X1800 Xl = Wow!

Trans am, several people are using the Zalman VGA coolers just fine on the new boards

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Originally Posted by runmc

Do you have a link to the Omega drivers?

Also does anyone have the link to the x1800xl to xt bios flash utility. I know there is a post with it, but I can't find it even with a search.

:D

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http://downloads.guru3d.com/download...=1230#download

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Originally Posted by Atomicpineapple

Trans am, several people are using the Zalman VGA coolers just fine on the new boards

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thanks man. now if I can only remember where i put the mounting hardware i'll be in business.

wow that was fast - thank you :)

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Originally Posted by cantankerous

You can find the new DLL here.

http://www.aquamark3.com/direcpll-153.zip

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This Link might work better ;)

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Originally Posted by cantankerous

Wondering, what are you guys getting as default stock voltage on your core when loading up the ATI overclocking utility? Mine is 1.10. I thought it was suppose to be lower than that but I could be wrong. You guys are the same right? And 1.95 for ram and I/O? Im sure people said it was 1.05/1.90/1.90. I may have a :banana::banana::banana::banana: card that needed more volts so they bumped this card up a bit to make it stable. IF that is the case would they really make cards tailored individually from others?

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Stock volts at least what it says when you boot is 1.065/1.9. From the OC utility its 1.1/1.9/1.9

I can get up to 560/675 if not mistaken stock volts, then just a .025 bump and i can get 575/700 another .025 585/750 :) wish it was like that for memory all the time :)

Drop the OMEGA drivers and use the hotfix 5.10a from ATIs site.

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Originally Posted by dnottis

Drop the OMEGA drivers and use the hotfix 5.10a from ATIs site.

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What is the difference? I can't find it on the ATI site. DO you have a link?

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Originally Posted by runmc

anyone have the link to the x1800xl to xt bios flash utility.

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Hey Ron do you have an XL? Only thing I read was that someone used the regular ATI flash to make an XL backup, but I think they said it was missing something.

I know Fugger was BIOS swapping on some XL's but I'm not sure what he used, maybe an internal ATI app. If I could get my hands on an XT BIOS, I'm ready to sacrifice this XL of mine in testing. It cannot run any voltage over 1.225

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Originally Posted by trans am

What is the difference? I can't find it on the ATI site. DO you have a link?

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I hate modded drivers..

use these -
http://support.ati.com/ics/support/d...estionID=20856


Cantankerous - what is you Power Supply??

power supply is in sig. OCZ Powerstream 600W.

The omegas are 5.10a as well so not too sure how they differ from the ATI 5.10a. I just want a new, proper driver set just like the next guy.

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Originally Posted by cantankerous

power supply is in sig. OCZ Powerstream 600W.

The omegas are 5.10a as well so not too sure how they differ from the ATI 5.10a. I just want a new, proper driver set just like the next guy.

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Sorry I was looking and I missed that -
Modded drivers just suck stick with the ones from ATI, are you still having issues though?

Hey guys, is 654.75 1.225 core / 756mhz 2.2v mem any good?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...id=39698&stc=1

The core at that voltage YES! The mem who knows. I'm really starting to wonder if the mem voltage will also help with overall core voltage also since with mine I know I can bump up the core voltage and it scales the mem top clocks very very well.

Whats your I/O voltage?

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Originally Posted by deathman20

The core at that voltage YES! The mem who knows. I'm really starting to wonder if the mem voltage will also help with overall core voltage also since with mine I know I can bump up the core voltage and it scales the mem top clocks very very well.

Whats your I/O voltage?

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i/o voltage is the same as my mem. I am not sure if there is any gain or loss there. if I increase the core volts it locks in 3d. i am still experimenting with decreasing the mem voltage. I can keep the i/o at 1.9v and there seems to be no difference. I had the mem at 770 at one point, but it locked on the last test but not a single artifact. no tearing and no snow whatsoever. I have the window open and a zalman 700-CU hs/fan on the card.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...id=39699&stc=1

Nice OC Trans am :toast:
I think we need to make a XL overclock sticky with all peeps results.
So we can see what works and what doesn't.

One thing did notice was the that the sweet spot on core volts seems to be 1.225/1.25 area. Mem is a bit more tricky.

BTW I got my FS VF700 :D Looks sweet

cant dump bios with ATI Tool beta .8

anyone got a link to beta 9?

