7900 GTO....

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I just picked up a 7900 GTO for a good price to replace my 7600 until the DX10 cards come down in price. Can someone tell me about what these things are getting in 3dmark 06? Im getting 3866 3dmarks now with my 7600GT. Also what mods are they doing to these cards? I hear they can run just as fast as a GTX. Thanks for any input.
 
With my AMD X2 3800 at 2.4ghz and the GTO clocked at 650/800 I get around 6000 in 3dmark06 with 91.47s and default driver settings.
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Thats pretty good.. my buddy has a GX2 and is only getting 7,200... I paid 300$ less to only end up 1000 points short of his score.... So what happens if the fan goes out on the GTO.. does anyone make a replacement fan?
 
Copyright said:
Thats pretty good.. my buddy has a GX2 and is only getting 7,200... I paid 300$ less to only end up 1000 points short of his score.... So what happens if the fan goes out on the GTO.. does anyone make a replacement fan?
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Yes. I believe that Zalman makes a fan that fits on the GTO. It should fit because the GTO is basically the same card as the GTX and it fits on that. Here is the link to it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118117
 
How is the noise level on the stock cooler? Can the stock cooler be removed and better heatsink paste used to help temps?
 
With the rig in my signature, I was hitting 6800ish in 3dmark06 and 12k+ in 3dmark05. The stock cooler is actually pretty good. With my overclock, my card is at 60c under full load.
 
The stock fan on the 7900gto is the same fan as the 7900gtx. It is a very quiet fan, which keeps the idle temps very low, and very acceptable (below 65C) load temps, even overclocked. Unless space is an issue, not too many fans will perform better than the stock one.
 
big_aug said:
With the rig in my signature, I was hitting 6800ish in 3dmark06 and 12k+ in 3dmark05. The stock cooler is actually pretty good. With my overclock, my card is at 60c under full load.
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I dont have as much rig as you do but looks like I should be able to get over 6000 which will be a nice upgrade for me. I will keep the stock cooler intact and just leave it alone. Thanks for the info.
 
Its a great card. I'm so glad I went with it rather than with an 8800 series. The 7900gto will tear through any game right now, and we can always upgrade later to a DX10 card.
 
Copyright said:
I just picked up a 7900 GTO for a good price to replace my 7600 until the DX10 cards come down in price. Can someone tell me about what these things are getting in 3dmark 06? Im getting 3866 3dmarks now with my 7600GT. Also what mods are they doing to these cards? I hear they can run just as fast as a GTX. Thanks for any input.
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You should get about 5,800 with one by itself, and 9,250 with two in SLI.
 
You would be lucky enough to actually finish the benchmark with a 7900GTO before the memory dies.
 
Got my card in and clocked it at 700/800 and it scored 6608 on 3dmark06.... Ive ran 3dmark about 5 times now and it seems fine to me!! scored 6007 stock clock.
 
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