2900 Pro Owners Thread

[MadDias]

i´m about to buy two 2900pro cards to replace my old x1800xt´s.
so i was taking a look at the ati homepage to see if they are cf-certified. but on that certified products page, there are only 2900xt´s not a single pro card.
i´m going to buy the sapphire 512mb version.
does the 2900pro come with an internal connector (bridge) like the xt?
does it work in crossfire at all, even without a flash to xt?

[kasu code]

i´m about to buy two 2900pro cards to replace my old x1800xt´s.
so i was taking a look at the ati homepage to see if they are cf-certified. but on that certified products page, there are only 2900xt´s not a single pro card.
i´m going to buy the sapphire 512mb version.
does the 2900pro come with an internal connector (bridge) like the xt?
does it work in crossfire at all, even without a flash to xt?

Yes it comes with a Bridge. Yes it supports crossfire.

[Lightman]

is it true on these cards pro and xt if you use 6+6 pin the vcore is 1.15 but if you use 6+8 its 1.2 ?

I did a test for you ...

To do this test I needed a knife, spare PCIe 6Pin plug, isolating tape and 20 minutes of DIY!
All that give me .... 1.15VGPU

Sorry! I also was a bit disappointed, but I can live with 870MHz core when needed .

[WrigleyVillain]

All that give me .... 1.15VGPU

Thanks for your time and clearing that up for us.

[Rattle]

I did a test for you ...

To do this test I needed a knife, spare PCIe 6Pin plug, isolating tape and 20 minutes of DIY!
All that give me .... 1.15VGPU

Sorry! I also was a bit disappointed, but I can live with 870MHz core when needed .

thanks buddy, i got a sweet deal on a xt and i got a corsair psu with 8 and 6 pin, i will try it also

[WrigleyVillain]

From Bluesnews (hrm no mention of AA fixes):

ATI announces their October Catalyst reference driver release is due later this week, offering significant gaming performance gains, inspiring them to dub this the "Shoot Em Up" drivers. Here are some sample results they are reporting from the new drivers:

• Battlefield 2142 Crossfire™ performance improves 5-23% on the ATI Radeon™ HD 2600, ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 and ATI Radeon™ X1300/X1550 series
• Call of Duty 2 performance improves up to 6.7% on both single card and Crossfire ATI Radeon HD 2600 and ATI Radeon HD 2400 configurations
• Call of Juarez DirectX® 10 Crossfire performance improves up to 42% and single card performance improves up to 34% on all ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series products.
• Company of Heroes DirectX 10 Crossfire performance improves up to 80% on all ATI Radeon HD 2000 series products and single card performance improves as much as 31% on ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 and ATI Radeon HD 2600 products
• Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Crossfire performance improves as much as 23% on ATI Radeon™ 1000 series products and single card performance improves as much as 23% on both ATI Radeon HD 2000 and ATI Radeon 1000 series products
• FEAR Crossfire performance improves as much as 16% on the ATI Radeon™ X1950 XTX, ATI Radeon™ X1650 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2400 series and ATI Radeon X1300/X1550 series
• Supreme Commander Crossfire performance improves up to 30% on all ATI Radeon HD 2000 and ATI Radeon 1000 series products. The ATI Radeon™ X1650 and ATI Radeon X1300/X1550 series products see even greater improvements of 82% or more.

[situman]

Is it me or is the performance increase mostly focused on the low end stuff?

[WrigleyVillain]

Related new driver thread in XtremeNews:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=159848

[Lightman]

Can't wait for new driver....
Also I need to get myself to work and install Vista. I got CoJ with my card but want to play it at max eye candy DX10 mode.... Time to put my 4GB of RAM to some use .

[NickS]

If you guys want, send me a few BIOS files via PM. You can attach them in a private message. Be sure to include clocks, brand & type (ex. HIS 2900 Pro @ 600/1600). If you know the NS of your ram, that too. I'll put them up on my site.

[Rattle]

Can't wait for new driver....
Also I need to get myself to work and install Vista. I got CoJ with my card but want to play it at max eye candy DX10 mode.... Time to put my 4GB of RAM to some use .

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1229737

[WrigleyVillain]

If you guys want, send me a few BIOS files via PM. You can attach them in a private message. Be sure to include clocks, brand & type (ex. HIS 2900 Pro @ 600/1600). If you know the NS of your ram, that too. I'll put them up on my site.

Great thanks. I was gonna offer you my stock anyway and hope to see an XT 1GB at your site.

BTW i believe the BIOS files at techpowerup were at bios.techpowerup.com but that goes to the main page now..?

[nosboost300]

finally got to running 3dmark06 on my rig.. at stock 2.8 on the fx62... and about 820/1800 on the card.. got a little over 10,000 in 3dmark 06... not too bad for stock cpu... which ati tool do i need to overclock my ram over 1800.. cuz catalyst sucks...

and is it just me.. or does this not like 3dmark05?? i got 16,000...

[Rattle]

your cpu is bottlenecking you in 05

[nosboost300]

so which versino of ati tool...and where can i get it

[daisaw1219]

bump for a confirmed working bios that would work for the 1gb sapphire pro. The only two i can find are from HIS and ATI.

[nosboost300]

BIOS flash didnt work out for me.... i put in the line exactly, and tried several different combination.. and still a no go.. did the BIN ..then typed in the whole command line.... angered my last night.. i tried so many combinations.. i'll have to give it another go tonite

and is there any possible way to up my voltage though software or something... maybe i'll try flashing my bios for my mobo to see if i get some new oc options...

[WrigleyVillain]

so which versino of ati tool...and where can i get it

Latest ATI Tool: 0.27b2
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=725

But if you're just looking for an OC util besides CCC you want AMD GPU Tool

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/536/mirrors.php

[WrigleyVillain]

bump for a confirmed working bios that would work for the 1gb sapphire pro. The only two i can find are from HIS and ATI.

You mean HIS and ATI 512s? I guess I ask mainly cause I still havent seen anything about anyone flashing a 1GB yet and hope to attract some comments re this

[situman]

anyone got a HIS pro bios? wanna flash it back to the pro :P

[WrigleyVillain]

anyone got a HIS pro bios? wanna flash it back to the pro :P

Hey please tell us why it would help at least from an edu standpoint!

[Trike]

So, I'm thinking of picking up two of these cards to x-fire. Do you think my PSU can support them (corsair 620hx)?

Specs:
Corsair 620HX PSU
P5B Dlx
Xeon 3060@3.61
4 250gb seagate 7200.9 hds
MCP655 pump
6 YL fans

Another question is, If I add two 2900's into the loop (MCR320) with the CPU, can the MCR320 handle it all?

Thanks!

[CyberDruid]

Probably. I think 750 would be better.

[nosboost300]

You mean HIS and ATI 512s? I guess I ask mainly cause I still havent seen anything about anyone flashing a 1GB yet and hope to attract some comments re this

hey i found a site for the 2900xt 1gb bios... i'm not at home right now.. but when i get home i'll be sure to grab the site for you

and thanks for the link to ati tool as well, i'll be back to benching tonite

and its a bummer that my cpu is horribly bottlenecking my performance

and i meant for something to up the voltage of my cpu.. because i really hate not being to oc my cpu.... i'm sad i had to toss away my old e6600 8800gts system... ...

[nosboost300]

http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/i...ace=&memSize=0

there we go, its got the bios the 1gb xt.. enjoy

be sure to bring back results!