OCCT 3.1.0 shows HD4870/4890 design flaw - they can't handle the new GPU test !

[W1zzard]

he says that it is unacceptable that a card cannot handle any code that can be produced with an API it is supposed to support (OCCT fits into that category, as it is pure DirectX9). AMD's answer, according to him, is almost already known : limit OCCT's execution speed, just as furmark. But is this acceptable ?

that's exactly what will happen. a new driver release fixes the issue. the rendering output is unchanged, so isnt that an acceptable solution?
it's basically a software based OCP that results in exactly the same what the canardpc author suggests "the regulator should warn the pilot that the limits of the components are about to be reached, resulting in a secure and automatic underclocking."

according to him, this defect is sure to have been detected in AMD's quality check process, but have been ignored on purpose. And he goes on by saying that the OCP mecanism is badly implemented, and that this is a true problem on those cards...

uh what evidence does he have for such an accusation? just wild guesswork? maybe he called fudo and asked for advice how to write a story.
the ocp mechanism implementation is perfectly fine, it's just the ocp limit that is set too low.

i doubt the problem lies in 3 phase vs. 4 phase but ocp set too low vs. ocp set not too low. no data or evidence in the whole article, next please