9600GT oc clock speeds w/wo v-mods

[Skitzo]

shoot for the moon

well not having tried the volt mod yet, I'm not speaking from experience. But it seems to me that your suggested approach has alot more risk. Yes it's more work to bring it up in increments, but that could be fixed as well. A Dip switch could be used in the mod so that you mod once and adjust forever... just be sure to draw a config table as to not confuse the settings. Personally i like the Idea of a little momentary switch (tactile switch) and a built in volt meter. But there are too many things to finish first.
Not having enough information, it would be possible to exceed the required voltage for the speed your chip maxes out at. More power means faster degridation so a just a little more than I need approach would yeild best performance along with maximum lifespan at those clock speeds.

It would all depend on what you hope to achieve and how long you want to acheive it for.

 

[dadi_oh]

Here is what I managed to get tonight after adding my watercooling block. Temps are great at about 32C under full load but the OC is about the same as with the stock cooler @ 100%. I need more volts but I messed up my volt mod attempt

complete card name : MSI 9600GT OC
the clock speeds (factory set and maximum oc). factory default 700 / 1750 / 1900 max OC (Artifact free on ATI-Tool) 790 / 1975 / 2140 (core, shader, memory)
factory set voltages GPU idle, GPU 3D, GMem (post mod if applicable): Factory Volts (1.1V?)
any mods used: Danger Den Maze 4 GPU Water Block + Zalman memory heatsinks
Sli status: Nope... P35 chipset... no SLI
bench scores, for comparative reasons, the more the better.

11025 - 3dMark06 on factory defaults 700 / 1750 / 1900

11865 - 3dMark06 Overclocked at 790 / 1975 / 2140

 

[Skitzo]

wow

those are some sweet temps. Can I ask about your cooling setup? Curious what it would take to achieve that.

 

[dadi_oh]

those are some sweet temps. Can I ask about your cooling setup? Curious what it would take to achieve that.

Well here is a pic of my case. Ignore the messy power wiring. Need to clean that up some day.

This is Swiftech H20-220 Compact setup (I think Newegg had them For $119 a couple of weeks ago). The GPU waterblock is a Danger Den Maze4. I have 2 X 120mm fans on the Swiftech radiator running at 60% (as set in BIOS). 100% is too loud and only drops temps by a few degrees anyways. The case is an Antec with 120mm exhaust and 120mm inlet also at 60%. The only thing missing from this pic is the optional ASUS fan mounted on the Northbridge radiator. That little fan dropped my NB temp from 83C to about 56C. Amazing.

Overall the system is very quiet compared to when I aircooled it. Quite impressed with watercooling so far.

 

[Skitzo]

pump

how is the pump, does it vibrate much? I've been considering that kit. i just sold my zalman 8700 and therm v2 so i guess i'm going to consider some cooling options. Just happened to be looking at some ddr3 16000 when I popped in here. Could be an expensive weekend lol.

 

[dadi_oh]

how is the pump, does it vibrate much? I've been considering that kit. i just sold my zalman 8700 and therm v2 so i guess i'm going to consider some cooling options. Just happened to be looking at some ddr3 16000 when I popped in here. Could be an expensive weekend lol.

The only way that I can hear the pump is if I take off the side of the case and put my ear near it and I can hear a soft hum. Very quiet. No vibration that I can notice. The 120mm fans are the noisest part but if you dial those down you don't lose much in the way of cooling performance. A few degC from what I observed going from 100% to 60%. 60% is as low as my BIOS allows the chassis fans to be set.

One thing to be aware of with this kit... When I got it there was small bead of coolant that became visible around the pump outlet where the barb is connected to the pump body. According to others this is not an uncommon problem. I toyed with returning it but found that the easiest solution was some plumbing glue. Worked like a charm and saved me tearing it all apart. I had a thread on this problem when I first installed the system. See below.

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=57274


Sounds like a fun weekend!

 

[Skitzo]

thanks, and I'll update the list later today. nice temp...

 

[dadi_oh]

Did a little more work last night with my 1.15V mod. Tried 1.2V but ran into OCP issues (black screen).

