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Extended monitor 2d idle clock too low when GPU overclocked is finally resolved with this driver, clocks stay at 400/1200 (or whatever speed your GPU RAM is clocked at) instead of dropping to 157/300 which caused screen distortion.

I'm running the latest Sapphire bios which has a slightly newer version # than the latest Vapor-X bios, didn't have any issues running the Vapor-X bios though. http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/70080/Sapphire.HD5870.1024.100201.html Sapphire Game Edition Bios: VER012.019.000.006.036339...

Sapphire 1 GB Game Edition Bios 012.019.000.006.036339 Current Sapphire bios results test: Driver Packaging Version 8.71.3-100205a-095620E 2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1010 Direct3D Version 8.14.10.0735 OpenGL Version 6.14.10.9606 CCC Version 2010.0205.1306.23449 Two runs of the Heaven...

You were right on about the temps, I was pretty surprised to see the min-max improvements with the Vapor-X bios.

Here are the results of some quick testing with current Sapphire stock & Vapor-X Rev. 2 bios on my Sapphire 5870 with 2 monitors in extended mode. Driver Packaging Version 8.71.3-100205a-095620E 2D Driver Version 8.01.01.1010 Direct3D Version 8.14.10.0735 OpenGL Version...

Yep I was more wondering about the hardware compatibility vs the two boards. My 5870 runs perfectly for 99% of my needs, gaming and every day use is totally stable, but it suffers from the extended monitor + OC = too low idle clocks issue that many folks are experiencing, I keep expecting that...

I noticed that there is a new 2010 HD5870 Vapor-X bios in the database, would this bios work on a stock 5870 or is the hardware(besides the cooler) actually different? http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/68343/Sapphire.HD5870.1024.100203.html

Thanks for the replies, didn't really find anything on the ATI site except that multiple people are having similar issues to mine, on the bright side though I don't have to suspend my computer to get the display up on the HDTV which is what it seems like many folks with on-board 3x series video...

Thanks Sasqui, It appears that a few folks are experiencing this issue http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=95721&enterthread=y Cheers, Rob

Hi Sasqui, Thanks for the reply; what you suggested was described here: If HDTV is put into display position 1 on card, LCD in display position 2, LCD is set to primary display & HDTV is powered off/on, primary display reverts to HDTV// When the HDTV is powered off and I check Catalyst...

Hi all, I've got an issue that is quite a puzzler, need some opinions on whether card is faulty or not. My setup is Vista SP1, NForce4, Catalyst 8.9, all updates installed, LCD via DVI, HDTV via HDMI, HD4850 BIOS Version 011.004.000.000 BIOS Part Number 113-B50102-105// Upgraded from...

Hi folks, Sorry for the n00b question but I'm still pretty new to ATI, will the IceQ 3 cooler from my HIS 3870 swap right over to a 4850 without modification or will an aftermarket cooler be needed? Thanks, Rob

Feb 08 HIS Turbo bios I've been using this updated (Feb 2008) HIS Turbo bios on my 3870 ICEQ3, for the last few weeks with no problems. Link is to NCIX posting of HIS tech support email with HIS direct download link of updated bios...