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Oc'ing Leadtek 6600gt with stock cooling.

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figfiddle

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Oc'ed at 588/1118 I scored over 400 more 3d marks in 3dmark05. 4080 versus 3652. Can I run this card full-time oc'ed with stock cooling?

BTW I can't wait to run a second one of these puppies in SLI. Anyone that wants the best bang for the buck should buy one of these cards.
 
Just keep it cool and at least you should be able to read core temps (some dont have bios for it, needed to flash), if you aint moded bios volts that is even less a issue.

I think 2x 6600Gt cant touch a 6800 (or maybe its a 6800GT) you would have been better buying 1x gpu like 6800 range maybe GT, im not sure of prices for 2x low end gpus against 1x mid/high end.

You have 6pipes 6800 has 12pipes with most able to softmod to 16pipes and GT/Ultra have out the box 16pipes.
 
I already have one 6600gt so I think it would be less expensive at this point to just buy a second for under $200.00. That is what I like about SLI. At any time for a smaller investment you can increase your performance significantly.
 
Originally posted by: humey
Just keep it cool and at least you should be able to read core temps (some dont have bios for it, needed to flash), if you aint moded bios volts that is even less a issue.

I think 2x 6600Gt cant touch a 6800 (or maybe its a 6800GT) you would have been better buying 1x gpu like 6800 range maybe GT, im not sure of prices for 2x low end gpus against 1x mid/high end.

You have 6pipes 6800 has 12pipes with most able to softmod to 16pipes and GT/Ultra have out the box 16pipes.
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lol

6600GT SLI setup will beat a single 6800GT without AA/AF IIRC, would hammer a single 6800.

see what impact the o'c has on real games, not just synthetic benchmarks as that's where it actually matters...i am not sure whether the 6600GT's have a temp diode but a quick google will soon tell you, but i'd always drop RAM heatsinks on if i was overclocking the memory personally, if it isn't cooled by the hsf already.

 
I follow you but still BUMMER as 1 x gpu can kill it and probably all the 6800 cards can.

Enjoy anyhow.

P.S again i may be wrong on the 6800 it may take 1x 6800 GT to beat 2x 6600GT's.
 
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: humey
Just keep it cool and at least you should be able to read core temps (some dont have bios for it, needed to flash), if you aint moded bios volts that is even less a issue.

I think 2x 6600Gt cant touch a 6800 (or maybe its a 6800GT) you would have been better buying 1x gpu like 6800 range maybe GT, im not sure of prices for 2x low end gpus against 1x mid/high end.

You have 6pipes 6800 has 12pipes with most able to softmod to 16pipes and GT/Ultra have out the box 16pipes.
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lol

6600GT SLI setup will beat a single 6800GT without AA/AF IIRC, would hammer a single 6800.

see what impact the o'c has on real games, not just synthetic benchmarks as that's where it actually matters...i am not sure whether the 6600GT's have a temp diode but a quick google will soon tell you, but i'd always drop RAM heatsinks on if i was overclocking the memory personally, if it isn't cooled by the hsf already.
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I haven't oc'd much since I am weary of the heat issue. I did try gaming with Halo and it almost seemed slower oc'd believe it or not. Stock though it runs Halo like a champ. The vcore idle oc'd is at 48c-50c. I haven't tested under load. Idle stock is 45c. Again haven't tested under load.
 
Originally posted by: humey
I follow you but still BUMMER as 1 x gpu can kill it and probably all the 6800 cards can.

Enjoy anyhow.

P.S again i may be wrong on the 6800 it may take 1x 6800 GT to beat 2x 6600GT's.
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The GeForce 6600GT seemed to scale reasonably well, with a pair of 6600GTs outperforming a single 6800 Ultra in Doom 3 and Half Life 2. It doesn?t make too much sense to buy a pair of 6600GTs today however, as you?d be much better off getting a single 6800GT and upgrading to a second one down the road, which brings us to our next point, the upgrade value of SLI.

If NVIDIA is able to get their SLI certification program successful enough and if motherboard manufacturers are able to get SLI boards cheap enough, then the upgrade value of SLI is significant. We?ve already seen that going from a single $200 GeForce 6600GT to a pair of them offers performance greater than that of a single $400 GeForce 6800GT. Take into account that the price of these cards goes down over time and you?re looking at a pretty decent upgrade path for the future, requiring minimal investment today.

From AT's own review

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2284&p=18
 
Originally posted by: figfiddle
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: humey
Just keep it cool and at least you should be able to read core temps (some dont have bios for it, needed to flash), if you aint moded bios volts that is even less a issue.

I think 2x 6600Gt cant touch a 6800 (or maybe its a 6800GT) you would have been better buying 1x gpu like 6800 range maybe GT, im not sure of prices for 2x low end gpus against 1x mid/high end.

