5870 Problem

[Scinto]

Hi,

Ive got a Sapphire Vapor-X 1Gb 5870 and past few months Ive been getting VPU Recovery error's during games, Black Ops, Crysis 2, Far Cry 2, I don't know whats going on. I'm currently on the 11.5's and this problem has persisted on the drivers before these.

Ive got Gpu-Z & Coretemp running through my G19 so I can keep an eye on temps, Gpu under load tops out at around 60*C & Cpu around 50*C (Cpu isn't OC'd).

I did a fresh install of Windows 7 x64 yesterday and its still persisting. Does this mean the card is dieing and I need to get a replacement.

 

[opethdisciple]

Does the card come preoverclcoked?

If the answer is yes, then I would imagine, that it is not stable.

Either up the volts, or lower the clock.

 

[SeeKified]

What's the rest of your system, specifically your power supply, like? Power issues shouldn't cause a driver error, but you never know.

 

[Scinto]

I don't know if it was pre-clocked. Its on 850/1200 at the moment

 

[opethdisciple]

Although you say the clocks are stock, the card would have come overclocked from what I can see on the website.

I reckon thats your issue, its not stable.

 

[Scinto]

Ive dropped it down to 830/1180 I dont know if thats enough to make a difference.

 

[Cleeecooo]

Ive dropped it down to 830/1180 I dont know if thats enough to make a difference.

try upping the voltage steadily until you get it stable. If that's the issue then It's an unstable overclock.

What PSU do you have? include brand pls

 

[Scinto]

Corsair 750W TX Series PSU

Your saying up the volts but I'm not one to overclock.

 

[AshenShugar1873]

Hmm, I have the same card and again only recently with newer drivers I have been having very occasional BSOD with the dreaded atikmdag.sys error. Interestingly when using CCC to overclock to full 900/1300 it happened slightly more often. I think the others are on to something about the pre-overclock not being stable with latest drivers or newer games pusing the card harder.

What would you all recommend using to change the clock or the voltage? Should we stick with CCC or would something else be better.

 

[dimention]

found this thread right a the right time... i was on the site for sapphire
http://www.sapphiretech.com/ssc/TriXX/
this is an overclocking utility made for only sapphire products...

it will test and find the best stable clocks for you

seems to work well from wot ive read

 

[fleming222]

Should we stick with CCC or would something else be better.

MSI Afterburner is more customizable, and not just for MSI cards.