I Challenge anyone to identify this crazy looking card ;)

[minus19]

I purchased this card on ebay for about £30 with p&p. It's showing up as a GeForce 6600 (PCI-E 256mb), take a look at it:

Ok, so it came to me running at the following speeds.

GPU:400mhz
MemClocks:800mhz

Take a look at the specs on the ASUS Extreme N6600/TD

http://www3.shopping.com/xPF-GF6600-PCIE-256M-DDR-TVOUT-DVI-2ND-VGA

GPU:300mhz
MemClocks:800mhz (400x2)

Also, note the card is entirely different.

Right. I've now screwed a 80mm fan to the copper heatsink and oc'ed it with powerstrip. I'm getting very stable results at:

GPU:480mhz
MemClocks:865mhz

compared to the original Asus Geforce 6600 specs of 300mhz and 800mhz. Seems a bit odd. I've looked everywhere trying to find the card but have had no luck, not even on google images.

I'm trying to update the bios so I need to be sure exactly which card it is. The thing is, even after some heavy oblivion use, the GPU core never rises above 46c when it used to go up to 80c with HDR on (and give me the black screen bug) so i'm thinking I can push the core V up a bit.

Any suggestions would be more than welcome

 

[Sam__]

could just have some aftermarket cooling on it.

 

[minus19]

Yeah, i thought that but the speeds it defaults at are higher and the asus logo that holds the heatsink on aren't on any other cards. (The perspex X) I can't find that heatsink anywhere either, not even on ebuyer.com

 

[nd4spdbh2]

thats one of asus's special cards... they had it on newegg a while back... the actual gpu is on the backside of the card so the passive heatsink can work better.


btw your card is an asus N6600TOP silent

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=0&model=953&modelmenu=1

 

[minus19]

Thanks a lot buddy. I knew someone here would know what it was, hence the (slightly) cunning use of the word 'challenge'

Thanks

 

[Clockwork_Apple]

I've always thought having the GPU on the other side would be better, but then I suppose it could mean height issues with the cooler and northbridge etc.

cool find

 

[minus19]

Thanks. Those 'stable' results weren't so stable after all, it's down to 460/820mhz. It's not a heat issue so i'm guessing voltage. I want to get as much out of it as possible to keep me going until there's a good selection of affordable (£80-130) dx10 cards.