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** Updated 21st September 2006 ** For ATi Tray Tools Guide.
** Updated 21st December 2007 ** For better X1k series overclocking guide and addition of ATi Tool overclocking guide.
Drivers
Omega Drivers Site - For 2000/XP
Standard ATi Drivers - For 98/ME/2000/XP.
Software
ATi Tool - Use for R6x0 cards.
ATi Tray Tools - Install this regardless of card type, replaces CCC and use this to clock X1k (R5x0) series cards.
OpenGL Fur Rendering Benchmark Used for stability testing. Heated my card up like nothing else.
**If you are reinstalling Windows**
This is the way I do it
Now we are ready to rock and roll!
Disclaimer: Do so at your OWN RISK, although killing a card is VERY VERY VERY hard to do.
R5x0 - X1k Overclocking using ATi Tray Tools
The guide is based on a HIS IceQ X1900XT-X and the SERVICES MUST REMAIN DISABLED TO CLOCK USING ATT.
Before we start, setup the "Monitoring Graphs" by right clicking on the ATT Icon, to "Hardware" then to "Monitoring Graphs". Make sure you have both GPU and Memory clocks displayed as well as fan duty, GPU Temp, Env Temp and VR Out. These can be is separate graphs as shown in the link below.
Also enable the OSD (On Screen Display) by right clicking again, "Tools & Options" -> "OnScreen Display". Make sure under "General Settings" both boxes are ticked, select the position of where the OSD goes and the move onto the "Flash OSD tab" and select under "1 Line" all the boxes, and if you so wish any from "2 Line" I suggest clicking "VR Out" to check the core is getting the correct voltages. Should end up with something like:
OnScreen Display (OSD) and Monitoring Graph setup
1. First make sure ATi Tray Tools starts at boot.
To do this, right click on the icon in the task bar then "Tools & Options" --> "General Options". Then under "Start up options", "load with windows" should be checked.
2. Then right click on the icon again, go up to "Hardware" then "Overclocking settings". You should be confronted with a window with 3 tabs, ‘Overclocking’, ‘Fan’ and ‘Voltages’, like this:
Now the overclocking method should be grayed out "Driver Level".
3. We are first going to make a 2D profile. Now click "Include clocks in profile". Drag the two sliders down as far as they will go and then click apply.
4. Now go to the "Fan" tab, set the fan speeds to what you like or leave them alone. At under 10% then fan usually stops which isn't a good thing so try and keep it at 0% or atleast 15%. Make sure "Include in profile" is selected and click apply.
5. Move onto the "Voltage" tab, click "Enable Voltage Control" and once again make sure "Include in profile" is select then set the "GPU Voltage" to 1.1V, the drivers won't allow any lower than this as it stands. "Memory Voltage" and "Memory IO Voltage" should be kept within 1-2% of each other ideally, lower these as you see fit, I have mine as shown below (1.942V/1.942V):
Now click on the blue floppy disk icon to save the profile, call it 2D, now in the drop down box this should appear" "2D * xxx.xx:xxx.xx C F V", x being a number and C F V stating that Clocks, Fan and Voltages are saved in that profile.
Now, everything should be ok here in terms of stability, but if you wish to triple check using the Fur Benchmark as shown above at your native res and max AA test your graphics card for "1800000" ms, thats 30 minutes and will be easily long enough to test 2D clocks.
Make sure that in the "load selected profile at startup" box is checked with the 2D profile name showing in the box on the right.
6. Now, 3D. As a note when working with these cards you MUST follow these rules:
• Increasing clock speed = Volts THEN Fan THEN Clocks
• Decreasing clock speed = Clocks THEN Fan THEN Volts
because if you set clocks with low voltage it will crash
.
So, set:
X1800/1900/1950 series stock 3D voltages: 1.45/2.088/2.088 (Or as close as possible for the memory).
Then click apply.
7. Fan speeds, again set it to what you want, at stock everything should be fine up to 80C, although both cards I've had throw a wobbly at 75C+. Then click apply.
8. Now its time to set the stock clocks, as shown here:
X1800XL: 500/500
X1800XT: 625/750
X1800 GTO: 500/500
X1800 Crossfire Master Card: 625/750
X1900XT 512Mb: 625/725
X1900XT Crossfire Master Card: 625/725
X1900XTX: 650/775
X1950XTX: 650/1000 (Can someone confirm X1950XT/XTX compatibility?????)
Once again apply and then save to a profile of "Stock 3D".
Again everything should be ok now, but if you wish check for another "1800000" ms (30 mins) using the fur benchmark. Watch the temps on the OSD. Also make sure your Monitoring Graphs are running in the background.
8.Ok now onto overclocking!!!
I would work on core first, as the X1900 and possibly the X1800 series have a problem going over the CCC max of 690mhz on the core. Even with the services disabled. So load your "Stock 3D" profile, then save it under "Overclocked 3D".
Work your way up by 10mhz at a time, testing for at least 10 minutes of the fur Benchmark (600000 ms).
Most cards will do 690 on stock volts and the clocks that are set won't be exact, they will drop to the next allowable clock speed. IE If I set 730Mhz it will drop to 729Mhz, select 750Mhz drops to 746Mhz, etc.
