6800GT Owners!!

TJ- · Apr 28, 2005, 09:17 AM

how high do you clock your card

mines currenty at 418MHz , 1070MHz...

i know the ultra cards are 400MHz by 1100Mhz but it seems the card is lacking...

it wont let me go any further

very limited performance and quality in far cry

TJ- · Apr 28, 2005, 09:56 AM

Some details:

Settings are at maximum performance, no AA no AF and nothing else enabled.

Far Cry is so far the only game lacking,(really grainy on some levels

) i get 30-50fps on 1024x768

If i turn the quality settings up just a little the fps goes to 20-30, and if i enable any aa or af even as low as 2x then fps goes down alot.

This is all with the card OC'd!

Motherboard: asus k8v-se deluxe
Memory: 2x512 TWINX 3200C2 Corsair
CPU: AMD 3000

Drakon · Apr 28, 2005, 01:46 PM

are u using the stock cooler? most times you can get a better OC with using the AGP coolers from Artic Cooling. Just a thought

Also note, not every card is a good OC'er. Some are better than others. Just like some cpu's oc much better than others, even if they're the same brand and model.

noland1985 · Apr 28, 2005, 02:04 PM

Like Drakon said, I have a BFG 6800GT and changed the stock cooler to an NV silencer, and I am able to over clock a *good bit* more than previously.

TJ- · Apr 28, 2005, 06:29 PM

yea, the card is all stock, its only 3 days old! gunna bench mark the crap out of it today and ill post my scores, see if they are worthy of the card, or if something is wrong here...

itchy5 · Apr 28, 2005, 07:16 PM

i can get mine to 435/1200 if i try enough :P its my bencking sweet spot o.O i leave it @ 415/1150 for every day use :P (i have water so my temps are lower)

pr0digal jenius · Apr 28, 2005, 07:46 PM

I run mine at stock most of the time because I go through video card drivers like you go through toilet paper on a mexican vacation...so it's not worth my time to re-overclock every few days.

But mine will hit about 395/1.07 with "detect optimal frequencies", and my PC is fairly warm, so I'm not too sad

TJ- · Apr 28, 2005, 10:54 PM

whats the temp on your card PJ? mine idles at 55-60! Ambiant temp is 42

these are my 3d mark scores using the 71.89 drivers and all is on 1024x768

3D Mark 05 -
All settings turned off, using high performance
5277 marks

3D Mark 03-
All settings turned off, using high performance
11,755 marks

4xAA 4xAF = 8142 marks

So is that about right, or good or bad...?

those are at the clocked speeds of 400/1060

Warpy · Apr 28, 2005, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by [zi0n]aXe

whats the temp on your card PJ? mine idles at 55-60! Ambiant temp is 42

these are my 3d mark scores using the 71.89 drivers and all is on 1024x768

3D Mark 05 -
All settings turned off, using high performance
5277 marks

3D Mark 03-
All settings turned off, using high performance
11,755 marks

4xAA 4xAF = 8142 marks

So is that about right, or good or bad...?

those are at the clocked speeds of 400/1060

Ambiant room temps for me: 24
Full load temps: 55
Idle Temp: 37

Card: BFG 6800 ULTRA OC

CDsDontBurn · Apr 28, 2005, 11:58 PM

what kind of card do you have (manufacturer of your 6800GT)? Asking because some manufacturers do not OC as well as others. Mine is an eVGA. Back when i had the stock cooler my highest game stable OC was 415/1.13 and average temps of 60C idle, and 85C load. Then when i got my NV5 silcencer, my temps dropped to an average of 50C idle, and 75C load. So because my temps had dropped down so much, my card has been able to overclock much better. Now with my NV5, my card can OC game stable at 425/1.16

My 3Dmakr scores are kind of dated, but you can see them in my sig.

TJ- · Apr 29, 2005, 12:36 AM

the manfacturer is:

Albatron 6800GT 256mb 256bit DDR3

comparing my system to yours, i think my scores are resonable

CDsDontBurn · Apr 29, 2005, 12:52 AM

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.c...id=1656&page=3 - clocks at 433/1.06

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=733&pageID=1208 - clocks at 412/1.12 (has some benchmark results)

Some of the other stuff i have seen for your card seems to vary on the OCing part. So like stated earlier, each card OC's differently, yours is probably one of the weaker OCing cards. I say exchange it for another card

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TJ- · Apr 29, 2005, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

I say exchange it for another card

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i dont think that will work...

but i think i just expected to much out of this card, expected to put all games on high settings with aa and af and reach a steady 70+fps.... well thats not gunna happen

Danhill · Apr 29, 2005, 02:06 AM

420/1200 everyday gaming use.

But I have reached 435/1240 with stock cooler stable, but I don't want to risk it.

pr0digal jenius · Apr 29, 2005, 08:07 AM

Mine idles at 53, and loads up around 60-64 after hours of gaming.

Drakon · Apr 29, 2005, 10:09 AM

Asus seems to make a nice 6800 GT

itchy5 · Apr 29, 2005, 08:16 PM

i load out @ 49

CDsDontBurn · Apr 29, 2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by itchy5

i load out @ 49

but you also have your card on like extreme watercooling no? Or some kind of kick ass cooling solution.

itchy5 · Apr 29, 2005, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

but you also have your card on like extreme watercooling no? Or some kind of kick ass cooling solution.

just water and water isnt that extreme,

CDsDontBurn · Apr 29, 2005, 11:34 PM

it's way better than air. Well, not way better. Water cooling has too much temperature flux. If the room temp is 90F or so, then the water will be ~10F flux.

I don't have water cooling, but i say this only because a friend of mine has a water cooled system, and he says when it's really cool, his water cooled components are also within 10F of the room temp. Now, he also says that when it's quite warm, his temps also go up quite a bit. He is unhappy w/his watercooling because of the incredible amounts of temperature flux he is experiencing.

But i guess it's also his fault for putting his system in his garage

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