Best tool for tweaking 8800GTX

Cmar-Ireland

Hi all,

I bought an xps720 a few weeks ago and I'm looking for advice on how best to tweak the cards for performance. The system came with 2 8800GTX cards in Sli mode.
I have heard that nTune is not great? but I am not qualified to make my own opinion (don't know much about it TBH)

So where should I go from here?

I will probably be using it with the newer games at 1900 x 1200 on the Dell 2407HC.

Thanks!

TerrorFirmer

Why do you need to tweak 8800GTX Sli? Just leave them alone if you don't know what or why you are doing it, you wouldn't be able to get much gain anyway.

SickBoy

Tweak/overclock budget parts to achieve performance levels of high end parts then sit back and enjoy playing games.
Buy high end parts to sit back and enjoy playing games without the headache(pleasure) of tweaking/overclocking

CSSource God

Believe it or not I used ATI tool to overclock my Ultra to great effect. Download the latest version! Dont burn out your GTX's though.:)

Cmar-Ireland

Maybe I should leave well enough alone!!! I don't know enough about overclocking to start fiddling with the cards. I suppose they should be good enough in sli to run what I want?

TerrorFirmer

Cmar-Ireland wrote: »

Maybe I should leave well enough alone!!! I don't know enough about overclocking to start fiddling with the cards. I suppose they should be good enough in sli to run what I want?

Unless you're running on something like a 30" monitor with everything at max settings then yes 8800GTX sli is plenty.

Cmar-Ireland

HavoK wrote: »

Unless you're running on something like a 30" monitor with everything at max settings then yes 8800GTX sli is plenty.

I'm going to be buying a Dell 2407WFP-HC soon. Native res of 1900 x 1200. Are the gtx's up to it?

PogMoThoin

Cmar-Ireland wrote: »

I'm going to be buying a Dell 2407WFP-HC soon. Native res of 1900 x 1200. Are the gtx's up to it?

:rolleyes: Yes. But sli depends on whether the game is sli'd or not. Some games run better in sli, others will just run on 1 gpu. Trust me, you don't need it with gtx sli

If your still not happy, rivatuner is the best gpu oc utility IMO.

BTW, how much did a Dell gtx sli cost u :eek:

NordicDiver

Try set them at 626/1000 thats the EVGA 8800GTX ko Acs3 clocks.
Use Ntune for setting the clock and riva tuner for fan control. Thats what i used on the same system you have before my two sexy Ultra XXX came from new york

NordicDiver

Cmar-Ireland wrote: »

I'm going to be buying a Dell 2407WFP-HC soon. Native res of 1900 x 1200. Are the gtx's up to it?

Have the non HC version and its sweet, enjoy it when it arrives. Don't have too high hopes with Crysis though.

nibble

Jeez you're all such killjoys, if he wants to overclock 'em then go for it.
Anyway for a more permanent way of overclocking them get Nibitor (Nvidia BIOS editor) edit your clocks into a bios file then save it. Then put nvflash (Nvidia BIOS flasher) plus the edited bios on a bootable floppy, reboot to dos from the floppy and run the command nvflash [name of saved bios]. Done! Now you have cards that run at higher clocks without the need to use software!!

Cmar-Ireland

NordicDiver wrote: »

Have the non HC version and its sweet, enjoy it when it arrives. Don't have too high hopes with Crysis though.

Why not Nordic?