Alot will depend on whether the E4700 can run overclocked without any voltage adjustments, which aren't available on the 4coredual-vsta. The default voltage will be critical and its a crap shoot as to what that might be.
Most benchmarks I've seen (and there are only a few) show the 4850 benching about the same or more as a 3870 on the 4coredual. Not bad for a sub $200 video card. For anyone with a video card below Nvidia 8800 or ATI 3870, you should see big gains with the newer cards. The 4x PCI-E is definitely...
Have you tried running it at 266 set to Sync? At that speed, the PCIE bus and RAM will be running at standard frequencies and you should have much better stability. I would loosen your RAM timings and T command till you at least know the rest of the system is stable. My E4400 easily runs at...
Be careful with flashing your BIOS too many times... my 4coredual blue screened on me in the middle of my 6 or 7th BIOS flash. Those EPROMS can only be flashed too many times, i reckon.
not sure if you got my PM, its acting kinda funny with mozilla, but that would be awesome... PM me your paypal address, if you have one, and I will send you the money.
the fact that it posted at all and recognized the 4gb is a good sign... try going into BIOS with only 2GB and try setting the memory to flexible. This may at least allow you to POST. You may have to experiment with different RAM settings in BIOS.
The ability to run the 4coredual boards at a 300FSB will also depend heavily on the cpu and how well it runs without a volt mod. My 1.325V E4400 maxes out at 2.66 at default vcore which limits my FSB to 266. Other E4400s with a lower default voltage would probably be able to run a little faster...
Engineer, EVGA's recent BIOS for 8800GT and GTS 512 cards work on the PT880Pro/Ultra boards without flashing. This is the BIOS that has been shipping on all EVGA cards since January. This has been confirmed by multiple sources.
that card is way overpriced if you are buying new for what newegg is trying to sell it for... it is an older 96SP model. MSI has a 112SP version clocked at 575/1700/1350 for only $289 plus a $20 rebate.
the EVGA SSC has a higher memory clock - 1800mhz. And the EVGA core clock is a whopping 1mhz faster!! That G80 GTS should still be as fast or faster than a GT at high resolutions in most games. Good price after rebate.
Looks to be the same size as the EVGA SSC. Wide as a mobo? That's one...
no 2D or 3D artifacts.
My guess as to why the 8800GT is better than the 3870 is because the G92 (and G80 for that matter) is a much better architecture than the RV670. The RV670 was just a rework of the previous generation which wasn't that great to begin with. The RV670 was rushed to market...
PCIE downstream pipeline did not seem to have any effect with the x1950pro.
By the way, EVGA 8800GTs and 8800GTS 512s *supposedly* now ship with a new bios that is compatible with the 4coredual type boards and doesn't require flashing. It may take a few weeks or months for these cards to...
try running some more intensive benchmarks such as Crysis, Lost Planet, or some of the other newer games out. 3dMark06 doesn't seem to be a very good benchmark for the newer generation of cards.
I wonder if some of the 3870 cards may not function correctly with the older PCI-E 1.0 on the Asrock board. I know lots of people have had success but you never know when a board manufacturer is going to change something in the video card BIOS that may cause problems. Newegg has the 8800GTS SSC...
Does the molex to 6-pin adapter use two molex inputs? The Nvidia 8800 card came with an adapter like that. I know the 3870 doesn't suck as much juice but it still requires a good bit of power. I would think one molex would be enough to post the machine, though.
well, i failed on my first try with the pin mod... the permatex stuff i was using just didn't work very well, it was very wet and never dried and got all over the rest of the chip. Maybe I am doing something wrong. And trying to cut a pin size piece of tape and place it on the pin is almost...
thanks for the great info! The default vcore on my e4400 is 1.325. I'm using the information found here... http://sg.vr-zone.com/articles...tage_Boost/3904-4.html
So the copper colored stuff is what i'm supposed to use and not the blue clear liquid, right? That makes sense but I read where...
I'm about to attempt to do a pin mod on my e4400 using the Napa Permatex window defogger repair kit. Does anyone have any experience with the Permatex stuff? I'm not quite sure what im supposed to use to bridge the pins... the clear blue stuff? And how long should it dry before reinstalling the cpu?
try Driver Sweeper
http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?page=driversweeper
I am having much better stability and fewer crashes after using this.
BTW, with a 8800GTS SSC, I had the artifact issues you describe in Crysis and Stalker before disabling downstream pipeline. 3dmark scores improved...
Try setting the memory setting to flexible and all memory timings to auto. Then try booting with the FSB at 266. At this speed the AGP/PCI/PCIE busses will be running at their default speeds and shouldn't cause any instabilities. If it boots then the e4300 will be running at 2.4. Unless you have...
I wonder if the new G92 8800GTS 512 has the same gen2 problem that the 8800GT has with the 4coredual? Anyone have any info on this? I could get this card for free with the EVGA step up but definately don't want to go through the flashing hassle.
very nice... i am starting to wonder about 3dmark06 as a benchmark, though... i recently benched an 8600GT in the 4coredual and got almost 6000. The x1950pro gets only 5000 but runs circles around it in games, older games at least. maybe newer shader intensive games are different.
I'm definitely pleased. Crysis on high settings is a sight to behold. I'm playing Oblivion at 1680x1050 with HDR and everything on max and its smooth as glass. If the last 16SPs can be unlocked and with some overclocking, it might be able to break 10K with the 4coredual.
update:
i'm hitting...
3dmark06 score of 8362 with EVGA 8800gts 640 SSC.
4coredual
e4400 @ 2.67
2GB DDR2 533 3-3-3-12
Disabling PCIe downstream pipeline helps alot with this card. With it enabled, there was heavy artifacts.
Update: 8712 with Forceware 169.04 drivers
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