HIS HD2900PRO AIR OC actions ...

[Lightman]

1st boot up on the card # 1 of sapphire 2900 pro comes up as XT...

good thing I grabbed a couple of them....

Hey Dynasty what sort of cooling you're gonna use on them??

Oh and Sapphire didn't even bother to flash Pro BIOS !
What's card clocks then? Still XT 743/830 or it's 600/800?
BTW ATiTool is saying XT even on PRO, but CCC is detecting properly (or not, depends how you look at it)!

Wish you 1st ORB place with these babies!

Awsome results. And im not 100% sure but when u pug in the 8pin the core goes to 1.2V. I think ima get one of those and oc it to 800 i hope. $280 for a XT is a great deal!

This is interesting! I need to try it! Thanks for hint!

Why oh why I didn't read this post before doing that run:

[SSXeon]

Yeah just pug it in. PLUG, arg its getting late. Tho i only got 850Mhz core and then now i cant run over 830Mhz. DX10 games will only let me run 810Mhz tho, Ill just be happy if i can get 2 cards to 800Mhz, the heat will be intence!

[RPGWiZaRD]

Nice thread, too bad if it wasn't for the AA performance issue, I had prolly been all over this card already. But I'm dying to play with a new card, 8800GT & 2950 Pro is sooo far away still.

If AMD/ATI releases a driver that fixes AA performance then I might consider.

[SSXeon]

Nice thread, too bad if it wasn't for the AA performance issue, I had prolly been all over this card already. But I'm dying to play with a new card, 8800GT & 2950 Pro is sooo far away still.

If AMD/ATI releases a driver that fixes AA performance then I might consider.

Yeah some games namely fear has horrible AA performance, and bioshock it just wont work right on ati cards. TF2, Oblivion, Quake 4, and many others are fine with 8xAA and oblivion runs 4xAAA alot better now with later drivers. ATi still has some work ahead of them if they want the HD2950XT to be successful.

[Rattle]

I hear you can set msaa in the drivers and it works better than setting it in the app.

Also nicks has posted a report on the 7.10's fixing some of the AA issues.

[Dynasty]

Hey Dynasty what sort of cooling you're gonna use on them??

dry ice for sure maybe some ln2 if card doesn't bug....
also need very fast cpu for crossfire 3D 05, maybe an yorkfield will
help out....



still comes up as 2900 XT in 3D 05, card bios was never flashed by me...

all air.....could do 850mhz+ with 1.2 VDDC
X6800 B2
Corsair 8888C4DF
DFI 975x pos dying on me not scaling well anymore
have to switch over to blitz XE for ddr3....
Sapphire 2900 pro
Silverstone OP1200W

[ownage]

I finally got mine. Early results, nothing optimized:
cpu = conroe 3.6ghz
vga = Sapphire 2900pro @ 793/2000


12.2K 3dmark06


For some reason i had lots of cpu instability with this card. If i ran 3dmark06 @ 3.6ghz i barely did 2000 cpu score.

[triple_A]

I finally got mine. Early results, nothing optimized:
cpu = conroe 3.6ghz
vga = Sapphire 2900pro @ 793/2000


12.2K 3dmark06


For some reason i had lots of cpu instability with this card. If i ran 3dmark06 @ 3.6ghz i barely did 2000 cpu score.

May i ask where you ordered it?

And does it have 3 or 2 heatpipes?

[ownage]

May i ask where you ordered it?

And does it have 3 or 2 heatpipes?

3 heatpipes.
I ordered @ Alternate.nl
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product...2=255&cat3=000
They have them in stock

[Nazu]

3 heatpipes.
I ordered @ Alternate.nl
http://www.alternate.nl/html/product...2=255&cat3=000
They have them in stock

Odd...It's cheaper here in Finland (230e for the Sapphire HD2900 Pro)

[ownage]

Odd...It's cheaper here in Finland (230e for the Sapphire HD2900 Pro)

We can get it for 215 euro, but Alternate had them in stock. And since these cards are allready EOL and really limited, i payd more @ alternate because they had them in stock.

[fellix_bg]

hd2900pro stock

1280 2xAA dx9 = 27 / 14 / 40
1280 4xAA dx9 = 24 / 15 / 38 - with 4xAA set in driver = 33 / 15 / 50
1680 2xAA dx9 = 23 / 14 / 37
1680 4xAA dx9 = 20 / 11 / 35
2048 2xAA dx9 = 16 / 10 / 24
2048 4xAA dx9 = 14 / 7 / 22

- Paul

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but if you have observed more carefully at the images while the game rolls the bench, you should notice that driver forced AA is not being applied in WiC, eg. the test result in the end will be the same, as the one received without AA.

