I got the 8IGX (in combination with a 1.6A) and firstly was very disappointed with the performance. After a long research and a lot of trying I found out that the board is having compatibility problems with the Kingmax memory (256MB DDR333) I bought.
After I changed the memory to a Samsung PC2700 512MB RAM all problems where gone. Going through different forums I've seen that other users with 845G based boards have also problems with Kingmax memory (4G4A+...).
Still, although I'm happy with my system now, I hate the fact that it's not possible to set memory timigs to 4:5 when using a 400 BUS processor (1.6A, 1.8A, 2.0A, 2.4A...) only 3:4 and 1:1; but if you are going to use a 533 BUS based processor (2.26B, 2.4B, 2.53B, 2.8B...) then the 4:5 memory option is avalaible.
My system settings are:
1.6A@2.14 (default voltage, 536MHz on the BUS (4x134))
AGP/PCI=66/33 MHz
DDR333@356MHz, 2-5-3-3 settings, +0.1V
GeForce 3 Ti200 @ 220/500 (maximum with coolbits in detonator 40.41 beta) - 8905 3DMarks (2001SE build300)
WinXP pro
If anyone is wondering why I'm not going higher - I'm using this PC as a TV, gaming rig, multimedia station, my wife is working with it, too... therefore I need to have a stable system - and all settings where tested as stable. Using this settings for a few weeks hasn't had any bad impact on the system.
Again, anyone wondering about the Ti200 setting - I bought the card back in April 2002 and was lucky getting it with 3.8ns memory which is used for the Ti500 from the same producer (it's a PINE, now XfXgraphics -
http://www.xfxgrapics.com). I managed to get it stable at 225/525 MHz without any additional cooling.
Happy OC'ing.