My New EVGA 6800 Ultra - worth every penny!

[blckgrffn]

Ok, so mainly I was wondering I could use something like the spare Zalman fan mate that I have sitting around as the least invasive way to shut it up a little at idle, especially. Any thoughts on that?

Problem 2 - Counter Strike Source Stress test - using the 71.84 WHQL drivers, all the floting mirrors come up "error". I noticed this on a suite mates machine last week but thought that it was because his 5900 was using dx8.1. Any ideas, anyone?

Other than those two things, I am incredibly happy with the card, it has been running 445/1.14 without hiccup over the last two days, I get 12,800 in 3dMark03 and 62 fps doom timedemo demo1 @ 1600*1200 HQ 2xAA. Far Cry with HDR looks cool, even though I am only getting about 35 fps at 1600*1200 w/everything @ very high

 

[christopherzombie]

Is it AGP or PCI-E?
I have an eVGA 6800 Ultra AGP and top out at 440/1170.
What are your load temps?

 

[fstime]

Be sure to do 3dmark loop tests. 20 min mininum. look for artifacts.

 

[blckgrffn]

Wonderful 3 hours of 3dmark, n/p...

 

[Megatomic]

That CS:S video stress test displaying error is a CS:S problem. I get that too with my X800 Pro. I don't think it's a big deal as I've played all the way through HL2 with this card and it looked stunning. :heart:

 

[perillo34]

That window error thingy is part of Steams update, goooooo steeeeeaaaammmm way to make your customers happy with patches.

 

[Icopoli]

CSS Stress test is bugged, don't count on it for benching.

 

[andy nowotny]

yes, a wonderful card

 

[blckgrffn]

That is freakin' retarded that Valve broke their own benchmark. I realize that it isn't really representive of gameply, but usually 100+ frames there indicated solid perfomance in CS:S, which is something that I do care about Thanks for the input, I didn't see anything about this posted here before.

I tried taking the card up to 455, artifacts after about 10 minutes. I have taken memory up to 1.16 without issue. I played CS:S for three hours last night, 1400*1050 4xAA 8xAF, butter smooth. Such a difference from my 6800 @ 385/875, it's hard to believe! lol, not to mention my 5900U...
Nat

 

[McArra]

Farcry HDR and AA can't work together. Set AA to off, aniso to 4x and turn real HDR on.

 

[blckgrffn]

I didn't say that I was using AA in Far Cry, I enabled HDR. It is pretty obvious when the retena-searing light kicks on.

Nat