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post #401 of 486
4/4/06 at 4:54pm
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Originally Posted by reflux


What's the highest 3dMark score anyone's got from the 7800GTX? I reckon I could get 8k if I upped the core to 500mhz.
Mr. K6 has the highest I've seen here for the 7800GTX Go in 3DMark05 - 8433 I believe (too lazy to find his signature).
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post #402 of 486
4/4/06 at 5:22pm
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Originally Posted by Prodigal
Mr. K6 has the highest I've seen here for the 7800GTX Go in 3DMark05 - 8433 I believe (too lazy to find his signature).
OK cheers.
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post #403 of 486
4/4/06 at 5:32pm
When you guys overclocked your 7800 GTX cards, how much did your temps go up
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post #404 of 486
4/4/06 at 8:14pm
Btw, how many people have tried this and ruined their cards during a "bad flash"? Is there anything you can do to help ensure that you're going to do it right? Are there "wrong" ways to flash these cards? I want to flash mine but I want to make sure I do things the right way.
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post #405 of 486
4/7/06 at 1:52pm
I overclocked my card to 440/1250 a couple days ago and it's been working great. I let the ATITool scanner run for an hour and no errors were detected. I think I'll leave it where it's at for now.
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post #406 of 486
4/10/06 at 4:32pm

Artifacts; Overclock Vs Drivers

Ok something odd here:

i bought "The Godfather" itstalled it on my desktop no problem-good graphics(developers need to fix transparency on glass though)--- anyway it wouldn't run on my laptop- i tried closing background programs- updating sound/chipset drivers etc ... no effect... the game "dropped" back to windows after the first screen...

Drivers: 83.90 84.12 X-Treme & 84.25Laptop2go all the same...
BUT...Dell driver 78.30 from dell website works fine for "The Godfather"

problem; with drivers X-Treme L2go84.24 etc i can run ati tool for 10 min no artifacts @ 450/1250 then two or three pixels every 2-3 min or so- not bad...

but; with dell drivers i get artifacts with ati tool, from the getgo, and huge! 3000+pixel errors every second!alot of yellow

what's up?
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post #407 of 486
4/10/06 at 4:54pm
Do you have that video card overclocked?
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post #408 of 486
4/10/06 at 5:02pm
Not sure if mentioned, but, I have a full syringe of Artic Silver II. Is there really any REAL benifits getting the AS5 if I already have AS2?

thanks
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post #409 of 486
4/10/06 at 5:28pm

Overclocking Vs Drivers

Yes i was trying overclock @ 450/1250

Very few errors in ATI Tool with Modded inf/drivers... Tons of errors with Dell driver...
BUT...
game worked with the Dell driver and not Modded drivers
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post #410 of 486
4/10/06 at 10:02pm
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Originally Posted by DTOG
Not sure if mentioned, but, I have a full syringe of Artic Silver II. Is there really any REAL benifits getting the AS5 if I already have AS2?

thanks
I would say that it depends a lot on what you will use it for. The space between the heatsink and GPU needs something thick like AS5 to fill the larger gap without getting runny under very high temps and sharp tilts. I would use something thinner like AS2 or AS3 to fill the gaps alongside the heatpipes (I used AS3 myself).
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post #411 of 486
4/11/06 at 2:04am

Drivers W.T.F

note; this is serious!
I was tired of not playing "The Godfather" so i right clicked on the desktop display properties >settings>advanced>properties>driver>update driver>...automatic update driver(this was a mistake-i was going to install from a specific location)... but...
i did the "restart computer" anyway....
then something amazing happened it automatically went to the dell 78.30 driver i ran ATI Tool and heres the amazing part
no artifacts at 450/1250 and it plays the game no problem

i didn't uninstall first i went from 83.20 83.90 to dell to 84.14? to 84.25 to this auto-update at 78.30

why?

i think i'll try some more overclocking
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post #412 of 486
4/15/06 at 8:18am
wow, that's crazy.

here's hoping you don't fry your card!

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post #413 of 486
4/15/06 at 4:32pm
Sheesh, and, hows the performance with the new drivers? Doesnt matter if its stable at those clocks if the performance drops a load, plus, is it still at maximum performance, or did it drop back to quality?
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post #414 of 486
4/15/06 at 8:14pm
just wanted to thank everyone for their contributions to this thread.

i was initally afraid to fry my card, but i just got it from dell friday so i wasn't too worried about them denying me a return within the three week period.

anyway, first flash was to a safe 425/1100. idle temp went from 58c to 61c.

i then reflashed to 440/1250. idle temp went up again to 63c.

i'd go higher but i read horror stories from some people who tried 450/1250 and ended up with dead cards. so i think i'll settle on 440/1250.

i haven't put on any as5 yet, but that's my next step.

anyway, thanks for the help.

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post #415 of 486
4/19/06 at 11:17pm
After you press F2 what number is it for the CD rom drive? I have a xps m170
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post #416 of 486
4/19/06 at 11:25pm

Works Great Thanks

I'm running at 475 Core 1200 Mem.

3dmark05 - ~7500
3dmark06 - ~3800

Anyone having trouble with the DVD Burner. I look in Device Manager and i'm stuck at PIO Mode. Burn and Read speeis is not as fast as it's supposed to. Anyone know a fix?
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post #417 of 486
4/20/06 at 6:30pm

2D Clock speed settings.

Does anyone know of any .roms for the 2D Clock speed settings? I would like to to conserve battery life. Also to increase performance in Video playback. I believe Video playback is just 2D. I noticed a little lag between the video and sound when playing a 1080p trailer from applequicktime.com/trailers.
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post #418 of 486
4/20/06 at 7:08pm
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Originally Posted by thaddyusmaximus
Does anyone know of any .roms for the 2D Clock speed settings? I would like to to conserve battery life. Also to increase performance in Video playback. I believe Video playback is just 2D. I noticed a little lag between the video and sound when playing a 1080p trailer from applequicktime.com/trailers.


i've since discovered that my card gets hot when i'm web surfing, and that's not cool. plus my battery life has been drastically decreased since the flash to 440/1250.

is there an underclock 2d flash available?
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post #419 of 486
4/20/06 at 10:36pm
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Originally Posted by ryansebiz
is there an underclock 2d flash available?
Just make you own roms with NiBiTor. Version 2.8a is the newest, I believe. I used it to create roms to increase my balanced clocks substantially.
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post #420 of 486
4/21/06 at 2:20am
wooh!!! I just from 3800 to 4200 3dmark06 points when i went from 475/1200 to 475/1250
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