What to do with my 8600GT SLI??

[Harvik780]

Please don't suggest me to give away for free cause i can't.
Well....i have two 8600GT which i use in SLI.I have bios moded these cards and not volt moded them.Currently these cards run at frequency of 675Mhz(Core rop)/1566Mhz(Core shader domain)/860Mhz(Mem 1720Mhz)effective.
These cards have been pasted with Artic Cooling's MX-2 compound.The maximum temperature on one card is 72C and the other card is 64C with stress testing with ATI tool for 9Hrs.
There were no artifacts found with ATI tool for 9Hrs after which i shut down.
And yes i have the hot versions of the cards which means something is wrong with the temp levels on these cards.
I am going to upgrade one of my systems to 8800GTS 512MB G92 next month.
Should i rma...cause really i won't be caught.
These cards do not artifact under any conditions even when stress testing with ATI tool as i have stated but with stock speeds or anything higher these cards artifact at "High" and "Very High" settings in crysis which i have confirmed with another user on guru3d.

Money is not a problem for me i just want to get rid of these but not by donation.

The reason for buying the G92 is because these are not cutting it for me when playing with my brother over LAN.

These cards score 10169 in 3DMark06 with default settings and Image Quality set to "Quality" in nvidia control panel.

[The_Devil_Himself]

sell 'em?

[Harvik780]

But wouldn't i cheat a guy as i have already told that these are hot versions of the cards.

[Pathik]

Sell em for less then??

[Harvik780]

How's Rs 3.25K for each.

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^get then replaced and then sell the new ones.

[Harvik780]

Ok i'll think over RAMing but there's little chance if i'll get a non defective one as i think Rashi only sells defective 8600s.

[zyberboy]

Originally Posted by Harvik780

i think Rashi only sells defective 8600s.

wt? can u explain please

[Harvik780]

I have very good contacts with Rashi peripherals and i think that they only have the UDF7 version of 8600GT which is the one that overheats.
XFX has canceled their deals for selling more 8600GT to rashi and they are awaiting orders for 9600s now.Though i purchased the cards late even then i got these defective ones.I had told the rashi dealer about the overheating cards but he did not bring the ones that were non defective.

[zyberboy]

Thank god....i was going to buy xfx frm Rp, but last minute i changed my plan and bought asus.

[dOm1naTOr]

@Harvik780
where's ur location? I wanna get an 8600GT if its 3.25k nd maybe 2 of them

[Harvik780]

I'll be selling them next month so u'll have to wait till then.

[Dishant]

hi,,,pls tell me which smps wud be gud for asus 8600 gt...cureently i have generic 300 watt

[xbonez]

dude, if u sell them for 3.25k, even i'd be ready to buy one

[Harvik780]

Originally Posted by Dishant

hi,,,pls tell me which smps wud be gud for asus 8600 gt...cureently i have generic 300 watt

You would be good with a power safe with 20Amp on 12V rail.I suggest you buy a Zebronics 500Watt platinum.

Originally Posted by xbonez

dude, if u sell them for 3.25k, even i'd be ready to buy one

I am short on supplies only two cards here.

[The_Devil_Himself]

Yea I too selected Point of View 8600gt instead of xfx 8600gt,just can't trust xfx for 8600gt.And indian warranty sucks

[kayos]

hi ..
i m about to buy 8600Gt ... shud i go in for PoV or XFX ...
why not XFX.. i thot XFX was better ...

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^xfx 8600gt's have heating issues.

[praka123]

so....xfx brand is not upto teh marks! i have my card which is xfx7300gt dual dvi out with temp const at 46-47 o C (sry am not a gamer!) which brand do u gamers think is the best reg performance,reliabiltiy etc

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^^I trust xfx hands down! but the 8600gt's are a mess.

as far as brand goes evga and asus are best in the business.

[Pathik]

Originally Posted by Harvik780

You would be good with a power safe with 20Amp on 12V rail.I suggest you buy a Zebronics 500Watt platinum.



I am short on supplies only two cards here.

then hav an auction type of thing.

[Harvik780]

^^Will see for sure what can be done.Should i lower the clocks before selling them.I again checked the cards for artifacts using ATI tool and found none.This time i only checked for 3 Hrs.

[yogi7272]

my galaxy 8600gt oc .. was very good .. came with zalman cooler onboard .. oced very well ..performance was very good for a 8600gt ..

[comp@ddict]

which 8600gt do u hav? if u hav the 512mb ddr2 version, plz shed some light onto this guy as to how to OC....

http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/show...d=1#post948942

[acewin]

I think these are DDR3 versions as of high speed.

[nish_higher]

Dudes..check thread date

Moreover Harvik is away from the forum these days.never seen him online

[comp@ddict]

Okie, sorry hadn't checked