yala asus engineers must be thinking : "wow, our new glaciator cooler is t3h l33t and pwns every cooler on the planet, so why bother enabling temperature reading"

hi all new 8800gt user..
upgraded recently after i sold my old elsa 8800gts 640mb..
btw mine is gigabyte 8800gt which uses the zalman vf830 hsf..

btw here's my 3dmark06 with my 3.25ghz e6300 and my 8800gt @ 756/1782/1944

wokeh guys...
i just downloaded the OC utility for Gigabyte 8800GT with custom pcb and overvoltage chip..
now, i dont need to mod the bios or hardmod the card to give more juice to the gpu
Gigabyte 8800gt owners rejoice

??? what is that forgive me for being slow
btw the stock voltage for the gpu is 1.10v
and the max voltage that can be set is 1.20v
it's not much but im aiming to break the 1.9ghz shader barrier and as im typing im still scanning artifacts @ 1.890ghz shader

This post has been edited by ben_panced: Feb 2 2008, 11:10 AM

no lar, the utility only works with this gigabyte card:



and this only:



btw, the chip that i circled is the overvoltage controller chip

This post has been edited by ben_panced: Feb 2 2008, 11:23 AM

mine is the 2nd one in the picture..
the one with zalman vf-830alcu hsf...
more powerful hsf than vf-700alcu

wokeh an update,
it seems the shader cannot break the 1.9ghz barrier on 1.2v..
to bad the max voltage that be set is 1.2v
so im stuck with 1.89ghz shader just 10mhz shy of 1.9ghz
btw heres the screenshot for atitool and 3dmark06

yup, tho the performance dont increase much, it's the satisfaction of overclocking is that matters,
besides, if the gpu is operating in a safe temperaure range, u dont have to worry about it..
btw, my 8800gt load temp is about 70c.. and remember i overvolted my gpu core to 1.2v from 1.1v and i oced my 8800gt to 756/1890/1944
so the conclusion is, gigabyte's new 8800gt with zalman vf-830alcu rocks and worth every penny,
lucky i didnt buy 8800gt from other manufacturers

This post has been edited by ben_panced: Feb 2 2008, 04:18 PM

no lar overvolting a little wont hurt ur gpu unless u overvolt like mad..
but it's the temperature that can kill ur cpu or gpu..
so before ocing or overvolting, make sure u have adeaquate cooling first

vincentlaw, good clocks u got there mate,
btw eventho my 8800gt uses samsung gddr3 chips..
i just cant clock it to 2000mhz, guess samsung is not better compared to qimonda afterall..
btw, ur asus 8800gt top vcore is not stock.. that's why the shader can be clocked past 1800mhz mark..
normal 8800gt shader maxed only at around 1700mhz

urs is the card with the zalman hsf isn it??
dont worry, running a fan at 100% of it's rated speed dont mean that they'll spoil faster.
heck i even run my tt bigtyphoon vx fan 100% for more than a year now, and my 1.5 years old tt thunderblade case fan still works fine

This post has been edited by ben_panced: Feb 2 2008, 09:14 PM

yala it's not overclocking that can kill cards rather its the temperature..
just make sure the temp is in a safe range when ocing that's all

does ur zotac 8800gt comes with original hsf??
btw does ur gc clockspeed goes down in 2d mode??

This post has been edited by ben_panced: Feb 3 2008, 11:00 AM

but maybe colorful using 6 layer pcb for it's 8800gt..
from my experience i tried eagle's 8800gt with 6 layer pcb and the temp is damn hot..
eventho eagle disabled the temp sensor when i touched the hsf and the pcb it's damn hot..
way hotter than normal reference pcb 8800gt..
so avoid 6 layer pcb 8800gt at all cost

usually u can find the marking on the edge of the pcb
but reference 8800gt pcb is already 10 layers if im not wrong

This post has been edited by ben_panced: Feb 3 2008, 01:50 PM

i think u accidentally turned on antialiasing or anisotropic filtering..
try to double check and disable it through rivatuner or the nvidia control panel

it all depends on ur bios, u can mod ur bios so ur card runs at different speed..
as an example, my stock gigabyte 8800gt turboforce has 2 settings..
2d mode: 450/1200/1400
3d mode: 700/1700/1900
but when i oc using gigabyte gamer hud, the software forces my card to run @ the same speed for 2d and 3d mode..
if want to manually set my own separate 2d and 3d clockspeed i have to flash my gc's bios which im feeling too lazy to do

no la it's like a car having a powerful engine but only using 3-speed gearbox

yup it's true to a certain degree..
but for cpu intensive games such as world in conflict, even at 1680x1050 u still can see cpu bottleneck..
why don u check the goldfries' article about bottlenecking at his blog, btw i just read it

paham2x la bro..
the g92 is a high end gpu..
720+ transistors.. 65nm manufacturing..
of cosla heat will be an issue, btw i think nvidia should revise their stock 8800gt coolers from 1 slot to 2 slots
that will help to keep the heat problem in check..
btw, my zalman vf-830 alcu hsf is quite good, load temp is around 70 but with my gc runs @ 756/1890/1944 @ 1.2vcore, quite nice eh

yup to reduce cost, but now, there are many manufacturers offering 88gt with all kinds of cooler but with the price comparable to ones with the stock cooler..
there're even 8800gt with custom pcb but with upgraded 3-phase power regulator circuit such as xv 8800gt sonic, gigabyte 8800gt turboforce with custom 2 slot hsf selling at price comparable to reference 8800gt