Gigabyte 780g + Phenom 9600BE

adjust the GPU through the bios.

http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/04/amd_780g_chipset/page8.html

"Ctrl + F1 in bios unlockes hidden menu"

typical gigabyte thing, my GA7VAXP Ultra had something similar, not for onboard GPU of course

Molester said:

ok, pretty sure i got hybrid crossfire working

IGP was about 1550 3dmarks in 06
Discreet was about 1800 3dmarks in 06
Hybrid was about 2600 3dmarks in 06


monitor is plugged into DVI on the discreet card

initial display device set to PEG in bios
Surround View enabled in bios

in CCC, enabled crossfire

now for overclocking.....

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Wow 2600 3dmark2006 points hybrid?
I'm very surprised!!!

yeah, i know the igp can be oc'd in the bios, only way i can right now

when in hybrid, i was able to run 3dmark06 at with the IGP oc'd to 625 mhz (stock is 500), and got just over 3000 3dmarks, but it wasn't stable....

Hybrid IGP OC'd (cpu 2.4) 3023
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5718566

Hybrid Stock (cpu 2.4) 2694
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5718277

Hyrbid Stock (cpu 2.3) 2691
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5717034

IGP Stock (cpu 2.3) 1531
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5712349

Discreet Stock (cpu 2.3) 1801
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5717410

as you can see, cpu change from 2.3 to 2.4 does nothing for 3dmark06

i don't know how those reviewers got to 1000 mhz, much less 700, maybe an older bios they were using, don't know, hoping a new one will help

or

hoping one of the gpu oc tools will be updated, because i can't even overclock the 3450 using the current revisions of atitool or rivatuner, much less oc the igp using them

Can you control the voltage to the RAM on the gigabyte board? If not in the bios can you use gigabytes software in windows? How high can you adjust the settings, as in what would be the max the board will go to. Don't actually do it, just want to see what they built in as the max.

Thanks!

I picked up the same MOBO and was wondering about boosting the GFX. Anyone know if a card with more Stream Processing Units will give a bigger boost against a card with similar ram size and speed? The card Molester chose has only 40 and most of the newer card are 120 too 320. I was never a big gfx speed guy but have a need for something to keep my 23" cruising with mid level games.

Molester do you have a general feel for the board? Is it a good / fair / poor choice for mid level gaming I will have a 5400+ black and 2x2gb mushkin mem.

I'd love to see pics of the benching station for this set up.

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very interesting indeed the hybrid scores.