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luv2sd   08-02-2008 at 06:22:08 PM

I bought a used KFA2 9800 GX2 and I'm almost beginning to think that it's faulty
I've updated driver to the latest 177.41 Vista 64bit and I've tried many different settings in nVidia control panel but no luck...

3DMark still gives me score of about single core from 9800 GX2

I've checked temperature and fan speed with gpu-z

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/08/02/95z.png

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/08/02/fwx.png

http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/08/08/02/bk8.png

I'm not sure if both should have fan speed but one of them has fan turned off
I've used rivatuner to manually set fan speed to 100% and ran 3DMark but I still get same low score with 9800 GX2


I have Q6600 overclocked to stable 3.3GHz and use windows vista ultimate x64
Does anyone have any idea what could be the problem here if the grahpic card is not faulty?

I got a OCZ 1000W PSU just in case it's the PSU not providing enough power but I don't know... I have OCZ 600W PSU right now


Message edited by luv2sd on 08-02-2008 at 06:57:47 PM
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cal8949   08-02-2008 at 06:46:36 PM
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3d mark sucks just compare game fps with other people who have a 9800gx2

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luv2sd   08-02-2008 at 06:47:47 PM
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so you think it's the 3DMark that is problemetic? what other methods should I use to test if grahpic card is faulty or not?

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stridervm   08-02-2008 at 06:48:56 PM
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Umm... Whats your processor?

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luv2sd   08-02-2008 at 06:56:22 PM
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Q6600 overclocked to stable 3.3GHz

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invisik   08-02-2008 at 07:14:38 PM
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oh wow i have lower specs then u and my previous 9800gx2 scored 15,100 strange. do u have all the latest drivers? try oc ur gpu.

------------------------------ intel core 2 quad q6600 @3.2ghz msi p6n diamond (X-FI Extreme sound) 6gig of OCZ+CoRSAIR oc 900mhz Nvidia gtx 260 sli @ 730/1465/1250
Lite-On Blue-ray Western Digital 7200rpm 500gb Antec 500 Earthwatt Window vista 64-bit
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luv2sd   08-02-2008 at 07:15:38 PM
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yeah I have the latest driver... in my original post

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invisik   08-02-2008 at 07:35:59 PM
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how much ram to u have?

------------------------------ intel core 2 quad q6600 @3.2ghz msi p6n diamond (X-FI Extreme sound) 6gig of OCZ+CoRSAIR oc 900mhz Nvidia gtx 260 sli @ 730/1465/1250
Lite-On Blue-ray Western Digital 7200rpm 500gb Antec 500 Earthwatt Window vista 64-bit
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roadrunner197069   08-02-2008 at 07:38:43 PM
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Try a oler driver. You probably got a driver specific to another app. Nvidia loves to make drivers for certain apps that performs terrible on others.

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Monsta   08-18-2008 at 01:11:41 AM
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Try sticking the 9800GX2 into a friends pc and see if it runs right on theirs

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