2900 Pro Owners Thread

[ownage]

OMG Nickless nice!
What cooling did you use? 4300mhz on a quadcore isn't low, and 996mhz corespeed on the 2900pro either

[nickless]

OMG Nickless nice!
What cooling did you use? 4300mhz on a quadcore isn't low, and 996mhz corespeed on the 2900pro either

The CPU is under Vapochill XEII and the card is under water (Swiftech MCW60) with two fans on bottom and one fan on top, and a lots of RAMsinks

[ownage]

My problem is the VRM temps. I see you have it sinked with Zalman heatsinks? How hot is you're VRM at full load?

[nickless]

My problem is the VRM temps. I see you have it sinked with Zalman heatsinks? How hot is you're VRM at full load?

VRM at full load with 1.35v Vmod BIOS and 1.513 by Ati tool is about 78-80*C according to Riva Tuner.

[MadDias]

Unfortunately I can't validate in ORB because all of 5 slots are full and in new Beta ORB site I can't see delete button for old rezults anywhere or I'm blind

LOL
if u get a results window like that in ur screenshot u either have

a) the old version of 3dmark06
or
b) a cracked 3dmark06

in both situations u can´t publish or save ur score in the orb.

[ZenEffect]

omfg i feel so stupid.

ok, so anybody that has trouble with setting their memory clocks above 900 with the latest catalyst releases *from 7.12 and up to be precise*?

before i figured out the inf fix... then spent FOREVER trying to hack overdrive. then i got the crazy idea today, what if i just use 2 6pin pci express power cables instead of a 6 and 8 (modded bios so who needs overdrive anyways right?) so i took out my grounding mod so i have just 2 6 pins once again. loaded the new catalyst 8.2 and tested with 3dmark06. the 3d works! wtf?!?!?! WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THIS BEFORE?!?!?!??!!

[nickless]

I've made some test with Cat 8.2, but it turned out that cat 7.11 is still the best driver for 3DMark06 benching for my card (maybe in games is different). On the same settings 8.2 gives me 200 Marks less then 7.11. Situation with 7.12 and 8.1 is the same
My old E6600@4150, GPU-800/2000
Here are the results:
Cat 7.11 - 12 409
Cat 7.11 Crysis pach - 12 418
Cat 7.12 - 12 338
Cat 8.1 - 12 370

[ZenEffect]

I've made some test with Cat 8.2, but it turned out that cat 7.11 is still the best driver for 3DMark06 benching for my card (maybe in games is different). On the same settings 8.2 gives me 200 Marks less then 7.11. Situation with 7.12 and 8.1 is the same
My old E6600@4150, GPU-800/2000
Here are the results:
Cat 7.11 - 12 409
Cat 7.11 Crysis pach - 12 418
Cat 7.12 - 12 338
Cat 8.1 - 12 370

i get the same results.. cept the numbers are a bit higher.

cat 7.11 is faster for 3dmark06 BUT the later versions are a bit faster in actual gaming.

courtesy of TruckChase
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&postcount=18

this man is dedicated to performance

[road-runner]

omfg i feel so stupid.

ok, so anybody that has trouble with setting their memory clocks above 900 with the latest catalyst releases *from 7.12 and up to be precise*?

before i figured out the inf fix... then spent FOREVER trying to hack overdrive. then i got the crazy idea today, what if i just use 2 6pin pci express power cables instead of a 6 and 8 (modded bios so who needs overdrive anyways right?) so i took out my grounding mod so i have just 2 6 pins once again. loaded the new catalyst 8.2 and tested with 3dmark06. the 3d works! wtf?!?!?! WHY DID I NOT THINK OF THIS BEFORE?!?!?!??!!

I will have to try this after I get my water cooling setup tomorrow...

[ZenEffect]

I will have to try this after I get my water cooling setup tomorrow...

and another satisfied wc user

just fyi... you will never go back to air again

what is the vid of your processor? i need 1.5 to be @ 4ghz prime stable....

man i need a maze4 for my nb....

[road-runner]

and another satisfied wc user

just fyi... you will never go back to air again

what is the vid of your processor? i need 1.5 to be @ 4ghz prime stable....

man i need a maze4 for my nb....

