new setup, aiming for 6000 with my 9700, will I make it?

BWX · Sep 7, 2004, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

got over 40 in GT4

not too bad I think eh? for a BBA 9700 card straight out of the box (no mods)
I ain't gonna run it that fast forever though, don't wanna eff up my precious gfx card

Awesome results, just watch those pins that hold on the heatsink- I have heard of them actually melting and then the heatsink comes a little loose / falls off -
Only reason I say that is because I've heard of it multiple times. I bet it runs nice and hot at those speed, but if you see no artifacts, you're safe.

Wish my 9700pro's memory still went that fast. My core still goes 375, only with modified heatsink and AS Ceramique though. If you modded the heatsink and put some good copper coolers on the mem you could squeeze more out of it and run it at those speeds all the time without worries.

If you had a temp sensor on there before and after heatsink mod and mem heatsinks, you would be amazed at the difference in temps.. (even if it doesn't give you that much more mhz- it will give you longevity as I'm sure you already know)

See that little fan and heatsink on the heatplate? It's a amazing how much heat that dissipates off the card..

If that card does that good stock/ with stock cooling, imagine what it will do with a nice modified heatsink and good ram-"sinks" I'd love to mod that card out, you got a good one there!

Vampyromaniac · Sep 7, 2004, 11:01 PM

Thanks for the kind words, guys. It means a lot to me

I must say I'm surprised myself, at how well it works

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Originally Posted by BWX

Awesome results, just watch those pins that hold on the heatsink- I have heard of them actually melting and then the heatsink comes a little loose / falls off -
Only reason I say that is because I've heard of it multiple times. I bet it runs nice and hot at those speed, but if you see no artifacts, you're safe.

that's a scary thought. I had to open the case and check, just in case. still snug... don't know what I would do if I ruined my card like that.

EDIT: I just noticed futuremark ORB is down for maintenance until tomorrow

BWX · Sep 8, 2004, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

that's a scary thought. I had to open the case and check, just in case. still snug... don't know what I would do if I ruined my card like that.

You're probably safe if you have even halfway good case ventilation, it's just something to keep an eye on..

Hey, where did you get that card anyway? I wonder if it's a different stepping chip than the older ones or something?

I got mine a long time ago (about a year and a half) at BestBuy, I wonder if most of the later versions OC better? hmmm..

Vampyromaniac · Sep 8, 2004, 04:00 AM

well my first AIW9700Pro, I got from Amazon in May 2003. but it was a bad one, had glitches in every 3D thing I ran.
then Cat Maker and WTWolf arranged an RMA for me, and ATI sent me another one which one of their guys Siamak had tested prior to shipping, and that one worked fine, that's the one I have now. got it in July 2003.

WisMerHill · Sep 8, 2004, 09:39 AM

Ah that explains it, an ATI selected sample which was especially tested for you, you just can't get it any sweeter than that

BWX · Sep 8, 2004, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by NL][WisMerHill

Ah that explains it, an ATI selected sample which was especially tested for you, you just can't get it any sweeter than that

Yeah, it doesn't get any better than that- I paid $330 for mine at BestBuy- I had to return 3 of them until I got one that wasn't defective- They all had glitches and artifacts at default speed. The first one wouldn't run any 3D apps at all.

Vampyromaniac · Sep 8, 2004, 08:27 PM

heh, I don't know if they hand-picked a special one for me or anything, but I like the card regardless

oh, and the ORB is back up . . . just in time for a new score

I took the memory down a notch, and was able to push the core a notch higher
I thought more memory was the thing to go for and didn't expect better results,
but nevertheless, the score went up a bit!
now at 398/344, the score: 6326

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3069191

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3DMark Score - 6326 3DMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury ....... 226.5 fps
GT2 - Battle of Proxycon ... 39.3 fps
GT3 - Troll's Lair ......... 34.9 fps
GT4 - Mother Nature ........ 40.7 fps

the good times keep on rollin'

Drakon · Sep 8, 2004, 08:46 PM

nice score vampy...

but does ur new mobo/cpu combo help that score in any way? I just find it amazing that a 9700pro could reach that high compared to a 9800pro at those same speeds...

