X1800 series experiences / overclock results etc.

[pheoniXfury]

I am addicted to buying hardware. Have a hard time selling it.

lol...I hear ya...I'm the same. Actually it's not that I have a hard time selling...it's just that I don't really want to sell stuff.

 

[TooFast]

3d mark06 crossfire benchmarks 6901 5.13 6910 (6.1)
3d mark05 crossfire benchmarks 12875 5.13 12700 (6.1)

 

[tvdang7]

how do i get ati tool to reset my voltages to default?

 

[wizard23]

i have a x1800xt withe the new drivers it can easy perform 1000 points more in 3d mark2005

system
AMD 64 3700+
dfi lan party rdx200 cf
x1800xt
1gb ram @ 400mhz
scores
3dmark2001: 29542
3dmark2003: 21754
3dmark2005: 9854

 

[GeeForce11]

I just hit 10000 3DM05 with my X1800XL

I hooked up the ThermalTake TideWater cooling system. I was able to take out the copper HS from the videocard's HSF and keep the enclosure with the fan and even the cap to cool the RAM and mofsets and the waterblock fit nicely inside. I also upgraded to the 6.1 drivers

I set the voltages to 1.375/2.2/2.0, the clock to 702/702, and 3DM05 just spit out 10K

The card idles around 50-55 Celsius and max load temps i saw was 70 Celsius

I think i maxed out this succa'

 

[pheoniXfury]

hehe...sampsa at XS got ~13000 using a single XT...lol ***Edit: I meant Sampsa...not macci...though I'm sure he hit that too...lol***

10K!!!...I hate you!...j/k seeing that you jacked up the voltage to 1.375...it makes sense. interesting though is that ur temps sound like the power regulator temps. mine is 39 idle and 40ish load but won't do more than 1.175v...9256 in 3dmark05

You can't get it to reset ur voltage...there's no feature for that yet...you can however save the default voltages in a profile. What you want to do is load the default speed, then load another profile with the default speed with the default voltage. This is due to the fact that ATI Tool has a 0.250 second delay after changing voltage...which means you might get f00ked doing it in one step.

wizard23...what are you refering to...what's ur setup and original score...new driver refering to 6.1?

 

[wizard23]

hehe...macci at XS got ~13000 using a single XT...lol

10K!!!...I hate you!...j/k seeing that you jacked up the voltage to 1.375...it makes sense. interesting though is that ur temps sound like the power regulator temps. mine is 39 idle and 40ish load but won't do more than 1.175v...9256 in 3dmark05

You can't get it to reset ur voltage...there's no feature for that yet...you can however save the default voltages in a profile. What you want to do is load the default speed, then load another profile with the default speed with the default voltage. This is due to the fact that ATI Tool has a 0.250 second delay after changing voltage...which means you might get f00ked doing it in one step.

wizard23...what are you refering to...what's ur setup and original score...new driver refering to 6.1?

refering to 5.13

system
amd 64 3700+
dfi cf
1gb ram 400mhz cl.2.5
x1800xt
audigy 2zs

 

[GeeForce11]

At stock 500/500 speed I get 7450 3DM05 at 600/700 get 9250, this is how i get 10K @ 700/700

I didn't try to reset the card to default speed/voltage. I have 3 OC settings low 575/600 @ 1.125/2.0/2.0, med 600/700 @ 1.15/2.2/2.0 and high 700/700 @ 1.375/2.2/2.0. For games i use high, otherwise i use low, but i can make a stock profile with default speed & volts and could load that too, when not playing games

Even at stock speeds with stock cooler i used to get 70 celsius load. Medium OC i used to get around 75 celsius, this is why i got the water for it, it was getting too hot, and felt that the GPU has more headroom with more volts. I think it's a safe speed, and far as i know the XT has 1.35 VGPU at default, and i think the XL/XT chips are identical, so there should be no problem running it 1.375 @ 700, just hope the power regulators will keep up with the load and not crap on me. I did see 50+ Ampers on load in ATITool and the whole system's total power usage went up like 50W I think the gpu block is making contact with the HS enclosure, so it could pick up some extra heat from that too The Voltage rgulators are pretty toasty and it's pretty hot in the card area

 

[wizard23]

At stock 500/500 speed I get 7450 3DM05 this is how i get 10K @ 700/700

I didn't try to reset the card to default speed/voltage. I have 3 OC settings low 575/600 @ 1.125/2.0/2.0, med 600/700 @ 1.15/2.2/2.0 and high 700/700 @ 1.375/2.2/2.0. For games i use high, otherwise i use low, but i can make a stock profile with default speed & volts and could load that too, when not playing games

Even at stock speeds with stock cooler i used to get 70 celsius load. Medium OC i used to get around 75 celsius, this is why i got the water for it, it was getting too hot, and felt that the GPU has more headroom with more volts. I think it's a safe speed, and far as i know the XT has 1.35 VGPU at default, and i think the XL/XT chips are identical, so there should be no problem running it 1.375 @ 700, just hope the power regulators will keep up with the load and not crap on me. I did see 50+ Ampers on load in ATITool and the whole system's total power usage went up like 50W I think the gpu block is making contact with the HS enclosure, so it could pick up some extra heat from that too The Voltage rgulators are pretty toasty and it's pretty hot in the card area

the only part i hate in that moment is that you paid 200$ lower for your card than me and you get a hier score than me..........but no waries for that ............. keep up the good work
man.....

