EVGA 8800GT overclocks horribly, BSOD often.

lovely? · 04-22-2008, 03:14 AM

hi, i RMA'd my last 8800GT because of fan difficulties, but this new EVGA one is having some troubles getting out of the starting gate, overclocking-wise. I cant seem to bump the memory or the core clock up even 50mhz, or else sometime during a game i will get a BSOD... does anyone know why this might be happening? i usually have the fan set to 75%, kinda loud but it keeps the video card under 70C lol

oregon · 04-22-2008, 03:15 AM

Happens to me too. 50MHz and Crysis will crash. Most other games are fine though.

lovely? · 04-22-2008, 03:18 AM

well this is happening on cod maxed out, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. maxed out. the latter looks outstanding when lightning is going off, i must say.

bigfellla · 04-22-2008, 03:44 AM

Mine goes from 900 - 1020 no problems. 70oC seems excessive though, how is your case airflow?

oregon · 04-22-2008, 04:09 AM

that would be your memory clock. what is your core clock?

lovely? · 04-22-2008, 04:09 AM

it was a joke really, right now it's idling at 47C. and my case flow is not the greatest, but i have a 120mm fan, three 80mm fans, one intake and two exhaust, and one more 80mm thats so damn loud that i dont turn it on (side fan)

bigfellla · 04-22-2008, 04:23 AM

Mine runs at 745/2040 (effective) no problems.

lovely? · 04-22-2008, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oregon

that would be your memory clock. what is your core clock?

my core clock is at stock, 600mhz

oregon · 04-22-2008, 04:56 AM

same. i haven't tested mine much, but i just remember that crysis would artifact and crash when i overclocked at 700.

royalmarine · 04-22-2008, 12:43 PM

the stock fan is shíte!
i replaced mine with the duorb

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106112

forget the newegg review's. mine was flawless and took my temps down to 25 idle and 35 load.
with this, i was able to push my card to 800core and get no artifacts.
memory will go to 1150 max and shader goes to 1800.

04-22-2008, 03:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,739	EVGA 8800GT overclocks horribly, BSOD often. hi, i RMA'd my last 8800GT because of fan difficulties, but this new EVGA one is having some troubles getting out of the starting gate, overclocking-wise. I cant seem to bump the memory or the core clock up even 50mhz, or else sometime during a game i will get a BSOD... does anyone know why this might be happening? i usually have the fan set to 75%, kinda loud but it keeps the video card under 70C lol __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

04-22-2008, 03:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
oregon Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 947	Happens to me too. 50MHz and Crysis will crash. Most other games are fine though. __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

04-22-2008, 03:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,739	well this is happening on cod maxed out, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. maxed out. the latter looks outstanding when lightning is going off, i must say. __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

04-22-2008, 03:44 AM	#4 (permalink)
bigfellla Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 241	Mine goes from 900 - 1020 no problems. 70oC seems excessive though, how is your case airflow? __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2008 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Laptop nVidia Drivers Intel (R) Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz OC Zalman Cooler Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 with Northbridge Cooler 3GB Corsair DDR2 6400 OC 512MB BFG Technology 8800GT Sound Blaster X-Fi Fata1ity Platinum Series 64mb Corsair TX750W

04-22-2008, 04:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
oregon Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 947	that would be your memory clock. what is your core clock? __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

04-22-2008, 04:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,739	it was a joke really, right now it's idling at 47C. and my case flow is not the greatest, but i have a 120mm fan, three 80mm fans, one intake and two exhaust, and one more 80mm thats so damn loud that i dont turn it on (side fan) __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

04-22-2008, 04:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
bigfellla Silver Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 241	Mine runs at 745/2040 (effective) no problems. __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2008 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Laptop nVidia Drivers Intel (R) Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz OC Zalman Cooler Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 with Northbridge Cooler 3GB Corsair DDR2 6400 OC 512MB BFG Technology 8800GT Sound Blaster X-Fi Fata1ity Platinum Series 64mb Corsair TX750W

04-22-2008, 04:56 AM	#9 (permalink)
oregon Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: portland, oregon Posts: 947	same. i haven't tested mine much, but i just remember that crysis would artifact and crash when i overclocked at 700. __________________ MB: Gigabyte P35-DS3L CPU: Core 2 Duo E6550 @3.5hz GPU: PNY GeForce 8800 GT 512 RAM: 4GBs DDR2-800 (Ballistix and OCZ SLI) CL4 PSU: Antec NeoPower 650W Case: Antec 900 HDD: Seagate SATA 250GB, 16MB cache Seagate SATA 320GB, 16MB cache

04-22-2008, 12:43 PM	#10 (permalink)
royalmarine Gold Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 374	the stock fan is shíte! i replaced mine with the duorb http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835106112 forget the newegg review's. mine was flawless and took my temps down to 25 idle and 35 load. with this, i was able to push my card to 800core and get no artifacts. memory will go to 1150 max and shader goes to 1800. __________________ want to download your favourite movies and tv shows and so much more? come join our forum and get them all for free! http://www.rapidfind.org/upload/regi...errerid=100905

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