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This 8800GT does use some power though. I had to hook up an auxillary PSU because my 500watt Antec Earthwatts wasn't enough to power it with my 750i. :laugh:

When it was in my IP35-Pro it was fine without the extra PSU. I don't know why Nvidia boards use more power. :(

I believe they are 90nm though so maybe thats why.
 

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DH, don't you have another PSU for sale? That is something I would like to upgrade soon.
 

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Alright, I was doing some benchmarks on Crysis x64 using the Crysis Benchmarking Tool.So far, I have only ran the "benchmark_GPU" at 1280x720 no-AA.

System Specs.
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E2140 @ 3.0GHZ
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PNY 8500GT oc @ GPU 680, MEM 520, Shaders 1360


Benchmark_GPU

1280x720 x64 DX10 Low Quality
---------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 26.94
Max FPS = 61.13
Avg FPS = 38.21

Max MEM usage = 774mb



1280x720 x64 DX10 High Quality
----------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 00.00
Max FPS = 9.84
Avg FPS = 8.13

Max MEM usage = 839mb



1280x720 x64 DX9 Low Quality
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 26.34
Max FPS = 64.34
Avg FPS = 38.61

Max MEM usage = 962mb



1280x720 x64 DX9 High Quality
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 4.15
Max FPS = 11.35
Avg FPS = 9.02

Max MEM usage = 1203mb

=================================

Benchmark_CPU

1280x720 x64 DX10 Low Quality
---------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 21.64
Max FPS = 44.97
Avg FPS = 34.93

Max MEM usage = 771mb



1280x720 x64 DX10 High Quality
----------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 4.38
Max FPS = 10.78
Avg FPS = 7.92

Max MEM usage = 833mb



1280x720 x64 DX9 Low Quality
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 20.55
Max FPS = 45.75
Avg FPS = 36.43

Max MEM usage = 959mb



1280x720 x64 DX9 High Quality-----------------------------------------------------------------
Min FPS = 4.30
Max FPS = 11.90
Avg FPS = 8.73

Max MEM usage = 1174mb





Now, a wierd trend I was noticing. Look at the mem usage for DX9 and DX10. DX9 used WAY more memory than DX10. I couldn't figure it out. I even did each run through a few times to check if something was out of whack. Nope.

I will post later using 1680x1050.
 
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DH, don't you have another PSU for sale? That is something I would like to upgrade soon.

My 500watt Antec Earthwatts I could sell you for $65 but It wouls be just enough power for your rig. You couldn't do SLI with the Earthwatts and you would probably want to stick with your P35 too. For some reason the Nvidia boards use more power but I doubt you really need SLI.

Nice Benchmarks!
 

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Instead of posting my benchmarks here, and having to make people read the entire post, I have started a new thread just for it. You can find it HERE
 

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My 500watt Antec Earthwatts I could sell you for $65 but It wouls be just enough power for your rig. You couldn't do SLI with the Earthwatts and you would probably want to stick with your P35 too. For some reason the Nvidia boards use more power but I doubt you really need SLI.

Nice Benchmarks!

Are you sure on that? Ask webwizard how his 9600GT Sli rig is goin'. ;)
 

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Are you sure on that? Ask webwizard how his 9600GT Sli rig is goin'. ;)

8800gt is what he has. When we made the trade, I made that statement. It cannot power two 8800gt's plus the rest of his rig.;)
 

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Pardon me.

Project is done. Lighting decided to take most of my hardware out last night. I can get the computer to boot, but it doesn't recognize my video card anymore. It also took out my sound card, and my ethernet jack. Once it boots, it is like I just installed the video card, before the drivers get installed. But, it won't let me install the drivers. It doesn't even see the onboard ethernet jack anymore. The sound is all garbled and distorted. Shit guys, I think I may be done. I can't afford to replace everything. I still have to pay my processor off.(which I hope is still good. But with it still booting, I don't see why it wouldn't be.) It also took out my printer, and fucked up my monitor. Plus various other things around the house. My tv in the bedroom, the alarm clock, my only A/C, the Surround Sound in the living room, my other 360, but thank god not my Wii. That is the only reason that I am able to sign on right now. Well, I hope that I can get back into it soon. It was good while it lasted. :rockout:
 
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8800gt is what he has. When we made the trade, I made that statement. It cannot power two 8800gt's plus the rest of his rig.;)

No doubt about the 8800GT's in SLi though. I agree with you on that though.

@novacheck

I am sorry to hear about all this. **sighs**
 
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No doubt about the 8800GT's in SLi though. I agree with you on that though.

@novacheck

I am sorry to hear about all this. **sighs**

I think his grapics card is ok. He just booted it in another computer and he says its fine.:)
 

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I think his grapics card is ok. He just booted it in another computer and he says its fine.:)

Yeah, I just went to login MSN. He wasn't on his Wii. I was just about IM him and tell him I have seen it happen quite a few times and many times its the northbridge on the PC that was taken out. If it was a cheap PSU, the whole PC would've been fried.
 

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I have finally got everything fixed. Well almost everything. I just picked up an Asus P5N-D SLI. Gotta say, though, the bios is a little tricky when you are used to the P35 Neo-2's. I haven't really gotten to deeply into overclocking, but I can say that this board is a much faster board (in most aspects) than my old Neo-2. I can't wait to get this heat situation taken care of, so I can really see what this board, and this E8400 can do. I will try to get some new pics for you guys, but due to my "ingenious" cooling idea, that is a little hard to do.:laugh:
 
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glad to see that you have everything fixed!
 
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The extra pci-Express slot could be used by a 8800gs with the new nvidia physX drivers. I advise you to sell the PhysX card you have. ;)

The 8800gs does alot better than the dedicated PhysX card.

So you would use both the 8800gt and the 8800gs at the same time. They just wouldn't need to be hooked up through SLI. ;)
 
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