Gigabyte finally debuts its HD 5870 Super Overclock card

[miahallen]

So this means that even if things are not working 100% right now....SW voltage control will work eventually, right Dinos?

[SKYMTL]

I'm personally a bit disappointed that Gigabyte didn't stick with the original beta interface that was just so much more simple. I just don't like these big, complicated UIs with a ton of buttons which seem to need an instruction manual just to get it working right.

[dinos22]

what are you talking about





mia i guess so

[SKYMTL]

what are you talking about

The software interface that the retail cards ship with. They could have fit that all into a design that was much more user friendly. The SoC Tuner interface was posted earlier in this thread.

[dinos22]

i havent seen it
screencap?

[miahallen]

I'm personally a bit disappointed that Gigabyte didn't stick with the original beta interface that was just so much more simple. I just don't like these big, complicated UIs with a ton of buttons which seem to need an instruction manual just to get it working right.

+1.....I totally agree The first one is the better of the two. Although I don't mind something inbetween either (like MSI AB).
"OC Guru Graphic Card Smart Tuner"....heh, give me a break

[dinos22]

i see what you mean heh

[AndreYang]

I love hardmod more than software. Real good 3D ocers will understand what I mean.

[mike]

I love hardmod more than software. Real good 3D ocers will understand what I mean.

Good thing we can't use ES samples in the Gigabyte 3D challenge - cause that make it too easy for the not so good 3D ocers

[dinos22]

[miahallen]

Got my card...OC Guru was on the disc and is working fine for me
Pics of the card posted in the v-mods section if anyone wants to work on it before I get a chance to try

[Jor3lBR]

Got my card...OC Guru was on the disc and is working fine for me
Pics of the card posted in the v-mods section if anyone wants to work on it before I get a chance to try

Hey Mia!

Did you raise vgpu on OC Guru and check volts with digital multimeter?

[DEVIL K-ce]

Hey Mia!

Did you raise vgpu on OC Guru and check volts with digital multimeter?

If You set 1.29v with OC Guru, then You have 1.29 with dmm. 5 min ago I check this.

[Jor3lBR]

If You set 1.29v with OC Guru, then You have 1.29 with dmm. 5 min ago I check this.

Nice that's a start I didn't try OC Guru on mine yet.

Wonder why Mike's & Benchzowner's cards had a stuck vgpu even when raising the volts thru oc guru

[BenchZowner]

Mods & software posted here

[Jor3lBR]

Tested mine today and OC Guru works fine for RETAIL card and Vgpu raising up to 1.30v.

Now all you have to do is the VID mod to 1.40v and then use OC Guru to raise till 1.6 if needed

Card clocks very well on air.

[BenchZowner]

So the only one for whom the software doesn't work is me ?
That sounds so typical of me and my f*ing bad luck.
1. Software voltage control not working.
2. Card dieing without a reason.

Nice...

[dinos22]

card died????

[BenchZowner]

Of course it would, if something can clock crap ( this time it was impossible, since it was pretested by a nice person at Gigabyte ) it'll come to me.
If something's about to break, surely it'll come to me.

VID mod to 1.35V.
Real voltage applied 1.4V ( stupid thing overvolts by 0.04 - 0.05V ).
30 secs of operation at 1.4V on air cooling, boot into Windows, check temp ( 43C ), moving the CCC window a bit to open up DRHDRIBL to check if the voltage stays put or droops on 3D load I notice that there's some color washout in the CCC titlebar.
Opens up DRHDRIBL and artifacts all over the place.
Shut down immediately, VID mod to 1.25V ( 1.3V real )... test again, artifacts again.

I think it's a bad memory chip or a broken solder joint ( gonna bake the card in a few mins )

[BenchZowner]

Nope, warming up the card in an attempt to get some joints "re-done" didn't work, card still artifacts

[Xoulz]

+1.....I totally agree The first one is the better of the two. Although I don't mind something inbetween either (like MSI AB).
"OC Guru Graphic Card Smart Tuner"....heh, give me a break

OMG is that^ gaudy... keep it simple stupid, imo!

[Manicdan]

OMG is that^ gaudy... keep it simple stupid, imo!

i second that,
i like something where you have the control panel nice and big and easy to work with, but the information panel can be kept small so u can leave it on your desktop or as a mouseover tooltip on the toolbar.

[onethreehill]

Gigabyte HD 5870 Super Overclock Review
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/...dup/page18.asp

[onethreehill]

Gigabyte HD 5870 1GB Super Overclock Review
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...ck-review.html

[onethreehill]

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