X1800 Xl = Wow!

[phoeniXfury]

hmm...one other person on Techpowerup forums has the same issue...can't go over 1.175v. I'm thinking of flashing the BIOS...thinking of using ATIflash 3.09 and Sapphire X1800XL bios from Techpowerup. Anything I should look out for?(this is my first Vid card flash...and an expensive one...so don't wana f**k it up)

I think I will start the same thread here titled "X1800XL - Maker vs. Overclockability"...can everyone input their results and I will record them in excel spread sheet as I am doing for Techpowerup forums...do some observations -->

[l337x3r1cx]

hmm...one other person on Techpowerup forums has the same issue...can't go over 1.175v. I'm thinking of flashing the BIOS...thinking of using ATIflash 3.09 and Sapphire X1800XL bios from Techpowerup. Anything I should look out for?(this is my first Vid card flash...and an expensive one...so don't wana f**k it up)

I think I will start the same thread here titled "X1800XL - Maker vs. Overclockability"...can everyone input their results and I will record them in excel spread sheet as I am doing for Techpowerup forums...do some observations -->

it should work, but downclock your GPU before you flash, let me know how the flash goes, because I'm getting a Zalman fan and i want to get more out of this chip (and i don't have an extra PCI card in case the flash gets screwed.)

[Stoneburner]

sorry for being a noob here but I have a question. The Overclocker tool ends the overclock when it it turned off... Back when i was overclocking my 9700pro i was told that it's better to keep the GPU and mem at a constant speed rather than going higher and lower depending on application and use. THat does not make much sense since laptop gpu's vary gpu clock rate and voltage ( i think) pretty dramatically based on use. So is it acceptable to keep changing around the voltage and clock rates?

[phoeniXfury]

Hmm...no...I don't think it would have any sort of damage to the hardware. As long as it's stable and kept at a low temp...everything should be fine. Even CPUs change voltage and speed dynamically.

I'm going to flash my card now...I'll be back hopefully with good results

[phoeniXfury]

okay...so it didn't work

Can someone with an XL card please send me their BIOS from atiflash...a card that can do 1.2v and higher?

[persivore]

okay...so it didn't work

Can someone with an XL card please send me their BIOS from atiflash...a card that can do 1.2v and higher?

I've attached the BIOS from my sapphire X1800XL. It runs up to 1.35v Vgpu ok, and I run the card at 670/650 for 24/7 use (1.20v Vgpu/2.05v Vdd/1.9v Vddq)