HD 2900 Series Overclocking and Feedback thread

EastCoasthandle · Nov 4, 2007

Well with the introduction of the 3800 series the 2900 may reach EOL (end of line).

yogurt_21 · Nov 4, 2007

probably, but at least it had a longer run than the x1800's lol

Wile E · Nov 4, 2007

yogurt_21 said:
probably, but at least it had a longer run than the x1800's lol

Which I also bought at launch. lol. Damn my stupid Early-Adopter Syndrome! :roll:

stinzza · Nov 17, 2007

is there any software for adjusting the voltage on the 2900

EastCoasthandle · Nov 17, 2007

stinzza said:
is there any software for adjusting the voltage on the 2900

There is ATI Tool but I haven't noticed much of a difference tweaking voltage then upping GPU/Mem vs upping the GPU/MEM only.

Duffman · Dec 29, 2007

I've been trying to find other ways to oc my new dual 2900 crossifre setup. Is there any other way besides using the CCC to overclock both cards? ATI too doesn't seem to work very well (unless i'm doing something wrong).

I've been trying to use ATI tool to set the fan speed on both cards but it seems when i switch cards in the overclocking drop down menu, the fan speeds revert back to the stock maximum (38%)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

AphexDreamer · Dec 29, 2007

Duffman said:
I've been trying to find other ways to oc my new dual 2900 crossifre setup. Is there any other way besides using the CCC to overclock both cards? ATI too doesn't seem to work very well (unless i'm doing something wrong).

I've been trying to use ATI tool to set the fan speed on both cards but it seems when i switch cards in the overclocking drop down menu, the fan speeds revert back to the stock maximum (38%)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Google Riva Tuner, and go to there site and download it.

It overclocks the GPU and you can set the Fan speed to whatever you like and then save the settings so that when you reboot you don't have to set them again.

Also it makes a great monertering tool.

AphexDreamer · Jan 29, 2008

Check out my new overclock on my Pro...

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/bx7ez/

donttrustevery1 · May 2, 2008

AphexDreamer Check out my new overclock on my Pro...

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/bx7ez/

what are you using to cool that?!

mithrandir · May 8, 2008

I've had my HIS 2900gt for about 3 weeks now.

It's excellent, a tad noisy when fan is set over 50% :/

I've managed to OC it to 833/1035

EastCoasthandle · May 8, 2008

mithrandir said:
I've had my HIS 2900gt for about 3 weeks now.

It's excellent, a tad noisy when fan is set over 50% :/

I've managed to OC it to 833/1035

IMO the HIS version is the best version for this series. As long as you keep both the GPU and voltage regulators cool you should do fine. Enjoy!

AphexDreamer · May 9, 2008

donttrustevery1 said:
what are you using to cool that?!

An infinit amount of Liquid Nitrogen along with a customized and heavily modified Water Pump lol.

mithrandir · May 9, 2008

EastCoasthandle said:
IMO the HIS version is the best version for this series. As long as you keep both the GPU and voltage regulators cool you should do fine. Enjoy!

Well with room temps at 24oC, the gpu doesn't go beyond 72oC (mostly below 69oC)

However, we've had hot weather and the room temp has hit 26-28oC. The gpu temp rose to 74-75oC.

mithrandir · Sep 4, 2008

Does anyone else still have a 2900 in their rig?

AsRock · Sep 4, 2008

mithrandir said:
Does anyone else still have a 2900 in their rig?

Yep there's a few of us still lol. Trying to get my hands on a AC cooler for it loool.

mithrandir · Sep 5, 2008

Good to hear. Thought everyone has migrated to newer tech and I was the sole survivor of the HD2900

The AC cooler is available to buy from LambdaTek (UK).

mithrandir · Sep 5, 2008

ShinyHardware (UK) also have it in stock and seem to offer international delivery.

There are a couple of other UK sellers but they are dearer.

AsRock · Sep 5, 2008

mithrandir said:
ShinyHardware (UK) also have it in stock and seem to offer international delivery.

There are a couple of other UK sellers but they are dearer.

I'm in the US

.. Thanks for link works out about $8 dearer though

.

I have not updated for a few reason. Money being one, 2 being i don't think the new cards are all that, 3 kinda waiting for better idle watt usage. 4 being it be pointless till arma 2 is out maybe then it be worth it.

MarcusTaz · Sep 5, 2008

mithrandir said:
Does anyone else still have a 2900 in their rig?

In my old gaming rig that I let the kids use when they come over... :toast:

Duffman · Sep 18, 2008

errr, what do those snippets have to do with the 2900?

I still have two. One will be going for sale soon to pad the 4870x2 fund.

AsRock · Sep 19, 2008

Duffman said:
errr, what do those snippets have to do with the 2900?

I still have two. One will be going for sale soon to pad the 4870x2 fund.

hehe, All though i got mine down too 407 in 2D @ 0.9v and 820 in 3D @ 1.20 max GPU temp 59c with a room temp of 26c.

In fact the ram GPU PCB is not whats making all the heat it's the regs if only they could be cooled better.

Duffman · Sep 19, 2008

so the cooler is working well?

AsRock · Sep 19, 2008

Duffman said:
so the cooler is working well?

Yeah Cooler runs warm so it surly taking the heat away from the card for sure. The default fans on it are kinda crap though. Better fans would be nice

..

I had a Zalman fan on it used some valcro to stick it there for a bit to test it took a extra 5-8c of the temp. Keep the max temps lower thats for sure. Just those regs man they get hot and yeah i know they can get real dam hot without issue's but like to remove the heat from there all the same.

This one
http://www.sharkacomputers.com/zare12fanfor.html

I'm after some low profile ram heatsinks as i have some idea's to try hehe. it's just getting the cash lol.

Oliver · Oct 13, 2008

Yep

It does its duty......stock cooler & oc 850;1050; a game from time to time, and the usual day to day grit

NTerrio · Oct 28, 2008

n00b Question - 113-b00602-103 r600 gddr3_8mx32 512bit?

Hey gang,

Ok first, I'm not a guru of any sort...more a power user, so be gentle! lol

Here's the scenario: Yesterday, I moved my office from one room to another in the house. I have a Dell machine with WinXP and the HD2900XT.

The box has been working for nearly a year without problem. This morning however, I turned it on and got only this:

Black screen with this message: 113-B00602-103 R600 GDDR3_8Mx32 512bit

What would cause this?

Things I've tried:

Reseated the card
Change cables
Plugged in DVI, VGA and various combinations, etc

Help? (I've already contacted ATI - 3 techs...2 said it was not vid card...the 3rd said I needed to contact the manu of the card.)

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