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HeavyH20 said:Well, I am going to take apart my GTO tonight, hardware and BIOS. AS5, some better thermal pads, and BIOS check for proper delta, memory timings, performance profiles (make sure there are three), and fan speeds. Should have the GTO upped to a full fledged GTX by this evening.
Definite upgrade. IMHO, I would sell the 7800GTX while you can, get this card, and be able to use the EVGA 90 day Step Up to a G80. That will likely take a couple of months and in the mean time, you have a better card. Once the G80 hits, the price of the 7900 series will drop a bunch and the 7800 series may be harder to offload.
tightline said:Took off HSF and I have the Samsumg. These foamy thermal pads decentigrated when I took it off please HELP....too big a gap for acrtic silver. I may have just fusked two cards.
tightline said:Took off HSF and I have the Samsumg. These foamy thermal pads decentigrated when I took it off please HELP....too big a gap for acrtic silver. I may have just fusked two cards.
The DarkBlade said:Does anyone have instructions or a link to instructions on flashing the BIOS on these bad boys so they come up as GTX?
diablo111 said:Got my EVGA 7900GTO today
I'm having issues with my webhosting, will upload pics later.
I didn't take off the cooler to check the ram...but I have it overclocked to 675/1600 so far with absolutely no sweat! Pushing it higher right now...
The DarkBlade said:diablo111, I find it interesting that your box says GTO. I don't know if you saw my earlier post, but I posted pic, where they just covered up GTX with a sticker that said GTO.
Where did yours come from? Mine came from MWAVE
SERIOUS SAM 2: All Maxed Out
Resolution: 1680 × 1050 (Custom)
Demo: Demo_0003.dem
Renderer: Direct3D
Quality: Maximum
Antialiasing: High
Anisotrophic filtering: 16×
HDR rendering: Enabled
Score = 51.3 FPS
I think we need a girlfriendBlue Falcon said:Goddamn every time I see that GTX cooler I get a funny feeling in my pants... definately a sexy beast.
Mtnduey said:your local computer store should carry some "shin-etsu" or something similar thermal pads, hopefully that'll be enough to make the contact you need.
HeavyH20 said:Use this thermal material for the memory. Works great.
http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant...&Product_Code=Frag&Category_Code=Overclocking
And, my card came in a box with GTO printed. No sticker. As for the card, it seems to be a little memory challenged. It doe snot reach 800 (790). Core is fine at 700, however. As for the BIOS, keep the version on the card. I tried the GTX version and it actually does not clock as well. The stock BIOS has 1.4V set for 3d and throttle with 1.3V for 2D. They still use the 50 Mhz delta, so it looks to be pretty much a GTX BIOS with the memory set at 660.
3DMark05 looks good at 11,200. That is on an AMD X2 4200+ at a nice easy 2.5 GHz (stock voltage). Looks to be a great value!
HeavyH20 said:Definite upgrade. IMHO, I would sell the 7800GTX while you can, get this card, and be able to use the EVGA 90 day Step Up to a G80. That will likely take a couple of months and in the mean time, you have a better card. Once the G80 hits, the price of the 7900 series will drop a bunch and the 7800 series may be harder to offload.
What program do you use to see these? I can't find memory voltage with NiBiTor, where is it hidden?HeavyH20 said:One other item. The memory timings. Looks like they have tightened things up versus the GTX
timing-----------GTX-------GTO-------BJ11 ------ BC14
tRAS------------24-----------22----------25-----------22
tRC--------------34-----------31----------35-----------31
tRFC------------43-----------39----------45-----------39
tRCDR----------12-----------10----------12-----------10
tRCDW----------8-------------6------------8-------------6
tRP--------------10------------9-----------10-------------9
tRRD-------------8------------10-----------8-------------8
So, looks like 1.1 ns GDDR3 may be on there, but, since it only has the 1.4 ns spec voltage(1.7 min, 1.8 spec, 1.9 max) versus the 1.1 ns voltage(1.9 min, 2.0 spec, 2.1 max), the timings have been adjusted accordingly to 1.4 ns just like the GT cards.
MC FLMJIG said:275 is 2d . Look around it's in there.
diablo111 said:Well, looks like I found the sweet spot (max) @ 705/1660...its been running rthdribl (16x multisample) for over an hour...temp maxed out @ 65°C...I love this card
EDIT>>>
I also had it run this program, Video Card Stability Test, all night without issue. I also ran it's benchmark and got 3041 (highest score on their result website).
EVGAs e-GeForce 7900 GTO is without a doubt though, one of the best bang for the buck cards on the market right now. For about $250 youre really getting an excellent card. As a result, awarding this card our Bulls Eye Award was a no-brainer. EVGAe e-GeForce 7900 GTO epitomizes what the Bulls Eye Award is all about!
unimatrixzer0 said:What exactly was wrong with the first revision of 7900GTX's? They'd suddenly die?
HeavyH20 said:Well, there was some fall out with the Samsung based boards. EVGA created a new rev and pulled the Samsung based cards from the market. While the RMA rates were low (they claimed 2%), the bad press alone was damaging to which they reacted.
And, I am more impressed by the almost 4.0 Ghz E6600
nicepun said:Oh yeah, what about this one...... [email protected] .... Not stable at all but just enough for CPUZ Validation.
HeavyH20 said:Your 4.0 GHz is more impressive since it is benchmark stable. The suicide runs for CPUz are not as useful, but it makes a point on how well your CPU clocks.