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Awesome :celebration:

Much nicer now, thanks!

The nice Asus Z97-Pro mobo has no image: http://hwbot.org/hardware/motherboard/z97-pro/ That call for quick fix, as there is nice image available: Thank you for considering :celebration:

The nice Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H mobo has no image: http://hwbot.org/hardware/motherboard/z97x-ud3h/ That call for quick fix, as there is nice image available: Thank you for considering :celebration:

intelligent design vs evolution

Looks like that i7-4770K or 4790K could have done this - with disabled HT it is just 4 cores and there is a possibility of reaching 3.8 - 4GHz with around 1V for sure, when there is 5GHz benches with these CPUs at 1.18V: http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=145724 http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=148830

So, this card is Vanta ... but not Vanta LT? I'm confused. Because this is image of my card, that I used (w/o one of the caps and w/o the ceramic blocking caps, but that is beside the point...) and that is the only one Vanta I have. Now you are telling me, that I have wrong card in so many submissions...? Pls clarify, because I put the image upfront for Vanta LT 16MB: http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=147988 ...witch is then completely wrong and all my "Vanta LT" scores need to be moved into appropriate card

Cool 133MHz of real power

Much nicer now! THX!

Thank you, much better!

I wonder, what CPU would you, fellow overclockers, recommend. I would be inclined to think, that a 22nm i7-4790K might be with 88W TDP a good idea... but since I did not need the HyperThreading (4 cores, 8 threads) and the IGP, then I wonder, if I can get lower TDP CPU with similar CPU power, capable or running at 4GHz w/o too much voltage? Less voltage = lesser TDP = quietier operation. Could someone suggest (or even offer?) a CPU, that I can cool at low RPM on CPU fan (say 750 to 1000 RPM), witch means that it will be quiet? I mean to use either Noctua NH-C14S (this cool well the CPU VRMs!) or the Phanteks PH-TC14PE (with one fan between all the massive heatsinks) ... but in the later case I worry a bit about the CPU VRMs. ...but on the other hand, good news is, that the CPU could be a terrible overclocker with wall at 4.1GHz - all I care is the lowest TDP up to 4GHz. Maybe I can cool only 3.8GHz quietly, so... if the voltage is seriously low, then a 3.8GHz is enought

violent videogames vs spanking

microtransactions

Makes me wonder, if when the wPrime test time end at .23: ...is this a 023 or 230 mS...? I'm not sure, maybe it is the former, because if this is 230mS, then why there should not be the zero at the end...? So, is HWbot right when it interpret as 230mS...? http://hwbot.org/submission/3018033_ Dunno. Your ideas...?

Same solution proposed my GF. I did not go with it, because the heatsink I picked for this card will be hard to hold on that way well. Well, my ATI Rage XL (PCI) is cold card. You cannot even tell, that it is working. This nVidia thing is, on the other hand, hot that you burn your finger on it. From back side the PCB changed color from green to more like brown, so... I wholeheartedly disagree there Yes, most old cards are cool... but NOT these Vantas. They are one of the hotest cards It might be even worth a shoot to add some serious hook all over the card and press a peltier and watrcooling block against the chip and I bet that 200MHz will be possibility for at least the test to pass... But I settle for mere aircooling. IIRC I used something Arctic Silver made on R 9100... Ah, that was it: http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_thermal_adhesive.htm http://prislusenstvi-k-chlazeni.heureka.cz/arctic-silver-arctic-silver-thermal-adhesive/

Nope, since no VGA bios editor allow me to change the clocks on nVidia Vanta LT 16MB card. I already tried this to get the GPU under 25MHz: http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=142863 That would be, of course, an elegant solution. But RivaTuner is proven to work. There is only one downside - the clocks for GPU are not displayed in any app. So you have to take the informations I give and the results I made and draw own conclusions. What stoped me ATM is, that my thermal adhesive turned into chewing-gun: http://forum.hwbot.org/showthread.php?t=147999 Quite pissed about it, since the benches really cannot get over 163MHz on core to finish. But 205MHz for rams seems working (!) and tests at 185MHz for GPU also, so if I just cool the GPU, then it will be a seriously powerfull Vanta LT 16MB But but... it is not now.

Old cards, like nVidia Vanta LT 16MB: ...have no holes around GPU, so that any cooler must be glued on them by some heat conductive glue. Such glues are for example supplied with the Arctic Cooler Mono Plus VGA heatsink. But when I tried to use it today, I find out, that both tubes - altrough never used before - turned internaly into chewing-gum :mad: That is somewhat surprising to pierce a never opened thermal adhesive to find out, that it is completely useless... http://www.arctic.ac/eu_en/accelero-mono-plus.html "Thermal Adhesive (included)" ... So that makes me wonder, what others use and with what experiences. Because I need some replacement...

