I did, it's pretty cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewZorn
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I did, it's pretty cheap.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewZorn
960 / 1250 is the highest so far that I didn't get artifacts with furmark but 3dmark03 failed.
900 / 1200 is what I play with right now and I think my power supply is giving me problems....either that or :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty unstable power in this house, needs a big checkup.
Current power supply : Corsair 620HX
New power supply coming : Corsair 750HX (going to use an 8800GT for physx)
What is considered as max "safe" 24/7 voltage for 5870?
Cooling is not an issue, 34c in furmark at 1,2v 1ghz.
Is 1,35v okay? Perhaps even 1,4v?
There's no such thing as a safe voltage other than stock voltage. Go as high as you dare or as high as you think temps are ok.
For 24/7 usage i would just use stock voltage, only for benching i'd go higher. As high as my cooling can take and as long as there is still scaling with voltage.
I think up to 1.35v is fine as long as the temperatures dont go to high, and since overclocking software supports up to that voltage.
The gains over 1 Ghz arent usually worth the extra required voltage, eg my cards manage 1000 Mhz @ 1.225v, but to get up to 1050 Mhz artifact free, I need to push the voltage to over 1.3v and keep the temperatures under 75 degrees.
I would only go higher for benchmark runs, but for 24/7 use, stick to around 1.2v and 1000 Mhz. I suggest keeping the temperature below 85 degrees.
My new bench :) 5870@1055/1320
http://www.imagebanana.com/img/q56424ho/VP1055.1320.jpg
Yeah, pretty sure it is fine. Just watch the temps! :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeMaan
I've just put an EK fullcoverblock (nickel/acetal) on both my 5870's and temps are fantastic! One card idles at 27ºC, the other one at 29ºC. A full run of 3d mark 06 only heats them up to 31-32ºC! VRM temps are also very good.
I was able to do 3d mark06 at 1020MHz w/1.237V. Me happy? H3ll yeah! :)
hmmm I just installed the same block.
here's where I'm at... this is a xfx 5850 XXX edition.
Any idea why my VRM temps would be so high? Also the GPU is getting up there at 53C. Maybe I didnt tighten the block down hard enough.
Are you using the thermal pads and the standoffs? I read in the EK thread that VRM temps should be better running without the pads.
Hi guys
I'am having trouble with Afterburner and vista-64 bit. After i edit the file that enableenofficialoverclocking from 0 to a 1 .Then try to do a over clock in afterburner it crash my pc every time . Got any ideas ? or i'am just a dum ass.:shrug:
I got that and after some googling i found a solution. Right click the msi afterburner.exe and choose it to run as "Windows Xp SP 3" compatibility. Solved it for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by merkk1
However that dident solve my problem :p The thing is i have the well known flickering-when-more-than-one-screen and i tried to solve this by modifiying my asus bios and lower powerplay and standard clock to 550 / 900 ( I get some minor flickering when i leave standard clock at 725 / 1000 ) But when i do this my maximum overclocking capability decreases to 825 instead of 1090. Tried reflashing serveral times but i cant seem to find a solution to this. Any tips?
( I use the Unlocked Asus bios as base. Dont know if it matters but i have two 5850 in crossfire. )
both my 5870's are sitting at 1GHZ core, 1.3GHZ mem with 1.250 volts. :)
Talk is cheap:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../1020cores.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...d/IMG_6669.jpg
Sorry for crappy image quality.
Ati 5850 + i5 Vantage :)
update for me :Quote:
Originally Posted by Dahmer
new power supply fixed my problems :D
cpu stable again at 4 GHz with acceptable voltage too, passed 4 linx runs with all my ram and i stopped it there, took long enough and thought it was good enough, previous power supply wouldn't even get me through windows login with the same voltages, +0.1 bluescreened during first pass with high temperatures so i gave up there
finished vantage now with settings i'll use 24/7, will do a run again later to see just how high the card can go at 100% fanspeed
http://users.telenet.be/dahmer/pc/HD5850.jpg
figured out my problem on bad company 2.
Had to raise IOH, IOH/ICH , ICH up several settings. This applied to me as i'm running crossfire and read that it helps greatly to prevent BSOD from video driver/card. It also tends to improve performance. I read this in one of the i7 overclocking guides
everything works fine now
Gorgeous rig dude!! Really neat.. congrats :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeus
Thanks. :)
Quick run this morning. Not too shabby. I need to squeeze out the additional ~60 pts or so for 21K on GPU alone.
Vantage (P) setting...
http://img.techpowerup.org/100318/13..._vantage_p.jpg
And an 06 run from this morning...
http://img.techpowerup.org/100318/13...06_default.jpg
installed 10.3 and bumped up core & ram a bit higher, i'm stopping here, temperatures are going too high for my liking and i want to keep the card in one piece :D for now
http://hwbot.org/signature.img?iid=3...se&iehack=.jpg
*UPDATE*
Added my "old" 8800GT as physx :D
http://users.telenet.be/smashy/pc/dedicatedphysx.jpg
I had this problem and had to disable ULPS (the new powerplay feature for crossfire in the newer drivers - 10.2+) this just makes the second card go to sleep in 2D mode to 0mhz instead of the normal 2D clocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by merkk1
instructions here - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=100
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38...3013101300.jpg
Cooling: Dice
voltage: 1.38v
Will add water numbers in the next day or so... those are a bit more useful to more people....
Im looking at ~ 1080MHz @ 1.25v
Nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by K404
Witch vmods do you use on that session?.
@ K404:
Really nice! :D
I'd be curious about the mods also!
Hey :) Thanks!
Just a simple vCore hardmod. Couple pics in the Xtreme3D section.
Will be a couple days before I can get water numbers. Benching again tomorrow, so everythings set up for that