8600GT DDR2 @ 1280x854 @ 4211 3DMark06

Fresh Boot, but not a clean install. Vostro 1500. DDR2 8600GT @ Not quite stock speeds.






Hows your father?

 

Selective startup, few flat restarts later, less things running:



630.21 Core, 530 Mem. T7500 (2.0), 2.0GB, Vista Business, 160's from LV2G.

 

what were the standard clock speeds? what's the difference?

 

Somebody recently published a 3DMark06 score in a review, whilst not as high as your score, I was convinced it was wrong.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3918

They got 3,319, with stock drivers, when I get 3,287 with BIOSHOCK drivers, on my Acer 5920, or 3188 with Acer Stock drivers.

Why is the score so high? Anyone know?

 

Because you're not running at the real resolution =p. Your score means nozzing!

 

yes...run it at 1280x1024

 

So you're saying 1280x854vs 1280x1024 makes that big a difference, over 1000 points?

 

yes, now go run it again =p

 

Yes. Y-axis pixels or vertical resolution seems to take more toll on the GPU than an increase in horizontal resolution. Now test it and post it again with the respective screenshots.

 

he can't, his max resolution is 1440 x 900.

 

so do it at 1440x900, theres about a 1% difference between 1280x1024 and 1440x900. but you do need a full version of 3dmark06, or you can attach a seperate monitor that does support 1280x1024

 

On my old 17in CRT - a quick run, not disabling all processes.

 

is that OC'd because that is a pretty damn good OC if you are running everything in 3dmark06 standard.

 

sheldon77 it's oc you can tell in his screen shot core 630 memory 530.
Btw nice oc joebusby
Just a quick question what's the temp of your GPU when running at oc? Do you run this oc normally or just for 3dmark?

 

Have you tried undervolting? Or is this just toying with the video only? I'm planning on trying the same thing. I don't want to do any of that yet on my Vostro 1500 that I just got because it's getting exchanged. The screen is TERERIBLE. Backlight washout bottom 20-25% of screen and top 10%, and it's got a terrible yellowish tint to everything. My wife's Acer Aspire 5100 looks 200x better.

 

I wouldnt know how to undervolt, but surely that would give it even less power to overclock - wouldn't I want to overvoltage? (I come from PC overclocking)

I have a dodgy screen also (grainy) and a technician is coming today, so better lose atitool for 20mins . I'd like to keep this one though, I think I have a very usable 8600 chip.

 

Also to ask, why am I getting such low temps? After just running an entire 3dm, my temps barely go over 60. Am I right in guessing that ATItool is reporting the system temp not the chip temp?

Also, when he gets here and the lcd he brings is inevitably another grainy screen, I'm considering threatening with the return, seeing what happens. See what he can do.

 

Try nTUNE or Riva Tuner to monitor ur temp , and plz let us know ur temps because after I saw ur 3dm score,I would OC my 8600GT. Also,where I can get ATI tools ?

 

Well ATI monitors my temps. I switched from Riva Tuner because it was telling me the same thing, only not monitoring my clocks correctly. ATITool also did this, but then I fixed that by running it as an administrator. Maybe Riva will work better as an admin.

Both of them reported my temps low. I'll try nTune now.

That 3dmark score just after obtaining temp on gpu was 65ish Celsius.

 

Thats cool, my windows vista performance index for the gfx went from 4.7 to 5.7.

But now limited by the HDD. Damn 5400rpm ****. Wonder if intel turbo memory would help.

 

plz can u tell me the exact drivers that u used?? and try the oc' with some real games and tell us the playability

 

Ya..What driver version you are using????

 

That's good.

Now we need to compare it to a GDDR3 8600GT OC :lol:

 

joebusby what was your room/environment temp? Do you have cooler pad sit underneath laptop?

EDIT: This is my result of overclocking I had to format my laptop cuz I couldn't overclock no matter what. This is freshly formatted and installed OS only minimal application loaded so far.

System Setup:
Testing Gear in sig
Windows XP SP2 32bit:
RivaTuner 2.03
forceware 101.08 (stock driver)
Room temp 30C
GPU idle temp around 58C

Testing game: FEAR 1.0 retail (I haven't had time to download patch and update my driver yet).
Everything is maxed except FSAA and soft shadow turn off. Resolution 1440x1050.

@core 475 mem 400
min 23
avg 36
max 68

@core 520 mem 410
min 24
avg 38
max 72

@core 561 mem 440
min 26
avg 41
max 78

@core 600 mem 470
min 27
avg 44
max 83

@core 600 mem 500
min 29
avg 45
max 85

@core 620 mem 510
min 31
avg 48
max 91

@core 630 mem 520
attempt failed game freeze.
After each test GPU temp reach around 76C~78C compared to stock speed 73C~75C.

I'll upload pics later and perhaps update my driver and patch and maybe Half life 2 once I get home (still at work lol).

 

I run hl2 fully for a few hours at 630 with no crashes.

It's on a wooden table, with no excess cooler. Two usb plugins, in a warmish (centrally heated, about 23c room).

The latest from lv2g. Like 160.54 or something, I can't remember. My temps never go above about 65, so im guessing theres a glitch in my monitors.

 

The only modern game I've tried is the company of heroes demo, which I did everything on high/ultra, 2xaa 2xaf, 1440x900 no slowdown at all, totally fluid. Dunno exact framerates, i hate having counters, it ruins immersion.

 

at that res the 8600gt is better than people give it credit for, its a very powerful card