[Disaster_Master]

Does this card have a 8pin connector if ore a 6pin ???

And if it have a 8pin does this mod works????

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=155646

[rpsgc]

Does this card have a 8pin connector if ore a 6pin ???

And if it have a 8pin does this mod works????

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=155646

Same as XT. One 6pin and one 8pin.

[Lightman]

Does this card have a 8pin connector if ore a 6pin ???

And if it have a 8pin does this mod works????

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=155646

MOD works just perfectly !

[pcfreak]

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Awsome results. And im not 100% sure but when u pug in the 8pin the core goes to 1.2V...

This is interesting! I need to try it! Thanks for hint!
...

Lightman can you confirm this?

[roger_h99.nor]

I'm using 2 x 6-pins connectors and still gets 1,2V once 3D is detected.
But, my card shows up as a 'XT' (Sapphire), so I suspect it's a xt-bios already on the card.

From what I've read - the '8-pin mod' purpose is to alow Overdrive within CCC.

[pcfreak]

roger roger_h99.nor
mine is also a sapphire. I will test it myself when I return home

[SSXeon]

I hear you can set msaa in the drivers and it works better than setting it in the app.

Also nicks has posted a report on the 7.10's fixing some of the AA issues.

Yeah but mostly for DX10 games. 10-25% improvement in most all DX10 games is impressive, i have the 7.10s i just need to install them.

[Lightman]

Lightman can you confirm this?

About 1.2V vgpu on HD2900Pro with 8pin PCIe connector - it's not true unfortunately! Card is still feeding 1.15V when in 3D mode.

This must be set in BIOS then, but if someone really wants higher voltages there is hard mod already available ....

Link to Link to MOD

[Lastviking]

About 1.2V vgpu on HD2900Pro with 8pin PCIe connector - it's not true unfortunately! Card is still feeding 1.15V when in 3D mode.

This must be set in BIOS then, but if someone really wants higher voltages there is hard mod already available ....

Link to Link to MOD

Lighman can you show improve scores with old drivers and 7.10 so we can see how much it boost the scores?in 3dmark and more....or will it only improve dx10 games

[Lightman]

Lighman can you show improve scores with old drivers and 7.10 so we can see how much it boost the scores?in 3dmark and more....or will it only improve dx10 games

I tested 3DMark06 under XP x64 and no improvement there. Now I'm preparing myself to install Vista Business to do some DX10 tests...

Of course 7.10 are better in some games and they are fixing couple of issues for XP based systems as well.
BTW I'm playing HL:Portal now at 1680x1050x4AA everything maxed+motion blur and it's smooth! Best experience with vsync ON !

[Lastviking]

I tested 3DMark06 under XP x64 and no improvement there. Now I'm preparing myself to install Vista Business to do some DX10 tests...

Of course 7.10 are better in some games and they are fixing couple of issues for XP based systems as well.
BTW I'm playing HL:Portal now at 1680x1050x4AA everything maxed+motion blur and it's smooth! Best experience with vsync ON !

Portal is fun..i have the bonus map left now, it runed well on my Opty 165 @3.0ghz, 2gb , XFX7800 and 1680x1050 but AA off i think. Thx for the info about 7.10 and 3dmark. I have always like my geforce cards beter than ati but maybe its time to go ati again the price seems to be more right for the 2900pro than the geforce 8800.

[Lightman]

Portal is fun..i have the bonus map left now, it runed well on my Opty 165 @3.0ghz, 2gb , XFX7800 and 1680x1050 but AA off i think. Thx for the info about 7.10 and 3dmark. I have always like my geforce cards beter than ati but maybe its time to go ati again the price seems to be more right for the 2900pro than the geforce 8800.

I preferred GF up to GF3 series, then I switched orientation to ATI from R8500 onwards. This still didn't stop me from having GF6800GS and lately 7900GTO .

When I will install Vista you can expect couple of results from me here

[BulldogPO]

I have weird problem with my Sapphire HD2900 PRO 512MB, I can play for hours HL2 at 1920x1200 res but every fricking time 3DMark06 causes Vista X64 to go BSOD in beginning of second test, regardless of cards clock settings.