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    Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
    Yeah, Warhead either I guess.

    DX10 is another matter altogether.

    The performance issues could be due to loosened timings on the memory. Has anyone been able to read the voltage used for the GDDR5. I haven't got there in my testing but it is possible that ATI lowered the GDDR5 voltage in order to keep power consumption under 300W. Therefore, they also needed to loosen timings in order to stay at the desired speed.

    Man, I'm grasping for straws here...
    1.10v for the GDDR.

    The problem has only one source, one big fat engineering...let's call it compromise. The memory clocks. 1000MHz with 2 x 256 bit bus simply does not cut it for these beasts. Of course, they clocked the memory down so they can lower the volts, so they can keep the power consumption and heat disipation low.

    Solution is pretty darn simple. 1.15v in GDDR, 1200MHz on the GDDR, and 2560x1600 is back on track, that's what I did
    Last edited by Monstru; 11-17-2009 at 07:35 AM.
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