The 6600GT Thread

Gainward GT6600 "Ultra" Golden sample vivo solution (maybe)

I SOLVED IT!!! Geez, took a few hours to get it down exactly what it was!

DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT, use EXPERTtools that comes with the products. Well if you have the problems I described, just uninstall it and use either nvideas or powerstrip or a similar product to overclock or control this card.

I was using powerstrip as well, plus I wasn't certain that the drivers to the card were correct. Anyways, works fine now. I can finally recommend this card. Easily overclockable as well ^^.

Hope this info helps!

 

Well , I'm almost too embarrased to mention my Aquamark Score, but it was just slightly higher than your old P4 score . Man, I never dreamt that there would be a bogus 6600GT card out there , so just grabbbed the one my dealer had in stock ... yep , the XFX6600GT , and it is running like a dog so far .

I have a dual Xeon 3.2 with some 2-2-2-7 BH-6 and it should be doing at least 45,000 , I would think . I ran Aquamark in High-Quality mode , and then in High Performance mode and the scores are the same , around 31,500 , with GPU at 6000 and CPU at 3000 . I'm running the 66.93 forcewares , and it looks like I'll be trying various other drivers just to be sure it's not the 66.93's that are causing this lack of performance .

With any luck my dealer might let me return it if I agree to upgrade , which will mean a 6800 something . Too bad , really . This card has everything I wanted ... dual DVI , Vivo , great price ... but what a huge let down . I actually asked for the 6800 vanilla , but he was sold out that afternoon , so I just grabbed the XFX thinking it looked like a really sweet bit of hardware .

What a drag . Any tips for squeezing more FPS out of Aquamark at a stock clock ?

Dynamo

 

Your CPU score is way off... Hell, my P4 1.9 got 4400... There's something wrong with your system! The GPU score is a bit low, but it's not that bad (I score 7300 with my Athlon 64). I don't know, but looking at this I would say that the problem is not the 6600GT, and you should perform some other tests. Also, try CPU-Z and have a look at your system (fsb, mem timings, etc.).

 

Your CPU score in A3 is way tooo low. Try some bios tweaks.
BTW even a a64 scoring 7400 is tooo low /I have 7000/. You should get something like 8500 at least.

 

i was going to buy a 6600GT but you lot have scared me,i think ill get a A64 3000+ and new mobo with the money instead and keep my 9700pro for a bit.........lol.


Christ the makers of the dodgy cards should pull them out of the stock line and review the problem instead they seem to be taking a gamble that SOME of the 66GT's will work ok.......thats naughty......i agree we should set up a sticky which points the finger at certain companies (using a vote) and slaps them in a black list then at least if somone wants a 66GT they know which ones to get and which ones to leave well alone.

Damn im gutted cos i cant afford a 6800GT and from the benchies the 66GT kicks my 9700pro right in the danglies.

 

go for the 6600gt buy it via internet and when its no good then send it back. The 6600gt can score quite high after OC- 9200 in 3dmark 03 and 62000 in A3

 

Hi :

This system is very fast and tweaked to no end . I pulled the XFX card out and slapped my poor old MX2 - V7100 back in and ran Aquamark , just so I would have another set of numbers :

GPU : 195
CPU : 11,000
FPS : 1.9


What I really need is a link to a specific Aquamark thread to see if I can grab hold of some more info . For all we know , all 6600GT's are dogs with dual Xeons and their 875 chipsets ... I'm just using that for an example , of course , but the point is , we can't just jump to conclusions at this point .

Obviously , I am jumping to conclusions already , pointing a finger at the XFX , when it could be drivers , or something else that is causing such low scores .

This dual xeon rocks in realworld benches , like Cinebench etc , and is a really truly great machine for the money . Cheap motherboard and cheap CPU's that OC through the roof !!! Throw away those noisey Intel HSF's and slap a couple cheap Zalmans on , and this is the best bang-for-buck I know of (A64's are the best single deals) .

If it turns out the XFX is not compatible with this setup , then I'll drop a $150 more and upgrade to a 6800 ... something .

Any help about duals and 6600GT's or Forcewares would be greatly appreciated . Thanks .

Dynamo

 

Well , this makes me think . We all post our Aquamark scores , but never CPU & GPU AM scores . Perhaps the reason the XFX cards suck for some people is because the XFX cards are not utilizing the CPU enough . Even Acme's CPU seems to be dogging it a bit .

It could be the card and cheap hardware used on only certain models , or it could be a whole other situation altogether . Perhaps we need a thread devoted to AM scores with a breakdown of the CPU/GPU and the type of 6600GT card ?

