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    8800m GTS Benchmarks

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by narsnail, Feb 10, 2008.

  1. Johnksss

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    brainer, now go ahead and show him up....go ahead and make that move! upgrade to the 8800m gtx! wooohoooo only about 500 to 1000 bucks! :eek:

    lol
     
    Johnksss, Jun 13, 2008
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    rofl he's got his present already :p
     
    brainer, Jun 13, 2008
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  3. Johnksss

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    wont the 8800m gtx card fit in your lappy???
     
    Johnksss, Jun 13, 2008
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    Whose Lappy? now you are starting to Freak me out :p
     
    brainer, Jun 13, 2008
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  5. Johnksss

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    Alienware Area-51 m9750

    CPU: Intel t7200 2ghz Overclocked to 2.25ghz
    GPU: Nvidia 7950GTX SLI
    HDD: Seagate 100gb 7200rpm
    Ram: 2gb 667mhz, Latancy :5-4-4-5
    Mouse: Microsoft Wireless Notebook Optical Mouse
    Favourite Games: Gears of War, UT3 , Bioshock.


    that one
     
    Johnksss, Jun 13, 2008
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    it cant take 8800GTX, but even if it could in future, i'm not upgrading
     
    brainer, Jun 13, 2008
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  7. Johnksss

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    i hear ya. nothing wrong with that.
     
    Johnksss, Jun 13, 2008
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    What GPU/Memory clock setting do you reccommend if I wan't to pull the max out from my 8800M GTS? (Stable and safe clocks ofc)
     
    DRevan, Jul 1, 2008
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  9. hydra

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    All cards are different so my clocks could lock yours up. Yu want to start small increments, watch your temps, and see if game likes OC...some don't. Crysis seemed to not like OC but again, may be the clocks I used. YMMV.
     
    hydra, Jul 1, 2008
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    650/900 works really well for me on my HDX. Stable as can be. Witcher is my game of choice right now, and it runs great. Ran AoC very well while I played, just decided the game ain't my cup of tea. 9280 3dMark06 using 174.74 driver. Wish I could find a driver that doesn't reset clocks when I reboot though...kind of annoying.
     
    hovercraftdriver, Jul 1, 2008
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  11. KGann

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    Just picked up one of these today at Best Buy. ($1099) Loving it so far, but haven't gotten a chance to download more than just Firefox. Can't wait to benchmark, and throw another CPU in here!
     
    KGann, Jul 1, 2008
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    same, im thinking when I get a bit of money, Im going to buy an X7900 or an X9000 off ebay, should pick things up a bit.
     
    narsnail, Jul 1, 2008
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  13. KGann

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    I may wait for the Quad Core in November.
     
    KGann, Jul 1, 2008
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    Johnksss, Jul 2, 2008
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    Sc rew Guru3d, they arent offering something good for Humanity (AKA drivers) , At least tweakforce are boosting my performance. i'm staying with them.
     
    brainer, Jul 2, 2008
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    Yeah who cares, XG is the best drivers out there for us notebook owners, well for desktop owners too. Nothing can touch it´s peformance and IQ.
     
    Magnus72, Jul 2, 2008
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  17. KGann

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    Hmm... should I try these "XG" drivers? Do they offer 64bit drivers?
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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    Yes, the do offer them KGann, stay tuned, new driver is coming in 4-5 days or something.
     
    brainer, Jul 2, 2008
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    Awesome, thank you Brainer! Two more questions, if you don't mind-

    1. I'm sure they Tweak the drivers, (hence the name), but it's not crazy tweaking that would cause higher temps, or unstable performance, correct?

    2. Do you have a link? I couldn't seem to find anything that wasn't Guru3D related.

    Thanks man!
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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    just said that they got banned, never said anything about the drivers being bad.

    kgann: use what ever drivers work best for you and your system. what might be good for some may not be best for you. you'll just have to play around and see.

    was over at xg a little bit ago. waiting for semp to do the 177.41's. i see he is running them for his personal system.
     