You have 6pipes 6800 has 12pipes with most able to softmod to 16pipes and GT/Ultra have out the box 16pipes.
Click to expand...

lol

6600GT SLI setup will beat a single 6800GT without AA/AF IIRC, would hammer a single 6800.

see what impact the o'c has on real games, not just synthetic benchmarks as that's where it actually matters...i am not sure whether the 6600GT's have a temp diode but a quick google will soon tell you, but i'd always drop RAM heatsinks on if i was overclocking the memory personally, if it isn't cooled by the hsf already.
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I haven't oc'd much since I am weary of the heat issue. I did try gaming with Halo and it almost seemed slower oc'd believe it or not. Stock though it runs Halo like a champ. The vcore idle oc'd is at 48c-50c. I haven't tested under load. Idle stock is 45c. Again haven't tested under load.
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i really wouldn't bother o'cing it myself, unless you really feel the need for that extra bit of performance. See what you get under load both o'cd and stock and if there isnt a great difference then go for it, otherwise i'd really suggest improving the cooling solution if you want to oc.

my 2c 😉
 
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: humey
I follow you but still BUMMER as 1 x gpu can kill it and probably all the 6800 cards can.

Enjoy anyhow.

P.S again i may be wrong on the 6800 it may take 1x 6800 GT to beat 2x 6600GT's.
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The GeForce 6600GT seemed to scale reasonably well, with a pair of 6600GTs outperforming a single 6800 Ultra in Doom 3 and Half Life 2. It doesn?t make too much sense to buy a pair of 6600GTs today however, as you?d be much better off getting a single 6800GT and upgrading to a second one down the road, which brings us to our next point, the upgrade value of SLI.

If NVIDIA is able to get their SLI certification program successful enough and if motherboard manufacturers are able to get SLI boards cheap enough, then the upgrade value of SLI is significant. We?ve already seen that going from a single $200 GeForce 6600GT to a pair of them offers performance greater than that of a single $400 GeForce 6800GT. Take into account that the price of these cards goes down over time and you?re looking at a pretty decent upgrade path for the future, requiring minimal investment today.

From AT's own review

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2284&p=18
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Here is my train of thought. I bought my card for $195.00 shipped. At the time a 6800gt would have cost $450.00. Given the great performance that a single 6600gt gives you with current games, and the fact that I can greatly increase the performance in the near future for probably much less than $195.00, it would have been crazy to purchase the 6800gt initially. After I run 2 6600gt cards my next investment would be to buy a single next generation mid-range card and start the cycle all over again. It gives me a chance to always have the latest technology and also budget my money. The real benefit is I get to tinker with my puter twice as much!😉
 
Originally posted by: figfiddle
Originally posted by: dug777
Originally posted by: humey
I follow you but still BUMMER as 1 x gpu can kill it and probably all the 6800 cards can.

Enjoy anyhow.

P.S again i may be wrong on the 6800 it may take 1x 6800 GT to beat 2x 6600GT's.
Click to expand...

The GeForce 6600GT seemed to scale reasonably well, with a pair of 6600GTs outperforming a single 6800 Ultra in Doom 3 and Half Life 2. It doesn?t make too much sense to buy a pair of 6600GTs today however, as you?d be much better off getting a single 6800GT and upgrading to a second one down the road, which brings us to our next point, the upgrade value of SLI.

If NVIDIA is able to get their SLI certification program successful enough and if motherboard manufacturers are able to get SLI boards cheap enough, then the upgrade value of SLI is significant. We?ve already seen that going from a single $200 GeForce 6600GT to a pair of them offers performance greater than that of a single $400 GeForce 6800GT. Take into account that the price of these cards goes down over time and you?re looking at a pretty decent upgrade path for the future, requiring minimal investment today.

From AT's own review

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2284&p=18
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Here is my train of thought. I bought my card for $195.00 shipped. At the time a 6800gt would have cost $450.00. Given the great performance that a single 6600gt gives you with current games, and the fact that I can greatly increase the performance in the near future for probably much less than $195.00, it would have been crazy to purchase the 6800gt initially. After I run 2 6600gt cards my next investment would be to buy a single next generation mid-range card and start the cycle all over again. It gives me a chance to always have the latest technology and also budget my money. the real benefit is I get to tinker with my puter twice as nuch!😉
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:thumbsup: :beer:
 
I DID state that it could be a 6800GT not a plain 6800, and it will blow the 2x6600GTs, i had to google reviews to be certain, its not 6800 its 6800GTs on their own beat 2x 6600 GT's which aint to good a card anyhow

Anyhow back on topic, as i said keep card cool and without a volts modded bios you aint gonna overclock that much anyhow, you will see artifacts in 3D Mark 2005 before it has probs with damaging hardware, so back of a tad on core or/and memory when you see this.

