3850 AGP OC'ing, Vmods, experiences, suggestions, where to buy

[Widjaja]

Not 1T... Not stable at 1T with any settings. Craptastic.

WTF?
That is craptasitc, my brothers system is the same, he has 4GB Corsair XMS in a ASUS P35 Deluxe.
Can't handle 1T even at stock settings, mind you his E6600 is at 3Ghz.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Yeah, massively fucks me off.

I've updated (or downgraded) my Audigy drivers, hopefully I won't crap out at 2.76GHz now, going to give 3DMark06 a little run through at 2.74GHz first though.

Need to beat 9424 I think it was...

 

[Widjaja]

I'm hoping I'll get 10K in 06' with my Sapphire HD4850 at stock.
If I do I'm not going to overclock any of the system.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

D'you mean just the 4850 at stock?

3DMark06 Update: After installing these proper audio drivers, I've managed to go from 2.74GHz to 2.82GHz - I'm also pushing my GFX a bit and I've managed to hit 9597 - just shy of 9600. What a bitch, I highly doubt I'll get much higher in both 3DMark and OC'ing my CPU.

I'm so freaking pleased!

 

[Widjaja]

Literally everything at stock.
I was getting over 8900 with everything stock and the 8800GT.

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

I'm hoping I'll get 10K in 06' with my Sapphire HD4850 at stock.
If I do I'm not going to overclock any of the system.

Seriously guys,I don't understand this logic, you rely on a benchmark that is completely meaningless??Anyway this thread is going a bit off-topic making it less helpful for future "3850agpers in need of help

 

[Widjaja]

Seriously guys,I don't understand this logic, you rely on a benchmark that is completely meaningless??Anyway this thread is going a bit off-topic making it less helpful for future "3850agpers in need of help

No.

I can certainly tell the difference between a card which gets 5K and another which gets 10K and the majority can as well.

Anyway who with a 3850 AGP is in need of help atm who we haven't tried to help?

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

Don't take it personally, dude,just saying that this thread is stickied,as 3850 thread,and we ended up speaking of soundcards hehe

 

[Widjaja]

ROFL sorry LoWRiDeR82 I can't tell whether I'm a bit edgy or not, I've been drink WAY too much coffee.
My GF just told me I have an issue atm.

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

np

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Seriously guys,I don't understand this logic, you rely on a benchmark that is completely meaningless??Anyway this thread is going a bit off-topic making it less helpful for future "3850agpers in need of help

What the crap? How is this less helpful, read the thread from the beginning, there are shit loads of posts that are related to the 3850 or to systems that have a one. Nobody has moaned, until now. If intel igent has any issues (or anyone else for that matter) would say.

As Widjaja said, I use 3DMark06 as a way to show the difference in my overclocks. So what if it doesn't relate into real game performance.

 

[Widjaja]

Oh shit, was it me me with the issue or my GF?
Or have you been drinking to much coffee too InnocentCriminal?

My confusion and erratic behaviour suggest I have. . . .

I'm staying out of this one.

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

jeeez i didn't want to offend anyone, just thought we were going off topic, that's all.peace out

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I don't drink coffee, I'm just easily annoyed, plus it's the tinternet, things are easier to look into too much or take in a completely different way to how they were originally intended.

I'm a complete pesimist, so I always take things in a negative way before anything else.

Saying that, the title of the thread states 'experiences' and I'm stating my issues/experiences with a system that houses a HD3850. So, stating how adding a dedicated sound card has helped my system to be stable, I think is completely relevant.

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

Ok I have a question,will HIS really launch a 3870 version for AGP?I found something on an article

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I doubt it, but don't rule it out. I'm worried parties such as Sapphire & the alike, might release a 4850. :/

Don't know if I should laugh or cry if they do.

 

[Widjaja]

Well there are plenty of people who are still on AGP so I don't see why not.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Well it was the same deal with the 3850, wasn't expecting them to release one and they did. Now I have one, I'm just waiting for a news snippet to piss my GF off as she'll know I'll get one, rephrase that, she'll know I'll want one.

 

[Widjaja]

They just don't understand do they.
Just like how they are drawn to laptops.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

What?

LOL

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/computex-2008-day-3--the-man-with-hammer/4

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Awesome, wonder if it'll actually be worth purchasing if they do release it. I mean, I have my 3850 at some stupidly high clocks. GPU @ 800+ and the RAM at 910+ - I presume it might consume less juice. Shame nobody has officially reviewed the card. Guess I could do a review (when I get a decent amount of free time) and compare it to my X1950. Would people be interested in a unofficial review? Even though we already know the card pwns.

Would they release this when the 4850 has now been released?

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

Well so far my HIS is giving me problems I wanted to test it with another game this morning, and the fact that I installed GRID and I realised that it will not work with my computer cause my cpu only supports SSE1 and not SSE2 pissed me off pretty bad..so my computer can play AoC and Crysis fine, but it's not "good enough" for Grid...goddamn developers.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Arrh lame, I doubt anyone have released a SSE1 patch either, a bit like the SM2 patch they did for BioShock.

Shame, but how is the card giving problem if your CPU is at fault?

I'm ordering GRiD next week when I'm paid. ^^

 

[LoWRiDeR82]

No patch, and there was an official answer from the customer care of codemasters saying there wouldn't be any patch for SSE1.Bah,it takes 10 mins to apply SSE1

"Codemasters Customer Service05-13-2008, 03:00 PM
If you have a 32 bit Athlon CPU (Barton core) then you will not be able to run Grid I'm afraid. The game needs an SSE2 compatible CPU to run. Older single core Athlons are SSE1.

The readme does state an Athlon X2 3800 as the minimum and there is no workaround. Sorry"

As for the GPU giving problems,I was referring to the fact it crashes during CoD4 etc,the problem I already explained to you.Not grid.

p.s. you will order grid?omg...piracy ftw!buying original software is lame! jk