Caporegime
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well i got very poor overclocks with my card, so i updated the bios to the oficial one and no luck, i then updated to the lowest clocked one from the above site and no luck, i then upped the pci-e frequency from 100 to 110 and BANG the memory overclock increased by a megaload
without changing pci-e
Card: Sapphire 3870 512MB
Cooling: Accelero-s1 with turbo modules
Maximum Core: 830ish
Maximum Memory: 1146 or 2292 (effective)
3DMark06 Score: wont run on my vista
SM2: n/a
SM3: n/a
CPU/Clock: Core 2 Duo E6600 @ Stock with Speedstep
O/S: Windows Vista Home Pemium 64-Bit
with pci-e at 110
Card: Sapphire 3870 512MB
Cooling: Accelero-s1 with turbo modules
Maximum Core: 864
Maximum Memory: 1287 or 2574 (effective)
3DMark06 Score: wont run on my vista
SM2: n/a
SM3: n/a
CPU/Clock: Core 2 Duo E6600 @ Stock with Speedstep
O/S: Windows Vista Home Pemium 64-Bit
it has been stress tested using ati tool, rthdribl and 3dmark 03
i will run 3dmark 05 tomorrow and i found a fix for 06, i will install tomorrow and report back
if you want to get the best from your 3800 series card there are 3 steps to follow
1. fit an arctic accelero s-1 (cheap and better than watercooling in my opinion)
2. use a modded bios from here http://www.iax-tech.com/video/3800biosmod/03.htm these bios's are dogs danglies
3. try different pci-e frequencies ranging from 101 to 110, these are perfectly safe levels if your running sata drives, if you use ide drives then you can go up to 120
without changing pci-e
Card: Sapphire 3870 512MB
Cooling: Accelero-s1 with turbo modules
Maximum Core: 830ish
Maximum Memory: 1146 or 2292 (effective)
3DMark06 Score: wont run on my vista
SM2: n/a
SM3: n/a
CPU/Clock: Core 2 Duo E6600 @ Stock with Speedstep
O/S: Windows Vista Home Pemium 64-Bit
with pci-e at 110
Card: Sapphire 3870 512MB
Cooling: Accelero-s1 with turbo modules
Maximum Core: 864
Maximum Memory: 1287 or 2574 (effective)
3DMark06 Score: wont run on my vista
SM2: n/a
SM3: n/a
CPU/Clock: Core 2 Duo E6600 @ Stock with Speedstep
O/S: Windows Vista Home Pemium 64-Bit
it has been stress tested using ati tool, rthdribl and 3dmark 03
i will run 3dmark 05 tomorrow and i found a fix for 06, i will install tomorrow and report back
if you want to get the best from your 3800 series card there are 3 steps to follow
1. fit an arctic accelero s-1 (cheap and better than watercooling in my opinion)
2. use a modded bios from here http://www.iax-tech.com/video/3800biosmod/03.htm these bios's are dogs danglies
3. try different pci-e frequencies ranging from 101 to 110, these are perfectly safe levels if your running sata drives, if you use ide drives then you can go up to 120
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