Mine is 1.2250, I am going my loop together tomorrow (saturday) I got tied up today. I have water on my single card right now, its on the same loop with my quad however I am adding the 2900 pro and giving them there own loop where the quad will have its on loop. I wonder if the northbridge stock cooler is good enough on these x38 MBs?

[ZenEffect]

Mine is 1.2250, I am going my loop together tomorrow (saturday) I got tied up today. I have water on my single card right now, its on the same loop with my quad however I am adding the 2900 pro and giving them there own loop where the quad will have its on loop. I wonder if the northbridge stock cooler is good enough on these x38 MBs?

i dont know on your mobo, but my maximus formula needs an upgrade... gotta drive all the way down to orange county tomorrow *45 min* to get some parts so i can rip this thing apart and put it back together on sunday (getting rid of all my blue led fans and putting in some scythe 110cfm for some push pull action... then installing some uv ccfl's for *bling*)

[nickless]

A little up of 16811 Mark06. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5272341
and settings:

I think this is maximum of my rig with this card. It seems 17k are impossible whithout hard Vmod

[ZenEffect]

ok so im ready to put my 2900xt's under some liquid cooling. what are your guy's thoughts on the mcw60 and ramsinks? should i get a full cover wb instead? if you are using a mcw60, then what are your load temps?

[SombaSan]

so........ya.......does anyone know the 2900pro fix for vista....it doesn't recognize my card after i flashed the bios to the 2900 XT.

Or does anyone know or have the orignial bios for the SAPPHIRE Model 100212SR HD2900pro BIOS? I would like to flash it back down.

[jorgito05]

The above test results seem low; want to improve them by adding a second card, but I can't find another Sapphire 2900xt w/1gb of GDDR4 like the one I have. Do see that newegg has a ATI brand with same specs 2900xt w/ 1gb GDDR4, will this one work together ok with my Sapphire; I think the drivers are different. Don't want to spend 520$ and not work.

Please advise! Anyone! Also I would have thought with the proccessor I have 3DMark06 would have given me a better score especialy being bummped up to 3.2g w/ 1:1 ratio on mem.

Any coments appreciated

[nickless]

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Or does anyone know or have the orignial bios for the SAPPHIRE Model 100212SR HD2900pro BIOS? I would like to flash it back down.

Here is a bios colection: http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/i...=&memSize=1024 And Pro bios is better then XT, because RAM timings of Pro are faster then XT

ok so im ready to put my 2900xt's under some liquid cooling. what are your guy's thoughts on the mcw60 and ramsinks? should i get a full cover wb instead? if you are using a mcw60, then what are your load temps?

I use MCW60 with a lot of RAM sinks+2 fans on bottom and 2x120 radiator in separated ring(see post #1102), and higher GPU temps that I,ve saw was 52*C under load 996/2466. The better variant is fullcover wb, but you can't use it after changing your card with another one in the future. Before I was with Nv8800GTS, now with ATI 2900 Pro and I still use the MCW60 There is mounting kit for NV and ATI.

And my GPU is in club 1GHz allready I manage to run it at 1007/2448 without voltmods and it gives me 16 901 Marks06 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5283124
and settings:

If there wasn't a bug with GPU voltages in ATI tool I think the GPU will run on higher speed but...

[ZenEffect]

Here is a bios colection: http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/i...=&memSize=1024 And Pro bios is better then XT, because RAM timings of Pro are faster then XT



I use MCW60 with a lot of RAM sinks+2 fans on bottom and 2x120 radiator in separated ring(see post #1102), and higher GPU temps that I,ve saw was 52*C under load 996/2466. The better variant is fullcover wb, but you can't use it after changing your card with another one in the future. Before I was with Nv8800GTS, now with ATI 2900 Pro and I still use the MCW60 There is mounting kit for NV and ATI.

