Sapphire X800 GTO² - Already running 16 pixel pipelines out of the box!?

[dubyoo]

Just fitted my ATi Silencer 5r2. Idle temp now around 30 degrees celsius using X850XT bios instead of 57. Reaches 55 with ATiTools test running.
The max speeds for core and memory now reported as 535 & 575. Better than before, but still not PE level.

 

[trog100]

slowly do it manually and it will go up more.. one at time.. when either shows artifacts or crashes u know its limit.. no need to run things (the furry dice) for ages.. when u reach either the core limit or the memory limit u will soon know.. the find max speed thing is for dweebs..

u will also see the artifacts pretty quick as well..

when u find the real limit.. take it back about 10 to 15 mhz find the other one and do the same.. then run 2005 a few times for real stability tests.. nothing is gonna report your real max speeds accurately u have to do that yourself..

trog

 

[HookeyStreet]

if your talkin to me i was talking about his brothers card he said it only had 12.

No m8, I was just saying in general

 

[EvilCook]

i got one of those cards 4 days ago, oced it tonight and so far these are my results:
stock speeds 3dmark2005 results:

OCed 555/570 3dmark2005 results:

once im done with this card, monday\sunday i will make a thorough post about it. so far it looks very promising

Edit: i havnt flashed the BIOS yet.

 

[EvilCook]

this card is amazing!!@#

the core is far from being maxed out! and it will be after i get Arctic Silver 5 under that heatpipe block!

 

[peta01]

I'm thinking maybe the retailers that you bought the card off had already had a play and perhaps unlocked the 16 pipes already. Personally i'd prefer to do it myself, then at least i know it was done right. But if it works, it works i guess.

No I though this too, but all new GTO2s are comming with 16p and special "R480 XL bios".
I was talking about this problem in thread X800GTO2 getting worse, but noone cared about it.

 

[largon]

this card is amazing!!@#

the core is far from being maxed out! and it will be after i get Arctic Silver 5 under that heatpipe block!

http://img.techpowerup.org/060128/3dmark_extreme260.jpg

That's quite impressive score for those clocks.

Your (aircooled) Sapphire GTO2 C561MHz M615MHz
-> 3DMark05: 6966

My (watercooled and vmodded) C3D GTO (R423, 2.0ns) does just barely higher scores at considerably higher core frequency than your GTO2.
Opteron 146 @ 2.8GHz / C630MHz M582MHz 16P (vGPU: 1,65, vDD: 2,35, vDDQ: 2,35)
-> 3DMark05: 7281 / CPU score: 5199 (24/7 setting with no benching tweaks)

According to the GPU database X850 and X800 are about equal performance-wise at the same frequency.

X800XTPE (R423) C520Mhz M560Mhz 6 / 16
8.32GPixel/s
17.92GB/s

X850XT (R480) C520Mhz M540Mhz 6 / 16
8.32GPixel/s
17.28GB/s

This makes me wonder that there's something wrong with my scores...
I suspect my core frequency is useless because the chip is starving for memory bandwidth.

 

[peta01]

That's quite impressive score for those clocks.

Your (aircooled) Sapphire GTO2 C561MHz M615MHz
-> 3DMark05: 6966

My (watercooled and vmodded) C3D GTO (R423, 2.0ns) does just barely higher scores at considerably higher core frequency than your GTO2.
Opteron 146 @ 2.8GHz / C630MHz M582MHz 16P (vGPU: 1,65, vDD: 2,35, vDDQ: 2,35)
-> 3DMark05: 7281 / CPU score: 5199 (24/7 setting with no benching tweaks)

According to the GPU database X850 and X800 are about equal performance-wise at the same frequency. This makes me wonder that there's something wrong with my scores...
I suspect my core frequency is useless because the chip is starving for memory bandwidth.

The difference is that he has 16 pipes and you just 12.

 

[largon]

peta01,
Forgot to mention the card is flashed to 16P.

Edit:
Actually I didn't forget...

Opteron 146 @ 2.8GHz / C630MHz M582MHz 16P (vGPU: 1,65, vDD: 2,35, vDDQ: 2,35)
-> 3DMark05: 7281 / CPU score: 5199 (24/7 setting with no benching tweaks)

 

[fire113]

HiHo

Hi @all,

...card is running now for 2 weeks without Vmod or Bios flashing. I went down (RAM) from 615 to 600 and now I can run @ 600/600 with standard Vcore


cu fire113.

 

[Steevo]

peta01,
Forgot to mention the card is flashed to 16P.

Edit:
Actually I didn't forget...

Heat is your enemy. That GPU cannot get rid of heat fast enough. Even with water cooling. I have almost the same card sitting around as I cant get higher than 545 on air.

 

[fire113]

aircooled

...my card was going with 580/580 right out of the box !!!

 

[largon]

fire113,
What GPU block you'r using?

 

[fire113]

Gpu Block???

i am not realy sure what U mean !
GPU UNIT is a R480

cu fire113.

 

[largon]

fire113,
Erm...

GPU block - GPU waterblock
Aren't you using one?

 

[trog100]

i managed 7120 with mine at those memory timings.. 566/626 it wasnt really game playing stable thow.. i just wanted to push it over the 7000 mark.. i run gaming stable with those timings at 540/600 perfectly okay thow..

your core is quite clearly the 480 one irespective of what atitool tells u..

trog

 

[fire113]

fire113,
Erm...

GPU block - GPU waterblock
Aren't you using one?

...ok now I understand (stupid german I am )...ok it is form a german company called Alphacool and the "Blocktype" this one ---> http://www.alphacool.de/xt/product_info.php?products_id=443&cPath=5_18_20
Take a look funny stuff there
If they dont´t ship to Finland send me PM or Email, I´ll do it if they don´t.

cu fire113.

 

[largon]

Going offtopic here, sorry.

Yesterday I ran some 3DMark05 at C650MHz M590MHz GPU tests went ok without any artifacts at all, BUT the 2nd CPU test froze and caused a reboot about 5 seconds before the test should have ended.

fire113,
Actually, I'm using Alphacool NexXxos XP cpu block and NBX-N chipset block right now. Excellent waterblocks indeed.
Bought from Alphacool.de.

And since they have a -15% rebate till 31.01.2006, I'm going to order a new pump, a new radiator and some fans from them. Now that I'm at it, maybe even a new GPU block too. "WaterChill DYO VGA Cooler" I have now wasn't the best solution... Load temps go upto 48ºC
Too bad shipping costs to finland appear to be higher than last time...

 

[fire113]

temps

hi

...place the radiator OUTSIDE of the coputercase in the last pic ( atitool @600/600~ 24°C )
I placed the radiator near the window give it a try may be u can save some $$

I have the NexXxus XP on CPU & NB too, funny isn´t it ?

cu fire113.