OCing an 8800 GTS OC

[Darthvan]

Hey guys,
I have a couple questions for you,hope you can help me out here.
1- I'm thinking about getting an 8800 GTS OC(640mb), and my question is,is it possible to overclock it t more? or am I being overclock crazy? 🙂
2-I have a Readon X1900XTX 512mb OCed to the max,on an EVGA 680i mobo,is it possible to add another X1900XTX in a crossfire setup on the 680i,and will it be worth it?........thanks

 

[CP5670]

1: Yes, but it's pointless to get a 640MB one these days. Get the newer 512MB one, which is faster and still has more OC headroom.
2: No, Crossfire doesn't work on the Nvidia boards as far as I know.

 

[Darthvan]

Thanks CP5670, for your reply. but are you telling me that the new 512mb's are faster and better than the old 640mb's??

 

[Gautama2]

Yes, he is, and they are.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

the marketing (or whoever decides on the product names) department at nvidia is incompetent.

 

[TC91]

for the crossfire on nvidia motherboards, i think it can work, but you might need modified drivers or a bios or maybe a patch or registry fix. the hp blackbird with the 2900xt's in cf i believe uses the (asus striker extreme 680i SLI board).
http://www.anandtech.com/syste...howdoc.aspx?i=3094&p=1
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/hp_blackbird_002

i also believe that the once highest 3dmark 06 guy/group of guys had a crossfire 2900xt setup on a 680i motherboard. it is possible imo, but i am not sure on how it works. i would love to know too, in the future i may consider getting 2 ati cards for cf as an upgrade while keeping everything else intact.

 

[Darthvan]

Wow, thanks guys for all of your replies. Yeah I read something in PC World about the 680i and the crossfire 2900xt. but I think i'm going to get an 8800GTS(512mb) LOL and OC the heck out of it.thanks again guys