Unleash the Gladiator (RV670): 862MHz GPU Clock Limit Fixed

[ryanmartini]

mines being held back by the psu. I cant wait till the Corsair get here!

Then the DuOrb and VMOD can work their magic

[slugzkea]

I don't use onboard audio and it is disabled in the bios so i don't know why windows is still reocnizing it

[hstuehmeyer2000]

the sapphire bios is useless, it does nothing.

And after flashing it, i now have an unkown PCI Device in my device manager.

Way to go Sapphire! bunch of noobs....i'll be flashing back to the original release very soon.

it works just fine with my sapphire HD 3870

[Glow9]

http://www.iax-tech.com/video/3800biosmod/03.htm
currently trying the 830/2400

I'm trying to follow along here but when I go to the bios there it says 830/1200 whats with the 2400?

[LordEC911]

I'm trying to follow along here but when I go to the bios there it says 830/1200 whats with the 2400?

1200mhz = 2400mhz effective (DDR)

[Glow9]

1200mhz = 2400mhz effective (DDR)

question 2, and sheash LordEC911 your like my forum encylopedia.

update:
after some testing i did the other night. the techpowerup bios compared to the stock bios. the techpowerup bios is faster. i get the same scores in HL2:Lost Coast.

1920x1200 4xAA/16xAA high everything, water - reflect world

stock bios @ 860/1300 in ATI overdrive - 103fps

techpowerup bios @ 840/1224 in ATI overdrive - 104fps

i ran 3 runs with the techpowerup bios to check and all of them were 104.xxfps. i guess some divider (duhh) makes it faster or memory timings?

also techpowerup bios fixes the fan throttling, goes up to 30-35% and still quiet.

Whats with this? So which BIOS is better to use then since there are new ones out since the modded ones I'm right confused. Also which 3870 is the best to go with? I'm not looking at spending much here keep in mind but I dont want a crappy card, Saphire the way to go or what? How much performance difference will I really see over my x1950xt is it even worth the upgrade right now?

[STEvil]

You guys should check the HIS bios as well, hardwarecanucks.com got to 2748 with it: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...preview-6.html

[PhilDoc]

You guys should check the HIS bios as well, hardwarecanucks.com got to 2748 with it: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...preview-6.html

I have the HIS 3870 and have benched 1404=2808. Haven't checked for artifacts, but didn't see any during the 3do6 run. I doubt that it would be totally artifact free, but not too bad.

[Unoid]

Now volt mod the core and mem and show us what 1ghz/2900mhz card does. Close to 8800Ultra?

[Tim_HKG]

I don't use onboard audio and it is disabled in the bios so i don't know why windows is still reocnizing it

It's the ATI HD audio device on HD 3870, not motherboard! You could download it on internet or just browse to your driver disk and install the HD audio driver and there will be "ATI Function Driver for High Definition Audio - ATI AA01" shown on your device manager......sigh!

[Astennu]

Now volt mod the core and mem and show us what 1ghz/2900mhz card does. Close to 8800Ultra?

I think the drivers will hold the HD3870 back in some apps.. But apps that have good support for the HD2xxx and HD3xxx series will run very fast I think it could beat the ultra then. Maybe even a SSC, AMP or XXX edition.

[RealyPssd]

I just got my HIS 3870, I have the 862MHz core limit.

Which BIOS should I flash to?

Is the "HD3870_PLLVCO_v010.071" one fine?

The file in that zip is called "S3B33904.103". If I re-name it 3870.bin will that work fine?

Also how do I dump/make a copy of the BIOS I'm using now?

Also, what EXACTLY do I have to do and type when I'm in DOS? What files do I put on my non-booting floppy?

Just whatever is it in the "Atiflash349" zip file?

Thanks

[Glow9]

Is there a flasher for Vista that works well?

[PhilDoc]

I used the winflash tool they have at Techpowerup and it worked fine on Vista.

[Glow9]

Is anyone using/ OCed a Visiontek 3870 I looked on their website and newegg and cant see what speed it runs at, guessing the same as the rest I'm not sure?

[ryanmartini]

I just got my HIS 3870, I have the 862MHz core limit.

Which BIOS should I flash to?

Is the "HD3870_PLLVCO_v010.071" one fine?

The file in that zip is called "S3B33904.103". If I re-name it 3870.bin will that work fine?

