Hi, I got my 9600gt last weeks and i was quite happy about it. I head about there is some Over Clock Protection or Over Voltage Protection chip on it, so cant overclock over the limit unless some hardmod is done on the card. Here is my result:

Manli 9600gt 512mb ddr3
3dmark06 11578 at 730/1800/1050

I got some crash problem but i dont know due to the instability of the card or my comp prob. Tried to get the card clocked at 730/1800/1000. Is 1000 to 1050mhz memory clock significant in gaming?

Owners of Nvidia 9600GT:
1. ben3003- Galaxy 9600GT (750/2000/1850)
2. tnhafiz- MSI 9600GT OC edition (stock)
3. Silverfire MSI 9600GT OC edition (780/2100/1950) *retired*
4. nakata101- Palit 9600GT (670/1900/1680)
5. anggajaya- Palit 9600GT (735/2060/1860)
6. F1meteor- Manli 9600GT (700/1100/xxxx)
7. scph50004- Manli 9600GT (stock)
8. Hoodlums- Zotac 9600GT 512MB DDR3 (750/2000/1850)
9. amirsubhi- Manli 9600GT 512MB DDR3 (700/1000/xxxx)
10. Najmods- Albatron 9600GT 512MB DDR3 (775/2100/1950)
11. karchis- XFX 9600GT 512MB DDR3 (730/2000/1830)
12. ShuttleXPC- Galaxy 9600GT (stock)
13. LittleCordines- Galaxy 9600GT (726/1000/1825)
14. rinaidil- Gigabyte 9600GT (stock)
15. extremeocer- Palit 9600GT (716/1101/1800)
16. busta_dude- Galaxy 9600GT OC (740/1098/1800)
17. ck_tonny- Galaxy 9600GT (stock)
18. exgrimples- Zotac 9600GT (750/1000/xxxx)
19. Irishcoffee- Asus 9600GT (stock)
20. zhen^wei- Galaxy 9600GT OC (760/1000/1829)
21. Amedion- Galaxy 9600GT OC
22. Johnnycp- Nvidia 9600GT OC
23. jigc- Manli 9600GT
24. vincentlaw- XFX 9600GT XXX edition

Currently best overclocker is Najmods lolz, gogo use voltmod then get over 800mhz barrier haha.
Najmods overrun by Silverfire currently

This post has been edited by ben3003: May 3 2008, 01:29 PM

hi...i also got 9600gt.but not oc yet.d score for 3dmark06=9988:)

nice scores. whats the processor?

9600gt arent too pricey,less expensve than 3870..makes me confius,hd3870 or 9600gt..hmm

This post has been edited by alive88: Mar 7 2008, 07:38 PM

my proc is as seen on my signature, e6300 clocked to 2.8ghz. For me, i think 9600gt is same with 3870, u decide u wanna go with ati or nvidia only. BUt if u wan to get 3870, i rather topup little bit for 8800gt which is better Anyone treid to achieve higher than mine?

use 8800gt, AI is not as good as ATI.

my proc is e4500 2.2@3.1ghz.maybe after i bought vga cooler ill oc my 9600gt.

---

Added on March 7, 2008, 8:25 pmmy proc is e4500 2.2@3.1ghz.maybe after i bought vga cooler ill oc my 9600gt.

This post has been edited by tnhafiz: Mar 7 2008, 08:25 PM

oh, wat brand is ur 9600gt? No need buy vga cooler la, mine oc oleidi still around 63c max while running atitools, but i wonder why sometimes i open atitools the screen will black up... I see alot of ppl also don have such a prob, they can oc until 780 without voltmod. Only when u voltmod u need better cooler becos will shoot until 70+c.

i use msi9600gt oc edition....

bro,how to set voltmod for vga?

i also no idea, i see from other forum one, how much msi oc until? Can i increase the PCI-E voltage from bios?

Voltmod:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=178298

msi oc till 700core n 950memclock.

oh, my current clock cannot make it, i think need to increase voltage but i dont know how to do so... i don wan hardmod... Anyone can clarify plz?

This post has been edited by Silverfire: Mar 8 2008, 06:32 PM

nice score there u have. CAn u try using atitools whether ur screen will blackout or not when u do artifact scanning.

ATITool 0.26 doesn't allow me to Scan for Artifacts, it says what Windows it not using or does not detect my video card, so can't scan...

wah, how come i can but the screen will blank.. ur 750mhz rock stable? i think probably msi voltmod the card edi so urs should be stable.

