peta01
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| Processor | AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (OC 2500 MHz) |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Abit AN8 Ultra - passive northbridge cooling via heatpipe |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Hyper 48 (almost 1 kg of copper :) ) |
| Memory | 1GB RAM (2x512 DDR, CL2, running at 137 MHz) |
| Video Card(s) | Sapphire X800GTO2 (510/585, 16p) AC ATI Silencer |
| Storage | 320 GB Seagate, 200 GB Western Digital, 120 GB Seagate |
| Display(s) | LG 22" LCD Panel |
| Case | Chieftec blue bigtower with additional cooling |
| Audio Device(s) | AC97 raiser card on mainboard |
| Power Supply | Chieftec 360W |
| Software | WinXP SP2, sometimes Vista Ultimate x64 |
Hi all,
My "old" ASUS X800np has died, so I bought a new Sapphire X800GTO2 with VIVO and two DVIs. I was supprised when I saw 16 pipes in AtiTool. It said that it has R430 core and it is X800XL
I read some articles on internet and found out that this is normal. New GTO2s are sold with special "X800XL R480" bios :shadedshu with unlocked 16 pipes. I was looking forward to unlock the pipes myself, so I was a bit confused. The worst thing is that these new cards do not have such a huge overclocking potential as older GTO2s. My max stable clock is 505 core 530 mem (temperatures do not go over 55°C under high load, I have AC ATI Silencer). Thats not much for GTO2. When I go higher I do not get any artifact, but everything freezes, I can only move with mouse 
. I have not seen any artifacts with this card yet 
. I heard that the other new GTO2s are even worse. Does anyone has explanation for this? It seems that my only hope is VoltMod.
My "old" ASUS X800np has died, so I bought a new Sapphire X800GTO2 with VIVO and two DVIs. I was supprised when I saw 16 pipes in AtiTool. It said that it has R430 core and it is X800XL
I read some articles on internet and found out that this is normal. New GTO2s are sold with special "X800XL R480" bios :shadedshu with unlocked 16 pipes. I was looking forward to unlock the pipes myself, so I was a bit confused. The worst thing is that these new cards do not have such a huge overclocking potential as older GTO2s. My max stable clock is 505 core 530 mem (temperatures do not go over 55°C under high load, I have AC ATI Silencer). Thats not much for GTO2. When I go higher I do not get any artifact, but everything freezes, I can only move with mouse . I have not seen any artifacts with this card yet . I heard that the other new GTO2s are even worse. Does anyone has explanation for this? It seems that my only hope is VoltMod.