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Vagabond
04-07-07, 02:05 PM
Since the 8800 GTS series are quite the overclocker id like to sum what STABLE overclocks we have achieved WITHOUT Volt-Modding.

Required info is

Card BRAND and MODEL
CORE SPEED
SHADERS SPEED
MEM SPEED

Since most brands overclock only the core and the mem speeds id like to see if anyone saw any difference by overclocking the shaders. I for once didnt perform a benchmark prior to OCing them so i cant tell for sure.
So here i go first

XFX 8800GTS 320
600mhz core
1500mhz Shaders
1900mhz Mem

SLippe
04-07-07, 06:56 PM
I'm not sure how to even check my shader clocks or overclock them. Here's what I have;

eVGA 8800GTS 640MB KO ACS3
650mhz Core
? Shaders
1900mhz Memory

I could probably boost the Core more, but I don't think I'd see any real difference without going to like 650 or something and I don't think it would like that much.

How do I check the Shaders?

EDIT: Updated!

LORD-eX-Bu
04-07-07, 07:23 PM
use rivatuner, it will give you all the info on all the clocks:)

ATOJAR
04-07-07, 07:50 PM
Card BRAND and MODEL : eVGA 8800GTS 640MB

CORE SPEED : 600MHz

SHADERS SPEED : 1404.00MHz
MEM SPEED : 1.80GHz

Idles @ 51c and under load @ 65c-70c

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/ATOJAR/rivera.jpg

SLippe
04-07-07, 09:21 PM
Okay, found it under Monitoring, but is there a way to actually change the clock on the shader? Here's my stats...

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6994/rivatunermonitoring0407zc6.th.jpg (http://img219.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rivatunermonitoring0407zc6.jpg)

ATOJAR
04-08-07, 03:03 AM
is there a way to actually change the clock on the shader?

I think the shaders automatically increase as you increase the clock core!

RussianHAXOR
04-08-07, 04:45 AM
630/1350/2000

aerocoolpc73
04-09-07, 10:37 PM
Evga 8800 GTS Superclocked
612 mhz core
1458 mhz shader speed
1008x2 = 2016 mhz memory speed

85% fan speed 24/7 stable as a rock

idle temp 52c
load temp 68C

Card destroys every game i have including

Test Drive Unlimited 1600x1200 16AA 16AF
Call Of Duty 2 1600x1200 16AA 16AF

Never have 2nd guessed my switch over to Nvidia

Vagabond
04-10-07, 12:22 PM
You can change the shaders using Nvibitor and then doing a bios flash.
Install Nvibitor, go to tools - read bios - read bios into Nvibitor
then you can see all clocks and speeds and modify them if you want to.
After that its all about using Nvflash.

jcrox
04-10-07, 03:44 PM
Memory on my card didn't agree with the C2D system I just sold but it really seems to like this new AMD set up @ stock CPU settings.

I used ATI tool to find max settings

EVGA 640MB

GPU: I aborted the test at 680mhz...don't know how much farther it would have went but 15 minutes with no artifacts.

Shader clock: didn't check

Memory: aborted at 950mhz....15 minutes with no artifacts.

Fan set at 80%: idle temp 51c / load temp 69c

ATOJAR
04-10-07, 04:35 PM
Update:

With flashing to the latest Rev.04 BIOS i have edited and flashed to:

600MHz Clock Core

1500MHz shader clock

1.9GHz on the memory

51c-52c idle & 65c-70c max load!

Playing BF2142 @ 1920x1440 res with AA x 8 and every other setting maxed out, in a full 64 player titan server with 65-85+fps

Vagabond
04-10-07, 05:32 PM
Im not willing to break the 600/1900 barrier unless i will see big differnces which i really doubt :)

911medic
04-11-07, 01:07 AM
Interesting thread here (http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=133) on the subject; your clocks you adjust on the sliders may not in fact be changing the speeds like you think they are (I have not checked this personally, but it's a reliable source).

jAkUp
04-11-07, 01:08 AM
Shader overclocking actually gives you quite a boost in performance

Vagabond
04-11-07, 02:00 AM
911 medic the person that is writing the topic you refer to couldnt be more new to Overclocking. He is obviously refering to a Rivatuner/Drivers Overclock and not a Bios overclock. Thats Mainly why i always prefer and recommend a Bios Overclock and not a Software Overclock.
Now why would a person spend all his time doing software Overclocks i dont know but like i said i dont think his best field is Overclocking.

jakup hard to say since i didnt bench the card prior to oveclocking the shaders from 1250 to 1500. If anyone else wants to OC the shaders make sure you bench it first :)

SLippe
04-11-07, 02:07 AM
My current 650/1900 is running great! The scores in my sig were done with card at 650/2000, but that wasn't stable.

