Official 9600GSO Thread

[ChromeDome]

i jumped ship, went ati .. got a hd3870

ha! after allll that time and allll those posts in the 8800GS thread, etc....

well good going, anyway. nice card, of course.

 

[john34]

i think i need a better psu. please check these psus and see which one is good enough for 8800gs plus a dual core cpu. http://www.globespec.co.nz/product.php?PID=18157 and http://www.globespec.co.nz/product.php?PID=19406 . thanks. can i get that 400w psu? is it ideal?

 

[calvary1980]

holy schnikeys

expensive power supplies. I recommend this one

- Christine

 

[john34]

oh no.too expensive for me . . can i choose between the 2 i posted? i dont have alot of money.

 

[calvary1980]

can you post your system specs. if you can swing it this the Strider 500 would be my choice between the two.

- Christine

 

[john34]

what about http://www.globespec.co.nz/product.php?PID=19406 ? isnt it good? i have core 2 duo e4500 overclocked to 2.98ghz. 2gb of ddr2 ram. 2 hard drives at 7200rpm. and 1 pci express. plus 2 fans. what do u think?

 

[calvary1980]

thats the Strider 500. it's fine.

- Christine

 

[john34]

now when i am idle i have reboots. i had a reboot once when i wasnt even gaming. what is happening ? why i should get all these problems as soon as i upgraded my 8600gt to 8800gs???

is there any temp solution till i buy a new psu? its like getting worse and worse. so that Strider 500 $104 is fine for 8800gs and a dual core cpu???

 

[john34]

this is what i am looking to buy later.

SILVERSTONE ST50F 500W PSU
1. Strong continuous power output
2. Components designed for reliability
3. Dual +12V rails for newest systems
4. Dual 6pin PCI-E connectors
5. Six serial ATA connectors
6. Intelligent 120mm variable speed fan
7. Active PFC

 

[calvary1980]

yes. please fill out your system specs. User CP, Edit System Specs

- Christine

 

[john34]

or how about this one?
Silverstone Strider ST400 400W Power Supply Retail
1. Dual +12V rails for newest systems
2. Silent running 120mm fan
3. Four serial ATA connectors
4. Support PCI-E 6 pin connector
5. Strong continuous power output
6. Support ATX 12V 2.2


i listed my spec above. i have a core 2 duo e4500 2.20ghz overclocked to 2.98ghz. 2GB of RAM DDR2, 2 hard drives running at 7200RPM, 2 case fans, 1 cpu fan. and 8800gs and 1 DVD RW drive.

and how about this one http://www.playtech.co.nz/product.php?action=showdetail&id=4442

that 400W PSU would be enough as well or not????

 

[john34]

please somebody help me in here.

 

[calvary1980]

I already told you. the Silverstone Strider 500 is fine.

- Christine

 

[john34]

i found the some error messages in the minidump log file everytime i get disconnected.
one message was about MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION. A fatal Machine Check Exception has occured.
DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER _FAULT. I have other logs as well. could it be caused by power supply???

 

[calvary1980]

post it.

- Christine

 

[john34]

im afraid if the reboots are due to faulty card. which is most likely to be? power issue or a faulty card? my 8800gs is brand new. I dont want to return back the card and wait for replacement. it takes too long. i hope its power issue. and I got a reboot once while i was in desktop.

 

[john34]

on my psu it says the maximum output is 478w

 

[john34]

does anyone havea Gigabyte geforce 9600gso or 8800gs in here?

 

[john34]

does anyone know if there is a new BIOS update for 8800GS cards?????

 

[newtekie1]

I don't know, but I believe if you can get your hands on a 9600GSO BIOS, you should be able to flash it to your 8800GS.

I however just stepped up my eVGA 8800GS to a eVGA 9600GSO. I wanted the dual slot cooler.

 

[john34]

9600gso is the same thing . i guess i solved my rebooting problem. it seemed that there was a power leak as the power cable wasnt connected to the motherboard properly. i also disconnected my 120mm case fan just in case to save the power. i never had reboots since then. I also got the chance to overclock my card to 1932mhz shader, 789mhz core and 1050mhz memory. i will keep on overclocking if i dont have an issue. so far i dont have any issue while playing crysis. the frame rate is smooth at very high settings on 1280*1200 resolution. that would be as smooth as a 8800gt with that speed . i tried company of heroes, i can play it on max settings at my max resolution which is 1600*1200 and still can get 40 to 50fps during the game. thats amazing .
i prefer 8800GS over 9600gt or 8800gt anyday. just because 9600gt is 256 bit and has 512mb ram doesnt mean its faster than 8800gs. i never liked 9600gt. with the clocks that i reached i am sure it surpasses 9600gt and is very close to 8800gt. i guess i won the lottery of my life . i scored 11500 on 3dmark 06.

 

[smig]

@John - this is the 4th. topic I noticed you ask for help with your reboots problems.
please put all the problems you have with your specific card and rig in one single post.
good god it solved

 

[yem]

hey guys to the bios list with vga bios i found gainward 8800gs with these clocks core720 shader 1780 an memmory 2000. i am owner of 9600gso and i want to flash this bios to my card but i dont know if it works.can someone help me about this?
i dont want to destroy my card

 

[newtekie1]

What brand is your 9600GSO? I wouldn't risk flashing a different brand BIOS, especially not one from Gainward as I believe they use custom PCBs and BIOSes. You are probably better off just overclocking your card via software, or modifying your own BIOS and flashing it to the card.

 

[yem]

i have biostar 9600gso and i have mod it to galaxy 9600 gso with these clocks core 618 shader 1475 and memory 2040 the card is very stable but i want more power and i want beter bios to flash it because i cant overclock more the shaders clock. do you have a beter bios for me? the card before was core 550 shaders 1375 memmory 1600 with biostar bios