Dynamo

 

Card runs great best buy I ever made.
Need that 64bit AMD!!!!!!!
By the way I never had the probs with experttool?

 

My CPU score is 8300, 7300 is my gpu score, for a total score of 50700. I ran another one lately and got 52000, I don't have the breakdown though.

With a little OC I get CPU: 9003 GPU: 7983 for a total score 55313. Again, this is an old test when I first put the system together. I can go to 57000 easy...

Fps in games is fine and is exactly what it should be if I look at reviews. As far as I'm concerned, my system runs fine...

Dynamo, are you overclocking? Did you try at stock speed?

 

I bought a Chaintech 6600GT which was one of the first 6600's that was available at the time. I was a bit leary since I had no experience with Chaintech, but I must say I am very satisfied with the card. It performs well and stays cool. I wouldn't hesitate in buying another one if I ever decide to go SLI.

 

Hi Acme :

Yes , your scores seem fine for your rig . No , I'm not overclocking the card , but I have found some very interesting things that seem to point to drivers . All scores below are for Aquamark3 :

With 71.24 Drivers :
GFX : 4000
CPU : 12000
SCORE : 34000

With DNA71.24 Drivers :
GFX : 3900
CPU : 11700
SCORE : 33200

With 71.80 Drivers :
GFX : 8500
CPU : 3700
SCORE : 40100

As you can see huge difference between 71.24 and 71.80 drivers . If I could find a driver that would combine the 12000 CPU and 9000 or so GFX I think I would have a solid performer . Tried 66.93 too , but also very similiar results .

Well , results are inconclusive as to if it's the XFX 6600GT or if it's the fact it's a dual CPU setup that the some drivers are having trouble with . If someone with a dual board could test and report it would be a big help , but I won't hold my breathe . Maybe I'll head over to 2CPU and see if any others are having problems .

My first reaction is to question the XFX , and it's too bad really . Great looking card and I think it's really just a matter of time before a really solid driver will kick it's performance up to where it should be on this machine .

Still , I wonder if all the people who had trouble with the XFX6600GT's also had similiar lopsided CPU/GPU scores like mine ? Maybe it is only a driver thing , not a hardware thing like has been suggested ?

Thanks for the replies guys .
Dynamo

 

Just for interests sake have you tried the 67.03's?

I though this thread was dead!

 

HI :

Well , it was dead but then I bought a XFX6600 recently , read the whole thread and thought I'd better BM my XFX since so many others were having trouble . Yep , big problems with performance ... but why ? I mean , exactly why , without jumping to conclusions . So I'm driver testing with Aquamark3 and getting odd results . If I could put a high CPU score together with a high GPU score I'd keep the card , but I'm running out of time to return it (have to pay a 15% restocking fee) .

I'll try the 67.03's before I do . Is there something special about the 67.03's , or did you just find them to work good with your brand of card ?
Thanks
Dynamo

 

I use the 67.03's as they seem the most stable, and give me the best results (got a PNY)

They were also the drivers which didn't have yellow water in HL2 (but i think this may have been fixed now)

What are your in-game FPS like? If you look through the thread you'll find mine.

 

Do you recon a 6600GT will run Battlefield 2 @1024x768 with 4xAA and 8xAF with all in game settings maxed out?

 

Xpert Vision 6600GT

I have the Expert Vision 6600 GT and am impressed by it.When playing Far Cry1.3 (BOAT) the visuals are great when skimming the water-very fast.I am benchmarking just now and will post up the results.Got a deal for £105.00.

 

Just got Aquamark 3
score of 42050 with very high detail.(standard version)
Is this low?

 

id say its a bit low.

 

Hi :

OK . No time to hunt through this huge thread again for scores . If you still have them , just put them in your sig . Anyway , same thing , but worse with the 67.03's . Poor GPU & poor CPU scores . The best scores I've had so far were with the 71.80's . Gave me 8500 GFX but only 3700 CPU and a total score of 41000 . Very very poor .

I'd say there is a very real problem with the XFX cards and certain setups , that will eventually be cured via drivers . However , when that might be is hard to say . I bought the card to accelerate framerates with 3D goggles , but there haven't been any Nvidia Stereo Drivers released yet for these latest bunch of cards so I can't even use the 3D goggles at this time .

Funny , last card I returned was an ATI simply because the drivers sucked (3 yeas ago) . Now , I'm returning a Nvidia card because of lack of drivers . I think I'll just ask for a store credit and then buy a 6800Ultra when the Nvidia Stereo drivers are finally released . A 6800Ultra will probably be a whole lot cheaper by that time .

Thanks for the replies .
Dynamo