And my GPU is in club 1GHz allready I manage to run it at 1007/2448 without voltmods and it gives me 16 901 Marks06 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5283124
and settings:

If there wasn't a bug with GPU voltages in ATI tool I think the GPU will run on higher speed but...

is a 2x120 in a seperate loop really needed? ive got a 1x120 and a 2x120 in the same loop on just my cpu *prep for wc video cards* and i was going to split the cpu and video cards with the 1x120 rad... pump to cpu to 1x120 to video cards to reservoir *cooled by fan* to 2x120 back to pump. should i purchase another pump and keep the 2 seperate? both rads are have min of 110cfm push pull *up to 130*
i still have pleanty of room in my armor.

[jorgito05]

Under catalist control/overclock, settings are stuck on GPU clock 507Mhz, Memory clock 514Mhz. Can't change them! I unlocked, move the sliders to desired settings, but the apply button won't light up. I run test, it passes, press ok, settings stay the same why?

Should I uninstall, and re-install? 507/514 is just too slow!

Please advise!

[MadDias]

The above test results seem low; want to improve them by adding a second card, but I can't find another Sapphire 2900xt w/1gb of GDDR4 like the one I have. Do see that newegg has a ATI brand with same specs 2900xt w/ 1gb GDDR4, will this one work together ok with my Sapphire; I think the drivers are different. Don't want to spend 520$ and not work.

Please advise! Anyone! Also I would have thought with the proccessor I have 3DMark06 would have given me a better score especialy being bummped up to 3.2g w/ 1:1 ratio on mem.

Any coments appreciated

any 2900 card will work in crossfire with ur existing card.
2900 XT/Pro 512mb/1gb
there´s no need to get the same card from the same company.
It´s crossfire not nvidias $hitty sli, where u need the exact same model of cards with the exact same bios.
all cards use the ati catalyst driver, there is no difference.

3ghz to 3.2ghz isn´t a huge jump... put ur mem on a divider and jump to 3.6ghz(or even higher) and u will see a big difference in 3dmark score.

[jorgito05]

any 2900 card will work in crossfire with ur existing card.
2900 XT/Pro 512mb/1gb
there´s no need to get the same card from the same company.
It´s crossfire not nvidias $hitty sli, where u need the exact same model of cards with the exact same bios.
all cards use the ati catalyst driver, there is no difference.

3ghz to 3.2ghz isn´t a huge jump... put ur mem on a divider and jump to 3.6ghz(or even higher) and u will see a big difference in 3dmark score.

Thank you for your quick responce, I appreciate your help with the info you gave me; Turns out newegg has a Diamond 2900xt 1gb GDDR4 for about 520.00$, but it doesent come with the crossfire bridge, will have to buy it seperately from Diamond products about 13.00$, I have my Sapphire bridge.

Thanks again!

[jorgito05]

Don't know whats wrong!

Under catalist control/overclock, settings are stuck on GPU clock 507Mhz, Memory clock 514Mhz. Can't change them! I unlocked, move the sliders to desired settings, but the apply button won't light up. I run test, it passes, press ok, settings stay the same why?

Already tried un-installing & re-install? 507/514 is just too slow!

Please advise!

[ZenEffect]

Don't know whats wrong!

Under catalist control/overclock, settings are stuck on GPU clock 507Mhz, Memory clock 514Mhz. Can't change them! I unlocked, move the sliders to desired settings, but the apply button won't light up. I run test, it passes, press ok, settings stay the same why?

Already tried un-installing & re-install? 507/514 is just too slow!

Please advise!

that is your 2d clocks. check in rivatuner if your clocks jump when you enter 3d.

on a side note... i just entered the 21k 3dmark06 club

boyakka!
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=5303203

[road-runner]

Got my x38 rig going yesterday evening. I can only seem to get 940/970 out of these cards but managed to push it to 22212 3DMark06 http://service.futuremark.com/result...eResultType=14

[ZenEffect]

Got my x38 rig going yesterday evening. I can only seem to get 940/970 out of these cards but managed to push it to 22212 3DMark06 http://service.futuremark.com/result...eResultType=14

n1 man!
i gotta order some parts to put my 2900's under liquid cooling. 21k with stock coolers was something i wanted to accomplish

is the 22k a new high mark for you?
going back to 7.11 for benchies should yeild another 300 or so points