If your on water or your air temperatures are still good then you can try increasing the voltage a notch and trying again, however you are only likely to gain a stop or two of clocks. If the monitor looses signal that means the core has crapped out, thus you need to either lower clocks, lower temps or increase volts.
When you think you have reached the max, test for an hour in the fur benchmark (3600000 ms), then if that passes then move onto memory!
9.Now memory is a difficult beast on these cards thanks to the memory controller on the die. Many people found that 1.95V gave them the best clock, others 2.2 etc etc. So this part usually takes the longest to test. I started at 1.9V on both Memory and Memory IO voltages and worked up, 10 mhz at a time, again testing for 10 mins for stability.
Once you are happy you have found the right spot, test for an hour again.
Here are my 24/7 overclocked speeds (stable up to 70C, 71C and over = crash)
Eh, voila, clocked cards.
To enabled automatic overclocking (like the services would have done if you hadn't disabled them), go to "Hardware" again and then "Auto Overclocking". Tick the check box "Enable auto 2D/3D overclocking" and select the 3D profile in the top and 2D profile in the bottom. Then click ok.
FAQ
My cards showing 500/600 instead of xxx/xxx, whats wrong?
Your card is showing the 2D speeds, as now ATi in there X1k series cards have 2D/3D modes to save power. All its displaying is your 2D speeds which will ramp up the speed to 3D when a 3d app starts.
3D Mark 2005 Score = 2D/3D
X1800XL/GTO = 7-8/8-9k
X1800XT/CF = 8-9/9-10k
X1900XT/CF = 9-10/10-11k
X1900XT-X = 9-10/11.5-12.5k (Heavily overclocked with Conroe = 14k, I have hit 14.5k with my card before)
X1950XT-X = 9-10/12.5-13k
(All X19x0 cards have same stock 2D clocks therefore roughly the same 2005 score)
PCI-E speed
Anyone who can adjust this, raise it. I have it at 110 and I might raise it to 120 as other have done this and seen both increasing in performance and overclocks.
Full out going for world record overclocking
New profile, set fan speed to 100%. Give it the beans. Voltages to 1.600V core on air for short periods only!!! 2.3/2.4V mem is ok for short periods. (only if it works lol)
Conc
PS: This site is VERY useful to tweak the max out of ATi Tray Tools and ATi Cats.
http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_1.html
** Updated 21st December 2007 ** For better X1k series overclocking guide and addition of ATi Tool overclocking guide.
Drivers
Omega Drivers Site - For 2000/XP
Standard ATi Drivers - For 98/ME/2000/XP.
Software
ATi Tool - Use for R6x0 cards.
ATi Tray Tools - Install this regardless of card type, replaces CCC and use this to clock X1k (R5x0) series cards.
OpenGL Fur Rendering Benchmark Used for stability testing. Heated my card up like nothing else.
**If you are reinstalling Windows**
This is the way I do it
- Install Windows
- Install Chipset Drivers
- Download any windows updates required
- Install Other Drivers including Graphics drivers.
- Disable services - Start --> Run --> services.msc
- Install ATi Tool *If using it*
- Disable both ATi services - Start --> Run --> services.msc.
- RESTART - YOU MUST DO THIS
Now we are ready to rock and roll!
Disclaimer: Do so at your OWN RISK, although killing a card is VERY VERY VERY hard to do.
R5x0 - X1k Overclocking using ATi Tray Tools
The guide is based on a HIS IceQ X1900XT-X and the SERVICES MUST REMAIN DISABLED TO CLOCK USING ATT.
Before we start, setup the "Monitoring Graphs" by right clicking on the ATT Icon, to "Hardware" then to "Monitoring Graphs". Make sure you have both GPU and Memory clocks displayed as well as fan duty, GPU Temp, Env Temp and VR Out. These can be is separate graphs as shown in the link below.
Also enable the OSD (On Screen Display) by right clicking again, "Tools & Options" -> "OnScreen Display". Make sure under "General Settings" both boxes are ticked, select the position of where the OSD goes and the move onto the "Flash OSD tab" and select under "1 Line" all the boxes, and if you so wish any from "2 Line" I suggest clicking "VR Out" to check the core is getting the correct voltages. Should end up with something like:
OnScreen Display (OSD) and Monitoring Graph setup
1. First make sure ATi Tray Tools starts at boot.
To do this, right click on the icon in the task bar then "Tools & Options" --> "General Options". Then under "Start up options", "load with windows" should be checked.
2. Then right click on the icon again, go up to "Hardware" then "Overclocking settings". You should be confronted with a window with 3 tabs, ‘Overclocking’, ‘Fan’ and ‘Voltages’, like this:
Now the overclocking method should be grayed out "Driver Level".
3. We are first going to make a 2D profile. Now click "Include clocks in profile". Drag the two sliders down as far as they will go and then click apply.
4. Now go to the "Fan" tab, set the fan speeds to what you like or leave them alone. At under 10% then fan usually stops which isn't a good thing so try and keep it at 0% or atleast 15%. Make sure "Include in profile" is selected and click apply.
