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Help me get the best out of my XFX 6870 BE

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PotatoCat

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System Specs
System Name MAH PC
Processor AMD Phenom II 965 @ 3.6GHz
Motherboard AsRock 870 Extreme3
Cooling Xigmatek Gaia w/ 2 GELID Silent Fans
Memory 4x2GB G.skill Ripjaws @ 800MHz (9-9-9-24)
Video Card(s) XFX 6870 1GB Dual-Fan Black Edition
Storage Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Display(s) SCEPTRE X9WG-NagaV 1440x900
Case Cooler Master
Audio Device(s) Onboard 7.1 w/ Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi MB TRIAL
Power Supply Seasonic M12II 620W
Software Windows 7 Home Premium
Hi,
i have an XFX 6870 Dual-Fan BE card and i want to overclock it. but i have 0 experience and have no idea on how to do so. i need help on what software to download, settings on the AMD Vision control center, stuff to do etc.

Im using this card to game on a 1440x900 monitor if it helps. and in Homefront im getting 58-60fps w/ everything max except V-sync.
 
PotatoCat said:
Hi,
i have an XFX 6870 Dual-Fan BE card and i want to overclock it. but i have 0 experience and have no idea on how to do so. i need help on what software to download, settings on the AMD Vision control center, stuff to do etc.

Im using this card to game on a 1440x900 monitor if it helps. and in Homefront im getting 58-60fps w/ everything max except V-sync.
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1440x900 is considered low resolution these days, but either way 60 FPS is good, if you're getting that then what more do you want? Higher frame rate will not improve the experience.

I wouldnt recommend overclocking using software, overclocks are advised to be done in the bios. Without knowing the full specification of your system (ram, motherboard, cpu) it makes it difficult to help you. But as I said 60FPS is good, so overclocking isn't necessary.

Edit:

If you're talking about overclocking the GPU specifically, you should be able to increase the video card's memory and GPU bus in Catalyst Control Center (or AMD Vision Engine Control Center). Otherwise you can dump the bios using GPU-Z, use ATI Bios Radeon Editor to change the parameters then flash the card using Winflash or ATI flash.

Remember to test the parameters and stress test before you flash the card!
 
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Dent1 said:
1440x900 is considered low resolution these days, but either way 60 FPS is good, if you're getting that then what more do you want? Higher frame rate will not improve the experience.

I wouldnt recommend overclocking using software, overclocks are advised to be done in the bios. Without knowing the full specification of your system (ram, motherboard, cpu) it makes it difficult to help you. But as I said 60FPS is good, so overclocking isn't necessary.

Edit:

If you're talking about overclocking the GPU specifically, you should be able to increase the video card's memory and GPU bus in Catalyst Control Center (or AMD Vision Engine Control Center). Otherwise you can dump the bios using GPU-Z, use ATI Bios Radeon Editor to change the parameters then flash the card using Winflash or ATI flash.

Remember to test the parameters and stress test before you flash the card!
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Thanks! i added my system specs now. I used ASrock's Turbo UCC to auto-overclock the memory and Cpu
 
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