LoneWolf15
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System Name | VADER |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Q9450 @3.2GHz |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-EP45-U3P 1.0, BIOS F10 |
Cooling | Thermalright TRUE Black, Scythe/Panaflo case fans |
Memory | 4 x 2GB G.Skill Pi, 400FSB @4-4-4-12, 2T |
Video Card(s) | XFX Radeon 5870 XXX Edition |
Storage | 3x Seagate 500GB 7.2k, RAID 5 |
Display(s) | Dell 2407WFP |
Case | Antec P160W (modded) |
Audio Device(s) | X-Fi XtremeGamer |
Power Supply | Xigmatek NRP-MC751 750w |
Software | Win7 x64 Enterprise |
Hi guys, new to the TPU forums, but not to PC's...
Some of us were on Overclock.net have been having some issues with gray vertical bars in games after 30-60 minutes with our XFX 5870-XXX edition cards; I have heard the same issues from others --more on that to follow.
One of the other forum members RMA-ed one of his cards, and when he received it back, he found it had a new BIOS. It dropped the memory clocks from 1300MHz to 1250MHz, but raised the core clock from 875MHz to 900MHz. It appears this BIOS may solve some of the gray-bar issues, what with the memory clock being slightly slower.
Since this is the primary site for good VGA BIOS downloads, I created an account here, and have validated with GPU-Z. Hopefully that has extracted the BIOS info (I didn't see confirmation) but I figured I'd post a link here too, I'm sure it will get noticed (and if necessary, uploaded by a mod).
http://www.mediafire.com/?202onundwnf
I accept no responsibility for b0rked cards, but I did flash this BIOS to mine, and it is working. The 5870-XXX is a reference-design card with higher clocks. For those XFX-5870 reference owners with standard clocks, there may be a BIOS update out there if you contact XFX with the same version. I searched for the BIOS version on Google (VER012.019.000.006.036339), and found it also appears to be used on some Sapphire cards, but did not see it posted here for XFX.
For those of you with the 5870-XXX edition, I hope you find this useful.
Some of us were on Overclock.net have been having some issues with gray vertical bars in games after 30-60 minutes with our XFX 5870-XXX edition cards; I have heard the same issues from others --more on that to follow.
One of the other forum members RMA-ed one of his cards, and when he received it back, he found it had a new BIOS. It dropped the memory clocks from 1300MHz to 1250MHz, but raised the core clock from 875MHz to 900MHz. It appears this BIOS may solve some of the gray-bar issues, what with the memory clock being slightly slower.
Since this is the primary site for good VGA BIOS downloads, I created an account here, and have validated with GPU-Z. Hopefully that has extracted the BIOS info (I didn't see confirmation) but I figured I'd post a link here too, I'm sure it will get noticed (and if necessary, uploaded by a mod).
http://www.mediafire.com/?202onundwnf
I accept no responsibility for b0rked cards, but I did flash this BIOS to mine, and it is working. The 5870-XXX is a reference-design card with higher clocks. For those XFX-5870 reference owners with standard clocks, there may be a BIOS update out there if you contact XFX with the same version. I searched for the BIOS version on Google (VER012.019.000.006.036339), and found it also appears to be used on some Sapphire cards, but did not see it posted here for XFX.
For those of you with the 5870-XXX edition, I hope you find this useful.