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RV670 862Mhz CLOCKLIMIT FIXED !

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well, i'm not sure if it's not the bandwidth, cause i know of a guy who has 2 HD 3870's in crossfire, and he had them both on liquid, and both cores to 920mhz idling in the 30's celcius, and he's got a Q6600 at 4.2ghz and there was a minimal increase in 3Dmarks from 860mhz to 920mhz...so with that much extra mhz is it the PCI-e BUS or the 4.2ghz quad holding it back??
 

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well, i'm not sure if it's not the bandwidth, cause i know of a guy who has 2 HD 3870's in crossfire, and he had them both on liquid, and both cores to 920mhz idling in the 30's celcius, and he's got a Q6600 at 4.2ghz and there was a minimal increase in 3Dmarks from 860mhz to 920mhz...so with that much extra mhz is it the PCI-e BUS or the 4.2ghz quad holding it back??

Has he increased his PCI-E slot frequency in BIOS?
 

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OK, I was not sure what the PCIe 2.0 performance was... Still can't argue that this card is way more bang for the buck (vs 2900). Unfortunately it looks like its prices, and the 8800gt are going to keep going up.

TRT, how does the vreg cooler look? I may order a cooler and want to know if it looks like copper ram sinks will fit on the vreg?

looks nice solid copper
 
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i am pretty certain it will void warranty.. which is why i am still working up the courage to flash mine. :laugh:

i am on the new 7.11 driver tatty.. just the driver i left the rest alone..

trog

It works perfect trog flash the card and save your old bios for warranty purposes to flash it back if needed. The flash tool give you that option.
 
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I works perfect trog flash the card and save your old bios for warranty purposes to flash it back if needed. The flash tool give you that option.

He has now mefinks and it's working good but he still cannot get gaming stability that takes him above the 862 in any case.
 
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ARE We supposed to install the hotifx for crysis after we install the 7.11 cat or before , just curious , i also did flash the new bios , no OC yet , still tryign to get the damn crysis not to flicker when i run it .....................
 
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ARE We supposed to install the hotifx for crysis after we install the 7.11 cat or before , just curious , i also did flash the new bios , no OC yet , still tryign to get the damn crysis not to flicker when i run it .....................

mine flickers.. its crysis and the ati cards/drivers.. what i did find was the flickers or dropped textures drops of massively with some medium settings.. with all high in the cpu bench the jeep nearly disapears..

with only textures and shaders on high it all improves and so does the frame rates..

AA is a no-no..

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995MHZ core....As I am not a member and I dont see it in pinto's specs....what cooling is he using on the core?

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I don't think my 3870 is good for more than 810 on the gpu :(

Ati Tool gives me 843 stable, but the fan control is quirky. Riva/CCC are only good to 810
 
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I don't think my 3870 is good for more than 810 on the gpu :(

Ati Tool gives me 843 stable, but the fan control is quirky. Riva/CCC are only good to 810

try not running either and just use the CCC overdrive.. i am..

trog
 

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I flashed to hacked bios, I'm still with HSF and since I've been quite busy with work, school, and the family (my duaghter recently turned THREE) so I haven't had time to get a waterblock for this one but so far it's doing pretty damn good with just HSF. Anyway, below is something to start with, also, I'm not getting too high of CPU scores in 3DMark06 as others are getting with similar GHZs.

GPUZ Validation

3DMark06
 

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Sapphire had released a HD3870 ES Bios:

1. fixed the 862MHz limit.
2. fixed bugs of the fan speed from always 25%-25% to 35%-50%.
 

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Sapphire had released a HD3870 ES Bios:

1. fixed the 862MHz limit.
2. fixed bugs of the fan speed from always 25%-25% to 35%-50%.

Would you mind providing the link, thanks.
 
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I flashed to hacked bios, I'm still with HSF and since I've been quite busy with work, school, and the family (my duaghter recently turned THREE) so I haven't had time to get a waterblock for this one but so far it's doing pretty damn good with just HSF. Anyway, below is something to start with, also, I'm not getting too high of CPU scores in 3DMark06 as others are getting with similar GHZs.

GPUZ Validation

3DMark06

Very, VERY nice!! You didn't specify which hacked BIOS you applied. Care to share?:D
If...I...could....read.....screenshot, we might be able to determine what's hold your '06 score back.
 
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Hey guys re-install catalyst and don't unlock it. ATI Tool .27 Beta 3 seems to work in all ways but memory temp read-off after I did this. Fan control is now working great.
 

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Hey guys re-install catalyst and don't unlock it. ATI Tool .27 Beta 3 seems to work in all ways but memory temp read-off after I did this. Fan control is now working great.

Thanks for the heads up.
 
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