntune or rivatuner, that should give you some more headroom, you should see clocks of around 700/1700/1600 core/shader/mem

[BrooksyX]

Okay, first I need to replace the stock paste with some arctic silver 5. I am all out but will try to pick some up in the next day or too. That should allow me to up it some more. I don't want to set the fan all the way up because I like to keep my pc on the quieter side.

[wolf]

aftermarket cooler ftw, they cool way better and waaaay quieter in general, i'm lucky my 8600gt's aren't a reference pcb, and have Zalman VF700-Al's on em stock, which means even at 100% the fan's noise increase is indistinguishable from slow moving 120mm fans, and i havent ever seen temps over 65 degrees c

i'd reccommend them as an ample cooler for the 8600 series, and they can be had at 20-25$ USD i believe, its not the beefyest tho so if you plan on reusing the cooler on a latter card then maybe go something better.

[BrooksyX]

Yeah, I plan on replacing the stock cooling in the next month or too, especially since the video card is the loudest thing in my system.

I was considering this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186017
It would match my arctic freezer 64 pro I just bought. The next upgrade on my list though is to pick up an Athlon x2 5000 black edition.

[Solaris17]

hey also lap the cooler or core if you want to go that far it will well in my case it dropped my idle like 4ºC and my max load has plummited by like 13ºC

[wolf]

got a link to a lapping guide? id like to lap my 8800GT's core the 2 8600's and my core 2 duo, and all of their coolers too, then go as5 on em, should be a nice tweak to the whole system in one go.

[Solaris17]

absolutely here is one by our very own dave and the one i used.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=41080&highlight=lapping

[Solaris17]

i really wish i another 8600 i would so love to sli them...do you know were to get an sli bridge wolf? im really interested in doing it but iv looked on newegg and cant seem to find them...and the cards im looking at dont come with one.

[BrooksyX]

Ebay probably has them.

[BrooksyX]

I added some arctic silver 5 to my 8600gt this afternoon. I noticed that the ram isn't even touching the heatsink, there wasn't even any paste on the ram. Is this holding back my ram?

[fitseries3]

can anyone tell me the temps on their e8400 @ stock?

[Solaris17]

can anyone tell me the temps on their e8400 @ stock?

um what?

I added some arctic silver 5 to my 8600gt this afternoon. I noticed that the ram isn't even touching the heatsink, there wasn't even any paste on the ram. Is this holding back my ram?

ya that most definitely would...did you look at my guide and tighten the screws accordingly?

[fitseries3]

what are typical temps for the e8400 at stock voltage and speed?

[Solaris17]

were talking about the 8400 graphics card right?

[wolf]

no it would seem he is talking about the new 45nm core 2 processor....

as for an sli bridge solaris, ebay definatly has them, short of that i got my floppy asus sli bridge with my P5N32-E SLi, but i have the feeling a few good comp stores around here would sell them for <20$ US, so you mite be able to get one over the counter.

sort of THAT, buy a SLi mobo, keep the SLi bridge and return it with a defect....:P

as to that lapping guide, can you lap the gpu itself? or does it need to have a shim on it, i have a feeling ima start rubbing away parts of the gpu...

[fitseries3]

yes.... how hot does a evga or any brand 8400gs run? i've got one in a customers machine and i just was wondering hot hot it should be. does anyone know?

[Solaris17]

idle shes probably around 45-50C idle with stock everything


thnx wolf im really in the market for another 8600 i just need to scrunge up the cash...and i want to sli.


and no you dont need a shim...i just kinda polish mine..its already pretty smooth so you go out and get your self some emery cloth and just polish it up...it doenst take enough away to require a shim but it smoothes it out enough to drop the degrees!

[wolf]

oh my bad with the 8400... i really did think you were lost and taking about an intel E8400.

cheers sol, ima go and get some sandpaper in the next few days and lap up the whole comp :D.....well anywhere where theres heat transfer.

as i remember the 8400gs is passively cooled, so it may get decently warm, but i dare say it would never ever be enough to worry about unless your going for big overclocks, which i hear the 8500GT/8400GS are damn good at actually.

i saw an article where they got one that was stock clocked at 460 core (up from 400) and they oc'ed it up to the + side of 750mhz....you mite wanna point a fan at it at that stage...

oh and @ sol, i really did enjoy 2 8600"s in SLi, theyre a good pair to start with if youve never done SLi before, and together with a nice o/c (which for you wont be a problem) they will chop a G80GTS/HD3850, ive had SLi 8600GT's @ 10,700 3dmarks. also you only need to be running upwards of about 1024x768 + 2xAA to start seeing huge benefits, like 60%+ framerates over single gpu config.

