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HD3870 powerplay bug
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Ketxxx
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| System Name | Ravens Talon |
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| Processor | AMD R7 3700X @ 4.4GHz 1.3v |
| Motherboard | MSI X570 Tomahawk |
| Cooling | Modded 240mm Coolermaster Liquidmaster |
| Memory | 2x16GB Klevv BoltX 3600MHz & custom timings |
| Video Card(s) | Powercolor 6800XT Red Devil |
| Storage | 250GB Asgard SSD, 1TB Integral SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda |
| Display(s) | 27" BenQ Mobiuz |
| Case | NZXT Phantom 530 |
| Audio Device(s) | Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E |
| Power Supply | 1000w Supernova |
| Software | Windows 10 x64 |
| Benchmark Scores | Fast. I don't need epeen. |
I never even gave powerplay a chance to mess with my 3870, I edited the BIOS so powerplay was effectively disabled - no problems to date.
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You cant actually disable powerplay as it is more involved than just clockspeeds, thats why ATI cant put any powerplay options into the CCC like the old mobile GPU's had. Different systems behave quite differently with even the same software running so some people get problems with it while others have no issues, CPU speed seems to be a big factor although its not clear why. My 3870 worked fine with Crysis, Bioshock & COD4 but a couple slightly older less demanding games were unplayable.. I didn't believe the folk that said it was my AMD64 4200 X2 that was the problem (didn't make any sense) got fed up in the end sold the 3870 & bought an 8800GTS 512 which works perfectly with everything I have thrown at it.
I gather with the 4870 they have made some changes to the hardware to eliminate Powerplay problems ... if they have got it sorted then I will probably buy a 4870 later in the year, need convincing first
I gather with the 4870 they have made some changes to the hardware to eliminate Powerplay problems ... if they have got it sorted then I will probably buy a 4870 later in the year, need convincing first
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| Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, Ryzen 9 5980HX |
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| Motherboard | MSI X570 Tomahawk |
| Cooling | Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4(With Noctua Fans) |
| Memory | 32Gb Crucial 3600 Ballistix |
| Video Card(s) | Gigabyte RTX 3080, Asus 6800M |
| Storage | Adata SX8200 1TB NVME/WD Black 1TB NVME |
| Display(s) | Dell 27 Inch 165Hz |
| Case | Phanteks P500A |
| Audio Device(s) | IFI Zen Dac/JDS Labs Atom+/SMSL Amp+Rivers Audio |
| Power Supply | Corsair RM850x |
| Mouse | Logitech G502 SE Hero |
| Keyboard | Corsair K70 RGB Mk.2 |
| VR HMD | Samsung Odyssey Plus |
| Software | Windows 10 |
yeah I got ccc crashing on my old 3850 and 3870 so I set the clock to run at the 3d speeds and ccc never crashed again, it was wierd