2900 Pro Owners Thread

**WrigleyVillain** · 10-10-2007, 06:34 AM

Originally Posted by 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!

No way I'm not goin' first!

Thanks for the link...

**RAW-Raptor22** · 10-10-2007, 06:36 AM

I want to trade my GTS in now.... dammit....

**Trike** · 10-10-2007, 07:20 AM

Sweet. Looks like I picked up the last HIS one on newegg this morning. It was out of stock before I went to bed. Woke up and saw that they had one left. I tried to order two, but only got one. Probably a good thing, since it would have been pricey to get both right off the bat. I'll report back once I get it in.

**Matkun** · 10-10-2007, 08:08 AM

So I install my brand new HIS 2900 Pro, it gets to the welcome screen, and the computer freezes. Try Safe mode, same thing. Reset BIOS to default, same thing. Take out the 2900 Pro and put back in my X1900 XT, and everything is fine. Put the 2900 Pro in, and it freezes at the exact same spot.

Booting from Windows XP CD, same thing, when it gets to the part where you hit enter to install, or hit r to enter recovery console, the computer freezes again. If I hit R fast enough, it goes to "Examining drive configuration" and freezes then.

Same thing in Windows, if I'm fast enough with CTRL+ALT+DEL it pops up Task Manager and freezes. It seems the card is fine for ~2-3 seconds once Windows XP loads, but craps out after. It's worth noting also that Sysinternals defrag utility runs fine.. the computer only freezes once it gets into Windows proper desktop.

Suggestions before I declare the card as bad and RMA it with NCIX (urgh... yeay for more waiting for shipping)?

I'm running an Opteron 165 with an A8N32-SLI Deluxe and an OCZ Powerstream 520 (I think it's the 520). The specs for it state it has 33A on the 12V rail, so it should be fine. I've also tried disconnecting both my DVD drives, so the only thing connected is the motherboard, a single HDD and the video card (with two 6-pin PCIE connectors ofcourse), but same thing happens. According to the OCZ Forums, my power supply should have more than enough juice to run it.

Anyone experience the same problem? Any suggestions?

**situman** · 10-10-2007, 08:14 AM

You have another PSU to try out?

**WrigleyVillain** · 10-10-2007, 08:32 AM

Yeah I'm running mine fine with a Powerstream 520. Sorry to hear about these difficulties.

I suppose you could try tweaking the rail adjustments on the PSU but I doubt that will help.

**Trike** · 10-10-2007, 08:50 AM

Anyone know if this block will work on the 2900?

http://www.petrastechshop.com/ekfucowafora.html

EDIT: NM I searched around and there are a few places that make a 2900 block. what are people using here?

Thanks

**Matkun** · 10-10-2007, 09:24 AM

Update.. wiping CMOS allows it to boot. It seems the DDR Voltage being set to 2.7 rather then Auto in the BIOS is what is causing this problem. Will have to play around it a bit more to get my 50% OC on my Opteron 165 back, but atleast it is working.

Bizzare.

**Matkun** · 10-10-2007, 09:45 AM

Actually, not DDR Voltage setting, PEG Link mode setting. Setting it from Auto to Normal causes the problem. I've set it to Disabled for now.

Looking it up, it seems to be a BIOS-level overclocking of ATI Video cards.. What kind of idiot thought that up?

**nosboost300** · 10-10-2007, 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Matkun

Actually, not DDR Voltage setting, PEG Link mode setting. Setting it from Auto to Normal causes the problem. I've set it to Disabled for now.

Looking it up, it seems to be a BIOS-level overclocking of ATI Video cards.. What kind of idiot thought that up?

haha nice... but i tink ur gonna be stuck in the same boat i am... horrible bottleneck from the cpu!! games still run beautifully though.. me having 1gb of ram really kills it though... i get a hick up now and then cuz of it...

and wrigley villian, have you tried out that bios yet? and i'm really curious how high you can overclock the ddr4 on that.. hopefully its not cursed like my x1950xtx was... that was just terrible.. couldnt get over 1100 or something around there...

**Truckchase!** · 10-10-2007, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by Trike

EDIT: NM I searched around and there are a few places that make a 2900 block. what are people using here?
Thanks

DD Maze 4.

**MadDias** · 10-10-2007, 11:25 AM

ordered my two sapphire hd2900pro´s today. 239euro each
i think i´ll use these waterblocks when they´ve gone down in price a bit... a cooler for nearly half of the price of the graphics card is a little too much.

**ownage** · 10-10-2007, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by MadDias

ordered my two sapphire hd2900pro´s today. 239euro each
i think i´ll use these waterblocks when they´ve gone down in price a bit... a cooler for nearly half of the price of the graphics card is a little too much.