Vampyromaniac · Sep 8, 2004, 08:56 PM

yeah it does, more than I thought it would in fact. I ran 3DMark03 (among many other tests) before to compare with, and with default quality and stock speeds, I gained ~12% from the upgrade. I was expecting 8-10%

blade5545 · Sep 8, 2004, 09:14 PM

WOW! Good job Vampy! You went over and beyond! That still show how great the 9700pro was and still is a wonder of a card.

Drakon · Sep 8, 2004, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Vampyromaniac

yeah it does, more than I thought it would in fact. I ran 3DMark03 (among many other tests) before to compare with, and with default quality and stock speeds, I gained ~12% from the upgrade. I was expecting 8-10%

Aha, that explains a lot, cuz i just ran a test of my card at XT speeds and i still got a score lower than ur's... So if i ran mine at those speeds of ur card, the score would be much less...

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3DMark Score - 6117 3DMarks

Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury ....... 173.5 fps
GT2 - Battle of Proxycon ... 40.8 fps
GT3 - Troll's Lair ......... 36.5 fps
GT4 - Mother Nature ........ 41.9 fps

My rig:
Asus A7N8X Deluxe Rev. 2
Athlon XP 2700+
1GB Corsair XMS pc2700
HIS IceQ Raedon 9800 Pro @ 412/365

BWX · Sep 9, 2004, 12:25 AM

Vamp, what does that system give you in 3dmark 01? Does it hit 20,000? I but it could come close.

Vampyromaniac · Sep 9, 2004, 08:14 AM

I've only run 2001 stock so far, and got 18,137. sounds like the next step in my overclocking adventures. I doubt I can get almost 2000 more points on gfx OC alone, prob have to bump the CPU for that.

thanks blade

Judas · Sep 9, 2004, 08:24 AM

like i said..... about 500 mark difference (give or take) is actually dependant on the CPU/Mobo/Mem and possibly hardrive....

i had my 9800 pro stock running 450/405.... pulled in 6100 marks..... damn toasty though....

running 415/370 (All the time).. and i JUST break the 6000 k.. (6055 was my last run)

at stock....378/338..... i get 5850+

Sep 8, 2004, 04:00 AM	Thread Starter #34
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	well my first AIW9700Pro, I got from Amazon in May 2003. but it was a bad one, had glitches in every 3D thing I ran. then Cat Maker and WTWolf arranged an RMA for me, and ATI sent me another one which one of their guys Siamak had tested prior to shipping, and that one worked fine, that's the one I have now. got it in July 2003. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Sep 8, 2004, 09:39 AM	#35
WisMerHill DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Netherlands Posts: 468 Rep Power: 0	Ah that explains it, an ATI selected sample which was especially tested for you, you just can't get it any sweeter than that __________________ [color=sandybrown][color=white] [/color] [color=white][color=white]M[/color][color=white]y Computer[/color]: [/color][color=white]3DMark2001[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3Dmark2003[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]3DMark200[/color][color=white]5[/color][color=white] - [/color][color=white]PCMark2004[/color][/color]

Sep 8, 2004, 08:56 PM	Thread Starter #39
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	yeah it does, more than I thought it would in fact. I ran 3DMark03 (among many other tests) before to compare with, and with default quality and stock speeds, I gained ~12% from the upgrade. I was expecting 8-10% __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

Sep 8, 2004, 09:14 PM	#40
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	WOW! Good job Vampy! You went over and beyond! That still show how great the 9700pro was and still is a wonder of a card. __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Sep 9, 2004, 12:25 AM	#42
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	Vamp, what does that system give you in 3dmark 01? Does it hit 20,000? I but it could come close. __________________

Sep 8, 2004, 08:46 PM	#38
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	nice score vampy... but does ur new mobo/cpu combo help that score in any way? I just find it amazing that a 9700pro could reach that high compared to a 9800pro at those same speeds...

Sep 9, 2004, 08:14 AM	Thread Starter #43
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I've only run 2001 stock so far, and got 18,137. sounds like the next step in my overclocking adventures. I doubt I can get almost 2000 more points on gfx OC alone, prob have to bump the CPU for that. thanks blade __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250