Vagabond, you'll see more of a performance boost by overclocking your core more than you will by overclocking the memory.

Vagabond
04-11-07, 06:51 AM
I know i will but exceeding the 600 barrier will not give me so much speed difference to take the risk.

And i ment that before you Overclock your Shaders bench your systems not before normal overclock.

Either way with your 19 inch monitor im sure the 8800 was enough even in stock speeds.

911medic
04-12-07, 04:52 PM
911 medic the person that is writing the topic you refer to couldnt be more new to Overclocking. He is obviously refering to a Rivatuner/Drivers Overclock and not a Bios overclock. Thats Mainly why i always prefer and recommend a Bios Overclock and not a Software Overclock.
Now why would a person spend all his time doing software Overclocks i dont know but like i said i dont think his best field is Overclocking.

jakup hard to say since i didnt bench the card prior to oveclocking the shaders from 1250 to 1500. If anyone else wants to OC the shaders make sure you bench it first :)So people that use software to overclock are newbies? I don't follow your logic. Many, if not most, of us here use software (such as coolbits, rivatuner, ATITool, etc) to overclock their video cards. And we're not newbies.

BIOS overclocking a CPU is a different story, as the settings are easily adjustible. Repeatedly flashing my video card's BIOS to overclock it seems ridiculous.

Perhaps I'm misreading something in your post. But I think you should check into the person you're talking about before making such a statement.

ATOJAR
04-12-07, 06:35 PM
I used rivatuner for quit a while its a nice peace of kit! ..... the good this about bios overclocking though(for me anyway) is that flashing to the lates bios allowed for higher overclocking, also as far as im aware you cannot overclock the shader clock with rivatuner, also bios overclocking mean your overclock will be safe no matter what, formatt or using vista! .... its just means you dont have to mess with a 3rd party overclocking tool at all.

I have mine at

Clock core: 600MHz, Shader Clock 1450MHz & Memory at 1.9GHz got a nice boots in games and 3DMark06(see bottom of sig) and it sits idle at 51c and under load maxes at around 70c max with arctic silver 5 applied, i could go past these speeds i just dont like to!

Vagabond
04-12-07, 06:38 PM
911 , A serious Overclocker would open a topic and speak about BOTH the normal Rivatuner/Coolbits/Powerstrip Overclock AND the Bios Overclock so everyone would know what applies in each case.
He didnt and thus people who read the topic like yourself are guessing that the same restrictions apply for BIOS overclocking.
I hope you understand now.

911medic
04-13-07, 02:39 AM
911 , A serious Overclocker would open a topic and speak about BOTH the normal Rivatuner/Coolbits/Powerstrip Overclock AND the Bios Overclock so everyone would know what applies in each case.
He didnt and thus people who read the topic like yourself are guessing that the same restrictions apply for BIOS overclocking.
I hope you understand now.Since the vast majority of users out there overclock via software, and not via BIOS flashing, I don't necessarily think the two deserve equal consideration. Perhaps a note at the end of the post would be appropriate, but I still fail to see how lack of mentioning BIOS flashing makes him not a "serious overclocker," but we must differ on our definitions of "serious." :D

TBH, "guessing that the same restrictions apply for BIOS overclocking" never occurred to me, because the only time I've had to flash a video card BIOS to overclock is on my laptop...until somebody unlocked the BIOS so it could be overclocked via software. BIOS flashing to overclock my desktop video card wasn't even on my radar.

Now, if his assertions are true in that post (and I think they are), perhaps more users will turn to BIOS flashing for their overclocking needs.

Vagabond
04-13-07, 09:10 AM
Well i wasnt aware that a topic should only refer to the "majority" out there and not to everyone.

Slammin
04-13-07, 12:53 PM
Don't have Rivatuner installed:

core 636
mem 1002x2

Both seem to have plenty left, but this is where I stopped.

911medic
04-13-07, 05:57 PM
Well i wasnt aware that a topic should only refer to the "majority" out there and not to everyone.All right, this has gotten way off topic, so this will be my last post on the subject.

Forget I said anything. You're right. He can't possibly be a "serious" overclocker since he didn't mention BIOS overclocking of video cards. Thank God we've laid that to rest.