Why an expensive full-cover, it doesn't look that good, its just alu.
The fuzion looks much better for half the price, and probably performs better.

**MadDias** · 10-10-2007, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by ownage

Why an expensive full-cover, it doesn't look that good, its just alu.
The fuzion looks much better for half the price, and probably performs better.

my case is closed, no flashy window

so i don´t care what it looks like. about the performance... i don´t know how good those heatsinks on the gddr and the pwms work with nearly zero airflow on the upper card in crossfire.

**Trike** · 10-10-2007, 12:34 PM

I was under the impression that cooling the ram and VRM were required to get a good overclock. but if ram sinks/vrm sinks will do it, I rather save the money and buy a fuzion block for 50 bucks. 100-150 is ALOT to swallow considering the card was only 280.

I'm also afraid that if i went with a full block, the VRM temps would cook my loop. I have a MCR320 right now and the cpu is the only thing in the loop right now.

I haven't seen any crazy clocks with a water setup yet, has anybody gotten over 900 on your typical water. seems like you can close to 860 on the stock cooler as it is..

hard to say how much performance you'll get by going water, but noise would be eliminated. Which is nice.

I have a HR03 on my 1950xt right now, with a YL SL fan on it.

**WrigleyVillain** · 10-10-2007, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by nosboost300

and wrigley villian, have you tried out that bios yet?

No cause I havent seen any information from any other 1GB owners so I'm reluctant. Anyone?

Tho I too am curious about the RAM potential. Saw mention that if you can get it above 1000 it probably starts to really shine against the GDDR3.

Haven't done much memory overclock testing as yet as these cards already have such massive mem bandwidth. Also, when i did move it to 950 in AGT got some 2D artifacts. So need to test further.

**Jinxy** · 10-10-2007, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by 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!

Hi

I'm running 2 x 2900 Pro with the XT bios, Q6600 3 x SATA, DVD, Sound Card, 6 fans, and 12v pump of the 620HX and its doing it more than happily.

Steve

**Matkun** · 10-10-2007, 05:25 PM

Well, first overclocking, 806/999, stable for 6 hours with 1.15 voltage. Set the voltage down to 1.10 (default) now to see if it will still be stable.

ATI Tool seems to like freaking out if I set the memory above 999. The card can't seem to even set itself to 850 without throwing up at this voltage, so it looks like I'll be running at 806. That or ATI Tool just can't set it properly.

Also.. this thing is definitely related to a hairdryer, daaaamn it's loud.

**nosboost300** · 10-10-2007, 06:22 PM

'ive done 886/1017 or something like that.. i'll bring an orb link later 3dmarkable that is

**vpw** · 10-10-2007, 06:56 PM

will a flashed 2900pro provide comparable (or better) performance than a 640mb 8800GTS?

**Trike** · 10-10-2007, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Jinxy

Hi

I'm running 2 x 2900 Pro with the XT bios, Q6600 3 x SATA, DVD, Sound Card, 6 fans, and 12v pump of the 620HX and its doing it more than happily.

Steve

awesome! that's good to know. what are your clocks on your 2900's, what blocks are you using?

Thanks

**WrigleyVillain** · 10-10-2007, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by Matkun

ATI Tool seems to like freaking out

Yeah AT freaks out for me too in various ways tho my testing limited cuz i can't help but game so far

on that note sweet jebus ep2 looks amazing! ave fps 60 in the beg outdoor sequence 1920x1200 4x/8x gpu at 800...not bad...

alt tab out

**nosboost300** · 10-10-2007, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by WrigleyVillain

Yeah ATT freaks out for me too in various ways tho my testing limited cuz i can't help but game so far

on that note sweet jebus ep2 looks amazing! ave fps 60 in the beg outdoor sequence 1920x1200 4x/8x gpu at 800...not bad...

alt tab out

very nice, sadly mine only came with dungeon siege... those rat bastards.. i was excited i was gonna have me the orange box for free...

**WrigleyVillain** · 10-10-2007, 07:26 PM

Originally Posted by nosboost300

very nice, sadly mine only came with dungeon siege... those rat bastards.. i was excited i was gonna have me the orange box for free...

hah thats funny u say that cuz the 1GB had no bundle at all which iirc I complained about in my first post saying I didn't even get DS!

I bought my orange box on day 1 so I could play me some tf2

**nosboost300** · 10-10-2007, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by WrigleyVillain

hah thats funny u say that cuz the 1GB had no bundle at all which iirc I complained about in my first post saying I didn't even get DS!

I bought my orange box on day 1 so I could play me some tf2

well i forgot they included a free copy of lost coast... which is already free...

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