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6800GT failure rate

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Originally posted by: dfloyd
......for the most part the GT is still a dang good card, is there some game your playing where its running to slow? I mean is there a reason the GT would not be fast enough on your system or are you just overclocking for overclockings sake?
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For what it is worth, I have a PNY 6800GT and I have recently raised the clocks to Ultra 'specs' (400/1100). I have the stock cooler on it, but my case has VERY good airflow (Antec 3700, (1)120 intake, (1)120 exhaust, (2) 120 side panel intakes (one over the AGP/PCI slots, and one over the CPU/NB)).

I only just raised the clocks within the last week. I have a decent system (AMD M2400+@2.3Ghz, 1GB Corsair 2,2,2,5, Abit NF7), but BF2 was getting 'choppy' on me. I usually overclock to extend my products lifecycle. I would have upgraded to an A64 by now, but my CPU O/C's well enough that I will hold onto it a while longer (while prices continue to drop). My Video card O/C'd enough that it performs at the level of the $100 more expensive card. So, I think that there is yet another reason that some of us O/C.

Yes, we want performance that we didn't pay for (not directly that is, yes some have paid for better cooling, etc..), but sometimes it is a matter of getting more use out of what we have before spending yet another 'wad' of cash.

BTW: dfloyd, in case you were wondering, BF2 @ 1024x768x60, no AA/AF + w/most settings at medium gives me 40-60 FPS. I am going to try turning AA to X2 and see if my game stays playable. I had been getting so really choppy rates before I turned the settings down to medium.
 
Dead how did you get your frame rates from BF2? Ill give you a fps reading for my system. I think upgrading would help you out alot.
 
Not sure how he got his but either upgrading to the 1.01 patch or switching over to Omegas drivers on my X800XL gave me a FPS meter in the top right by default. I did not change anything other than those two things so one of the two turned on FPS by default on my system.
 
Ohhh, sorry. I should have said that I used a program called FRAPS to give me my FPS. It gives you your FPS's whenever you are running a 3D application. Also, you can choose which corner you want the display in. I found that the Top Left works well.

Matt, Please try all settings at Med except shadows (low), 10x7, and no AA/AF. If you could fly a chopper and shoot off all 12 missles quickly, that really would bog me down. I would end up crashing because it froze so badly (that was at higher settings with AAX2). I think that I should check my Windows settings, because I am pretty sure I have my refresh rate up around 80, I don't know if that is overriding the game and causing my problems.
 
I didnt have much time this morning but my avg framerates were probably 60-70s i didnt get into any big battles though. When I play after work Ill get a better average. But I definetly think your cpu limited dead. BF2 is a major load on a system.
 
i've had my 6800GTO in my Dell computer running for not far off a year now, heavily o/c atm to 400/1100 and 16/6 on most games, but 12/5 on Source based ones, seem to get sparklies on Source, dunno why it doesnt happen on other games...lol

not bad for a card that came at 350/900 12/5 🙂

temp is usually up to 100 at load with the 16/6, but only 90 with the 12/5.....my room isnt exactly a cool place tho so that might be contributing...lol
but no problems, no sign of struggle from the card, no shutdowns or anything 🙂

however if it did shut down for good, i wouldnt run to dell, i'd accept the fact i abused the card and get a new one.....i'd only run to dell if it blew up the rest of the PC....lol..i'd be using an insurance claim tho to replace it, not have a go at dell to pay for it...im not naughty like that......heh

i will however be upgrading to a 7800 once the prices comes down, gonna up grade me cpu first tho (and before anyone says it, no im not gonna do a wholesale switch to an AMD based rig, not yet, sometime in the future i will, but atm i use my PC for far more than just gaming and thats while im gaming so the intel wins out...lol)


 
Well, after cleaning a whopping 2 pieces of 'spyware' off of my PC this morning, I was running MUCH better. I will post later with some numbers.
 
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