[Solaris17]

sweet dude thnx for the info im gonna get on that...

[BrooksyX]

ya that most definitely would...did you look at my guide and tighten the screws accordingly?[/QUOTE]

Its just the way the cooler is designed, there was no stock paste on the ram. I cut up an old socket a heatsink and tried to make little shims for the ram but I couldn't get enough pressure on the gpu because they were to tall. I guess I will just have to get a third party cooler. I am really liking the accelero s2 since it would only cost about $21. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186017
The accelero s1 seems a little better but is out of stock and newegg and costs more anyways. The only thing I am worried about is that if the s2 compatible with the a 38xx/8800, which I plan on upgrading to eventually.

What do you guys think?

[wolf]

doiiiiii, cant say im a "fan" of stock cooling, aftermarket ftw, and arctic cooling have always done a great job.

[BrooksyX]

So should I settle for the s2 or go with the s1?

[wolf]

either should be ample, whatever's the best deal, although the one ive heard the most about is the s1

[Solaris17]

w0ot getting my variable resistors on friday......time for the huge clocks its F#$%^in game time.

[PrudentPrincess]

I have a XFX 8600gt 256mb XXX edition clocked at 680/1700/980, just decided to post my results here before I buy my XFX 8800gt. Pretty impressive 3DMark 06' scores, I really want to meet the guy with over 8000. :laugh:
Here's a screenie:
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1249/screeniemv4.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screeniemv4.jpg)

[wolf]

lol, same card as me, and i got the xfx 8800gt too :P it was an awesome move and a great ocer, but ive scored 6939 on 06 with my 8600GT:pimp: and with a crappyer processor too :nutkick:

i also would like to see the person scoreing 8000+ on an 8600GT, a quad core overclocked could get you to ~7500 and a vmod could take care of the rest.

@sol, hey dude where do you get the variable resistors from? me wantie :roll:

[Solaris17]

hmmm i got a bunch last year b4 i graduated from my robotics class and my bud was holding them...but alot of mom and pop pc shops.....not like frys or whatever carrythem around here..you might actually be lucky enough to find them a circuit city or marshells and walmart some times carrys random resistors...your looking for inbetween 20 and 50 ohms

[BrooksyX]

I know radio shack has tons of resistors. I think there pretty cheap too.

[quadomatic]

Which 8600 GT (vendor) do you guys recommend I buy for getting the best speeds with voltmod and OC'ing? What speeds can I expect? What kind of performance can I expect in Crysis with these speeds?

Thanks

[Solaris17]

8600 from evga or xfx would prob be your best bet...if you look at my mod guide though in my sig you can see whats up about the speeds.....with the resistors im going to get i can push 1ghz core with a really good core etc...also if your into extreme volt mods my mod guide shows a couple of company's you can do that with.

[quadomatic]

8600 from evga or xfx would prob be your best bet...if you look at my mod guide though in my sig you can see whats up about the speeds.....with the resistors im going to get i can push 1ghz core with a really good core etc...also if your into extreme volt mods my mod guide shows a couple of company's you can do that with.

Some people mentioned the Palit and the Inno3D. Do you think with the eVGA or XFX 8600GT I can get 900mhz Core and 2000mhz Mem?

Also, would I need to replace the cooler? Would an Accelero S2 work? There are 2 MSI 8600GTs on Newegg; one with a heatpipe cooler and one with a Zalman. Would replacing the cooler with an Accelero S2 get me a better OC?

Would I near HD3850 performance with the volt mod and OC to 900mhz Core and 2000mhz mem?

What kind of performance could I expect in crysis with voltmod and oc?

[BrooksyX]

If I were you I would just spend the extra on a 3850. Im regretting that I got the 8600gt, its worth spending the extra $50 for the 3850 and plus it is a lore more future proof so it will save you money when you don't have to upgrade in a year.

[hercules71185]

If I were you I would just spend the extra on a 3850. Im regretting that I got the 8600gt, its worth spending the extra $50 for the 3850 and plus it is a lore more future proof so it will save you money when you don't have to upgrade in a year.

vmodding helps a bit, but, its not like a new card. YES get the 3850 over it. To vmod you spend 30 on the cooling system like fans or whatever you choose. I upgraded for the same reason. vmodding just helps like 10% max. the 3850 is double the speed. So its smarter.

[strmchaasr]

Hi, Im new here, I noticed there is virtually no talk of PNY 8600GT cards. I just picked one up for my new quad core computer Dull Inspiron 530 for less than 70$ at a well known brick and mortar store. Seems to run well at stock has a 3D Mark 06 score of 4758. Any reason PNY is neglected

[wolf]

nah theyre a decent brand, start over clocking that baby to really see her fly!

i've easily gotten 20%+ more performance out of my 8600GT's thru overclocking, and writing an overclocked bios

[Solaris17]

xfx and other brands like evga are more popular and after i wrote my mod guide ppl realized their isnt a diff between the brands so no card card was targeted as the best because with moddification all cards are equal.

