5870 1Ghz overclock.

Skeng · 28 Feb 2010 at 14:08

SOLVED

Managed to change the volts in Afterburner.

I decided to make a comparison video of the overclock enjoy.

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Well I've been hoping to overclock my 5870 to 1Ghz I tried it a few days ago and couldnt get the voltage right so it kept artifacting in games and on my desktop.

Tools I am using are the AMD GPU clock tool and MSI afterburner (for the fan speed). I believe around the range of 1.35 volts are needed but AMD GPU clock only lets me take it up to 1.25. :/

Any ideas how to boost it to 1.35 volts.

Also...I'm mainly looking for crysis warhead preformance to comparison with my current overclock if anyone knows of some screenshots or has overclocked to 1Ghz themselves then I'd be very greatful if you could post some results.

Thanks for reading.

BigBruiserAl · 28 Feb 2010 at 15:32

MSI lets you go to 1.35vcore my card does 940 core at std volts, make sure you just do the core on its own and leave the memory untill you have sorted it.

Skeng · 28 Feb 2010 at 15:54

BigBruiserAl said:
MSI lets you go to 1.35vcore my card does 940 core at std volts, make sure you just do the core on its own and leave the memory untill you have sorted it.

Thanks for the tip I was doing the core first I'll reinstall the program and give it ago later. Also I've noticed you have 2x 5870 I am going to buy another one in april when the price drop should hit at this point now I am getting 40-50 solid in dense areas etc on crysis warhead due to overclocking and graphical mods. Would you say its worth getting a second card or is the frame increase a minimal 10FPS?

IKMS · 28 Feb 2010 at 15:55

You are overclocking the 5870?

May I ask why?

Memphis · 28 Feb 2010 at 16:05

IKMS said:
You are overclocking the 5870?

May I ask why?

And his reply should be, why not?

Your signature breaks the rules btw.

IKMS · 28 Feb 2010 at 16:13

Memphis said:
Your signature breaks the rules btw.

Not anymore. How was it breaking the rules in the first place?

chiLLZ · 28 Feb 2010 at 16:53

what 5870 is it? if its got a non reference pcb it might not work well with more voltage

chiLLZ · 28 Feb 2010 at 16:54

IKMS said:
You are overclocking the 5870?

May I ask why?

this is overclockers.co.uk

twist3d0n3 · 28 Feb 2010 at 17:14

IKMS said:
Not anymore. How was it breaking the rules in the first place?

read the FAQ, that's what it's their for

IKMS · 28 Feb 2010 at 17:59

twist3d0n3 said:
read the FAQ, that's what it's their for

I read the FAQ twice. I didn't see any conflictions.

Skeng · 28 Feb 2010 at 20:08

chiLLZ said:
what 5870 is it? if its got a non reference pcb it might not work well with more voltage

XFX 5870.

Skeng · 28 Feb 2010 at 20:52

Gah having some problem guys :/

Memphis · 28 Feb 2010 at 20:56

IKMS said:
I read the FAQ twice. I didn't see any conflictions.

Then you didn't read it closely enough.

You are only allowed one line of text under an image. You had two.

rounddodger · 28 Feb 2010 at 20:58

IKMS said:
You are overclocking the 5870?

May I ask why?

Yep. Considering this is an overclocking forum, the stupidest question ever.

BigBruiserAl · 28 Feb 2010 at 22:19

Skeng said:
Thanks for the tip I was doing the core first I'll reinstall the program and give it ago later. Also I've noticed you have 2x 5870 I am going to buy another one in april when the price drop should hit at this point now I am getting 40-50 solid in dense areas etc on crysis warhead due to overclocking and graphical mods. Would you say its worth getting a second card or is the frame increase a minimal 10FPS?

I got both cards because the money was not a problem and the cards where under £300...as to are they worth only the person whos using can answer that mate. In my case i wanted to run every game i buy in the next 2 years at max settings so to me they are worth it....each to their own mate.

Skeng · 1 Mar 2010 at 02:17

Thanks to everyone for the fast replies I managed to change the voltage on MSI afterburner after I figured out how to unclock the voltage meter.

I also decided to make a comparison video if anyone is intrested. It's not fully processed yet but i'll leave it here

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