I can read what others typed above i dont need to lengthen posts by constantly quoting all above text.

I feel sorry for 56k users trying to load paged on this forums as 90% is not orignal posts but quotes.
 
Humey what card do you have? My 6600gt has run all the games I play wonderfully. I could only imagine at this point what 2 will do.
 
Man you guys are rough! Sometimes I feel like I am playing a pick up game of b-ball with a bunch of hacks when I post something here. Every post gets way off subject and the sad part is I always end up unwittingly contibuting to it.
 
2x6600GTs come close the the performance a 6800GT. When you only have a little bit of money here and there I can totally see spending some on 2x6600GTs over a period of time. It makes good sense.

And the 6600GTs might not be able to play everything at the max resolution with the max options perfectly forever, but no card really can right now. If he's happy with his 6600GT, let him, there's no need to rain on his parade.
 
I have 1x 6800U agp, and thanks BobDaMenkey for "2x6600GTs come close the the performance a 6800GT" as i had to google reviews to be certain as i though it was 6800's or 6800GT's 🙂
 
So at the end of the day I guess if the performance is close I didn't make a bad choice. As far as the oc'ing goes I am going to leave my card at stock speeds. Through my limited real-world oc'ing with games I was not impressed. It seems it is more of a hassle than it is really worth.
 
Originally posted by: humey
I have 1x 6800U agp, and thanks BobDaMenkey for "2x6600GTs come close the the performance a 6800GT" as i had to google reviews to be certain as i though it was 6800's or 6800GT's 🙂
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sorry op 😉

you really are an idiot humey, i posted a link to AT's own review well before that (and we all seem to agree that AT is usually spot on) and you can't accept that i'm right from that?

'I follow you but still BUMMER as 1 x gpu can kill it and probably all the 6800 cards can.

Enjoy anyhow.

P.S again i may be wrong on the 6800 it may take 1x 6800 GT to beat 2x 6600GT's.'

you seemed pretty sure of yourself there, or where you just having a go at me again?
 
dug777
F--U--C--K OFF, YOU ARE AT IT AGAIN, TRYING TO HIJACK OTHERS THREADS AND FLAM/TROLL.

PM me dont mess up peeps threads esp when they ask for input.

Your the idiot of the day here again, you are getting a new arsehole ripped in other thread for being a n00b, i have more brains in my arse than you go period, you cant comment on any new tech as your on old POS.

Your the one having a go at others constantly, then you try to pin the blamer on them, GO AND TAKE UR MEDS PRICK.
 
Originally posted by: humey
dug777
F--U--C--K OFF, YOU ARE AT IT AGAIN, TRYING TO HIJACK OTHERS THREADS AND FLAM/TROLL.

PM me dont mess up peeps threads esp when they ask for input.

Your the idiot of the day here again, you are getting a new arsehole ripped in other thread for being a n00b, i have more brains in my arse than you go period, you cant comment on any new tech as your on old POS.

Your the one having a go at others constantly, then you try to pin the blamer on them, GO AND TAKE UR MEDS PRICK.
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It seems i helped him more than you did, and rather more correctly 😉

Calm down buddy, sounds like you are the one who needs his meds at the moment 🙂
 
You 2 should get a room. I think you should start the night out with a good enima and a foot bath then overdose on nyquil.😀
 
Originally posted by: figfiddle
You 2 should get a room. I think you should start the night out with a good enima and a foot bath then overdose on nyquil.😀
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:shocked:

only if he's up for it 😉

ne way good luck with your card, i think you made a good call with the 6600GT and SLI in the future 🙂
 
Originally posted by: humey
I follow you but still BUMMER as 1 x gpu can kill it and probably all the 6800 cards can.

Enjoy anyhow.

P.S again i may be wrong on the 6800 it may take 1x 6800 GT to beat 2x 6600GT's.
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The answers you seek are here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=881152

The difference in using a 6600GT SLI and a 6800GT single is that you have to play the 6600GT SLI at 2X8X instead of 4X8X at the higher settings.

If to you that constitutes the 6600GT SLI getting "killed", it gets "killed". Personally, I could make a case for either.

The 6600GT SLI is faster at Doom3 and Half Life2 at 4X16X, as shown at Xbit.

The 6600GT SLI is faster at 20X15 0X16X, as shown at Firing Squad.

The 6600GT SLI will have more video acceleration, if MS ever updates WMP10.



 
There are no ramsinks on the memory, you will fry your card quickly overclocking the memory on it.

(I baked one in under 2 weeks)
 
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