1st Post Heres my SLI 7800GTX 512 meg cards benchies and Overclocks

[PrayForDeath]

Is that the reference nV cooler or is it just an XFX solution? I wonder what other manufacturers will come up with.
Nice benches :thumbsup:

 

[Marcdaddy]

Its the cooler XFX provided, on the regular 256 meg version from XFX there is a plate on the back of the card thats not on this card. FEAR patch has 2 mins left on it, THANK GOD i hate waiting.

 

[RelaxTheMind]

omg... may i ask how big of a hole they put in your wallet? maybe i can skip a few rents and car payments

 

[Marcdaddy]

$1489 - $825 im getting for my old cards = TOO Much Money.

 

[Sentry2]

So there's no plate on the back of the card...hence no ram chips either?

 

[crazydingo]

Originally posted by: Sentry2
So there's no plate on the back of the card...hence no ram chips either?

Yes, its 64x8.

 

[3DC]

What's funny is that HardOCP shut down their forums because of you. It's amazing that they would do that for NVIDIA. Lame... No reason that their forums went down after your XFX started spreading around the net.

 

[5150Joker]

Originally posted by: 3DC
What's funny is that HardOCP shut down their forums because of you. It's amazing that they would do that for NVIDIA. Lame... No reason that their forums went down after your XFX started spreading around the net.

HardOCP always shuts their forum off to save bandwidth it seems. Either that or they have a really crappy db that is prone to crashing too often.

 

[Megatomic]

Damn dude, that's an insane setup. The only thing you need now is a 4800+.

Oh and PM me if you want to sell a copy of Far Cry.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Marcdaddy, Welcome to the Forums!

I'm jealous.

 

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: crazydingo

Originally posted by: Marcdaddy
LOL i just noticed there isnt any clock values anywhere on the box, not even in the manuel. Maybe this was rushed to market, it kinda seems like it.

Interesting.

That means the other guy who got one was lying? He said that the clocks on the box were 550/1700.

Thanks for the info. :beer:

I was wondering about that too. Strange.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Are you two both that short sighted? If "detect optimal frequency" sets him at 603/1777 don't you think that it probably is a 550/1700 card? It would make complete sense... Now, before you jump to a conclusion that "The other guy is lieing" why don't prove otherwise? Right now you have "his word against his word" which doesn't hold up in any court of law Perhaps the OP just didn't "notice" them either.

 

[dworley]

Thanks for posting all the pics and info - great news that all the ram is on the front side now!

Odd that your SLI score is not much higher than my Shuttle SN26P running SLI with (2) BFG 7800GTX 256mb? 3DMark05 Compare - 12274

I would have thought it would be closer to 14K based on your single card score? I'm sure it will get much better after you get it all sorted out!

 

[M0RPH]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777
Are you two both that short sighted? If "detect optimal frequency" sets him at 603/1777 don't you think that it probably is a 550/1700 card? It would make complete sense... Now, before you jump to a conclusion that "The other guy is lieing" why don't prove otherwise? Right now you have "his word against his word" which doesn't hold up in any court of law Perhaps the OP just didn't "notice" them either.

So you don't think it's strange that one guy says:

Originally posted by: vaccarjm
I work down the street from mwave. Yes.....i walked over and looked at the box to Verify the core speed and memory.

Yes its 550! Yes its 1800 mem.

and the next guy says that there are no speeds on the box? I'm not calling anyone a liar, I'm just saying it's strange. Would love to get a solid confirmation of what the stock speeds on this thing actually are.

 

[CP5670]

According to Monarch, the EVGA one is 550/1700 and the BFG is 580/1750.

 

[Hacp]

LOL. I thought it said 1st post here gets my SLI 7800GTX 512 MEG card

 

[swatX]

i expected the 1 7800GTX 512mb to get around 10K stock.

 

[bigtm135]

man this is giving me second thoughts about getting these with only 12k

i may wait for the x1800xt master card cause with the new 5.11 catalyst it's getting better... a lot better

especially with news of that guy oc'ing over 1ghz coreclock

 

[Sentry2]

Originally posted by: swatX
i expected the 1 7800GTX 512mb to get around 10K stock.

Should be a lot closer to 10k with new drivers I would think.
I think a 512MB GTX @ 600/1800 with an X2 oc'ed should bring in at least 10.5k+

 

[nitromullet]

The reason for the "low" 3DMark05 scores...

The 7-series (and most likely the X1k as well) only really begins to show an extreme improvement at high resolutions. The default rez (and only one available on the free version) for 3DMark05 is 1024x768. This generation, moreso than the last, has really made 3DMark05 a poor benchmark for determining video card performance.

 

[pacho108]

marc, can you take a screenshot of that same overclocking utility set at "no overclocking" to see what the stock clocks really are?

 

[shabby]

Marc can you check which way the cooling fan blows air, does it suck in air from the middle and blow it out on either sides. Or does it sun in air from the sides and blow it out the middle.

 

[hemmy]

Originally posted by: bigtm135
man this is giving me second thoughts about getting these with only 12k

i may wait for the x1800xt master card cause with the new 5.11 catalyst it's getting better... a lot better

especially with news of that guy oc'ing over 1ghz coreclock

because you are going to use liquid nitrogen to cool your card right...

 

[boyRacer]

Originally posted by: hemmy

Originally posted by: bigtm135
man this is giving me second thoughts about getting these with only 12k

i may wait for the x1800xt master card cause with the new 5.11 catalyst it's getting better... a lot better

especially with news of that guy oc'ing over 1ghz coreclock

because you are going to use liquid nitrogen to cool your card right...

LOL

 

[hemmy]

not to mention he had artifacts in 2D mode with those clocks...i dont see why it is such a big deal reaching 1ghz if you cant even load windows properly