GeForceFX owners thread

[RobHague]

I thought that i would be nice to have a thead where you could post any issues and problems/information/tweaks you have/have done with your new cards. Its better than starting a new thread all the time for little problems when we could have them all in once place for reference.

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Could make this a 'sticky' maybe? Maybe not i dunno. :)
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I will start to ball rolling, since getting my card ive not really had any problems as such - more querys.

The FXFlow (FlowFX?) cooling unit does seem to have a few 'bugs' caused by the drivers so as thats the only thing ive had any niggles with (but they are niggles, im still quite fond of the FlowFX technology)...

1) DVD - When i first played a DVD the FlowFX (wtf is the official name? FXFlow or FlowFX?) kicked in. But since, i have put in DVD's and it hasnt anymore.... anyone experience this?

2) FlowFX just this moment kicked on, while i was in windows. What i was doing at the time was reading this forum and some pictures were loading - now it was NOT overheating as its the lowest temp ive ever seen it (43*c) so im not sure. It did shut off, eventually but it took its time. Im just wondering what could have set it off when i was doing absolutley nothing 3d wise. Interesting that it happened ^ up there with a DVD. Maybe playing the DVD was just a coincidence.

[jAkUp]

i have noticed that sometimes when im on the web, and a web movie/ad starts to play, very rarely will the flowfx kick in... only happened a couple of times.

and with the old drivers and playing a dvd, my flowfx used to kick in but with the new drivers it does not

[SurfMonkey]

Does the GF FX contain the same real time video processing circuitry (VPE) as the GF4MX or the NForce chipsets? If it does than that may be whats triggering the FlowFX as the amount of work being done by the GPU will increase even though there is no 3D processing being done.

[StealthHawk]

hmm, BTW can anyone post any screenshots from different games with the driver set to Application vs Quality with a gfFX card?

from the same angle please.

[RobHague]

Any AA/AF ? Ill do it now in GunMetal.

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by RobHague
Any AA/AF ? Ill do it now in GunMetal.

it's up to you :) all I want to see is the difference between the IQ with the driver set to Application and with the driver set the Quality.

[H] had a review where they compared IQ in some game, but the image was also taken from a slightly different camera angle...so I was wondering if any of the differences were attributed to that versus the actual setting.

[RobHague]

Okies, here it is. NO AA or AF. Set to Quality

[DSC]

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=8688

According to the specs info, Nvidia says VPE2.0 is on all FX chips, 5800/5600/5200.

As you can see, FX5800 is verified to have VPE2.0 onboard. If anyone would test FX5600/5200 so that we can verify VPE2.0 support on them(hardware IDCT), please do the test as described in the thread above and report back. :D

[RobHague]

Okies, here it is. NO AA or AF. You can tell what it was set too by the file names (as jpeg's, quality setting in filename)

http://mysite.freeserve.com/dawnthefairy/iq.zip

To be very honest i cannot see ANY difference here at all. Even with BMP files.

[ricercar]

Uh oh. Leadtek is making a single-slot quiet GF FX with VIVO.

http://www.digit-life.com/news.html?1525#1525
Then scroll down to April 9th - Leadtek article.


Photo of the day: Leadtek WinFast A300 Ultra My VIVO - Cormac @ 20:02

We are now testing a novelty on NVIDIA GeForce FX 5800 Ultra. This time it’s Leadtek's WinFast A300 Ultra My VIVO. Similar to other GeForce FX 5800 Ultra cards, this one differs from the reference only by the interesting cooling system. According to Andrew Vorobyev, our video editor, "Being very quiet, almost silent, the cooler occupies one slot. This is the best GFFX5800 card of all we have witnessed".

This is the first thing I've heard that may make me regret buying my PNY 5800 Ultra. VIVO & 1-Slot would have been nice for my Shuttle SN41G2 before I cut the case for the FX Flow.

EDIT: Bjorn3D Review http://www.************/_preview.php?articleID=262

[vampireuk]

Lets then make this the official GeforceFX owners thread:)

[RobHague]

Cool :D thanks.

That leadtek card looks good but im not too fussed, i like the flowfx (yes it seems im alone on that lol) and that design looks as though it could cause some heat issues with it dumping the heat back into the case and all.

The only thing i would have liked on my card would be VI as well as VO (we all paid a lot of money for our FX's and it seems a little unfair we didnt get that at least). But its not too vital i guess - nothing a proper TV card couldnt sort out. :)

[jAkUp]

i like the flowfx as well... its good because it dumps all the super hot air out of the case... 108F degree air to be exact... i dont want that drifting into my cpu :)

[RobHague]

Hey ive just discovered what is setting off Flow FX.... MSN!

Its happened 3 times now, im not sure what it is but in certain conditions it seems to set off the fan when someone messages me. :confused:

[jAkUp]

for some reason my flowfx has been kicking on when im on kazaa... i dunno why though

[marcocom]

it might be that you guys are using a media player or software that wants to do a fancy visualizations (the gay color spasms during music play) or Quicktime , both draw on DirectDraw and maybe Direct3D.

[RobHague]

Hey, i did a little benchmark session of all the AA modes for the FX and made a bar graph out of it. Thought you guys might be interested.

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=105216

[RobHague]

and the game tests....

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=105221

Done in 3DMark2001 Professional, with the 41.51's - Image Quality set to 'Quality' (MAX) NO AF. AA Mode On Graph.

My system is a 2200+, 512mb Corsair XMS3200, nforce2 etc etc.... GF FX 5800 Ultra @ Stock Speeds.

[jAkUp]

16x aa faster than 8??? hmmmmm

[RobHague]

Yep, im not sure whats going on there but 16x definatley gives better results than 8x...

I read though 16x is more like 12x but still. :confused:

[bkswaney]

Good idea on the thread. :)

There are few of us 5800 ultra owners it seems.
Or 5800 owners in general.

I'll post my scores tonight after I install this beast. :D
I feel lucky to have found an Ultra.

ANy of u guys using the Omega drivers?
There 43.45's.

R the 51's any better. Also is the fan still messed up in the 51's?

I use nive 3d screen savers all the time to show of my rig.
I need the fan to work. :eek:

[jAkUp]

i use the 51's i dunno about the screensaver bug though.... and i suggest using the dawn demo to show off your card... very nice indeed :)

or better yet... a recently leaked demo of a certain game... i think you know what im talking about:D runs crystal smooth on my system (most of the time)

[bkswaney]

Originally posted by jAkUp
i use the 51's i dunno about the screensaver bug though.... and i suggest using the dawn demo to show off your card... very nice indeed :)

or better yet... a recently leaked demo of a certain game... i think you know what im talking about:D runs crystal smooth on my system (most of the time)

I've been looking for the leaked domo. But have not forund it yet.
PM me if ya know where I might could look for it. :angel:

I have dawn already downloaded.
Plus the nude file. :D

[jAkUp]

you have mail ;)

[Zimm]

First off, I want mail!! Nice can of worms you opened there :)

Second, I just bought a new system (wanted the warrenty) specs are:

P4 2.8ghz
ASUS MB (Don't have the model in front of me)
512 DDR
eVGA GforceFX 5800 Ultra
Western Digital 80G Ultra HD
400 watt case
3Dmark 03 score 5864


Now when playing my games I of course have no problems except for AC2, but I think it's their code rather then my card. But my system seems choppy after playing my games, and honesly I think my 03 score is low for this system, any thoughts?