Here is a run at Core 815, Shader 2037, Memory 2160.

Finally broke the 12K mark in 3DMark06... 12059.

If I take the core to 820MHz then OCP kicks in. It is very finicky. Right on the edge.

 

[Solaris17]

skitzo im sli now you should change that in the list as all benchmarks i will run will be with 2 cards.

 

[dadi_oh]

skitzo im sli now you should change that in the list as all benchmarks i will run will be with 2 cards.

SLIIIIII.... Looking forward to some benches.

 

[Skitzo]

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skitzo im sli now you should change that in the list as all benchmarks i will run will be with 2 cards.

so should I change whats there or make you super special and list you a second time with sli? As far as I'm concerned both is better, what is the general concenus?

 

[Solaris17]

what?.....what do ya mean both is better...would you like to leave the orig so ppl know how it performs with one card? thats a good idea but my scores were low as i didnt have a core 2 system at the time

 

[Skitzo]

what?.....what do ya mean both is better...would you like to leave the orig so ppl know how it performs with one card? thats a good idea but my scores were low as i didnt have a core 2 system at the time

yeah that's what I meant. Well if your sys specs have changed and aren't listed then comparing the two sets of data would give the wrong idea. So I guess I'll remove/change what's there now.

 

[Solaris17]

ya i just got my new rig so ill update benchies later tonight check out my 6400 im going to pee thread in overclocking and cooling.

 

[Skitzo]

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kkk
hey Sol man gotta ask:

im going to pee thread

Does that hurt? I'm thinking it would...


lol that's almost sig quote quality...

 

[Solaris17]

Yes!!

 

[MKmods]

Sorry Skitzo for lagging (been really busy working) Here is a baseline for my comp
X2 6400/DFI 590 SLI
ECS 9600GTs (passive cooled) running SLI (Core shows as 650, Mem 1900, Shader 1650)

Mods, painted heatsinks black, using AS5 (will try MX2 next time I tear it apart)

3DMark03 51838
3DMark05 18253
3DMark06 12213

Aquamark 130,993

GPU-Z link http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/g7c68/
The amazing part is the temps on these cards (running 29-33C)

I usually dont keep a comp in 1 piece long enough to do benches and games but I will keep this one to see how far it can go.

PS: can you get others to post their CPUs, that way we can see the differences between Duals/Quads, AMD/Intel etc.

 

[Skitzo]

kkk

i've been thinking a few sys specs should be inluded. The specs listed for users is not always accurate so yeah, more data is cool with me. need a few hours to do an update though. What do we want to see?
cpu name and clock
ram clock
???

Input please....

 

[MKmods]

I dont know what matters in the Benches, I think CPU and speed, and I think Raid0 matters (maybe just a note if someone is running 1 Hdd, Raid 0,1,1+0,5 etc)

Does memory (or its speed) matter?

 

[dadi_oh]

i've been thinking a few sys specs should be inluded. The specs listed for users is not always accurate so yeah, more data is cool with me. need a few hours to do an update though. What do we want to see?
cpu name and clock
ram clock
???

Input please....

One of the things that would help is if users provide the screenshot of the bench results with CPUZ and GPUZ opened. That way you can see all their details. In fact you can even run 2 instances of CPUZ with one displaying the CPU tab and the other displaying the memory tab. With the combination of those 3 windows you pretty much have it all.

 

[Skitzo]

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so instead of listing everything, just post a screen shot with all the data.. works for me.

Is everyone up for it?

 

[MKmods]

thats cool but the prob is you will have to go through 20 + pages to see the specs.

 

[Skitzo]

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k attachments of screen shots maybe? or do we want a list?

 

[MKmods]

k attachments of screen shots maybe? or do we want a list?

That sounds like a good idea

 

[rangerone766]

dont know if this has been posted yet or not. i found a volt mod for palit sonic 9600gt's

found these over at XS its listed as for a gainward, but my sonic has the exact same layout.

i tried the 1.38 mod and can now bench 900mhz core, where as before i would blackscreen at 845mhz.