[QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="Indestructible2"]

XFX 8800GS XXX vs Sapphire HD 3850 256MB: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/XFXGS_3850/index.php

Seems like 8800GS XXX wins out quite a bit of the time,and since most of my games aren't demanding and the 8800GS beats HD 3850 in Crysis,that'll most likely be the card i get for my Lanbox.

Indestructible2

Sorry but I actually was waiting on that review, but that just don´t do.

If I put it this way..

Is it proof to take a review of the most OC´d XFX 8800GS XXX card to battle against a stock cheapest HD3850 256mb card?

The XFX (OCéd 8800GS) received a 100mhz OC on the core (V-ram I dont know mabey a solid bit more?) , I recon if you put the stock XFX 8800GS 580mhz against the OCéd version of HD3850 mabey the HD38 won.

(And if you put a overclocked HD3850 512mb against a stock/standard 8800GS the HD will most certanly win.)

8800GS is a nice cheap card but to say it's faster and better than a HD3850 is just not true, they are very eave, who it's all acually breaks down to is of what card you get the best price on. The winner is the best price, not the perfomance wise.

This is a smart way of nvidia or getting god reviews, send the reviewers a copy of the most OCéd card to compete in a prewiew to set the score in benchmarks.

Sorry, where I live the HD3850 is 20-35$ cheaper (In Sweden and that´s where my bad Eng. comes from.), and I´ve tryed find a Stock vs. Stock review but cant seem find a single one. Only Oc éd 8800GS vs stock HD3850´s.. odd? ;)

And as I sad before, if you find the 8800GS card for a cheaper price, go for it!

But still, I doubth that a stock GS would beat a HD3850 that much worth mentioned. (that if you find one review.)

I keep on getting this the message when on my computer, the monitor goes black then goes back to that message.QXMQ

Does it happen when gaming or does it happen all the time, does it happen in just one game or all?

If you put these things out you will have more answers.

try! ;)

(If it's when you are gaming, first check your temp on the GFX)

XFX 8800GS XXX vs Sapphire HD 3850 256MB: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/XFXGS_3850/index.php

Seems like 8800GS XXX wins out quite a bit of the time,and since most of my games aren't demanding and the 8800GS beats HD 3850 in Crysis,that'll most likely be the card i get for my Lanbox.

Indestructible2

Sorry but I actually was waiting on that review, but that just don´t do.

If I put it this way..

Is it proof to take a review of the most OC´d XFX 8800GS XXX card to battle against a stock cheapest HD3850 256mb card?

The XFX (OCéd 8800GS) received a 100mhz OC on the core (V-ram I dont know mabey a solid bit more?) , I recon if you put the stock XFX 8800GS 580mhz against the OCéd version of HD3850 mabey the HD38 won.

(And if you put a overclocked HD3850 512mb against a stock/standard 8800GS the HD will most certanly win.)

8800GS is a nice cheap card but to say it's faster and better than a HD3850 is just not true, they are very eave, who it's all acually breaks down to is of what card you get the best price on. The winner is the best price, not the perfomance wise.

This is a smart way of nvidia or getting god reviews, send the reviewers a copy of the most OCéd card to compete in a prewiew to set the score in benchmarks.

HD 3800's are slightly weaker than the G92 8800's,though i've seen 8800GT 512's for as low as $205,at that price point a HD 3850/70 is POINTLESS,though they sell like crazy,and i've seen 8800GS'es beat HD 3850's for a similar price (Which is even cheaper)Indestructible2

I vould like proof for that.

I´ve seed HD3850´s stock stand against OC´d 8800GS and still HD3850 is just as good, if not better.

[QUOTE="swehunt"][QUOTE="Mrniceguy_War"]

I was saying that the HD 3650 you were recommended is fine. But actually, I thought it was a 3850 when I saw it, I would recommend to you an Nvidia 8600 graphics card for around the same price.

Mrniceguy_War

Horrible deception, HD3850 eat 8600 for breakfast, about twice as fast actually in almost ewry game benchmark.

I wasn't saying that it wasn't. I recommended the 8600 over the 3650. The HD 3850 'would' be better than a 8600, but that wasn't in his price range, so therefore I recommend the 8600.

Yeah, that´ll make more sence, sorry, It´s late saturday night in Sweden i must be drunk for reading. ;)

Hey, I figured out, the 8 small chip-set on the GFX is the Volt-regulators but still, does they get that hot, do they need that amount of cooling?

(BTW, I know of step 2 over-ride, if volt-regulators get to hot, they give to much volt.)

Never-mind my bad Eng/spelling im from Sweden.

I was saying that the HD 3650 you were recommended is fine. But actually, I thought it was a 3850 when I saw it, I would recommend to you an Nvidia 8600 graphics card for around the same price.

Mrniceguy_War

Horrible deception, HD3850 eat 8600 for breakfast, about twice as fast actually in almost ewry game benchmark.

Well i have my q6600 at 2.66 ghz oced now i want to oc my GPU its a hd 3870x2 so is there any program to do that??

Alejo17

CCC (catalyst control center) just unlock the overdrive.

but there is just not the way to do some serious overcklock.

Why overcklock the best card there is?

3Dmark dont do you justice. ;)

Hi, I reasently upgraded my GFX cooler on A Powercolor HD3850 256mb.

HD3850 stock cooler is a nice looking pice of hardware but don´t seem to cool GPU enough, both V-Ram chipset and GPU is on same cooler who get´s very hot. (idle temp are aprox 57c and under load 80c+) specially when OC.

I installed a VF700 and GPU was getting a nice cooldown, idle temp 35-37c and under load 47-50c. Nice, VF700 rocks at this point.

I´ve tryed 3Dmark and recived the highest score (+200pts) ever in my rig, most due to the GPU got a good solid 30c lower.

In a VF700 kit there are 8 small chipset coolers/heatsink for the mem-chips, I installed that and they fit good, but the stock cooler has a cooling solution for 8 small chips in the end of the card, they dont have heat-sink in the VF700 kit.

I took my old (stock) cooler and saw it to 2 pieces, and put the old small chipset cooler from that. (I'm not sure it cool the chipset enough, but what could i do?)

Well, here's my problem, In CCC (catalyst control center) when you start the OC panel, you can read and monitor the temp of the GPU core but there's no Ram temp monitoring so I download ATi Tool for monitoring and OC of GPU and ram chipset, but when trying to run a artifact test the mem temp was 96c :S WHAT? is that posible? They would burn in that heat.

And now I cant even run the artifact test, the driver stops when I try change anything in ATi tool.

My questions for you are.

What are the small chipset for and do they need a cooler? (8 small chips and there not the ram chips)

Is there anything wrong with ATI Tool, does it read the temp correct? could I've mess up that big and installed the ram-chipset coolers that wrong? Or could the 96c temp refer to the small chipset that got no serious heat-sink, only a home modded solution?

Is there another way of monitoring the video ram?

Any help is appreciated

I have the "CoolerMaster eXtreme Power 380W" I'll have a look in the guide that came with it, because it's not on the box.

EDIT: In the booklet I see a lot of 20 dba (Decibel Amperes) so yeah I think it's 20 Ampere. Gotta buy a new one afterall :/. Aw well, I have enough money anway :P

Tnx for the help! all of you!

Shadow-909

Are you sure? isn't it 20db, that's the Decibel it's making, don't have anything with ampere to do.