well.... who knows if they do want to make agp less attractive then let them, doesnt affect me im not sure, because i read from other places they DO use slower memory to compensate for the extra bridge i live in US not europe so maybe here and there different manufaccturing
Wooohoooo this about puts me on top of the pile... 3dMark05 - 4259 3dMark03 - 9999 3dMark01 - 18688 Aquamark3 - 62033 These zalman coolers i installed are nice, heres a link to pic of both of em.. http://www.sbsracing.com/zalmanboth.jpg
looks like chaintech cards are scoring high hm.... how come you guys can get memory clock so high.... i gotta try....
I think the pci-e cards run better than the agp. Even with the same core/memory settings. Wonder why that is.
I am using rivatuner... tried to take my cpu up to 230fsb(3.465) but it would error on cpu tests so i backed it down to 220(3.3)... i prolly could take this chaintech even higher i think... doesnt get very warm at all with this zalman cooler... heres a few pics of my rig.. www.sbsracing.com/cover.jpg www.sbsracing.com/completeopen.jpg www.sbsracing.com/nocover.jpg www.sbsracing.com/nocovercpu.jpg www.sbsracing.com/videocardintower.jpg www.sbsracing.com/zalmanboth.jpg www.sbsracing.com/zalmancpu.jpg How u get that 3.0 up to 3.7 sniper... i error on cp tests on 3dmark05 (only test it errors) at 3.465... I might have to retest with those 71.xx drivers... cause seems i getting killed on 01...
for those using 6600 gt pci-e getting scores of 4000+ in 3dmark05 what driver version are you using? any special tweaks which made this score possible? btw my 3dmark05 score is ranging from 3800 to 3900 only... i'm currently using forceware 71.84...
hey i wanna go beyond 4000+ but card is limited to 550/1100...and doom 3 seems to be lagging if oc 500/1000 test 3dmark03 = 8649 3dmark05 = 3489
hey vulture are you using that DOT thing from MSI? how did you OC your gpu? what tools did you use? you're input would be a lot of help since we're using the same brand...
Nope, i dont use DOT. I didnt even installed the MSI-Driver, cause this one adds some menu panels you cant remove, even if you completely uninstall the driver, at least as far as i know. I just use Riva Tuner and OC'ed the memory first. Then testing with Aquamark3 and if everything runs fine, i tried a little more. The same with the GPU core frequency. But no guarantee that your card can reach the same speeds as mine. Just try it. A good point to start from 500/1000 should be 530/1100, your card should run fine with this. Then go step by step upwards.
vulture, ok i will play around with it.. hey is it ok to uninstall the stereo drivers since i'm not planning to use it anyway? will it have a significant perfromance gain if i did? lastly about overclocking.. what increments did you use while OC'ing(core clock and memory clock)?
i will try higher clocks since other ppl can achieve 1250 on mem i never tried higher but i will now using 76.41 trying to break old record of 4304 on 05 and hopefully to 9800 in 03 also aquamark somehow never goes high with me, but ill try again same with 01
It refer to CAS Latency, RAS to CAS Delay, RAS Precharge and Cycle Time (Tras). Those parameters define the timing/latency of the RAM and is translated into respone time upon request as measured in nano seconds. Programs such as CPU-z and Everest can be used to trace down the memory latency and latency in nanoseconds, in respectively. Athlon 64 has a intergrated memory controller located inside the CPU itself and thus benefit most from low latency TCCD chips that able to run at 1.5-2-2.
nabelon, you are fine with your Kingston value RAM. There are two variant, i.e. 2.5-3-3 and 3.0-3-3. The 2.5 will probably tiny faster than 3.0. Investing on expensive TCCD costs twice as compare to the value RAM. Therefore, most people recommended Corsair value ram over the TCCD for Athlon 64. FYI, my PDP Systems Patriot XBL costed me ~SGD410, that is ~RM960. IMO, since you have invested a lots on your 2x512MB, just live with it. You will benefit most by spend your money on heat sink fan and GPU. Tweak you CPU as you knowledge grow. Cheers.
Mmhh i dont think that the stereo drivers affect the performance anyway. So you can uninstall them, no problem. I OC'ed core and mem separatly. First i tried to push my mem to the max, then the core. As i already said, i started with 530/1100, cause every 6600GT should run perfectly with this settings. Then i increased mem by 10MHz and started testing. Then again 10MHz more and testing. And again...you got it? Same with core then and you should see how far your card goes. Im really interested in your results!
