3DMark06 8600M GT Highest stable overclock results: POST HERE.

ASUS C90S
[email protected] Turbogear gaming mode
3gb Ram
160GB Seagate
Windows XP
Nvidia 8600M GT GDDR2 512MB
Nvidia Forceware 169.09


GPU Clocks: 600/1200/545 (Bios flash)
3DMARK06: 4633 @ 1280x1024

Temp test: 3DMark06 with each test looped 8x. Ntune installed with event logging every 5 minutes. MAX temp was 88C which only showed up once. Average 84C. Stable.



NEW CLOCKS (note changes):


ASUS C90S
[email protected] Turbogear gaming mode
3gb Ram
160GB Seagate
Windows XP
Nvidia 8600M GT GDDR2 512MB
Nvidia Forceware 169.09


GPU Clocks: 610/1220/550 (Bios flash)
3DMARK06: 4637 @ 1280x1024

Temp test: 3DMark06 with each test looped 10x. Ntune installed with event logging every 2 minutes. MAX temp was 87C which only showed up once. Average 84C. Stable.


Summary:
The gpu does not seem to heat up at all afer a certain point of overclocking. However, after a certain point, overclocking does not have an effect on the 3DMarko6 score.
If I were to run the gpu at 630/1260/575, there would most likely be a large increase in score. I have run more test than I posted and the result is that when the memory
is increased by 15 the score goes up around 65 points. When the cpu is raised by 30, the score is raised by about 30-35 points (raising shader to match cpu).

Notes: All test were performed with all drivers installed with programs installed. My antivirus monitor (NOD32) was also running. Wireless/bluetooth were disabled via
the wireless console. All drivers were up to date via web search or Asus download page. Fans were highly active at a few points during the 10x looping, but after they ran
fast for a little while they would quite down for much longer before speeding back up.

Future plans: I plan to run a 10x looping with 3d settings at 8x Anisotrophic filtering and 4x Anti aliasing with vsync force enabled via nvidia control panel. The purpose
of this is to stress the gpu out as much as possible. I will also run a continous loop of the Crysis game demo benchmark program from Guru3d.com. I will post these results later.

PICS AND SCREENS TO FOLLOW!

 

i cannot do 1280x1024 but at 1024x768 i get 6500 marks. 570 - 1276 - 810 (bios flash) asus g1s and windows xp. if you really want a stable overclock use the atitool 3dview. let it run and watch the temps rise.

 

I dont use ATiTool because I think 3DMark06 test lighting and stresses the shader clock better in each of its test.

 

Also, is yours the 256mb gddr3 version?

 

yes - asus g1s.

atitool will give you more temps than 3dmark , believe me

 

the highest ive gotten on my ddr3 card was like 5.1 or 5.2 at 99 celcius

 

NEW Stability Test:


ASUS C90S
[email protected] Turbogear gaming mode
3gb Ram
160GB Seagate
Windows XP
Nvidia 8600M GT GDDR2 512MB
Nvidia Forceware 169.09


GPU Clocks: 610/1220/550 (Bios flash)
3DMARK06: 4639 @ 1280x1024





Temp test: 3DMark06 with each test looped 10x. Ntune installed with event logging every 2 minutes. 1280x1024 2X AA 8X AF Vsync Forced on. MAX temp was 88C which only showed up once. Average 84C. Stable.


Notes: All test were performed with all drivers installed with programs installed. Wireless/bluetooth were disabled via the wireless console. All drivers were up to date via web search or Asus download page. Fans were highly active at a few points during the 10x looping, but after they ran
fast for a little while they would quite down for much longer before speeding back up.

 

how the hell do you reach those clocks!

My system locks up if I hit over 500 on the core and 527 on the memory! And to say my desktop 8600GT supports 750mhz on the core!

 

hit about 4860 in 3dmark06 at 600/1200/800 winxp. unfortunately no screen shots

 

Do you have the gddr3 version? If so, then yeah thats kinda what i thought I would get at those clocks. Like I said the memory seems to have more effect than the core when overclocking. Im actually tempted to take the ace door off the bottom of the c90 and put a fan under it and go higher on the clocks just to see how high I can get....also if its gddr3 you should be able to go even higher. Regardless, you should give complete details and a screen shot. Dont leave us wanting

 

yeah. Im with you... how do you reach those clocks ? Im getting artifacts at 500/475, temps reach 91 on 3dmark runs. Damn. Something wrong with our cooling...

Swoley, Just curious, whats ur MB revision ? Are you one of the early ones who have the f06 or earlier revision ? I seem to notice that the later models do not have problems handling the heat. There's something better with the newer batch of the c90's...

 

lucky you guys :E
I got 3200 points, 100c without overclocking (g1s) .
Sent it to factory 5days ago, waiting it to come back so I can oc it as much as you can.

 

I'll try, but I got rid of mspaint when I made my "lite" version of winxp using nlite

 

I have revision F03.

 

So here is my best results so far. I had over 4800 earlier though before I could get a screenshot:

 

3dmark05 at same clocks:

 

swoley your talking about "bios flashing" gpu clocks.... how do you do that with the c90s .. i just know how to flash my bios but not how to bioa flash my gpu clocks..

 

If memory serves me right, highest 3dmark06 I ever got was 4600-4700 at 1280 resolution; G1S with the 8600m gt dd3.

That was when I had a fresh install of vista and no bloatware. A few months and 140gb later, I'm averaging about 4200.

 

do a search for bios flash guide. theres a guide on here somewhere

 

hehe Adolf, you still got the record

 

Hmm swoley, I've read a boat load of your posts about overclocking your 8600m, 3DMark06 and so forth, I will be able to help you out sometime soon. I have a C90s on the way, should be here wedsenday. A cpu from a friend that can do 3.6Ghz all day and all long undervolted, as well as a 8600m GT GDDR3. I know its not the 2 version, but I guess you would like the results. Can't wait to do some testing :]

 

The CPU can't be OCed other than with the gaming/OC mode though.

 

Right but at least I know it can be stable...stability = everything.

 

Clock: 595/850

Temp: Around 84C

Os: Vista ultimate.

computer: G2S-7R023G

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/resultanalyzer.jsp?projectType=14&XLID=0&UID=10648740

Have been a bit higher though. With the Cpu Oc'd to 2.4 ghz and undervolted