Gigabyte GV-R98P128D 128M Review (2)
Overclocker 12 May 2003

Benchmarking

We conduct the a number of tests on the setup with the following configuration :

Test System:

• Intel P4 3.0C
• ABIT IC7-G i875P running 2 x 256M DDR400 in Sync DDR400 CAS2, 2-2-5
• Maxtor D740X-6L ATA133 7200RPM
• AOPEN 40X CDROM 
• Gigabyte GV-R98P128D, Catalyst 3.0
• Tyan Tachyon Radeon 9700Pro, Catalyst 3.0
• Channelwell 375W AMD Approved PSU 

Futuremark 3DMark2001SE Build 330, 3Dmark2003 and Overclocking

In our tests, we used the v-tuner that comes with the package to overclock the card. The card is default at 380/340 for core/memory. Although the memory is rated at 2ns which effectively can run at 500Mhz, we v-tuner does not allow us to tune it above 400Mhz.

We find that the heatsink does not seem to be able to cool down the core much as it's hot when overclocked. We removed the heatsink to find a thermal pad. I scraped it off and applied some arctic silver and that cool things down a bit.

We tried other softwares at hand and it seems to have this problem (or is there a solution). We ran the card max out at 400/400 (core/memory). Anything above that is unstable and lead to hangs.

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