2900 Pro Owners Thread

[jorgito05]

With refferance to what I previously mentioned to the insignificant performance change after installing second card. I just noticed the following.

In catalist as you will see bellow crossfire showes up on the graphics settings list and as you can see I have it en-abled, but on the Graphics adapter field that I have oppened, it only shows the #1 card ? Also on second pic bellow showing the information center, I only see one card?

Could this be the problem? How do I fix ? In "My Computer"/hardware/divice manager/display adapters, I see both cards.
In "System Information" /components/display, I see both cards.???





What's wrong???

[cadaveca]

pls check under overdrive tab, both cards should be listed there...other places only list the adapter in use.

[jorgito05]

pls check under overdrive tab, both cards should be listed there...other places only list the adapter in use.

Only one card under overdrive! Also if I plug my monitor on the lower card I get no display.

Edit: I'm sorry, I just unlocked overdrive, and it shows up, as follows:
ATI Radion 2900xt [L226WTQ]
ATI Radion 2900xt

[cadaveca]

Then you are good to go.

[ZenEffect]

wow i dont know if i would have everything on 1 loop with that small rad. i have a 240mm and a 120mm in a big loop. pump to cpu to 120mm rad to gpu to gpu to 240mm rad to res back to pump... and i still find it getting too hot. you should think about a 2nd loop to keep everything nice and cool.

[MadDias]

you need to set the playback to ati not your default sound card. its on the control panel under sound and audio devices. click the audio tab and select the ati device there.

well.. i don´t know what u think of me... i´m not dumb
of course i set the playback to one of my cards. both outputs don´t work.
i just wanted to know if it may be the modded bios causing this.
would be nice if someone with a modded bios can check if his hdmi audio is still working.
but i guess it´s something software related. maybe nero is the cause for my silent hdmi. i´ll uninstall it and check if it´s working.

[road-runner]

I know when I used the bios from my xt card on my 2900 pro only one card would show up. I was thinking windows was only seeing one because both had the same exact bios so I got a xt bios off the net and flashed the pro card again then both showed up...

[jorgito05]

wow i dont know if i would have everything on 1 loop with that small rad. i have a 240mm and a 120mm in a big loop. pump to cpu to 120mm rad to gpu to gpu to 240mm rad to res back to pump... and i still find it getting too hot. you should think about a 2nd loop to keep everything nice and cool.

That's a nice set-up that you mentiond reguarding the way you have your loop. I think I might try that too once I get my piggie-back rad installed.

Reguarding what I previously asked you about adding a second pump in-line; Do you think that's a good idea or not? What would you do? Here is a pic I took out of my manual showing my pump and res. assembly:



As I mentioned before this looks like one permanent assy. I think I may need more pump after adding all the extra components but I don't want to eliminate this because there is a sight glass in the front of my case that shows the fluid level in this res. That's why I was thinking of an in-line secondary pump. What is you opinion?

[ZenEffect]

well.. i don´t know what u think of me... i´m not dumb
of course i set the playback to one of my cards. both outputs don´t work.
i just wanted to know if it may be the modded bios causing this.
would be nice if someone with a modded bios can check if his hdmi audio is still working.
but i guess it´s something software related. maybe nero is the cause for my silent hdmi. i´ll uninstall it and check if it´s working.

if that is not the problem then i am out of ideas. nobody called you dumb, its just that the simplest answers are usually the ones most overlooked. a modded bios should not effect hdmi playback as it is all driver controlled. from what you have said, it may even be nero needs to be configured to use the ati as default sound playback device... if not then perhaps it is just not compatible with that player. mabye you even need to go so far as contact ati customer support. sorry that i couldnt be of any help

[ZenEffect]

That's a nice set-up that you mentiond reguarding the way you have your loop. I think I might try that too once I get my piggie-back rad installed.

Reguarding what I previously asked you about adding a second pump in-line; Do you think that's a good idea or not? What would you do? Here is a pic I took out of my manual showing my pump and res. assembly:



As I mentioned before this looks like one permanent assy. I think I may need more pump after adding all the extra components but I don't want to eliminate this because there is a sight glass in the front of my case that shows the fluid level in this res. That's why I was thinking of an in-line secondary pump. What is you opinion?

i would keep that loop in tact and put the vids on a seperate loop altogether with its own res, rad and pump. the way my loop is working is not efficient it seems so 2 different loops would be ideal.

[jorgito05]

i would keep that loop in tact and put the vids on a seperate loop altogether with its own res, rad and pump. the way my loop is working is not efficient it seems so 2 different loops would be ideal.

When you said that, I knew right away that's the thing to do. Whi din't I think of that Thanks !

[MadDias]

if that is not the problem then i am out of ideas. nobody called you dumb, its just that the simplest answers are usually the ones most overlooked. a modded bios should not effect hdmi playback as it is all driver controlled. from what you have said, it may even be nero needs to be configured to use the ati as default sound playback device... if not then perhaps it is just not compatible with that player. mabye you even need to go so far as contact ati customer support. sorry that i couldnt be of any help

thanks for trying to help me.
i´m already in contact with amd tech support. seems as if they ran out of ideas too. it´s not that a certain software doesn´t use the ati audio device. windows itself doesn´t use it. i don´t hear that "bling" when u move the slider to adjust the volume in the taskbar icon. i´m very tempted to reinstall windows... if only i wouldn´t have that many torrents running at the moment

EDIT: LOL... lazyness causes trouble... why am i always too lazy to completely shut down my lcd-tv? it´s always on standby. i just hit the on/off button on the backside of my tv (it´s in a hard to reach position) and guess what.. after turning the tv on again i got my hdmi sound back..

