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You could use rivatuner to monitor temps in the background.Quote:
Originally Posted by MacKaquE
I use MBM5 which monitors my DFI mobo's temperatures as well as the GPU's :thumbsup:
Although MBM5 may not pick up all videocard's temps, I think Rivatuner will...
Garrett, do you have something like tutorial to guide us ''GTO noob pencil-modders'' to success? Things like what to measure/calculate and such would be great.
:toast:
-Xavior-
Check this:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=120029
Heyz what exactly do you need to change the bios from the GTO to the GTX? my card is the MSI 7900GTO 1.1ns and what do i gain from this?
Hi to everyone...
It's a matter of hours before I get my 7900GTO, I feel very lucky because there is a very short stock of them, as you know...I'm planning to do a pencil mod if it won't reach high frequencies out of the box. I would like to know how can I check the voltage of the card to see whether it really increases and to control it doesn't go 2.1v or beyond...Thank you!
Is it possible to pencil-mod the vcore? I've seen Danny post but I couldn't understand how he did it...
-deck-
Welcome :toast:
Check the link above :rolleyes:
Xavior, check my post :)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=108
Then for the measuring points check this:
http://www.vr-zone.com/index.php?i=3330&s=3
This has been posted before though :fact:
Ah dang. I've seen those links before, but I simply forgot about them.:rolleyes:
Thanks though.
Does your mbm pick up the gpu ambient temp? With my 6800gs it did, but with the gto it only picks up the core not the ambient temp? Do I have to change any of the plug-ins or settings to get it to do this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garrett
I don't get the ambient temp, but I don't really care about it either :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Robbie
I got fans blowing all over the place and with both side panels off I can't imagine anything overheating in there :)
my card doesnt seem to want stop clocking heh..
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9...5886oh1.th.jpg
725/886 stock cooling no mods
SF3D is that volt mod for the core that you posted in the xtreme vmods sec confirmed? Would like to see where that would lead. :)
Nice, you must have some nice voltages to core and mem, or some really good GPU and RAM if it can OC that high with no mods.
I believe that none of the 7-series cards have ambient temp sensors.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robbie
Heyz what exactly do you need to change the bios from the GTO to the GTX? my card is the MSI 7900GTO 1.1ns and what do i gain from this?
You need the flash utility, nvflash that is, and the GTX bios file.Quote:
Originally Posted by Godmyster
Furthermore, you need to be sure that your card can handle the GTX memory speed, if it can't you can modify the GTX bios to lower memory frequencies.
You don't really gain anything from it, that card will not suddenly overclock better.
It's useful if you already had 1 GTX and want to run SLI :)
Humm i see thanks :)
I'd rather flash the GTX down to a GTO though. May as well use the faster bios on both.
Matt.
Hello guys... also I bought a MSI NX7900GTO T2D512E shortly after it was released. And it sames that my card is hardly overclockable, going on 700 core and 800 memory (1600) is totaly impossible . There are alot of artifacts in AtiTools as well in game, and it dosn't matter if im running it on the orginal bios or the GTX one.. I was testing a hour or two and the final results are crap, can't even go 670 / 700 artifact free!
So I did just down clock it to the standart clocking, and still I noticed artifacts in the newest FEAR +slowdowns after a longer gaming session... (However AtiTool dosn't dedect any after 15 minutes of testing, oh and it goes 77C!)
The most important question is, also I flashed it to GTX and then back to the orginal BIOS... can I still give the card back on warrenty? Or will they notice it? How does it work?
err...Quote:
Originally Posted by sesion
maybe its called ATiTools for a reason?
Software DescriptionQuote:
Originally Posted by bluep3ace
As the name implies ATITool is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards. Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast - so no questionable registry tweaks.
Main Features
* No limits overclocking.
* Finding maximum core and memory overclock by rendering into a Direct3D window and scanning the output for visual artifacts.
* Temperature monitoring and fan speed control (on supported cards)
* Removal of Catalyst overclocking lock for 9000/9200/9550/9600 series.
* Artifact scanning mode for non-ATI cards - use together with a 3rd party overclocking utility.
* Loading a predefined clock profile on Application/Windows startup.
* Hotkeys that can be used any time to load clocks from a profile.
* 3D application detection (Direct3D 8, Direct3D 9, OpenGL) to overclock your video card only when required.
* Gamma control
I can see artifacts in games anyways... and when im giving lets say 680 core and 750 memory it dosn't even pass the initial test :>Quote:
Originally Posted by bluep3ace
Darn it.. I exchanged my GTO because my secondary screen in dualview flickers.. It did like 830MHz on stock volts.
Now I got my new one.. And it barely does 740 with 2v. And stupid thing is, it flickers too.:( *sigh* Wasted my time..
I just tested what my mem can do with voltage mod.
Results so far in 05 and 06 @ 710/1940MHz with default cooler
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:D Nice 1.1ns modules. What will they do with 2.15V< ?
How many volts are you running through the memory?
I penciled the resistor, but couldn't get it below 820 Ohms.
Edit: Hmmz.. Did some more careful penciling.. Got it to 600 Ohms, lets see what happens.
Be carefull, 600ohm it's going to be kinda low and the RAM will be overvolted.
2.00V is max voltage according to Samsung, and 1.90V is default.