That works - with ForceWare v30.82 is the Vanta LT 16MB capable of running 3DMark 01 and except one graphic bug (when in test 1, second hires pass the big robot fire his lasers, then a few horizontal lines over the screen are drawn instead of them, regardless of used overclock or not) it works well. BUT there are another problems now, lol. 1) the maximum clock is limited to 125/160 in the drivers: The result is then mere 1182 marks: http://hwbot.org/submission/3017568_ 2) the clocks are not showing in GPU-Z (finally I understand why Christian have zero infos on the clock on the screen... it works for me with v45.28 but not with v30.82) 3) RivaTuner limits can be pushed harder, yes, but it does not show the GPU clock. Curiously it show the memory clock correctly, but GPU clock is lost. See there: You see on first picture, test at 170/200MHz was fine, but when I hit the Apply button ("Použít" in Czech Win), then - as you can see on the next image - GPU clock go back to the default 100MHz. That somewhat suxx, since then I have no tool to even check the clocks... 4) so I just tried "set blindly" 150/200MHz clocks out of sheer flustration and yes, that works - score result is 1527 5) that get me wondering, if the GPU clock moved at all, so I set the known highest limit w/o cooler - 163MHz for the GPU, while sticking with 200MHz for rams - score result is 1540 6) ...so how to check the core clock? Okay, new strategy! I know that testing even of 185MHz for the GPU core will pass, but it will crash when in bench, so... I set 180/205MHz. Test went fine BUT in the start of 3D screen in 3DMark 2001 it freezed. So RivaTuner can clock the nVidia Vanta LT 16MB card and only the clocks are not visible ... maybe PowerStrip? Who knows. Time to submit the scores and look out for a decent cooler to get GPU clocks higher that lame 163MHz ... PS. Christian, thanks for the suggestion and pls look over the ban button for the Aquamark scores to build, as you can probably quess, there are going to be even faster runs

nVidia Vanta LT 16MB is not represented by image: http://hwbot.org/hardware/videocard/vanta_lt_16mb/ That call for a fix and there is it: Thanks! PS. yep, that is mine card and it had torn off both these caps, so I replaced them with nice polymer quality caps & I added filtering caps on the bottom. Result - from 100/125MHz default clock it can go to 163/195MHz w/o breaking a sweat and w/o heatsink on the GPU that become *VERY* hot...

Christian Ney - Seems to be the only one thing left ATM. Even using driver settings about mimpaps did not help to free more memory for the test... Dunno, where to get these old Forceware (Denonator?) drivers v30.82 ... gotta ask uncle google... Since my Vanta LT 16MB clock far higher that yours - get your ban button ready, Chris! ObscureParadox - AGP aperture settings is 256MB and it did not seems to help a bit. Nothing helped, not even forcing lowest mipmaps, so the only one remaining possibility is the old v30.82 drivers... Guru3D download ForceWare 30.82: http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=441 Testing time!

Guys, I wonder, how can I made a 3DMark 2001 score on Vanta LT 16MB. Christian Ney seems to pull it up well: http://hwbot.org/submission/2199106_christian_ney_3dmark2001_se_vanta_lt_%2816mb%29_1394_marks (no idea why 1st score HWbow show as 2nd?) With default settings -1024 x 768, 32bit, 32bit textures: Now there is a slight problem, because when I run the test at default settings, I get out of memory message on start of the 2nd pass (hi details) if 1st game test: So I tried to lower the memory requirments of everything else: - changed desktop resolution to 800x600x16 (no help) - changed max rendering frames ahead from 3 to 1 (no help) - changed 32bit Z-buffer to 24bit (no help) - changed 32bit textures to 16bit (no help) - changed resolution &testures & Z-buffer to 16bit = works! ... But that are not default settings and that IIRC invalidate the result, right? Mine Vanta LT 16MB can do 163/195MHz w/o reasonable cooling on the GPU chip (!), so I'm looking for ways to make this bench work and ATM also wondering, how can anyone pull it together. Are there some secret optimalizations in play?

Pentium OverDrive MMX 166MHz have no image: http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/pentium_overdrive_mmx_166/ Yet there is this nice one: So please add it. Thanks!

Pentium OverDrive 133MHz have no image: http://hwbot.org/hardware/processor/pentium_overdrive_133/ Yet there is this nice one: So please add it. Thanks!

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