[ZenEffect]

thanks for trying to help me.
i´m already in contact with amd tech support. seems as if they ran out of ideas too. it´s not that a certain software doesn´t use the ati audio device. windows itself doesn´t use it. i don´t hear that "bling" when u move the slider to adjust the volume in the taskbar icon. i´m very tempted to reinstall windows... if only i wouldn´t have that many torrents running at the moment

EDIT: LOL... lazyness causes trouble... why am i always too lazy to completely shut down my lcd-tv? it´s always on standby. i just hit the on/off button on the backside of my tv (it´s in a hard to reach position) and guess what.. after turning the tv on again i got my hdmi sound back..

like i said the simplest things often are the most overlooked

[bobbobson]

like i said the simplest things often are the most overclocked

Fix'd

[ownage]

Does someone know the highest overclock on water with HD2900-PRO or XT?

When my pwm and memory cooling arrives i will try to get the highest OC on water

[WrigleyVillain]

Ask Nickless, Truckchase or Martin.v.r

[ZenEffect]

wtf is wrong with catalyst 8.3

cpu score drops to 3000
overall score drops from 22k+ to 13k



what garbage! ive gone back to 7.11

[jorgito05]

My AVG Anti-virus detected a Trojan Horse in the CPUZ.exe as it initiated last nigh; It quarrentined but not till after some of my .Dll files where corrupted or changed. Now I ger error mesiges all the time.

Thought you guys might want to know!

[road-runner]

My AVG Anti-virus detected a Trojan Horse in the CPUZ.exe as it initiated last nigh; It quarantined but not till after some of my .Dll files where corrupted or changed. Now I get error mesiges all the time.

Thought you guys might want to know!

Mine done the same thing the other day, I figured it was a false alarm but I let it quarantined it and downloaded a new one...

[madmanmarz]

someone please help, whenever my card goes into 3d mode, it causes a crash when coming back into 2d. also, the gpu doesn't go into 3d mode unless the app is in full screen (ati tool, rthdribl, etc). i've tried different bios editors, different bios', different drivers.

i used rbe v1.07, with the 1.1hynix 2900pro bios, 8.3 drivers with inf fix, boot clocks are stock, 2d are 300/400 .8v, low 3d stock, high 3d 1.35 stock clocks, uvd/vid1 are stock.

this is killing me!!!

[madmanmarz]

ends up if i change my 2d clocks, i get this crash. i tried .9v and stock clocks for 2d and everything works fine.

[JoeWho]

Hello all,

I'm asking for some help! Here are my system spec's.

Gigabyte X38-DQ6 BIOS F8
Q6700 @ 4.2GHZ, Mushkin 2-2gb Redline PC8000 H20
2ea Shaphire 2900pros 1gb in CF H20
850W PSU, DELL Raptor

After reading this really great thread I have so far.

1. Flashed my pros to XT bios. 777/1000
2. Used Quatom editor to up 3d volts to 1.3v, and set clocks to 850/999.

With current setup 3dmark06= 21,409.

I can't get ATI Tool to work at all. RivaTuner seems to conflict with CCC at clocks above CCC max of 858 core. I tried to use Quatom editor to set core clocks above 858 but then have CCC issues like no crossfire. With a single card I have no issues passing 858 core.

Here's my question. What do I do to run Crossfire above 858 core?

Oh, and should I be changing any other values in Quatom Bios editor besides 3d voltage?

Thanks

[ZenEffect]

someone please help, whenever my card goes into 3d mode, it causes a crash when coming back into 2d. also, the gpu doesn't go into 3d mode unless the app is in full screen (ati tool, rthdribl, etc). i've tried different bios editors, different bios', different drivers.

i used rbe v1.07, with the 1.1hynix 2900pro bios, 8.3 drivers with inf fix, boot clocks are stock, 2d are 300/400 .8v, low 3d stock, high 3d 1.35 stock clocks, uvd/vid1 are stock.

this is killing me!!!

it happened to me too. your 2d volts are too low, try .875 as that is what i found to be the lowest and stable.

[ZenEffect]

Hello all,

I'm asking for some help! Here are my system spec's.

Gigabyte X38-DQ6 BIOS F8
Q6700 @ 4.2GHZ, Mushkin 2-2gb Redline PC8000 H20
2ea Shaphire 2900pros 1gb in CF H20
850W PSU, DELL Raptor

After reading this really great thread I have so far.

1. Flashed my pros to XT bios. 777/1000
2. Used Quatom editor to up 3d volts to 1.3v, and set clocks to 850/999.

With current setup 3dmark06= 21,409.

I can't get ATI Tool to work at all. RivaTuner seems to conflict with CCC at clocks above CCC max of 858 core. I tried to use Quatom editor to set core clocks above 858 but then have CCC issues like no crossfire. With a single card I have no issues passing 858 core.

Here's my question. What do I do to run Crossfire above 858 core?

Oh, and should I be changing any other values in Quatom Bios editor besides 3d voltage?

Thanks

just flash your bios' to the proper core value and skip ati tool. if you are trying to monitor temps, gpu-z does a much better job than ati tool. also...
8.3 DRIVERS SUCK
im still on 7.11 after testing the rest

[WrigleyVillain]

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8.3 DRIVERS SUCK

Care to elaborate on that? No problems here...