asus x1950 pro in the house

**trans am** · 10-30-2006, 06:27 PM

just arrived from newegg 2 asus eax1950 pros. $164.00 ea

I'll take some more pics later when my camera is recharged.

so far these cards are much better than my old x1800xl at 641/729.

I'm using ati tool 0.25 beta 16.
there is no support for voltage adjustments at this time so I'm overclocking on default voltage. kinda like running on fumes.

my biggest gripe is the memory won't budge at stock volts without getting a black screen. both cards do 641 on the core on stock volts. I'm still waiting on the dfi RD600 board to come out to rock these in crossfire mode.

I think these have lots of potential once we get official 6.10 from ati and voltage adjustments.
I like that they run very cool... temps never went above 58c during testing.
scores maybe a little low do to my crappy memory.

STOCK SPEEDS (580/702)

OC stock voltage(641/702)

**fhpchris** · 10-30-2006, 10:22 PM

What mobo are you using now?

**trans am** · 10-30-2006, 10:41 PM

okay sorry guys

asus p5b vanilla 0701

very strange results on 01

I think its driver related.

Not sure what the hell is going on but I ran the same settings as my best 01 run. 46k with a x1800xl @ 641/729

down to 39k x1950 pro 641/702
any ideas?

**Miwo** · 10-30-2006, 10:53 PM

Current ATI 80nm cards are a letdown. Not because of the RV570 chip, but because of the PCB Layout. You can read all about it at VR-Zone, they recently did some Voltmods to a Powercolor x1950 with less than steller results due to the Digital VRM / crappy PCB.

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4190&s=7

Though you got decent clocks from stock voltage, don't expect much more.

**trans am** · 10-30-2006, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by Ramen

Current ATI 80nm cards are a letdown. Not because of the RV570 chip, but because of the PCB Layout. You can read all about it at VR-Zone, they recently did some Voltmods to a Powercolor x1950 with less than steller results due to the Digital VRM / crappy PCB.

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4190&s=7

Though you got decent clocks from stock voltage, don't expect much more.

I had catalyst ai disabled. This is with it enabled

**abrad3** · 10-31-2006, 07:06 PM

I just received my asus x1950Pro today as well from newegg, but I ran into some problems. I downloaded the 6.10 cat from ati's webpage, but it said it the drivers were incompatable with my operating system.. So I tried 6.10 beta and it worked fine..

Did anyone get the official 6.10cat working with the x1950 pro ?

**trans am** · 11-01-2006, 03:20 PM

I just used the cd that came with the cards. Its kinda screwy. i couldn't get either beta or the official 6.10 to work. I'm trying the link shown here now. brb

Catalyst 6.10 Windows XP - Driver Download

Coming soon: Windows Vista - Click here to learn more.

Instructions:

1. Release Notes
2. Installation Instructions

Customers who own an ATI Radeon® X1950 PRO and looking for drivers, please click here.

**lawrywild** · 11-01-2006, 03:27 PM

I'm thinking of picking up a pair of these for some cheap CF action in a month or so.

Can you show us some oced CF benches?

**trans am** · 11-01-2006, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by abrad3

I just received my asus x1950Pro today as well from newegg, but I ran into some problems. I downloaded the 6.10 cat from ati's webpage, but it said it the drivers were incompatable with my operating system.. So I tried 6.10 beta and it worked fine..

Did anyone get the official 6.10cat working with the x1950 pro ?

were you able to get overdrive rocking? I can't..It doesn't even show up.
I dled the specfic x1950 pro driversI posted earlier it installed fine then I tried to install official 6.10 but I get the same hardware not found error. I used drivercleaner and started from scratch but no go. Any luck?

can you install ati tool 0.25 -16 beta and show us the clocks you are getting?

**Rubiconx3** · 11-01-2006, 04:52 PM

Are these bench's with them in CF?

**trans am** · 11-01-2006, 04:59 PM

Originally Posted by Rubiconx3

Are these bench's with them in CF?

+

hell no! That would be seriously disappointing. I would say these would do around 8-9k 3dm2006 in crossfire mode with official drivers. there are some reviews where they test in crossfire. http://www.trustedreviews.com/articl...ge=8520&head=0

**Batman!** · 11-01-2006, 05:57 PM

a bit OT: How loud is stock cooler?

**Dubz** · 11-01-2006, 06:20 PM

did these cards come with the crossfire adapter? just wandering.

**abrad3** · 11-01-2006, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by trans am

were you able to get overdrive rocking? I can't..It doesn't even show up.
I dled the specfic x1950 pro driversI posted earlier it installed fine then I tried to install official 6.10 but I get the same hardware not found error. I used drivercleaner and started from scratch but no go. Any luck?

can you install ati tool 0.25 -16 beta and show us the clocks you are getting?

