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In hard 3Dmark06 mode (1280x1024 6xAA 16xAF). 3D tests only.
Max temperature - 66 *С.
Without overclock - 61,5.
Usually ~ 58-62 (in other games).
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hot_fifty
In hard 3Dmark06 mode (1280x1024 6xAA 16xAF). 3D tests only.
Max temperature - 66 *С.
Without overclock - 61,5.
Usually ~ 58-62 (in other games).
I've just gotten an x1900xtx and am amazed at just how much current it pulls. My old 7800gtx used to make my 500W PSU whine a little when benching at maximum OC. But the 1900 makes the PSU sound like its about to expire. Voltage rails dip worryingly when its running full tilt.
I guess I need better cooling here. Mine is stable at higher volts and clocks (such as 725) right until it hits 65c, and then bloop, frozen.
Frackal your card's memory is excellent (;
I use my xtx ;
1.425 / 2.086 / 2.086 / 1.500 =720/875
1.550/ 2.169 / 2.169 / 1.518 = 738/910
stock cooler.
What are your temps like? Is it 'safe' on air cooling full fan to use 1.55v on the core?
^^^ ATI says up to 100c (or more, I can't remember exactly) it's safe for the core. But I don't let mine go over 85c. Which is where the stock cooler (with AS5) gets with 1.55 and ~30c ambient.
Now I use a vf900cu and it's around 80c. For 24/7 I've got it at 1.5, 710/850
My core is really weird. Let's say I set it at 720 core, at 1.5v.. it's happy running artifact scanner until precisely 65c, on the dot and then it freezes, every time. Weird. I guess it's water cooling or a higher voltage for me
Isn't there something to the notion though that higher voltage + higher heat = higher chance of failure?
ie, 100c might be safe at the default 1.425 or whatever, but at 1.55 it may be less.
I have just tried running artifact scanner for the first time in awhile this afternoon. Temps are VERY HOT today, into the 30's ambient so thought it would be a good time to see how well it does under intense heat. I have been able to run artifact scanner for hours on end at 685/810 1.400v in the past. today I tried to go a tad higher on the ram as I know the core is at its limit at 1.400v. I put the memory to the next allowable step which was 814 and after 55mins I got a single artifact, after 1.5 hours I got a vpu recover and the card locked sending my monitors into standby. NP I thought, I'll just lower the memory back to 810 and as I know that was stable before. The card then locked up in vpu recover after 30 mins! Even less time than when the memory was higher. Temps really do play a factor in the cards stability cause once the core hit around 80's it would lock up. anything in the mid 70's and under and its fine. For a test I loaded up prey and let it sit at a graphically intense part for 1.5 hours while I watched a movie, when I came back it was still sitting there running fine and artifact free. Checking the temp log I could see the card got to 79c. Weird how ATItool crashes under this time frame but a game is fine. I am not completely satisfied knowing my card crashed in general cause I feel it should be 110% stable at all time no matter what. I guess if I can get over that I know games are good to go at my set speed and volts.
Bleh I ordered a new PSU today, I don't trust my current one (Enermax Liberty 620W). It's like 11.71v all the time on the 12v rail. IMHO not very stable when overclocking and stuff.
Anyways I ordered a OCZ GamersStream or what's it called. Seems to have very stable 12v rails. Let's hope so.
One (small) downside though. No modular cables. Oh well. Stability before tidyness. :P
AtiTool rotating cube seems to stress x1900 cards more than any existing application and crashes the 80% of PCs in this warm season even at stock speed, if you let it run for enough time.
I feel from now and in the future that the 100% rock stability in video cards will be for most users a dream. A new concept of relative stability will be used; it would be the stability in the 99% of known real applications at the moment of new video chips launch.
Probably in future video chips and/or drivers an auto slow down system will be implemented.
We will see........
Btw under Prime the 12v drops to 11.64v.Quote:
Originally Posted by HHawk
That's not good is it?
I sure hope the OCZ GamersXStream 700W performs better then the crappy Enermax, especially when OC-ing Opteron and X1900XTX.
That is why I LOVE my powerstream with adjustable rails, even the new gamextream don't have adjustable rails which is why I hope the 12v is very strong and steady. With my full system under load, (spinning cube in atitool) I set my 12v rail to never drop below 12.05v leaving my system extremely stable no matter what is going on.
In Smartguardian my 12v is showing 11.83 and sometimes drops to 11.77... should I consider adjusting my 12v a slight tad or no? I have Powerstream 520w
Well dies will shrink and will help to reduce temps. It's not always going to keep climbing. R580+ is 80nm, R600 will too, and hopefully the next (R700?) will be 65nm, etc :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Brama
Guys, i have a question:Today while i was installing a new GPU water block i saw 3 pins made for a jumper near the Voltage Regulator.Anyone who knows for what are these pins?
See here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=101232
none has any ideas yet.
hey guys, i dun noe wtf is going on with my card now.
i tried to overclock it, with my volts @ 1.40/2.25/2.25/1.5, i can barely touch 600/700, im not sure why this is happening with my ATItool, everytime i set the clocks, the ati tool locks up. :stick: :slapass:
when i try to overclock the card in the CCC, no probs.
btw, im using 6.3 cats and ati tool beta 14 [owh and im on the OCZ ADJ powerstream]
help><
What cooling do you have on the card?
Have you tried the cat 6.6's?
darksythe it sounds like you aren't turning off the 3d mode switch . open task manager and see if you have ati2evxx.exe running if so disable them should be two instances of it ... always do that before opening ati tool or you can choose to let atitool do it for you each time.
hi,
i have not tried the 6.6cats yet. [gonna try it out later]
as for the 3d mode switch, i have turned it off.
Does anyone here own an EAX1900XTX from asus? If so, plz help me to get the bios! I tried to start a thread about it in the video cards section, but i must have picked the wrong one, because as you can see, i didn't get very many awnsers
I'm new to the X1xxx ati cards and to overclocking them so I have few questions: I use Atitool 0.25 beta 14 and it said at the startup that is has disabled the thing that switches to 2d and 3d clocks and volts. Now I have it all the time on 3D mode and my gpu voltage is 1.425v. So is this the right voltage for X1900XT? I readed the madshrimps X1900 overclocking guide and it said that the 1.425v is the stock 3D mode voltage on the gpu. Also how are my temps?, 62 idle, load 89. I took these temps while running the 3D thing in Atitool and my fan is on auto mode. And last one thing, it seems that the card starts to throttle at some point on the 3D view in Atitool, the fan speed drops and the Gpu power draw drops from 27a to 8a, also the fps on drops.
temps seem high Nazu but i'm on water so i don't know for sure mine was only on air for a short time and i don't remember how high it went. but as for the throttling mine has never done that except for when a bench or game sets off the vpu recover but never has throttled down. btw mine is a 1st batch card (bought it launch day ) so newer models may throttle but this is the first i've heard of it.
I ran 3D mark 05 and the score was 9330. Is that ok for my system? (same as in the signature). Also when I try to OC the gpu like 10MHz the score drops. What with that? I have the Ati Hotkey pollar disabled. Are there any other things I should note when overclocking this card.
Anyone? I would appreciate any help.