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aaronjb · 07-29-2006, 06:20 AM

It could be the voltage (which, you're correct, you can't change in NiBitor on our cards) - or of course I might just have gotten a card or two that doesn't like overclocking.. It's very much the luck of the draw with overclocking, after all.

Having SLi on or off doesn't seem to make any difference to the max reported stable speed in my case.

Still - I did some burn-in tests last night then switched off to let everything cool to ambient, and today my load temps have dropped probably 5-8C on what they were last night after I'd first applied the AS5, which is a nice drop if you ask me.

kirileman · 07-29-2006, 12:48 PM

I have my cards overclocked to 425/605. The maximum allowed fq are 437/~640 but i have experienced artifacts etc. I have also experienced cases where xp were booting with screen off. I had to reset it and reboot with "previous known settings that worked" in order to make it boot properly. So far i use 425/605 with no problems at all.

Hammerhead · 07-29-2006, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kirileman

I have my cards overclocked to 425/605. The maximum allowed fq are 437/~640 but i have experienced artifacts etc. I have also experienced cases where xp were booting with screen off. I had to reset it and reboot with "previous known settings that worked" in order to make it boot properly. So far i use 425/605 with no problems at all.

I don't remember, do you have an Evesham?

And do you have the 256 or 512 vid cards? It might just be that the 512 cards aren't very overclockable...

What drivers are you using?

kirileman · 07-29-2006, 03:57 PM

256 vid cards, 84.15 forceware version. I bought it in greece, it doesnt come as "alienware" or "evesham" here but with a different name.

aaronjb · 07-31-2006, 03:00 PM

Maybe the 256 cards are more 'oc friendly' - less RAM heat maybe? Not sure if it's fewer physical RAM chips or not..

Or perhaps I just got two 'dud' cards when it comes to overclocking - we all know o/c capabilities are a bit of a lottery, sadly.

In the words of the immortal Scotty - the engines just cannae tek it cap'n.

UKBananas · 08-01-2006, 02:11 AM

So anyone tried GRAW on one of these rigs? Can you run it in 1920 x 1200 at reasonable settings without mouse lag????

UKB

mr9865 · 08-01-2006, 10:52 PM

where did you buy the ARIMA W830-DA

aaronjb · 08-02-2006, 02:10 AM

I bought mine from Evesham computers in the UK.. AFAIK they don't ship outside the UK, though.

aaronjb · 08-02-2006, 03:44 PM

After an 0.1V overvolt and BIOS-mod How To Here), new scores:

3DMark05 - 10311 @ 1024x768, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37 in SysTool
Driverset: nVidia nForce 6.80, AW 84.74 nVidia drivers, AMD Athlon driver 1.3.2.0

3DMark06 - 5531 @ 1280x1024, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37MHz in SysTool.
Driverset: nVidia nForce 6.80, AW 84.74 nVidia, AMD athlon 1.3.2.0

(Please ignore the fact that the clocks are back at standard in that - I'm teh n00b and accidentally hit the 'No Overclock' option while taking the screenshot.. d'oh!)

jedipimpin · 09-06-2006, 07:20 AM

Has anyone tried overclocking the 7900GS as a single card on the m9700?

Bryan'sM505x · 09-10-2006, 02:52 AM

Arima? isnt that the company that makes the 7000 series amd gateway laptops at best buy? the ones with the ati x600 video cards? how do u like your laptop? i'm considering the 9700 model... Hmmm on second thought I think Arima made my older m505x gateway laptop... (which was one awesome lappie btw)

Hammerhead · 09-17-2006, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedipimpin

Has anyone tried overclocking the 7900GS as a single card on the m9700?

I did one run by accident, can't recall the clocks but it came in a 7300 for the single card in 3dMark05.

Rodex123 · 02-21-2007, 07:10 AM

Niceeeeee

tridge · 02-23-2007, 01:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 357Magnum

Congrats on the system aaronjb! Nice rig you got yourself there.

I have a suggestion for your signature man... I had to scroll 5 pages just to get past it..

Aurora mALX

AMD 64 ML44 2.4 GHZ
19" 1680x1050
2GB ram
Dual 512MB Go 7900GTX SLI
7200RPM 100GB SATA

boomheadshot45 · 02-24-2007, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by E-dirt

I have a suggestion for your signature man... I had to scroll 5 pages just to get past it..

Aurora mALX

AMD 64 ML44 2.4 GHZ
19" 1680x1050
2GB ram
Dual 512MB Go 7900GTX SLI
7200RPM 100GB SATA

Yeah, its a little big. But yeah I'm kinda late but congrats and very nice score.

07-29-2006, 06:20 AM	#46
aaronjb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 434 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 115	It could be the voltage (which, you're correct, you can't change in NiBitor on our cards) - or of course I might just have gotten a card or two that doesn't like overclocking.. It's very much the luck of the draw with overclocking, after all. Having SLi on or off doesn't seem to make any difference to the max reported stable speed in my case. Still - I did some burn-in tests last night then switched off to let everything cool to ambient, and today my load temps have dropped probably 5-8C on what they were last night after I'd first applied the AS5, which is a nice drop if you ask me. __________________ Quest Nemesis (Arima W830-DA) // Turion ML-44 2.4GHz // 2Gb DDR-333MHz // 17" WUXGA // 2x 512Mb 7900GS Go SLi // 2x100Gb 7200rpm 3DMark05 - 10311 @ 1024x768, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37 in SysTool 3DMark06 - 5531 @ 1280x1024, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37MHz in SysTool The old: Sony Vaio PCG-VX71P // P3-M 850MHz // 384Mb // 14.1" // i815 // 60Gb 5400rpm