 

[GeeForce11]

wizard23, R U running your XT at stock? you should get 11K OC'd

 

[wizard23]

look i flashed the card withe the new pios from sappire it has to run @ 700/800
but the ati tool sows 600/700 wile the ati tool 0.25 beta10 .........i thing is not the rite clocks i will try the new beta11 of ati tool to day .........

 

[GeeForce11]

It looks you have the 2D/3D switch problem with the XT, but B11 should fix it maybe it's still running at 2D 600/700, this is why you get under 10K. I use B10, i don't need the 2D/3D switch, as i know the XL doesn't use the switch, and B10 works better than B11 for me

You can OC you card by upping the volts to 1.4 or 1.45 should get 750/800 out of it

 

[wizard23]

this is cool .......... b11 will get me out of meny problems ...........
thanks for the info about oc but i dont think i need that clocks for the time.
it run very fast at the stock and it will run beter with the b11 as you say
maybe later on this year i will oc the card.............that dose'nt mean that i will not
try it and post a score.....i hope for a 10and 1/2 or more..........

 

[GeeForce11]

I think that B11 would fix your problems, not 100% sure, cause i don't use XT and i just say it from what i read on the forums about people who have XTs.

Maybe you don't even need to use ATITool at all! You flashed your card, so it should switch to 3D 700/800 by itself, and maybe ATITool is messing up from switching correctly. Try not to run ATITool at all...just a tip

 

[tvdang7]

At stock 500/500 speed I get 7450 3DM05 at 600/700 get 9250, this is how i get 10K @ 700/700

I didn't try to reset the card to default speed/voltage. I have 3 OC settings low 575/600 @ 1.125/2.0/2.0, med 600/700 @ 1.15/2.2/2.0 and high 700/700 @ 1.375/2.2/2.0. For games i use high, otherwise i use low, but i can make a stock profile with default speed & volts and could load that too, when not playing games

Even at stock speeds with stock cooler i used to get 70 celsius load. Medium OC i used to get around 75 celsius, this is why i got the water for it, it was getting too hot, and felt that the GPU has more headroom with more volts. I think it's a safe speed, and far as i know the XT has 1.35 VGPU at default, and i think the XL/XT chips are identical, so there should be no problem running it 1.375 @ 700, just hope the power regulators will keep up with the load and not crap on me. I did see 50+ Ampers on load in ATITool and the whole system's total power usage went up like 50W I think the gpu block is making contact with the HS enclosure, so it could pick up some extra heat from that too The Voltage rgulators are pretty toasty and it's pretty hot in the card area

hey your loads seems much higher than mine. i read the rivatuner graph and mine are around 35A is this bad or good? urs is much higher than mine.

i have other questions some one please answer

1) i have cat 5.13 i dont see the avivo video converter thingy where is it at?
2)i have an aiw card how do i update to 6.1 drivers with out loosing my AIW software (given that i will use driver cleaner)
3)when i turn on my computer my bios splash screen is all in wierd colors but everyhtign else is fine whats the deal?

thank you for your time community

 

[GeeForce11]

The ampers i was reading whatever ATITool was telling me (if it's accurate). The system total power usage i was reading from the PSU's digital meter (if it's accurate too). Medium VGA OC system uses around 180W, max VGA OC around 240W

I just installed 6.1 drivers on top of the 5.13 with no problems. It shouldn't mess up the ATI Multimedia Center and AIW sofware, it should change only the driver and CCC. I had a hard time upgrading before from 5.11 to 5.12, because i tried to uninstall the 5.11 first and i got and error, and couldn't install the 5.12 for days. It was such a headache until i finally made it

 

[tvdang7]

this is such a pain for aiw wonder ppl. i dont mind installing ontop of it just the fact that i dont have a fresh install.

 

[EvilBDGamer00]

I use a Sapphire X1800XT and i can hardly reach 650/780 and 3300 RPM fan speed

 

[hotrippr]

hey your loads seems much higher than mine. i read the rivatuner graph and mine are around 35A is this bad or good? urs is much higher than mine.

i have other questions some one please answer

3)when i turn on my computer my bios splash screen is all in wierd colors but everyhtign else is fine whats the deal?

thank you for your time community

At least u get a splsah screen, I get nothing until windows boots. Which is a pain in the ass if I want to get into my bios...I have to switch my cable to vga-Dvi adapter cause "these cards dont support Dvi-I cables only Dvi-D" is what Ati told me. Cant believe such a "highend" card would have that problem.

 

[tvdang7]

so do you think my problem is the type im using? im using a vga one thats on the card ...should i get a dvi to vga dongle ? maybe

 

[hotrippr]

so do you think my problem is the type im using? im using a vga one thats on the card ...should i get a dvi to vga dongle ? maybe

Your card should only have 2 DVI Should have came with a VGA(d-sub)-Dvi adapter. hook up a d-sub cable to your monitor and then use the included d-sub-dvi adapter try that.

 

[tvdang7]

i have an aiw card

 

[hotrippr]

i have an aiw card

Ohhh Yeah then try the dongle. I almost went with an aiw, decided to get the HDTV wonder, I love it, but it does take up another pci slot though.

 

[tvdang7]

lol will do. wierd thing is i have an aiw and im too lazy to hook up the antenna for it......

 

[hotrippr]

lol will do. wierd thing is i have an aiw and im too lazy to hook up the antenna for it......

LOL! This is HD--> <--this is analog antenna!