So about a week ago I got my whole new computer in.
A64 3200+ @ 2.550mhz
MSI K8N Neo 2
1GB XMS PC4000 Corsair
Evga 6800GT 256mb
After about a week of testing I had come to the conclusion (or at least at the time) that my video card would not clock any higher then 390/1150. This wasnt a terrible overclock, but I realy had hoped to get my core up higher. After messing around for a long time, I realized I was being down throttled by the gpu to stock speeds 350/1000 at anything over 390mhz core. My temps were fine (49c Idle , 64c Load), no artifacts.. nothing. Very frustrating. For example I would run 3dmark03 for bout 10 seconds, then the benchmark would pause for about 5 seconds like it crashed then continue. Using RivaTuners hardware monitor I discovered the thermal throttling.
Anyway, today I was readin some more and someone mentioned turning of "Fast Write" in one post or another. So I figured id give it a shot. Bump up my core to 400. NO THROTTLING!! Then I kept kickin it higher. Right now im at 421/1170 stable.. no problems.
I dont know how many other people are having this issue, but I know that not many people are aware that this could be a fix for some. Hope this helps someone as it took me about a full week to come to this conclusion
A64 3200+ @ 2.550mhz
MSI K8N Neo 2
1GB XMS PC4000 Corsair
Evga 6800GT 256mb
After about a week of testing I had come to the conclusion (or at least at the time) that my video card would not clock any higher then 390/1150. This wasnt a terrible overclock, but I realy had hoped to get my core up higher. After messing around for a long time, I realized I was being down throttled by the gpu to stock speeds 350/1000 at anything over 390mhz core. My temps were fine (49c Idle , 64c Load), no artifacts.. nothing. Very frustrating. For example I would run 3dmark03 for bout 10 seconds, then the benchmark would pause for about 5 seconds like it crashed then continue. Using RivaTuners hardware monitor I discovered the thermal throttling.
Anyway, today I was readin some more and someone mentioned turning of "Fast Write" in one post or another. So I figured id give it a shot. Bump up my core to 400. NO THROTTLING!! Then I kept kickin it higher. Right now im at 421/1170 stable.. no problems.
I dont know how many other people are having this issue, but I know that not many people are aware that this could be a fix for some. Hope this helps someone as it took me about a full week to come to this conclusion