Also how do I dump/make a copy of the BIOS I'm using now?

Also, what EXACTLY do I have to do and type when I'm in DOS? What files do I put on my non-booting floppy?

Just whatever is it in the "Atiflash349" zip file?

Thanks

Do not rename it. Just load it into the winflash program and it will work

[hstuehmeyer2000]

Do not rename it. Just load it into the winflash program and it will work

why couldn't you rename it, it wouldn't change the data inside the actual file

[RealyPssd]

Well I did rename it and I flashed in DOS with ATIFlash.The flash went well.

Now I can get 891MHz on the core with no artifacts in ATI Tool. At 904MHz I get artifacting in ATI Tool.

Anything in between these 13.5 increments doesn't really work right?

I've gotten upto 1260 on my RAM without artifacts.

What's a normal 3DMark06 score for a 3870 with an nf4 / opteron s393 system?

My highest thus far is 7653 in 06.

I didn't format with the new card, just uninstalled the old drivers and software from my X850XT.

I'll probably format sometime soon to see if it makes any difference.

[jedimindtriks]

Well I did rename it and I flashed in DOS with ATIFlash.The flash went well.

Now I can get 891MHz on the core with no artifacts in ATI Tool. At 904MHz I get artifacting in ATI Tool.

Anything in between these 13.5 increments doesn't really work right?

I've gotten upto 1260 on my RAM without artifacts.

What's a normal 3DMark06 score for a 3870 with an nf4 / opteron s393 system?

My highest thus far is 7653 in 06.

I didn't format with the new card, just uninstalled the old drivers and software from my X850XT.

I'll probably format sometime soon to see if it makes any difference.

what bios are you using?

and which bios is considered the best one?

and has anyone a HIS3870 bios?

[TV Addict#2]

my visiontek one is scheduled for delivery today,if it proves to be able to run stable at the 875/1250 speeds than I'll flash with that bios,make a nice gaming upgade from the x1900

[PhilDoc]

Well I did rename it and I flashed in DOS with ATIFlash.The flash went well.

Now I can get 891MHz on the core with no artifacts in ATI Tool. At 904MHz I get artifacting in ATI Tool.

Anything in between these 13.5 increments doesn't really work right?

I've gotten upto 1260 on my RAM without artifacts.

What's a normal 3DMark06 score for a 3870 with an nf4 / opteron s393 system?

My highest thus far is 7653 in 06.

I didn't format with the new card, just uninstalled the old drivers and software from my X850XT.

I'll probably format sometime soon to see if it makes any difference.

Should be getting higher than 7K. I'm running a Opty 185 @ 3.18G and get 11.2K in XP at 891/1404. 10.7K in Vista 32bit and supprisingly 10.9K in win2008 32bit.

[RealyPssd]

I'm using the "HD3870_PLLVCO_v010.071" BIOS.

I formatted last night and now I'm up to 7.7K in '06 and 14063 on '05.

My 148 Opty is at 2.9GHz..

[Blacklash]

I've got two Powercolor HD 3870s incoming. I'll have results by the middle of next week.

[SquattingDog]

I'm using the "HD3870_PLLVCO_v010.071" BIOS.

I formatted last night and now I'm up to 7.7K in '06 and 14063 on '05.

My 148 Opty is at 2.9GHz..

Then yes, that should be about right mate. You are running a single-core after all. How much RAM you got? what speed?

Although in saying that...for the OC you've got ont he 3870 it does seem somewhat low..I would expect your 06 score to increase maybe ~1-2k with a dual core, and similarly again for a quad...

Btw this is some insane stuff, are these 3870's actually outperforming OC'd 8800GTs, 8800GTXes etc? I've been too lazy to read the thread/check ORB. Sorry guys ^^". I'm talking DX10 performance in games here eg Hellgate.

Getting over 10k with 8800GT stock on GF's machine (pretty std) its just a meagre 2.7Ghz E4300 with 2gb RAM on Vista Home Premium 32-bit with a P5N-E SLI mobo. 300x9. Ram is at 3-3-3-8, G.Skill BHZ D9-GMH stuff @ 2.1v.

[STEvil]

what bios are you using?

and which bios is considered the best one?

and has anyone a HIS3870 bios?

There are no modded HIS bioses yet that I know of.