8800gtx just got here!!!!!

thanks to justin at xoticpc my 8800gtx just got here..

man now i cant wait to get home and play with it.. just had to post its just sitting here staring at me now..

only negative i have is that the base of the gpu heatsink is def in BAD need of being lapped its def got a lot of imperfections in it...ill give it a quick shine up before i put it in today.

thanks again justin!!

 

more and more I don't see the benefit of getting a second card for myself... imo...

I mean all the games I play fluently @60+fps on high max res.

the only game I would get a benifit from is crysis.

but I hate that game.....

so I just decided to stick with a single card....


I mean 120fps with 2 cards but in reality your eyes can't comprehend past 60.
hope you enjoy your 2nd card.

 

lol no i have a 579x model so i went from a 8700 to the 8800... so this should be a large difference for me....

 

Awesome!! I know how it feels!!

neways!! enjoy ur 8800m GTX!!!

 

and the new x9000!!!! awesome....

 

Whoa!!! Just saw x9000 in ur sig!!!

lol! ur lappy is just a cpu away from being UBER!!!

Post ur 3d mark when u have it all up nd running!!
nd may i ask the cost for the new cpu nd gpu?!

 

the gpu was 745+shipping and the cpu i ended up not paying for since the guy owed me money (i own a business) he owed me just around 400$ so i said ill take that x9000 you just got .. he agreed.. nice..(i collect my debts...)

just wish i had the new cooler and bottom now.. hmmmm ill have to call sager i guess..

 

400$ for a X90 is relly a good deal. If 88M costs also 400$ ill upgrade to it.

 

Awesome!!!

Omg!!
i just realized that np5791 doesn't have the revised cooling for 8800m nd X9000!!

I guess sager can help you with that, as u said!!

Good luck nd enjoy ur uber lappy!!

 

the stock cooling is fine for the x9000 as long as its not oc'ed.. so if i want to oc this thing then i really need to try to get the new sink.. we'll im gonna call them when i get home today

 

Actually the new heathink makes only little differece between OC & Non OC. it´s the MB itself. New MB with Rev. 5.X is better for X90, much stable and u can OC to over 3.4G per FSB-Software.

 

So Z, I`m expecting a 3dmark score update, since I also have the T7500 and what you`ll be getting is probably what I`ll be getting also...

 

My bet is something round 8600/8700marks at 1280x1024 with the T7500 stock...

Good luck with you new 8800M GTX

 

Then I`ll get a Penryn also. I need something close to 10k to be worth 1.5k$ worth of upgrades...

 

Just use SetFSB and OC your CPU to 2.8Ghz... for free...

I´m just waiting for an 9800M GTX... Then will be 9800M GTX stock + [email protected] = 12K

I hope

 

I can`t OC my CPU since it hits 68C on a constant basis. I just can`t figure out how yours got so far and still remained cool.
Might be the AS5 which seems to be only applied on the GPU in the Sager units.
I`ve undervolted the cpu actually and got an absolute max while running Orthos for 40 mins of 67C.
Usually max out at 59-60C now.

 

Just remove the CPU cooler, clean it and apply some AS5... wait 200H(cooking time) with some shutdowns on the midle for the paste cool down. There you go...

And I live in an Mediterain Country(Portugal), so were even in the Winter is hot...

Thats what I´ve done.

 

Wait 200H? As in almost 8 days, 8 hours? That's one slow roast, I don't think it even takes that long to cook elephant.

(Oh, wait, according to the wags on the internet, it takes about 2 months to stew an elephant. )

 

From AS5 company site( http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm):

 

I see. But since right now I don`t need a faster CPU, but a faster GPU and HDD , I`ll have to settle without OCing.

 

Aah, thanks. I mis-read your original post and didn't realize that you could be using the system during that 200-hour period, at least for normal use. Thanks!

 

Let's hope that 9800M GTX doesn't take to much to be released...

Later Jun? Let's hope so...

 

As long as i can get it before September, might as well be released on August 30th

 

And the problem is that if even the card is already out, we will need to wait for upgrade packages(card + cooler), and a new BIOS for SantaRosa(Chipset PM965) platform that supports it...

 

well i just got home.. my neighbor had a flood from a pipe that broke in his house so i was helping out as much as i can. ill be putting my daughter to bed them running 3dmark and some other tests after i get it installed..

 

Congrats Z!!!!

 

Congrats on your new 8800m gtx. I know what its like to upgrade from so-so to HOLY S**T. I was using an integrated card on my DESKTOP. It was some 3rd world gpu called Windows media accelerator or some crap. Then I jumped to an 8800m gtx and my jaw literally dropped.

P.S. Zfactor, I've seen George Carlin live. He is my HERO.

 

@zfactor, have you done any modification of the motherboard?

 

I dont think he did, just a new BIOS

 

doesn't 5791 required mobo revision for 8800m?

 

FOr it to work in sleep mode yes

 

Will there be such motherboard revisions for the current 5793 when Montevina and Nehalem are out ?

 

totally impossible. as montevina is entirely different from santa rosa. talking about whole new motherboard here.

 

lol Okay

 

Congratulations on your new parts, Z. I'm very much interested to hear your 3DMark06 results. Also temperatures - I recommend using RivaTuner.

 

As Audigy pointed out, with his T7500+8800M GTX and XP-8600-8900 , and with the X9000 about 9200-9500.
Also XP.

 

havent run any benches yet.. im starting with a all fresh install of vista .. so im working on that right now.. i just decided to clean it all out and start fresh..

anyway i can def say the x9000 is FAST.. i dont notice any difference of course with the 8800 in everyday tasks yet.. as soon as im done ill load up some games and bench her..

 

playing with different drivers now but with the newest stock driver from sagers web site i am getting right under 9100 on vista.. so im def in the right ballpark..ill update as i try more drivers..