Gigabyte geforce 6600 gt agp

[wilson326]

I just got a new 6600 gt agp from gigabyte, but for some reason the core clock is running at it's lowest speed. Is it because the drivers are messed up, or do I have a low end version? The model number was GV-N66T128D, and I was wondering if the "D" meant low end or something like that. Anybody know anything about this? And what does "HSI" mean?

 

[Silversierra]

What speed is it running at?

 

[wilson326]

The core clock is running at 300 mhz, but it is supposed to be running at 500 mhz. I can change the clock speed, but I'm not sure if it's safe to since I think I might have a low end card that doesn't run at the real speed.

 

[blatherbeard]

If i understand the video card world, and i dont claim i do, most of the time isnt the low end card really just a high end card dumbed down somehow(unless you have an mmx then your screwed!)? Ive been told that they just underclock/overclock video cards to get the higher/lower speeds. You just have to know how to "unlock" the speed. This is more of a question to someone who knows than an answer to yours.

 

[cjbee]

The 300Mhz value you are seeing is the clock speed of the 2D core, which is correct for the 6600GT...The 3D core runs at 500Mhz.

 

[wilson326]

Are you sure that it is the 2d speed? When I check, it says core clock speed. Is that the 3d clock or the 3d one?

 

[cjbee]

Yes, I'm sure. To reveal the 3D clock speed, you're going to need to get CoolBits or something. The default drivers normally don't show it.

 

[islandtechengineers]

I hope this helps :

your GV-N66T128D has:
Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT+HSI
Memory 128 MB
Memory Bus 128 bit
BUS AGP 8X
Memory Type DDRIII 8Mx32
D-SUB Y
TV-OUT Y
DVI Port Y
MultiView Y
H/W Monitor N
Tools V-Tuner II
GAME 1
Software Power DVD 5.0

the other model is= GV-N66T128VP which has:
Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT+HSI
Mem Clock 1120 MHz
Memory 128 MB
Memory Bus 128 bit
BUS AGP 8X
Memory Type DDRIII 8Mx32
D-SUB Y
TV-OUT Y
DVI Port Y
MultiView Y
H/W Monitor N
Tools V-Tuner II
GAME 1
Software Power DVD 5.0, Power Director 3 ME

You can see the difference between the D and the VP; my guess is Gigabyte uses those abbreaviations to desigante a sub model of a main model. Based on what i saw at their web site (http://tw.giga-byte.com ; the info within my post is quoted from their site). the D model's memory clock is at 500/1000 where as the Vp model is at 500/1120. if your experimental and dont mind wasting money for another card (if this one blows out), you could try to flash the bios of your D with the VP update. on their site, theres 2 versions for the VP, one flash claims a 500/1120 and another version for the Vp, claims 500/1200 clock. I doubt you'll notice a difference based on a memory clock of 1000 to 1200; but, if you want the braggin rights why not go for it?

if you got some time to kill, check this out:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.aspx?catid=31&threadid=1371898

im sorry if i confused anyone.. i do that sometimes:-}

 

[islandtechengineers]

by the way.... I almost forgot to say = in computer terms HSI means = Hue, Saturation, Intensity.

I dont know if that is what it applies to for your card but it could be!

 

[wilson326]

When I search up HSI, I get tons of crap. I don't really know what it means, but oh well. And I already saw those specs on the gigabyte site.