ASUS 2900XT Benchin begins

**quake6** · 08-07-2007, 04:27 PM

Can I use something else for dry ice?Just for transport

**Gautam** · 08-07-2007, 04:36 PM

You can use pretty much anything. The supplier I usually use just hands it to me in a cardboard box.

I put it in a beverage cooler, can keep it for about 2 days with little loss.

**Stapler** · 08-07-2007, 05:08 PM

^Exactly, you can find some absolutely crazy prices on Ebay. Usually about $300 USD + shipping here for a 30L on Ebay, but if you watch long enough you can do a lot better. I got my 40L for $125 shipped, now it's military surplus and well used, but for that price I don't really care. Hell even if it's lost it's seal, the price is unbeatable, and anyway, we'll find out about that tommorow I hope. Besides, their's always a chance no matter how much you pay, that the dewar has lost it's seal, so i don't think it's anymore likely on mine than one that I would've paid $350 shipped for.

**Kinc** · 08-07-2007, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by Gautam

I think that's about normal for retail...check eBay.

Problem is shipping to Sweden. All on ebay is located in the states what I can see. Im seriousy thinking of buing alot of normal thermoses and have em in foam mold for transportation. It last very long in em and would be easy to use for benching. Just pop out another 2.0 liter thermos as they get empty.

The other solution for me would be to get deal where I get a 200 liter preasure dewar deliverd here wich gets swapped when its empty and dont have to pay to much for shipping and rentals for the preasure dewar.

**gandalfone** · 08-09-2007, 06:43 AM

A question please...

I have not understood.........Are the ati oc in cross with control pannel?? I have 2x2900, p5k3, galaxy DXX...The cross is enable and it works but when i up frequency in ati overdrive the score don't change.....gpu at 750 or 856 don't change.....is it possible??

Thx

**Stapler** · 08-09-2007, 07:11 AM

You can only OC in cross fire by editing the BIOSes, but only a few people are given access to the tools needed.

**gandalfone** · 08-09-2007, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by Stapler

You can only OC in cross fire by editing the BIOSes, but only a few people are given access to the tools needed.

Ah....ok thx for reply

Bad news, my qx6850 will not be happy

**1Day** · 08-09-2007, 09:43 AM

RaBit is a ATI card bios editor. Ver2.2.1

Hope this helps

**Stapler** · 08-09-2007, 09:46 AM

I've heard that flashing with BIOSes not made with AMDs tool will brick your cards.

**GLENBOY** · 08-09-2007, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by Stapler

I've heard that flashing with BIOSes not made with AMDs tool will brick your cards.

yes i have heard the same as you

**Severance** · 08-09-2007, 10:25 AM

I have been following this thread and i find something very wierd. I have no problem overclocking with my 2 cards using control panel. The score scales very nice so i know that it is working fine. One thing is im using 1 sapphire and 1 asus card. Maybe thats why it works for me?

Nope sorry i was wrong overclock is not working for some reason it scaled up the other day but was not cus of the overclock. I just ran tests again and u guys are correct no effect. I will just leave this post here so peeps can compare.

**qballe** · 08-09-2007, 10:34 AM

maybe asus has a different bios ... in "ati overdrive" the max that i can set for memory is 900 mhz ....

( 2 x club3d 2900xt )

**Severance** · 08-09-2007, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by qballe

maybe asus has a different bios ... in "ati overdrive" the max that i can set for memory is 900 mhz ....

( 2 x club3d 2900xt )

was wrong sorry overclock not working but...wierd thing is it will crash on first screen if i overclock max in control panel my room today is much warmer than the other day. If its not increasing mhz then why does it crash?

**Kinc** · 08-09-2007, 11:04 AM

Last 5 liters of ln2 testing a new QX6700 from the same batch as my late one. This p5w64 also likes higher fsb.

**rra** · 08-09-2007, 12:55 PM

Originally Posted by Kinc

Last 5 liters of ln2 testing a new QX6700 from the same batch as my late one. This p5w64 also likes higher fsb.

LAST 5 liters holy hell you gone through over 200l this week already

I love it

**eva2000** · 08-09-2007, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Lane-k

Eva you say the red part you can see on the LN2 session pics?

It's just the base of the stock cooler, we don't remove it on the 2900

Hey looking the pics sampsa, it was a real big convention..

Originally Posted by Kinc

I have cut of the part that I needed from the original cooler to cool down the voltageregulation parts

Ah i see.. thought it was some kind of custom heatsink

**Lane-k** · 08-09-2007, 11:06 PM

Hey Kinc, you have buy a new P5W64? When i have rma mine, i have got the same surprise, the card was overclocking at higher FSB, or it's the same rev. ( in real i have never see another rev on this board.. ) but the board cut down faster for the problem of pwer off, when i reboot.

