what bios should i flash to sapphire hd5870?

unlovedhomie · Apr 20, 2012

hello.
im a noob so please bear with me. i am trying to run 2 hd5870's in crossfire. i have a daimond hd5870 flashed to msi and it works fine and can even overclock it . i also have a sapphire hd5870 and its been having probs. if i over clock it it random crashes and clocks rest to 850 mhz/1200 (mem) mhz and has iffy proformemce with or with out crossfire. it has already been rma'd and crashes happen less now but only in pci-e slot 1. is does pci-e 16 and pci-e 8 that important? both slots clock down to pci-e x8 in crossfire but google says thats not a biggie.
i would like to flash the bios of the shappire card to something else (msi) to see if that makes it more stable but i think its on a custom pcb , so i have no clue what bios would be safe for shappire. what should i use? thanks.

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daimond radeon hd5870 1gig (msi bios from techpowerup)

Frogger · Apr 20, 2012

that card IS a custom pcb & the bios you have on it is 1 of the best for that pcb
if the sapphire is giving you trouble try down clocking it to 775/1175 & test
or switch the cards in the slots
I run 2 of these [see specs] @ 890/1275 & they will crash every now & then just play with the clocks untill you find the SWEET spot every card has 1

unlovedhomie · Apr 20, 2012

thanks frogger for the fast reply.
that makes me sad then cuz now it means i have to find a different cause to this prob.
im leaning to never buying shappire again.

Athlon2K15 · Apr 20, 2012

Its not Sapphires fault your card doesnt overclock. It does what it is supposed to do

unlovedhomie · Apr 21, 2012

AthlonX2 said:
Its not Sapphires fault your card doesnt overclock. It does what it is supposed to do

no it has tese problems even when i dont overclock. sorry if that wasn't clear.

i have changed ports already. it helps but doesn't cure the problem.
and its only the shappire card.
even if i run it alone it doesn't match up to the daimond card/msi bios.
am i expecting to much? can the shappire card just not match the daimond card even though they are both hd5870's ?

eidairaman1 · Apr 21, 2012

unlovedhomie said:
no it has tese problems even when i dont overclock. sorry if that wasn't clear.

i have changed ports already. it helps but doesn't cure the problem.
and its only the shappire card.
even if i run it alone it doesn't match up to the daimond card/msi bios.
am i expecting to much? can the shappire card just not match the daimond card even though they are both hd5870's ?

run the cards separately for stability testing

unlovedhomie · Apr 21, 2012

eidairaman1 said:
run the cards separately for stability testing

tried that already. no change. daimond/msi works fine, shappire does not.

erocker · Apr 21, 2012

unlovedhomie said:
tried that already. no change. daimond/msi works fine, shappire does not.

Flashing the bios isn't going to solve a broken card. Keep the settings at stock and try using a program like MSI Afterburner to increase voltage a little, then check stability again. Also, what are the temps like?

Frogger · Apr 21, 2012

erocker said:
Flashing the bios isn't going to solve a broken card. Keep the settings at stock and try using a program like MSI Afterburner to increase voltage a little, then check stability again. Also, what are the temps like?

that card has a up6213 non-digital controller on it no voltage control.. the bios on it has a 3D voltage of 1.2v

unlovedhomie · Apr 22, 2012

afterburner didnt give me options to up volts and now i know why thank you.
from what everyone is telling me i should stop trying to look at the card and maybe look somewhere eles. should i orry about upgradiing cpu/mobo first and hope ?

thanks again frogger and everyone btw.

Red_Machine · Apr 22, 2012

If it's crashing at stock clocks, then you need to RMA it. Sounds like a bad GPU.

Frogger · Apr 22, 2012

Have you tried using an older set of drivers? I assume your using 12.3. Run ATIman Then try 11.12 or 11.11 and see. Amd have done some funny things with the last few sets of 12.xx drivers can't hurt to try before you resort to other options

unlovedhomie · Jun 14, 2012

thx all.
this card was rma'd already. this is the card they replaced it with.
tried older drivers and newer drivers.
it seems to be ok at stocks now, no clue why.
i wont be trying crossfire after next upgrade (in a few years).
thx for all the help.

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