I got my GF4 in ahead of my other new parts, so I figured I'd pop it in and see how it worked.
Day 1: no OC'ing. T2 and JK2 don't have stellar improvements, but I'm probably CPU limited now.
Day 2: Got really pissed at XP/refresh rate issue. You buy a damn near $300 card and you expect it to WORK.
Day 2, 3AM: Finally solve issue after trying 5 "tweak" programs and 3 driver versions (including hacked ones). Ended up using reference drivers (28.32) with an uncompressed nv_disp.inf file and nvreffix.
Day 3: Installed coolbits. Did a slight OC on mem and core.
Day 4: Got bored, so dragged everything up to 4600 levels (300/650). Not a peep out of my vid card. Rock stable through hours of T2 and JK2.
So, my question: Why would anyone buy a 4600 if these things are so darn easy to OC? Right out of the box, I just set it for 4600 and it's humming along nicely. And my case has atrocious cooling compared to the rest of you guys
So, anyone looking to get a 4600 - don't bother.
I'll probably take the whiny fans off of this card and attach a 80mm Panaflo L1A to it and see if I can maintain 4600 levels... and then I'll go higher
Day 1: no OC'ing. T2 and JK2 don't have stellar improvements, but I'm probably CPU limited now.
Day 2: Got really pissed at XP/refresh rate issue. You buy a damn near $300 card and you expect it to WORK.
Day 2, 3AM: Finally solve issue after trying 5 "tweak" programs and 3 driver versions (including hacked ones). Ended up using reference drivers (28.32) with an uncompressed nv_disp.inf file and nvreffix.
Day 3: Installed coolbits. Did a slight OC on mem and core.
Day 4: Got bored, so dragged everything up to 4600 levels (300/650). Not a peep out of my vid card. Rock stable through hours of T2 and JK2.
So, my question: Why would anyone buy a 4600 if these things are so darn easy to OC? Right out of the box, I just set it for 4600 and it's humming along nicely. And my case has atrocious cooling compared to the rest of you guys
So, anyone looking to get a 4600 - don't bother.
I'll probably take the whiny fans off of this card and attach a 80mm Panaflo L1A to it and see if I can maintain 4600 levels... and then I'll go higher