Question have you look about the P5k64 WS? http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...92&modelmenu=1 it's the Workstation Quartet version of the P35 chipsets, only thing i don't see is the Crosslink on it. so can assume the board is on 16x 4x, have you some info about this one? (like allways the Asus site is not clear about speed of Cfire mod)

**Kinc** · 08-11-2007, 04:24 AM

Originally Posted by Lane-k

Hey Kinc, you have buy a new P5W64? When i have rma mine, i have got the same surprise, the card was overclocking at higher FSB, or it's the same rev. ( in real i have never see another rev on this board.. ) but the board cut down faster for the problem of pwer off, when i reboot.

Question have you look about the P5k64 WS? http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...92&modelmenu=1 it's the Workstation Quartet version of the P35 chipsets, only thing i don't see is the Crosslink on it. so can assume the board is on 16x 4x, have you some info about this one? (like allways the Asus site is not clear about speed of Cfire mod)

Yeah I bought a new that worked for about 10 mins before it died the P5W power circuit death. Then ASUS traded a p5k premium for a p5w64 with a local shop in Finland for the Assembly event. So thats the board im using now.

P5K64 has a 16/4 config

What I want is a p5k premium with crosslinx

**Lane-k** · 08-11-2007, 04:58 AM

OoO... too bad...

**Kinc** · 08-12-2007, 02:08 PM

Hahaha, anyone know a good head shrink for overclockers? I'm going crazy here. I finally get the cpu to run the cpu test at 5050MHz (14x361FSB) and in canyon flight it freezez becuase of the graphics cards. After that the system blue screens in the win boot, every boot. I dont know how much more of this I can take. I have seen the same feeze a million times since I started benching 2900XT on ln2.

Conclusion: 2900 is very sensetive to condensation.

**rra** · 08-12-2007, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Kinc

Hahaha, anyone know a good head shrink for overclockers? I'm going crazy here. I finally get the cpu to run the cpu test at 5050MHz (14x361FSB) and in canyon flight it freezez becuase of the graphics cards. After that the system blue screens in the win boot, every boot. I dont know how much more of this I can take. I have seen the same feeze a million times since I started benching 2900XT on ln2.

Conclusion: 2900 is very sensetive to condensation.

haha I could not resist forgive me....

Dr rra here

Let me see if I got the symptoms all right ..You say you keep flying over the grand Canyon and its freezing and you also must be upside down as keep seeing blue screen each time before you get the boot..and youve seen this dream from the bench a million times
Well I recomend 20L LN2 twice a day after meals for next 5 days and all will be well again,if not call me lol

**ahmad** · 08-13-2007, 04:44 AM

Originally Posted by Kinc

Hahaha, anyone know a good head shrink for overclockers? I'm going crazy here. I finally get the cpu to run the cpu test at 5050MHz (14x361FSB) and in canyon flight it freezez becuase of the graphics cards. After that the system blue screens in the win boot, every boot. I dont know how much more of this I can take. I have seen the same feeze a million times since I started benching 2900XT on ln2.

Conclusion: 2900 is very sensetive to condensation.

Maybe all that ice in canyon freeze is having an affect..?!

**Gautam** · 08-13-2007, 06:16 AM

Is it bad when your dreams starting having artifacts?

**Kinc** · 08-13-2007, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by Gautam

Is it bad when your dreams starting having artifacts?

Yeah

White or black ones, bricks or like snow? We Need to analyze this

I have another problem, that I cant stop thinking about frame rates at a certain points of a benchmark and the total number of renderd frames.

Talking in my sleep; "153 fps in the beginning of gt1, oh a total of 8620 renderd frames, sweet". "Over 200 fps when the hatches opens on the ship in gt3, thats super sweet". "What the.. 5300... I should have above 5500 frames in gt2 at these clocks, what is this!?" (3DMark 06)

**Oliver** · 08-13-2007, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Kinc

Last 5 liters of ln2 testing a new QX6700 from the same batch as my late one. This p5w64 also likes higher fsb.

Sweet chip and mobo you are having there.

Originally Posted by Kinc

Yeah

White or black ones, bricks or like snow? We Need to analyze this

I have another problem, that I cant stop thinking about frame rates at a certain points of a benchmark and the total number of renderd frames.

Talking in my sleep; "153 fps in the beginning of gt1, oh a total of 8620 renderd frames, sweet". "Over 200 fps when the hatches opens on the ship in gt3, thats super sweet". "What the.. 5300... I should have above 5500 frames in gt2 at these clocks, what is this!?" (3DMark 06)

Thats so cool

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