The 6.10 beta seems to be working. Also, I couldnt find the overdrive option in the CCC. I tried playing BF2 and sometimes it would crash to the desktop..

Here is ati tool showing my clocks, I tried overclocking it, I raise it 1 mhz, set clock and ati tool crashes. Is there anything special I need to be doing to overclock this thing?

**abrad3** · 11-01-2006, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by Batman!

a bit OT: How loud is stock cooler?

A LOT quieter than the x850 cooler, even at 100%.

**abrad3** · 11-01-2006, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by Dubz

did these cards come with the crossfire adapter? just wandering.

I ordered 1, and I did not get any.

**trans am** · 11-02-2006, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by abrad3

The 6.10 beta seems to be working. Also, I couldnt find the overdrive option in the CCC. I tried playing BF2 and sometimes it would crash to the desktop..

Here is ati tool showing my clocks, I tried overclocking it, I raise it 1 mhz, set clock and ati tool crashes. Is there anything special I need to be doing to overclock this thing?

You could try open processes and kill all the ccc running in the background. I would only adjust the core because I get the same lockup you get when I raise the memory. both my cards do 648 core on the stock cooler and voltage.

as for the craossfire dongles. I called asus about this. They say there are actually 2 scus for the eax1950 pro one says crossfire edition on the box. all it means is it comes packaged with the 2 dongles. they sa they did it this way to keep the price down. thats why it was $164. The crossfire edition costs about $10 more. so dumb imo just charge 175 and end the confusion.

**Athens[2004]** · 11-02-2006, 05:41 AM

Hi @ trans i hope u enjoy your new toy

.

Can u do some runs 4 me please [01-03-05-06] at 3500-3600mhz to compare something that i want [card core+mem freqs as far as card can do ]

Thnx Tom

**trans am** · 11-02-2006, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Athens[2004]

Hi @ trans i hope u enjoy your new toy

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Can u do some runs 4 me please [01-03-05-06] at 3500-3600mhz to compare something that i want [card core+mem freqs as far as card can do ]

Thnx Tom

well I already ran 06 and 01 and you can see the images.
I can tell you 03 was 17k and 05 was 10k approx.

I can tell you now that the mem wont budge without locking up. these are samsung K4J55323QG BC14 gddr3 1.4ns http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semi...K4J55323QG.htm

samsung rates them at 700mhz I can't clock them higher without voltage options and there are none in ati tool and I dont have soldering skills.

even if I check disable mem timings in ati tool I cant push it any further.

I'm not really impressed to tell you the truth. Asus doesn't bundle the crossfire connectors. Then there is no official overclocking support through ccc so I'm using ati tool beta 0.25 16 but no voltage options available.
cooler takes up 2 slots but doesn't extend all the way to the pci slots so there is no exhaust.(see msi version) it is quiet though. this card is right on par with my x1800xl. but then again consider the price. I paid $370 for x1800xl when it came out. this is $164 not really an upgrade except my plan was to use them in crossfire. My advice, wait for nvidia 8000 series and watch ati prices fall some more. Also this digital VRM PCB needs to mature a little more.

**mascaras** · 11-02-2006, 07:37 AM

Originally Posted by abrad3

The 6.10 beta seems to be working. Also, I couldnt find the overdrive option in the CCC. I tried playing BF2 and sometimes it would crash to the desktop..

Here is ati tool showing my clocks, I tried overclocking it, I raise it 1 mhz, set clock and ati tool crashes. Is there anything special I need to be doing to overclock this thing?

are you crazy 2800mhz in memory

**trans am** · 11-02-2006, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by mascaras

are you crazy 2800mhz in memory

where do you see 2800mhz in mem?

**mascaras** · 11-02-2006, 08:16 AM

in ATITOOL ---- 1404mhz = 2808mhz

the Default is 700mhz = 1400mhz

BTW: whats your default score in 3dmark 2005 with conroe @3500mhz???

regards

**trans am** · 11-02-2006, 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by mascaras

in ATITOOL ---- 1404mhz = 2808mhz

the Default is 700mhz = 1400mhz

BTW: whats your default score in 3dmark 2005 with conroe @3500mhz???

regards

hmm? I'm confused. Asus sets the mem clock at 702 default /1404.. I never touched the memory clocks in ati tool. its still 702/1404

theres no 2808mhz

I'll bench it at defaults tonight @3500

**mascaras** · 11-02-2006, 08:40 AM

you didnt run any 3dmark 2005 yet???

regards

**trans am** · 11-02-2006, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by mascaras

you didnt run any 3dmark 2005 yet???

regards

Yeah but you said you want cpu clock at 3.5ghz and x1950 pro at stock speeds.

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