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Old 29th May 2008, 12:07 PM   #11 (permalink)
 
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Re: ECS 8200A Build!

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I get 3.6 for aero & 4.2 for gaming (I think I started at 3.3 & 3.8 with my initial setup).
Those figures just force you to ask, what the hell is aero doing that means it's performance is significantly lower than 3D game?

Mine is something in the low 3's for Aero, but 4.9 for gaming.....
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Re: ECS 8200A Build!

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damn, that score is like double wat mine is!!!

i hate u logifuse

im only running DDR2-800, that wouldn't be it, would it??? i get a 4.5 rating for my RAM.

i just downloaded the GFX drivers off the ECS website, might give them a try, maybe they are tweaked or something
No, I've got my RAM running at DDR2-800, so I doubt that's an issue. When I forced it to run at 1066, I lost stability (your thought about only AM2+ CPUs being able to ise 1066 seems on the mark).

Having said that, my RAM score is 5.9! For comparison, my scores are:
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RAM: 5.9
Aero: 3.6
3D: 4.2
HDD: 5.9

Using the Nforce & Geforce drivers from Nvidia & HDDs are in AHCI.

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Re: ECS 8200A Build!

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Those figures just force you to ask, what the hell is aero doing that means it's performance is significantly lower than 3D game?
Answer: Encouraging you to buy new hardware.
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Re: ECS 8200A Build!

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No, I've got my RAM running at DDR2-800, so I doubt that's an issue. When I forced it to run at 1066, I lost stability (your thought about only AM2+ CPUs being able to ise 1066 seems on the mark).

Having said that, my RAM score is 5.9! For comparison, my scores are:
CPU: 5.1
RAM: 5.9
Aero: 3.6
3D: 4.2
HDD: 5.9

Using the Nforce & Geforce drivers from Nvidia & HDDs are in AHCI.

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CPU: 5.1
RAM: 4.5
Aero: 2.0
3D: 2.4
HDD: 5.3

Where did u get the NFORCE drivers from? i couldn't find ones that supported the 8200...and wat version are they???

***EDIT, i just found it...who woulda thought the GF8200 would be in the NFORCE 7 series section...i'll download that too and see how it goes!
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Hey, it took me 2-3 weeks to get mine to an acceptable level, so keep your pants on.

If I can think of anything I did that lead to a leap forward, I'll let you know.

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***EDIT, i just found it...who woulda thought the GF8200 would be in the NFORCE 7 series section...i'll download that too and see how it goes!
Maybe because it's the 780a chipset?
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Maybe because it's the 780a chipset?
no its not, its a GeForce 8200

it looks like this is a later NFORCE version, 18.11 opposed to 18.08 on the ECS website...

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Re: ECS 8200A Build!

argh!

installed 18.11 NFORCE Drivers and the 175.16 Forcewares...still no difference.

I have e-mail ECS about it, any other ideas???
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Re: ECS 8200A Build!

Clearly something isn't right. Can you fully turn off hybrid SLI in the BIOS? I can't on the Asus (it's supposed to auto detect), but I've read that you're supposed to be able to (according to Nvidia's reference guide).

RAM? Is it in slots 3 & 4? It actually says that's the preferred slots for 1 pair in dual channel.

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Re: ECS 8200A Build!

I GOT IT WORKING!!

the HT frequency was set @ 200MHZ!!!!!!!

i set it to auto and i am up to 2.7 and 3.6 scores...Aero and VMC are smoooooooooooth
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