HD 2900 Series Overclocking and Feedback thread

[stinzza]

No not too good.....no overclock I assume?

i got my mainboard as a demo.. and i installed all that i got from asus.com(p5w ah deluxe).. but all in seperated drivers..you know.. and allsaw in 05 i got 12312.. but in cputest nr1 =2,4fps..
cputest nr2 =3,5fps......what the f.. i got more with my old 2.4 pentium...

 

[EastCoasthandle]

cat 7.6 released today.

 

[MarcusTaz]

cat 7.6 released today.

Thanks for the heads up Bro!

My card is now @ 53c at idle, a full 10 degrees lower then before..... this is great!!

Performance seems to be the same, and under full load the temps still are approx 83c

However the temp @ idle droping a full 10c is great news and I would assume the card in 2d mode consumes less wattage, although I have no definitive proof of this, pure logic, lol...

 

[stinzza]

9176-3dmark06.. tweaked= cpu 1860mhz to 2450mhz... mem 800mhz--2.10v to 875mhz.. atitool= 631.core 711.mem... no volt

 

[MarcusTaz]

OK the 7.6 cause Windows Media Center to BSOD the PC. I get an "a driver is stuck in an infinate loop" BSOD error when I try and watch TV... I have rolled back to 7.5 and all is fine... I tried 2 times uninstalling 7.5 then using driver cleaner etc and reinstall 7.6 but no go same error...

Can anyone else confirm they are having the same error? Media center wil launch fine but as soon as i click the live TV she locks up maybe will show a bit pf programing but it is all pixelated and then bam BSOD...

 

[Tatty_Two]

OK the 7.6 cause Windows Media Center to BSOD the PC. I get an "a driver is stuck in an infinate loop" BSOD error when I try and watch TV... I have rolled back to 7.5 and all is fine... I tried 2 times uninstalling 7.5 then using driver cleaner etc and reinstall 7.6 but no go same error...

Can anyone else confirm they are having the same error? Media center wil launch fine but as soon as i click the live TV she locks up maybe will show a bit pf programing but it is all pixelated and then bam BSOD...

Try uninstalling DirectX before you load the new cat drivers and then re-install directX afterwards, I had similar problems with a driver update when I had my 1800XT and was advised to try that and it worked at that time for me.

 

[MarcusTaz]

Try uninstalling DirectX before you load the new cat drivers and then re-install directX afterwards, I had similar problems with a driver update when I had my 1800XT and was advised to try that and it worked at that time for me.

OK how would you uninstall DirectX, never did this...

Thanks for the advise will give it a try as soon as I know how to do it.

Also I am running Vista 32 bit if this makes a differnce.

 

[Tatty_Two]

OK how would you uninstall DirectX, never did this...

Thanks for the advise will give it a try as soon as I know how to do it.

Also I am running Vista 32 bit if this makes a differnce.

Ahhh sorry didnt realise, cancel that, wont work with vista/dx10.

 

[MarcusTaz]

Ahhh sorry didnt realise, cancel that, wont work with vista/dx10.

Oh well, I submitted a bug log to ATI, let's hope they get it sorted out for 7.7...

Tried LostPlanet Dx10 demo again with no luck, still junk...

 

[yogurt_21]

@ stizna your hd shouldn't need to be oced without a significant clock on your cpu. try running your connie at something like 3.2 and then run 06 with your hd at default, should be close to 11k.

 

[MIP_1983]

OK the 7.6 cause Windows Media Center to BSOD the PC. I get an "a driver is stuck in an infinate loop" BSOD error when I try and watch TV... I have rolled back to 7.5 and all is fine... I tried 2 times uninstalling 7.5 then using driver cleaner etc and reinstall 7.6 but no go same error...

Can anyone else confirm they are having the same error? Media center wil launch fine but as soon as i click the live TV she locks up maybe will show a bit pf programing but it is all pixelated and then bam BSOD...

Yea, I get exactly the same myself. I've submitted a ticket to ATI/AMD, I'll let you know how I get on.

 

[MarcusTaz]

Anyone rate the performance of these driver? It seems my framerates have suffered a little in COD2...

ETQW beta does allow me to turn on AA, unlike 7.5 where my game would crash... Some good things and more bad...

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Anyone rate the performance of these driver? It seems my framerates have suffered a little in COD2...

ETQW beta does allow me to turn on AA, unlike 7.5 where my game would crash... Some good things and more bad...

Try re-installing June 2007 directx update then reboot and see what happens.

 

[MarcusTaz]

Will do East, thanks for the advise. Will try later on tonight when I get home and post back.

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Lost planet update to fix AA should be on the way
source

side note look at the bottom edit time/date stamp

 

[MarcusTaz]

Ok I applied the full June Dx10 update and no go, still BSOD the PC when media center is launch and I try and select "live tv"...


Thanks anyway Eastcoasthandle...

Lost Coast? or did you mean Lost Planet?

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Oh well it was worth a try. It appears to be some sort of driver bug. Did you try one of their hot fixes. There are a bunch of them
maybe one of them actually fixes the problem

 

[MarcusTaz]

Oh well it was worth a try. It appears to be some sort of driver bug. Did you try one of their hot fixes. There are a bunch of them
maybe one of them actually fixes the problem

Thanks man but no resolution...

I have submitted another ticket, this time under "My Support" to make sure I can track the progress of it...

Thanks again brother for all the updates, your a true ATI fan!!

 

[MIP_1983]

Thanks man but no resolution...

I have submitted another ticket, this time under "My Support" to make sure I can track the progress of it...

Thanks again brother for all the updates, your a true ATI fan!!

What TV card do you have?

 

[EastCoasthandle]

Thanks man but no resolution...

I have submitted another ticket, this time under "My Support" to make sure I can track the progress of it...

Thanks again brother for all the updates, your a true ATI fan!!

no problem

 

[MarcusTaz]

What TV card do you have?

Diamond XT 2900

 

[MIP_1983]

Diamond XT 2900

Is that your tv tuner card or your graphics card? E.g. I've got an HIS 2900 XT and a Hauppage PVR 500 tv tuner card.

 

[MarcusTaz]

Is that your tv tuner card or your graphics card? E.g. I've got an HIS 2900 XT and a Hauppage PVR 500 tv tuner card.

Ah I have the ATI HDTV TV Wonder...

 

[MarcusTaz]

Ok been in contact with ATI... I have uploaded a msinfo32.nfo to them to assist in determining the problem. I am confident they will get it worked out. You know this ticket system is so great. With my Nvidia cards I had no one to directly assist me with any issues. ATI rocks in this dept for sure...

 

[MIP_1983]

Ok been in contact with ATI... I have uploaded a msinfo32.nfo to them to assist in determining the problem. I am confident they will get it worked out. You know this ticket system is so great. With my Nvidia cards I had no one to directly assist me with any issues. ATI rocks in this dept for sure...

I agree with you there, though somtimes you have to jump through a load of hoops to convice the ati support person that its a problem with their driver. I had problems with the 2D/3D clock switching on 7.5 (that where fixed in 7.6), but ati support where telling me my hardware could be faulty :shadedshu

I've uploaded the same info to them myself (last week) and I've not had a reply yet. Maybe they're working on a hotfix.