    Johnksss, Jul 2, 2008
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  21. KGann

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    Good point, John. On my 8400GT, I knew it like the back of my hand. But this 8800 is a whole new basket to me!
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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    Awesome man, you guys are fantastic!
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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    lol no! you are!
     
    brainer, Jul 2, 2008
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  25. dondadah88

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    well not for me as hp only use 169.04 to overclock and i dont want to change the bios default settings

    Edit: nvm just went to their websit and now trying there driver
     
    dondadah88, Jul 2, 2008
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    im an hp owner as well. dv9740us. and your right about the over clocking, but the new drivers run way better on the dv series than the 169.09 and 04's. like everyone is saying...they are better optimized. powering it back on and will let you know a few frame rates with the stock setting of 500/400/1000.

    funny thing was dondadah88, i crashed it trying to convert it to a gtx card....lol and had to blind flash it back to stock. lol
     
    Johnksss, Jul 2, 2008
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  27. brainer

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    lol be careful dude.. very dangerous attempt :D
     
    brainer, Jul 2, 2008
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    lol only u would try some thing like that

    i'm going to try use the stock settings now but i've been on 169.04 for so much months idk which driver is good now and i cant find the inf file on the xg website
     
    dondadah88, Jul 2, 2008
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    lol, nah not really. you only corrupt the bios strings for your card which is part of the main bios. when you re flash the main bios it over writes the bogus strings for your card. but before flashing, you will need...
    1: usb floppy or thumb drive
    2: crisis recovery disk.
    3: your current bios file which has to be renamed to bios.wph
    4: the keycode to activate your blind bios flash. (ours was fn+b)
    5: listen to the beeps. wait till your computer shuts off. then turn it back on. and your back in business.

    but since i dont have all of the stuff for my gateway (bios file). flashing the bios is.....
    NOT GONNA HAPPEN!

    :D :D :D
     
    Johnksss, Jul 2, 2008
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    yeah, you know me..will take one for the notebook community just to see if it can be done.. :D

    no need. xg's make it all one file. just click to install and it will pretty much do the rest.
     
    Johnksss, Jul 2, 2008
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    Downloading the Tweakforce XG drivers. What modding, exactly to they do? Are there any .Inf's to replace or such?

    I'm guessing I still need to do the "Uninstall, reboot, reinstall" method, correct?
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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    Well, my 3DMark went down 200 points. I'm reverting back...
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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    what did u try
     
    dondadah88, Jul 2, 2008
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    The Tweakforce drivers. It went from 6944 to 6782.
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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  35. dondadah88

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    no what driver did you use
     
    dondadah88, Jul 2, 2008
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    The Tweakforce drivers that were linked. I now am back to 177.41.
     
    KGann, Jul 2, 2008
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    Kgann, they do perform better, did you try games?...
     
    brainer, Jul 3, 2008
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    Yup, performance went down in both Crysis and CoD4...
     
    KGann, Jul 3, 2008
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    thats wierd. its one of the best performers for me, oh well. it varies from a card to other.
     
    brainer, Jul 3, 2008
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    I'm sure they are good drivers, they just didn't do much for me.
     
    KGann, Jul 3, 2008
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    hey everyone i'm thinking about tgetting the new gateway
    http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668093.php

    it has the 8800m gts and a 1080p screen i'm just wondering what's the performance differnce going to be in games at 1080p. if it isnt to great, i'm alittle tight on money but if i can get the 8800m gtx sli for cheap can someone put me to the right computer
     
    dondadah88, Jul 9, 2008
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  42. KGann

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    That notebook will handle any game you throw at it. With the T8300, it is a very nice machine. You could also look at picking up one of the P-6860FX's at Best Buy, and throw in a T8300 from eBay. May save a little money. ;)
     
    KGann, Jul 10, 2008
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    UPDATE

    Will be redoing my benchmarks, sort of a comparison almost, i have an X7800 installed now, so we will see how much of a difference the clockspeed can make.
     
    narsnail, Aug 7, 2008
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    Alrighty. Can't wait! :D
     
    Elementrat, Aug 8, 2008
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    that should be intersting.. Specially with FPS games.
     
    brainer, Aug 8, 2008
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    Im really interested to see how it improves performance. i swear my t5550 is holding me back in TF2.
     
    xxERIKxx, Aug 8, 2008
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    OFc it is, Source games are CPU dependants..
     
    brainer, Aug 8, 2008
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    ^ what he said, because of the physics aspect. But yes, so far I have noticed a huge difference, one i cant beleive though. DOW DC was giving me between 20-60FPS before with the T5450, and now with the X7800 it was between, get ready.

    160-460FPS, WTF
     
    narsnail, Aug 8, 2008
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  49. brainer

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    erm yes. i was stunned with your FPS in DOW first time actually, i was Like WTF :p but now it sounds good :D Since DOW relies on Single core speed i guess, well until SOulstorm came out, all others had multicore probs.
     
    brainer, Aug 8, 2008
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    i guess i should invest in a new cpu then. dont know if i could afford a X7800 though.
     
    xxERIKxx, Aug 8, 2008
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