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ok so since i cant publish 2 projects this is going to have to suffice. I think the results are to close and inconclusive atm. I think I will have to rerun the bench 3 times in each slot with a fresh reboot each time and make an average to see what it turns up.
http://members.cox.net/wmdieselmc26/...comparison.jpg
I figured i might add some things I've noticed thus far. My particular board uses the same heatsink as the mosfet cooler with the little oem fan on it. Both the mosfet heatsink and the NB have not been removed and repasted by me and neither one is warm to the touch. I'm guessing the 8 pin power feeding the PWM may have something to do with it running cooler. As far as the NB goes its a die style now versus IHS style and seems to run alot cooler then the 480 chipset did.
nice.. but less words more pics/screenies is what everyone is thinking :D
But isn't this supposed to be a multimedia presentation though and where's the popcorn:slobber: :toast:
ok benched 3 times in each slot
upper slot
8584
8578
8566
average 8576
lower slot
8605
8571
8569
average 8581.6
If you can live with an average loss of 5-6 points which would be equivalent to maybe 1/10 a fps you can use a sound card in the lower slot.
nice find Chew.
Sapphire says first week of April for U.S. launch at e-tailers such as Eggy.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by situman
Initial results shows the manta is definitely on par with its bretheren the grouper and then some. Same voltage,same multi,same memory settings but this is a tad different as i have this set at 10X290X5xHT instead of where as i usually would need to use a 3x HT multi on grouper. Vcore is still bugged with cpu-z it seems but not half as bad. Cpu-z now at least recognizes startup voltage just not the vid offset.
http://members.cox.net/wmdieselmc26/manta1.jpg
Damnit chew, now I just after an RD580 board that isnt an asus, abit, or msi :)
things looking good
I want one!!!!!!:stick: :stick:
I/O performance will be a little higher on this board. There are more lanes allocated for the northbridge to southbridge link (compared to Grouper) so you will see some improvements. Somewhere around 5-15%. Disk drive benchmarks are very competitive...especially in RAID 0. But if you want real drive benchmark data you need to run a real world scenarios like iPEAK or file copy tests. HDTACH and other benchmarks that report burst speed are not indicative of the real world performance.
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For X1300, X1600 (and even X1800 very soon) a master card is not needed to enable Crossfire. The strength of the RD580 is evident in scenarios like this, where pci-e bus bandwidth is actually taxed.
The bus bandwidth is also taxed to some degree with high end Crossfire (like X1900XT) especially when overclocked..but don't take my word for it...just ask Sampsa...he'll tell you. ;)
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Originally Posted by eva2000
Don't expect to see any difference between the slots...the RD580 is *true* dual x16 and both slots are exactly equivalent in terms of performance unlike some others. ;)
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Originally Posted by chew*
Grayskull surfaces again...welcome back. So you are saying even though Sapphire labelled the slot as Primary and Secondary, it really doesn't matter. We can plug the cards into any slot and it will boot right up no problems?
With a single card it doesn't matter where you put it.
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Will the x1900 still need the mcard
I might think about this board myself if I see them release a new BIOS for the previous PI 480 board.
I don't expect companies to support ancient boards and I do expect them to support a previous model released a few months ago to a year. For example if ASUS doesn't release anymore BIOS updates for the A8R MVP.
I suppose some companies could take the position that folks should buy their latest, and I'd ask why, when they didn't support the one released a few month ago.
Top rate hardware is great and not something I am going to invest in without proper timely TS. Particularly when it is released bugged and may be fixed.
Thanks for all the time put in and the details there Chew.
The updated bios for the PI 480 board is ready according to Sapphire and should go up before the end of the week. This is what we are being told.
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Yes.
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Working on some tccd results atm just my darn sticks are finicky and there are quite a few new settings so bear with me. I guess most of you would like to see ddr 550 2.5-3-3-6 and ddr 600 2.5-4-3-7? Unfortunately these gskill La's wont do 2.5-3-3-7 ddr 600 in any board that ive used so don't blame the board. I can probably reobtain my Le sticks though that will do it if theres enough requests.
chew*, should I go ahead and just sell my RD480 now? Is it that good? Will I not be happy until I have this board?
Oh, and if you can tell me, either you or Grayskull, are the mounting holes for the new NB cooler the same dimensions as the old SB? They look to be exactly the same...
darn was hoping for doing away with the master cards hehQuote:
Originally Posted by Grayskull
they look the same. As far as selling your board Let me square away memory clocking first on this board before I make any suggestions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayin
I can guess why the x1900 isn't in the list of masterless cards. I'm guessing that it might actually be bottlenecked without the dongle. Possibly due to the large # of shaders versus the x1800 xtQuote:
Originally Posted by eva2000