Hmm... How to check whether it stable or not? I clocked it with the nTune thingy and while 3DMark06 is running don't have flickers... Should be stable gua

lol, u try to play intensive game for few hours see whether will hang up or not. I now increase voltage thru bios by 0.1V. Is it ok to do so?

it's 3d mark 2005 or 2006??

Soft bios mod.

oops, my bad, is 3dmark06. Btw, i increased 0.1V, last night played TF2 for 1 hours no black screen. Hope it is fine lol

Score : 12221

CPU : Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 3502Mhz
M/B : Gigabyte P35-DS3L
RAM : 4 x Micron D9GKX 512MB DDR2 -800
G/C : Palit 9600GT 512MB (670/950/1680)
Driver : ForceWare 174.16
Mod : none

Can show individual scores?

Ur individual scores mean???
Anyway u can check other 9600GT 3dmark score at the overclock database.

This post has been edited by nakata101: Mar 8 2008, 10:32 AM

maybe he means the separate scores for 3dmark06 becos ur processor abit overpower lol..

, the score without overclock for both GC n proc is around 10k. Later i will try it on E6600.


This post has been edited by nakata101: Mar 8 2008, 06:32 PM

sigh, my card confirm got prob edi. Even at stock clock it also give me a black screen when i play TF2... HOpe can change for other brand..

This post has been edited by ben3003: Mar 9 2008, 09:22 AM

How about other games like Crysis and Gear of War, also got black screen??

pity u ben....maybe d gc got problem....stock clock should be no problm

Black screen? Suddenly blackout then recover? Or black screen then driver fail?

black screen then whole comp hang up, need to restart. QUite a few ppl also facing the prob when i do a searching through google. Still dont know what is the main reason yet.

Crysis i tried edi, will like the give fatal error and jump out to the desktop, saying what windows have encountered what problem. So far i get 1-2 hang up in crysis only. I dont have gear of wars, maybe later i go download and try out. Probably i just gonna topup and get another 9600gt. I dont know whether is compatibility problem or the gc problem. If compatibility prob i might just jump ship to 8800gt or 3870..

This post has been edited by ben3003: Mar 9 2008, 12:20 PM

ermmm, confirm ur overclocked Processor is stable bro?

before i change to 9600gt i dont have this prob at all. My processor is rock stable at 2.8ghz. I just revert my driver to 171.16, currently don have any prob at stock clock when playing TF2 for around 30 minutes. Before that sure hang edi. Trying oc to 700/950 see will hang or not. BUt i run atitools artifact scannign so far so good, last time i open straight black screen one.

guys, i jus bought a palit 9600 gt. wat made me confused when firstly installed the graphics card was when I went into windows with a new driver installed, I noticed my cpu clock was locked but then all the settings remained the same... only the fsb cpu speed and Ram were back to the normal. but the rest for examples, Ram timing, vcore, vdimm still stayed same. then I restarted again goin into bios to set up everything back. but that time I set the PCi frequency to 101 which firstly was 100. then I set back the cpu speed and ram... dang, went into windows, and it's normal. the overclocked settings didnt change.

does it really effect changing the pci frequency to 101 where it effects the overclocked settings on 100 mhz?


ok that's my frst weird problem.

the good news is, this card rocks. I can overclock this card until 700 for the core clock, and 2000 for the memory, that was a first try. Running 3d mark 2003 and 2006 seem just fine. later i will update the scores. and amazingly the temp is only 52 on full Load, and idle is only 40, no ac room or etc.

and for ur information,i got this card at only RM 560,i forgot wat shop it is, the receipt is at my home, now outside.

sooo, i guess palit is a good brand of this 9600 gt. It comes with one year warranty. now time for me to test the games. i wanna try crysis and assassin's creed, my friend told me that this game is so cool... i hope a 96 gt can perform welll on this game.

This post has been edited by anggajaya: Mar 9 2008, 05:59 PM

hey, i hav an MSI 9600GT OC'd edition running at 700/1750(shader)/1900Mhz(Memory)
can oc the core till 750 without instability, and the memory till 2000Mhz, using the OC program that MSI provides...

awesome card! thumbs up to Nvidia!