07-31-2006, 03:00 PM	#50
aaronjb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 434 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 115	Maybe the 256 cards are more 'oc friendly' - less RAM heat maybe? Not sure if it's fewer physical RAM chips or not.. Or perhaps I just got two 'dud' cards when it comes to overclocking - we all know o/c capabilities are a bit of a lottery, sadly. In the words of the immortal Scotty - the engines just cannae tek it cap'n. __________________ Quest Nemesis (Arima W830-DA) // Turion ML-44 2.4GHz // 2Gb DDR-333MHz // 17" WUXGA // 2x 512Mb 7900GS Go SLi // 2x100Gb 7200rpm 3DMark05 - 10311 @ 1024x768, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37 in SysTool 3DMark06 - 5531 @ 1280x1024, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37MHz in SysTool The old: Sony Vaio PCG-VX71P // P3-M 850MHz // 384Mb // 14.1" // i815 // 60Gb 5400rpm

08-01-2006, 10:52 PM	#52
mr9865 I drive a 2003 focus ZX3 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Howard WI Posts: 4,550 Credits: 121	where did you buy the ARIMA W830-DA __________________ Lost as to what to do

08-02-2006, 02:10 AM	#53
aaronjb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 434 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 115	I bought mine from Evesham computers in the UK.. AFAIK they don't ship outside the UK, though. __________________ Quest Nemesis (Arima W830-DA) // Turion ML-44 2.4GHz // 2Gb DDR-333MHz // 17" WUXGA // 2x 512Mb 7900GS Go SLi // 2x100Gb 7200rpm 3DMark05 - 10311 @ 1024x768, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37 in SysTool 3DMark06 - 5531 @ 1280x1024, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37MHz in SysTool The old: Sony Vaio PCG-VX71P // P3-M 850MHz // 384Mb // 14.1" // i815 // 60Gb 5400rpm

08-02-2006, 03:44 PM	#54
aaronjb Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 434 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 1 Credits: 115	After an 0.1V overvolt and BIOS-mod How To Here), new scores: 3DMark05 - 10311 @ 1024x768, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37 in SysTool Driverset: nVidia nForce 6.80, AW 84.74 nVidia drivers, AMD Athlon driver 1.3.2.0 3DMark06 - 5531 @ 1280x1024, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37MHz in SysTool. Driverset: nVidia nForce 6.80, AW 84.74 nVidia, AMD athlon 1.3.2.0 (Please ignore the fact that the clocks are back at standard in that - I'm teh n00b and accidentally hit the 'No Overclock' option while taking the screenshot.. d'oh!) __________________ Quest Nemesis (Arima W830-DA) // Turion ML-44 2.4GHz // 2Gb DDR-333MHz // 17" WUXGA // 2x 512Mb 7900GS Go SLi // 2x100Gb 7200rpm 3DMark05 - 10311 @ 1024x768, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37 in SysTool 3DMark06 - 5531 @ 1280x1024, noAA, no Ansitropic, GPU @ 423/602 & 1.1V, FSB @ 207.37MHz in SysTool The old: Sony Vaio PCG-VX71P // P3-M 850MHz // 384Mb // 14.1" // i815 // 60Gb 5400rpm

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07-29-2006, 12:48 PM	#47
kirileman Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20 Credits: -345	I have my cards overclocked to 425/605. The maximum allowed fq are 437/~640 but i have experienced artifacts etc. I have also experienced cases where xp were booting with screen off. I had to reset it and reboot with "previous known settings that worked" in order to make it boot properly. So far i use 425/605 with no problems at all.

07-29-2006, 03:57 PM	#49
kirileman Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 20 Credits: -345	256 vid cards, 84.15 forceware version. I bought it in greece, it doesnt come as "alienware" or "evesham" here but with a different name.

08-01-2006, 02:11 AM	#51
UKBananas UKBananas Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 88 Credits: 501	So anyone tried GRAW on one of these rigs? Can you run it in 1920 x 1200 at reasonable settings without mouse lag???? UKB

09-06-2006, 07:20 AM	#55
jedipimpin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 7 Credits: -347	Has anyone tried overclocking the 7900GS as a single card on the m9700?

09-10-2006, 02:52 AM	#56
Bryan'sM505x Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 834 Reviews: 1 Credits: 561	Arima? isnt that the company that makes the 7000 series amd gateway laptops at best buy? the ones with the ati x600 video cards? how do u like your laptop? i'm considering the 9700 model... Hmmm on second thought I think Arima made my older m505x gateway laptop... (which was one awesome lappie btw) __________________ Everyday Lappy: Gateway M-6864FX C2D T5750 2.0ghz 15.4" WXGA 4gb ram, ATI 2600HD 512mb Upgraded BLU RAY- DVD/RW Drive Gaming Notebook: Gateway P-6831FX NVIDIA 8800GTS w/ First Blu Ray Drive Upgrade Sold Work Lappy:* Dell XPS M1730 T7700 2.4ghz 4gb ram 17" WXUGA C2D Nviida 8700GT 512ram Desktop: Alienware Area 51 7500 Conspiracy Blue E6600 C2D 2.4ghz 3GB DVDRW, 320GB HD, Nvidia 8800GTS 320GB DX 10, X-Fi™ XtremeGamer 7.1 Audio, 22" Samsung LCD. Last edited by Bryan'sM505x; 09-11-2006 at 12:47 AM.

02-21-2007, 07:10 AM	#58
Rodex123 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 32 Credits: -331	Niceeeeee

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