Talk about thermal paste on the ram chips!
I've been told by other BFG 7800GTX users this thermal paste on mem chips hampers mem ocs a bit as well.
Installed now with 77.72 WHQL drivers both have .25 bios and seems to have correct 460/1300 clocks
So far BFG 7800GTXs are doing fine although slightly disappointed with mem clocks so far mem can only go to 1380-1390mhz compared to some i've seen do 1450mhz on mem heh. Core does a nice 513mhz (+40mhz geometric) = ~553mhz.
2D speed is pretty low though clocked at 275mhz on the core.
easy cpu clock with BFG 7800GTXs
System
3700+ CABGE 0515 MPM San Diego water cooled
DFI NF4 SLI-D 414-3 beta bios
2x 512MB OCZ PC3200 Gold UTT BH-5
160GB Seagate 7200.7 NCQ SATA
Pioneer DVD Burner
510W PC PowerCooling SLI psu 34/38A 12v single rail
2x BFG 7800GTX with 77.72WHQL drivers
6.53 NF4 chipset drivers
WinXP Pro SP2
Rivatuner 15.6
@ stock 460(500)/1300
@ 487(526)/1386
Temperatures
With 92x38mm Sunon 120cfm fan on rheobus @1/2 speed blowing on back of video cards allows GPU idle temps to drop alot and get a bump in max mem clocks from 1386mhz to 1397mhz.
no fan
GPU idle = 45-46C at startup first time and 50-53C idling in windows for sometime.
GPU load = 76-86C
with 92x38mm Sunon 120cfm fan
GPU idle = 40-41C startup first time and 45-46C idling in windows for sometime
GPU load = 73-83C
here's with the 92x38mm sunon 120cfm fan @1/2 speed
In SLI mode, 3d2k05 and 3d2k05 are cpu limited. You really need a beefy cpu to really take advantage of these cards in SLI
Anyway couldn't resist landing myself officially in 3D2k3 Hall of Fame http://www.futuremark.com/community/halloffame/ (Had to take advantage of the 30+k bug heh)
3dmark2003 = 29,975
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=4116189
Wonder what it would take to break 13k in 3d2k05 ?
3dmark05 = 13,270
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1029416