What's your card's temp for idle and load?

fark, just now i play TF2 it show "hl2.exe has encountered a problem and need to close". Not black screen but similiar to what used to happen before when i am playing crysis. Sigh, probably i really need to change my card.

i dont have a 9600gt .. but currently using 8800gt .. i have encountered few probs with it as well
apparently its the nvidia drivers .. not matured yet .. your 96gt is still young .. 88gt is abit older and got 2-3 driver updates for it already .. after installing latest driver now much much better .. no hang or whatever yet .. hehehe
u might wanna wait abit for newer drivers ..

I have a Manli 9600GT as well. 3DMark06 scores just above 9k mark.

i installed the newest driver is worst. i revert back to the cd one then no more black screen. The newest driver is solely for 9600gt only at nvidia.com. Wat can u explain about this?

No problems or whatsoever for me I'm using the 174 driver.

Playable games:
Crysis
Halo 2
Company of Heroes
Medieval 2: Total War
Half-Life 2
Counter-Stirke: Source
Command & Conquer 3
F.E.A.R.
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Call of Duty 4
Granado Espada
Last Chaos

This post has been edited by Silverfire: Mar 9 2008, 09:15 PM

NOw i am using 174.20 beta. There is a 174.12 beta for 9600gt. Really hope can change to other brand, msi or galaxy which one better?

This post has been edited by ben3003: Mar 9 2008, 10:39 PM

I chose MSI

lol... msi is custom hsf?

I took the 1 with reference cooler. V801. I like the design more, smaller in size too...

oh, maybe i will ask about that too. Gonna wait for news 2molo.

What news? Go get XFX 9600GT XXX Edition and try lar... I wanna see its score difference compared to other cards. The core/mem clocks for XFX 9600GT XXX Edition is the 2nd highest to EVGA 9600GT SSC Version.

This post has been edited by Silverfire: Mar 9 2008, 10:47 PM

the ppl i brought from is goign to check whether i can get another brand or not. Sigh, should have spend a little bit more for a reputable card. I learnt my lesson again..
XFX too exp la.. cannot afford. Probably get galaxy but MSI have better clock tho..

This post has been edited by ben3003: Mar 9 2008, 10:51 PM

That's why I never went for the Manli card...

---

Added on for the line.
Yeap... I chose the best out of my money. I got mine for RM645, but it seems Robyncom is selling is at only RM630. XFX is only RM680 from lehteck, bundled with Company of Heroes. Quite worth for the money lar... Nice looking card too

This post has been edited by Silverfire: Mar 9 2008, 10:57 PM

i love XFX too, but the price quite steep, out of budget edi.. if can exchange, i just need to topup little bit for galaxy. How about leadtek one? Y u choose MSI at 1st while others are cheaper than it?

Because when I bought it for RM645, advertisement for Robyncom in LYN states RM6xx... Lazy to ask and confirm and blah blah so I just went and grab RM645

lol... do you know whether MSI has increase voltage on their card for stability?

gO FOR palit, LOL.... iam enjoying my palit now, no regret getting this card.

i asked cycom, MSI brand is 625 now...

No idea... My stable overclock please refer to the 1st page where I post my screenshots XD The 3rd pict has the highest core/mem/shader.

so nice, maybe i also go for msi, gonna see 1st. BUt galaxy also quite promising, how about galaxy? recommendable?

How much does the Galaxy 1 cost? Factory clock also 700/1900/1750?

galaxi is around the same with MSI, dunno whether it's pre overclocked or not

galaxy is 675/1625/2000 if not mistaken. BUt got custom cooler lo, and they did little mod on the voltage.

I see... You can give it a try if you want XD But reference cooler also not bad~ 49'C idle while load 60'C. MSI also got custom cooler design ma, they're selling it at the same price. How to check whether there's voltage mod?

i dont know, i saw at the review sites they open the hsf to see it. Dont know whether there is any software that can show the gpu voltage.

No problem for me on Manli 9600GT so far. Finished playing Crysis on high setting throughout, no problem. Idle temp around 45 while load max out at 60. So far, so good.

Tested games are Granado Espada, Cabal, Stalker, SupCom, C&C3, DiRT. Only DiRT gave me problem, dunno why super lag when I put on high setting.

did u oc ur card? My seller said can change either 1to1 exchange or topup rm60 for leadtek. Sigh...

Try 1 to 1 lor... If still got problem only change to others.

tat is worst to worst solution lo, wat to do..

Hmm, when the time comes... Rename this topic to 9 Series OC~

agreed that getting a reputable card is better. but hey, i have no problem with my Manli 9600gt. OC to 700/1100, running so far so good. no black screen and hang.