[strmchaasr]

Thanks for the input I really appreciate it. I will attempt the overclock, when I upgrade the lousy 350 Watt Power supply that came with the system. I dont think it will be able to handle the overclock, unless you folks think differently.

[wolf]

well an 8600GT doesnt require more power than the pci express slot itself can give.....

to be honest a good psu is always a good move, but in your shoes, i would install rivatuner and start overclocking now.... bust just cos i would do it, doesn't mean its the right thing :D

[mlee49]

Check this out! Sweet oc on the card w/mild oc on the cpu!:rockout:

[Solaris17]

Thats pretty impressive bud most deff keep it up!!

[mlee49]

yeah I wanna push the CPU to at least 3GHz, I'll need to tweak my cooling options.

[Solaris17]

go for it dude lap the cooler reapply paste and push you have to beat my epic 8400pts

[strmchaasr]

I thought I would go ahead an try to oveerclock my 8600gt with stock 350 psu. I can do up to about 580gpu and and 1300 shader, Stock is 540 and 1180. Anything more and my screen locks up on 3dMark06 test. As it stands the base card score was 4758 and oc was 4989 meager improvement. My temperature during the tests didnt push more than about 58C. Idle temperature was 55C after slight tweak and fan setting of 100% idle temp was 49C


Im extremly green with this stuff anyways

[Solaris17]

ya that would be your psu holding you back if you get a better one though youll be able to push alot farther.

[HeUeR]

Hello! Its been long time i have been here :) Sorry for bad english ;)

So somebody have 8600GT from Gigabyte with Heatpipe II technology!?

Hmz my oc is limited, because when shader klock cross "line" i cant run tests ! HMzz what you can tell me !?

[Solaris17]

with a volt mod the stable oc is suually 820/1725/1000

[Scrizz]

lol I can't belive I didn't post this here....

http://img.techpowerup.org/080316/7221.jpg

here are some pics of the card:
srry about the quality(cell phone cam)

http://img.techpowerup.org/080316/top.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/080316/side.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/080316/back.jpg

[wolf]

noice, cracked 7000!

[jbruneau]

I managed to push my graphics card, to get that little extra performance boost, before resorting to the ever expensive system upgrade ;)!

I haven't OC'd my GPU since back in the 6800GT AGP days, *rofl*! I didn't do too bad on stock, but ran out of headroom very very fast. After changing to the Sytrin KuFormula VF1 Plus things are really looking up! Managed to get it up to 775 Core / 1135 Mem / 1637 Shaders. I have an AC Accelero S1 and Turbo Module here that I want to try against the Sytrin, some time....I am using ATITool to OC and test for artifacts, along with 3DMark06 as a stablilty test.

GPU-Z -- http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/6r9gz/
3DMark06 -- http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=6384362
PCMark05 -- http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm05=1504105

Small OC on the CPU going on as well, Opteron 170 (200x10 Stock) to 250x10. I had the system running 280x10 in my old DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert but I changed it out for the ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe. Can't keep the same OC on this board.

Too lazy and not enough time to figure out if its the CPU holding it back or a memory alpha timing.


Oh, BTW, No volt mods here ;)

[Wyshniukas]

ASUS EN8500GT SILENT/HTD/256M/DDR2
Original HS was replaced with Zalman VF900-CU cooler.
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/gfvzq/ - OC'ed 750/500/1500

[mlee49]

ASUS EN8500GT SILENT/HTD/256M/DDR2
Original HS was replaced with Zalman VF900-CU cooler.
http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/gfvzq/ - OC'ed 750/500/1500

Nice oc, but does it bench? Lay down some 3d06 and some Aquamark scores and post'em scores!

[Wyshniukas]

Nice oc, but does it bench? Lay down some 3d06 and some Aquamark scores and post'em scores!

Yes, it does...I have attached few screenshots.

[MrHydes]

anyone allready with E8600?

[dannylill1981]

Leadtek Winfast PX8500GT TDH 256mb ddr2 675/1000

aquamark 3:87156
3d mark 01:24425
3d mark 03:11336
3d mark 05:7081
3d mark 06:3507

havnt run the rest yet, will do shortly must say its a cracking card considering i only paid £25 for it off of ebay.........

card is here http://www.leadtek.com.tw/eng/3d_graphic/overview.asp?lineid=1&pronameid=342