** ATi X1k/HD 3k series overclocking guide - ATi Tray Tools and ATi Tool + FAQ **

[SpudMaster]

just had a quick play at overclocking my x1900xtx, was running at 722/800 on stock stocks didnt bother trying any higher, will do when i get my waterblock on it though

 

[FreeStream]

I can do 666 @ 1.4V, yet if I push it to 700/725 @ 1.45/2.000 it locks

Anyone else have this problem?

Conc

 

[Duke]

On stock volts, my XTX does 729/891

Blimey!

 

[Nixeh]

Hope the XT gets some good clocks, has anyone had it under a good watercooling system with the ram getting some attention aswell.

 

[the_tyke]

Always had Nvidias before so Im a total ATI noob , I could do with some advice.
I've put an X1900XT on an Asus A8N-sli. I don't want to operate in sli and only intend using one card.

I'm just a little worried that I might have problems with the gart driver with an ATI card on this board. Do you think this will be a problem.
Is there much on the software disk thats worth bothering with or shall I go straight to the ATI support for the latest cats and leave it at that.
Uninstalling old drivers and installing new ones on Nvidia cards was fairly straight forward, I hope ATI won't be much different !

 

[fornowagain]

Always had Nvidias before so Im a total ATI noob , I could do with some advice.
I've put an X1900XT on an Asus A8N-sli. I don't want to operate in sli and only intend using one card.

I'm just a little worried that I might have problems with the gart driver with an ATI card on this board. Do you think this will be a problem.
Is there much on the software disk thats worth bothering with or shall I go straight to the ATI support for the latest cats and leave it at that.
Uninstalling old drivers and installing new ones on Nvidia cards was fairly straight forward, I hope ATI won't be much different !

Nah, its all good. Look at my sig. Get the latest 6.2's, they work great.

 

[the_tyke]

Nah, its all good. Look at my sig. Get the latest 6.2's, they work great.

Brilliant.

I just need to sort out whether having 4 X 512 of Corsair XMS3200 is going to be a problem and whether I need to get 2 X 1 gigs.

 

[FreeStream]

Brilliant.

I just need to sort out whether having 4 X 512 of Corsair XMS3200 is going to be a problem and whether I need to get 2 X 1 gigs.

Deffo 2x1Gb

 

[Rex-Kramer]

My XT is doing 715 | 810 at the moment.

Thats watercooled and temps arent going above 55 degrees.

 

[Klytus]

My connect x1900xtx clocks to 689/797 using CCC and nowt else. Runs at around 80degrees C (which seems hot to me). Ran 3d mark 06 with it and got 6023 but during the penultimate graphics test the whole screen kept going white!? so will lower the clocks a bit
What kind of max Temps do those of you using the stock cooler get?

 

[turbotoaster]

how do u do it if youve got 2 cards in crossfire, as it only changed the master card not the slave

 

[Jimbo Mahoney]

Looking in this thread, and the ones over @ XS, it seems the XTX's are VERY cherry-picked.

I'm clocking my X1900XT on water right now. Core seems to go to ~ 735 Mhz, memory 'only' goes to about 800 Mhz. (OCZ Ramsinks, 1.1ns as far as I can tell).

The XT-X memory seems to easily clock beyond that.

 

[FreeStream]

Yep, should have waited two weeks and got a cheaper XTX

Bah!

edit: 666/1602 is clocks atm, gotta keep it under 60C tho or mem goes

 

[steveo]

am seeing a lot of people with the same core and mem as me and the only reason i cant get it any further is because of ccc limiting it how are some people getting past 700 yet others like me cant get past 689 on the mem it cant be a cooling thing currently running a sapphire xtx at stock speeds until i work out why i cant clock higher

 

[Jimbo Mahoney]

am seeing a lot of people with the same core and mem as me and the only reason i cant get it any further is because of ccc limiting it how are some people getting past 700 yet others like me cant get past 689 on the mem it cant be a cooling thing currently running a sapphire xtx at stock speeds until i work out why i cant clock higher

Use ATI Tool Beta 14

 

[ArchAnGeL]

Hmmm ATI for clocking doesn't work for me (x1800XT here), I have to use ATI overclocker.

I do as you do though and alter voltages / fan speeds in ATI tool yet use overclockers 2D payne to alter the clocks.

Had it running up to 700/1660 so far with 1.420v on the core.

Where do I find ati overclocker? I've never used it before and I am stuggling to find a link with google.

Anyone use powerstrip to set clocks? I already have this installed for the in game gamma hotkeys which are the only ones I've found to work in all games.

 

[ArchAnGeL]

I've found a direct link to a version it but is there a homepage so I can check I have the latest version?

 

[ArchAnGeL]

Got it working. Once you have finalised clocks how are you getting them to start at boot? overclocker to the start menu?

 

[Jimbo Mahoney]

Got it working. Once you have finalised clocks how are you getting them to start at boot? overclocker to the start menu?

Did ATI Tool Beta 14 not work with your card?

The problem with Overclocker is that it increases memory timings, which yes, allows the memory to clock higher, but you can't make up the speed enough to compensate for the increased latency.

 

[ArchAnGeL]

Did ATI Tool Beta 14 not work with your card?

The problem with Overclocker is that it increases memory timings, which yes, allows the memory to clock higher, but you can't make up the speed enough to compensate for the increased latency.

Ati tool does work with my card but I think I only tried overclcoking it with beta 12? The problem I had with that was when I set my voltage and then clocked the card, everything was fine. But if I rebooted and tried to load that profile I would get lock ups.

I will try with ati tool beta 14. The only reason I was looking at overclocker was it was recommended earlier in the the thread.

I already have powerstip installed for the in game gamma keys. Are there any disadvantages to using that for the clock and ati tool for the voltages/fans?