Problems at 400/1100

[Crashed]

With my Leadtek GT board at a mere 400/1100, Doom3 runs rock solid, but I have numerous hitches and occasionally some reboots in Far Cry.

This is on a Socket 939 3800+ at stock speeds.

Other people are reporting much better results (and with a biga$$ cooler like that you'd expect them), not sure what's going on with my particular board.

It runs at about 73C under load (which is 'yellow' on nv's temp monitor) -- is this too high or do I just have a dud board?

 

[Jmman]

You know, these aftermarket coolers that some OEMs use I think are more marketing than actual performance based. My reference PNY card never gets over 64C under load with the stock Nvidia cooling design. Furthermore, I can easily do almost 450/1150 with my card. Unfortunately, you might have hit the limit with your card.....

 

[Dman877]

GT is stock at 350/1000, 50 mhz oc on ram/gpu isn't garunteed...

 

[filmore crashcart]

is this too high or do I just have a dud board?

You do not have a dud board, why does everyone assume that their gt by default will get Ultra speeds and over 1300 in 3dMark03 ( I know you didn't make that claim, but I've seen others quite surprised they can't get over 1200)?
That temp is about right for an overclocked card under load.
My BFG gt oc can't do over 400/1080, but by no means do I consider it a dud card.

 

[Keysplayr]

Run it stock. Its fast enough. Don't o/c just to get better benchmarks. Just enjoy your games.