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Originally Posted by dnottis

cant dump bios with ATI Tool beta .8

anyone got a link to beta 9?

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Theres no link yet. U'll need to request it from Wizzard, but he's currently in Hong Kong. He shoud be back on monday.

BTW His got OCing working on the core already. :woot:

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Hey Ron do you have an XL? Only thing I read was that someone used the regular ATI flash to make an XL backup, but I think they said it was missing something.

I know Fugger was BIOS swapping on some XL's but I'm not sure what he used, maybe an internal ATI app. If I could get my hands on an XT BIOS, I'm ready to sacrifice this XL of mine in testing. It cannot run any voltage over 1.225

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I had the same problem :\ Card went RMA. Got artifacts @ stock voltages and Stock speeds in Quake 4.

If i get my new card i will not use higher voltages until its supported in CCC or an good version of ATi Tool. And i'm thinking of buying a X1800 XT 512 MB Card. I think the XL cores are just not as good as the XT ones. They don't like high voltages somehow :\.

maybe this is why ATi claimed that the XL's wouldnt hit high clocks like the XT's would.

Edit - although it seems the XT's have this same problem, only at high voltage. Personnally I think this core is really buggy still or it's a PCB issue. I'm hoping for the latter. Maybe the onboard voltage selection just isn't stable, and the card will require a hard Vcore mod to be able to take volts well.

Anyone find a real vmod for the vcore yet?

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Originally Posted by Astennu

I had the same fukking problem :\ Card went RMA. Got artifacts @ stock voltages and Stock speeds in Quake 4.

If i get my new card i will not use higher voltages until its supported in CCC or an good version of ATi Tool. And i'm thinking of buying a X1800 XT 512 MB Card. I think the XL cores are just not as good as the XT ones. They don't like high voltages somehow :\.

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Mines starting to like higher voltage. Few tests here and there and its taking higher voltages stable. Like for example my current clock 625/750 @ 1.275/1.95/1.95. 2-3 days before I had this stable I could not reach this clock even with the higher voltages.

But now I can at lower voltages and everyone else even seems to do it with lower voltages so im getting to wonder if I should be upping my memory voltage more so I can clock my core higher at lower voltages. Since I know the memory speed can really depend on the vcore quiet a bit. Now if the vmem makes it more stable I know I can run some tests with higher clocks and no artifiacts. So I guess it will be more trial and error testing.

Hmmm...voltage issues + coldbug...I hope there's a driver in the works....6.0 Cats maybe ?

Perkam

The voltages are sable u used a multy voltage reader ( don't know the exact word ) And is was stable. But somehow the core would lock up.

I don't trust the current drivers and that OC tool anymore. I\m gonna wait for new versions before i will clock higher.

Macci also said that there was some kind of problem that would need a hard mod to get higher voltages. I hope it will be here soon.

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Originally Posted by Astennu

The voltages are sable u used a multy voltage reader ( don't know the exact word ) And is was stable. But somehow the core would lock up.

I don't trust the current drivers and that OC tool anymore. I\m gonna wait for new versions before i will clock higher.

Macci also said that there was some kind of problem that would need a hard mod to get higher voltages. I hope it will be here soon.

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Where are the test points on the card to test voltage??? I'd like to test mine out if possible.

As for higher voltages, who knows, but if the board has the same components expecially the power circuity as the XT why wouldn't you beable to up the voltage more? And from pictures at least there identical from what I've been able to tell, unless the XT has higher rated components over there.

Can someone give us a clean picture of the XT power area?

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Originally Posted by deathman20

Where are the test points on the card to test voltage??? I'd like to test mine out if possible.

As for higher voltages, who knows, but if the board has the same components expecially the power circuity as the XT why wouldn't you beable to up the voltage more? And from pictures at least there identical from what I've been able to tell, unless the XT has higher rated components over there.

Can someone give us a clean picture of the XT power area?

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Its the same as with the X850 XT cards. Its @ the back side where the red heatink is. There are the resistors. Can u make a pic ? i don't have my card anymore. so i can't make a picte to poit them out for u guy's

ok i made a pictue but i'm on my work so i don't have FTP access. So mail me @ astennu92@hotmail.com and i e-mail you the picture.

I can't check it its right i don't have X1800 any more. i will have a new one tomorrow ( If i'm lucky ).