Manli on the 2nd week after launch is as cheap as RM575. The cheapest brand i would say during that time.
Although i saw albetron is selling for RM599 a few days later i bought Manli, but hey, it's still cheaper

lol, maybe i am not as lucky as u. Try push ur shader and core higher, memory wont do much effect one.

AFAIK, even though my E2160 which is clocked at 3.2ghz will still bottleneck 9600GT's performance. So just an advice, get a better processor with more cache to fully utilize it.

how do i know whether it is bottlenecked by the processor?

By playing games and benching it. The most obvious difference you can see if when you bench a 9600GT with lower core/mem/shad but with a E4, E6 or even a E8 processor. The SM2 and SM3 score is very much higher when compared to E2.

i saw ur cpu score higher then me, but my SM2, SM3 score higher than urs, but i am on 1024x768 while u are on 1280x1024. I just went to do some resaerch on L2 cache and found out 1MB to 2MB difference is big but 2MB to 4MB is small.

lol.. actually i was trying to find the shader thingy through ntuner.. but i can't find where can i do this shader OC
so far only core and memory.. the value also read from some website, stating that it is in stable condition.. but not Manli brand..

Your Shader clock will rise when you increase core/mem clocks.

u can unlink the shader and core. NOrmally they can put core around 730 but they push the shader so high until 1900 something. I saw the review from vr-zone one.

Mine highest I tried is 775/2050/1938 core/mem/shad.

mine is 735/2060/1860, seriously guys, this palit 96 gt rocks... the temps is very cool as well. stock clock is 650/1800/1625

idle is 40, load is 50 under oced clocks. Bought this at 560 only, but worth of money.

silver ur highest very stable? Very nice clock u have there.

Yeap... Stable, but I never checked the temps.

nice to hear tat. Maybe i just grab a galaxy, no choice edi.

ben....u must grab galaxy oc edition.hehe.

then post d score.....

lol... btw, is it a must to have 12V at 26A? mine is 12V 21A..

---

Added on March 11, 2008, 9:26 amoh wait, it is 2 12V rails, 1 21A, 1 20A.. so it should be enuf..

This post has been edited by ben3003: Mar 11 2008, 09:26 AM

My Zotac 9600GT 512MB DDR3 256Bit

3DMark 2006 = 11675
Ok or not?

not bad, good score for tat reso. Ur processor help alot tho lol. But nice clock u have there.

Nice score.
Hey.. guys.. did any one try Crysis Benhmark Tool, i have problem to run it, i think is my driver problem. U guys can download it from Guru3D. Lets share the result together.

This post has been edited by nakata101: Mar 11 2008, 04:14 PM

Wah... Another guy with lower clocks for 9600GT win my SM2 and SM3 scores

maybe u are using vista.. lol

Windows Vista should enhance it ler... DX10 FYI, Hoodlums is using Windows XP...

This post has been edited by Silverfire: Mar 11 2008, 06:06 PM

nah, u dont know windows vista can pull ur 3dmark06 scores down? google for more info, or just ask anyone.

---

Added on March 11, 2008, 6:12 pmand even affect gaming scores

This post has been edited by ben3003: Mar 11 2008, 06:12 PM

Really? I was half-thinking of going back to Windows XP just to do SP1M... But I love Windows Vista aloooooooooooot So DX10 really does nothing significant?

guys.....just now i try oc my gc to 750core n 1000memclock but fail....hehehe.ill try again later with different setting.

You're using MSI N9600GT OC Edition as well?

directx 10 actually is microsoft's marketing strategy, i dont see any new games tat support directx 10 has any significant improvement. U can head over gamespot.com to see bioshock and crysis comparsion. Some even said crysis with natural mod can pwn directx10 settings. Directx 10 doesnt do any good. I myself experience vista and xp difference before. When i play WoW in vista, is it so choppy. With the same settings at XP, it was as smooth as a butter.

I see... If I could loose my hype on Windows Vista, I might change back to Windows XP and have a try. I never really used Windows XP with my current rig...

oh, u can try dual boot and see 1st, vista is good for the visual, style and the security. Performance wise, i am not satisfied with it. Probably 2GB ram can make the game run smoother,but sure got hit on the performance.

yup.i use msi also.now im tryg to get 740core with 1000memclock.

Aiks... Your 1 so weak ar? How you test it stable or not?