HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Gainward 6800GT *GS*

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: TheSnowman
Well you don't need to, but telling other people that overclocking is going to kill theirs is rather disshonest.

First of all, I said that "I" was afraid of killing "my" card. Not once did I say "overclocking is going to kill". I said that damage will be done. It will be evident when they can no longer obtain the clocks they once did. This forum is full of instances where 6800GT/Ultra owners complain about not getting what they used to without artifacting and have to back down from what was once stable.

I can't even begin to believe that you would think I was dishonest for saying this. It looks like your just in a provocative mood. Maybe you can explain why this happens to 6800's then? It's the best I can do.

Show me a person that had to turn his gt down to get a stable overclock and I will show you someone who didn't test his overoclock well to being with. Careful overclocking isn't going to hurt a gt any more than any other videocard.

Oh, so it's "careful" overclocking now. How many n00bs in this forum alone has purchased a GT all hot and bothered to o/c their GT to at least Ultra levels. Do you think they will be careful? No, they will not.
6800 cores are new animals. From the ground up, they are a new design on an original core revision. They are far from as perfect as they will get. NV has a lot more refining to do and we probably wont see any of this until NV45 at the earliest. As good as the 6800 core is, it's too new to be screwing with them without penalty. Starting a poll up right now so we can see what's up. Then we can talk.

 

[kylebisme]

"Careful" as in not running it way over what the card is cappable of. If you push chip to the point that it errors like crazy and run it like that for a while you have a good chance of hurting it, but that goes for any chip. However, the fact that the 6800 is a new design doesn't make overclocking on it any more dangerous than any other chip.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Cool - nice o/c!

Now keep it at a 'conservative' o/c of Ultra speeds (400/1100) if you want the card to last!

Otherwise, expect those overclocks to drop, and drop...

 

[imported_oralpain]

My first Gainward 680GT Golden Sample was defective and would not do it's ratted 400/1100 speeds, so I RMAed it. This new one I have does 414/1128.6 with perfect stability. It will go alot higher and remain usable in many things, but its only toaly stbale at these speeds or lower.

As for not needing more than 400/1100, thats BS. This card is not as fast as I would like, nither where the 3 6800GTs and 3 X800pro VIVOs @ XT I killed before it. Ilike to play my games at 1600x1200 with 4x or better AA and 16x AF. Many games still slow down to uncomfortable levels at those settings.

It's true what peopel have said about declining overclocks. My MSI 6800GT did 420/1160 right out of the box, when I refunded it a week later, it would only do 380/1100. I'm more careful with stabily testing now. It's lieky there where errors that I had overlooked with the MSI card running at those speeds.

I'm not really worried about killing my 400 buck card though, I can always RMA it.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

I picked up a gainward golden sample gt when they had it priced at 399 +free shipping at monarch. I have always kept the speeds at 400/1100 and no problems here.

 

[Yanagi]

Originally posted by: oralpain
My first Gainward 680GT Golden Sample was defective and would not do it's ratted 400/1100 speeds, so I RMAed it. This new one I have does 414/1128.6 with perfect stability. It will go alot higher and remain usable in many things, but its only toaly stbale at these speeds or lower.

As for not needing more than 400/1100, thats BS. This card is not as fast as I would like, nither where the 3 6800GTs and 3 X800pro VIVOs @ XT I killed before it. Ilike to play my games at 1600x1200 with 4x or better AA and 16x AF. Many games still slow down to uncomfortable levels at those settings.

It's true what peopel have said about declining overclocks. My MSI 6800GT did 420/1160 right out of the box, when I refunded it a week later, it would only do 380/1100. I'm more careful with stabily testing now. It's lieky there where errors that I had overlooked with the MSI card running at those speeds.

I'm not really worried about killing my 400 buck card though, I can always RMA it.

Dude, you do NOT kill a card overclocking it and then RMA it...