5. Move onto the "Voltage" tab, click "Enable Voltage Control" and once again make sure "Include in profile" is select then set the "GPU Voltage" to 1.1V, the drivers won't allow any lower than this as it stands. "Memory Voltage" and "Memory IO Voltage" should be kept within 1-2% of each other ideally, lower these as you see fit, I have mine as shown below (1.942V/1.942V):
Now click on the blue floppy disk icon to save the profile, call it 2D, now in the drop down box this should appear" "2D * xxx.xx:xxx.xx C F V", x being a number and C F V stating that Clocks, Fan and Voltages are saved in that profile.
Now, everything should be ok here in terms of stability, but if you wish to triple check using the Fur Benchmark as shown above at your native res and max AA test your graphics card for "1800000" ms, thats 30 minutes and will be easily long enough to test 2D clocks.
Make sure that in the "load selected profile at startup" box is checked with the 2D profile name showing in the box on the right.
6. Now, 3D. As a note when working with these cards you MUST follow these rules:
• Increasing clock speed = Volts THEN Fan THEN Clocks
• Decreasing clock speed = Clocks THEN Fan THEN Volts
because if you set clocks with low voltage it will crash
.So, set:
X1800/1900/1950 series stock 3D voltages: 1.45/2.088/2.088 (Or as close as possible for the memory).
Then click apply.
7. Fan speeds, again set it to what you want, at stock everything should be fine up to 80C, although both cards I've had throw a wobbly at 75C+. Then click apply.
8. Now its time to set the stock clocks, as shown here:
X1800XL: 500/500
X1800XT: 625/750
X1800 GTO: 500/500
X1800 Crossfire Master Card: 625/750
X1900XT 512Mb: 625/725
X1900XT Crossfire Master Card: 625/725
X1900XTX: 650/775
X1950XTX: 650/1000 (Can someone confirm X1950XT/XTX compatibility?????)
Once again apply and then save to a profile of "Stock 3D".
Again everything should be ok now, but if you wish check for another "1800000" ms (30 mins) using the fur benchmark. Watch the temps on the OSD. Also make sure your Monitoring Graphs are running in the background.
8.Ok now onto overclocking!!!
I would work on core first, as the X1900 and possibly the X1800 series have a problem going over the CCC max of 690mhz on the core. Even with the services disabled. So load your "Stock 3D" profile, then save it under "Overclocked 3D".
Work your way up by 10mhz at a time, testing for at least 10 minutes of the fur Benchmark (600000 ms).
Most cards will do 690 on stock volts and the clocks that are set won't be exact, they will drop to the next allowable clock speed. IE If I set 730Mhz it will drop to 729Mhz, select 750Mhz drops to 746Mhz, etc.
If your on water or your air temperatures are still good then you can try increasing the voltage a notch and trying again, however you are only likely to gain a stop or two of clocks. If the monitor looses signal that means the core has crapped out, thus you need to either lower clocks, lower temps or increase volts.
When you think you have reached the max, test for an hour in the fur benchmark (3600000 ms), then if that passes then move onto memory!
9.Now memory is a difficult beast on these cards thanks to the memory controller on the die. Many people found that 1.95V gave them the best clock, others 2.2 etc etc. So this part usually takes the longest to test. I started at 1.9V on both Memory and Memory IO voltages and worked up, 10 mhz at a time, again testing for 10 mins for stability.
Once you are happy you have found the right spot, test for an hour again.
Here are my 24/7 overclocked speeds (stable up to 70C, 71C and over = crash)
Eh, voila, clocked cards
.To enabled automatic overclocking (like the services would have done if you hadn't disabled them), go to "Hardware" again and then "Auto Overclocking". Tick the check box "Enable auto 2D/3D overclocking" and select the 3D profile in the top and 2D profile in the bottom. Then click ok.
FAQ
My cards showing 500/600 instead of xxx/xxx, whats wrong?
Your card is showing the 2D speeds, as now ATi in there X1k series cards have 2D/3D modes to save power. All its displaying is your 2D speeds which will ramp up the speed to 3D when a 3d app starts.
3D Mark 2005 Score = 2D/3D
X1800XL/GTO = 7-8/8-9k
X1800XT/CF = 8-9/9-10k
X1900XT/CF = 9-10/10-11k
X1900XT-X = 9-10/11.5-12.5k (Heavily overclocked with Conroe = 14k, I have hit 14.5k with my card before)
X1950XT-X = 9-10/12.5-13k
(All X19x0 cards have same stock 2D clocks therefore roughly the same 2005 score)
PCI-E speed
Anyone who can adjust this, raise it. I have it at 110 and I might raise it to 120 as other have done this and seen both increasing in performance and overclocks.
Full out going for world record overclocking
New profile, set fan speed to 100%. Give it the beans. Voltages to 1.600V core on air for short periods only!!! 2.3/2.4V mem is ok for short periods. (only if it works lol)
Conc
PS: This site is VERY useful to tweak the max out of ATi Tray Tools and ATi Cats.
http://www.tweakguides.com/ATICAT_1.html
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