2900 Pro Owners Thread

[ownage]

I made it more flat, and first it gave me +25mhz on the core. So cooling those little pulse chips definitely helps. I could do more then 950mhz with the Fur benchmark, and 930mhz 3dmark06. At this moment it isn't stable at any speed.

[WrigleyVillain]

Thanks. 20C difference or so is what Arctic Cooling claimed in their marketing materials so that's good that you are seeing similar results.

I figure with all those fans it should cool the VRM area well... Have you been able to clock higher than with the stock cooler?

[WrigleyVillain]

Can I xfire a Pro 512 and a 1GB?

[The Water Dog]

yes, but 1gb card becomes a 512 card

[madmanmarz]

8.2 drivers have the "HKR,, PP_ForceReportOverdrive4" line in there already. i checked it against the link put up for the 8.1's & vista 64 and in that, they are the same...i noticed that the line isn't in the same place as in xp (after all the fleshtone stuff). so it appears 8.2 are already fixed.

well, after 1.35v, max o/c was ~900mhz. sapphire 2900 pro 1.1 hynix bios works great, i was able to run 1050mhz without artifacts in rthdribl, but 3dmark stopped me just under 1000mhz.3d mark=12,200. max temps were about 66c after several 3dmark06 runs, but the fan speed was then @ 100%.
i did another bios, boot=default, 2d=.9v 375/415, 3d=1.2v & default clocks, uvd=default. i was able to get 876/950 stable after several 3dmark06 runs, which scores 12,100. idle temp is about 39-40c, load temps are 60c max.

so it look like my chip just sucks, but i'm very happy with my clocks @ 1.2v. btw, anyone see any noteworthy increases with higher memory clocks?

[ZenEffect]

vrm seems to be getting hot... im afraid of even playing games! wtf?

touches 100c in 3dmark06

i guess i have to try something else, or re-do the thermal adhesive. *have a 120mm fan blowing right on them!*

what is the typical "safe" range of the vrm?