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Issue with gpu clock and memory clock

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I have a HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870x2 Graphics card
I am getting very poor gpu clock and memory speeds on both cores of my graphics card.

Both cores are running at
GPU Clock 507MHz
Memory 500MHz
at both 3D and 2D mode, using GPU-Z 0.3.0.0 and ati 8.12 catalyst control center
I know that in 3D mode it should be at 750MHZ and 900MHz and 2D at 507MHz and 500MHz(2gpu).
I have un-installed and re-installed the 8.12ccc
with no change at all, also using driver cleaner(in safe mode) when un-installing.
I get no arifacts as I use ExpertTool V4.0, enable fan contol for cooling while playing games.
Its just the card will not run at its full potentuall or how it should. Can you please help!!!

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Yeah youre prob just only seeing 2d mode
you can disable powerplay (the powersaving feature that reverts to 2d mode) if you like, which is what i do before I start any games
In order to do so, create and save a profile
find your profile which assuming youre on vista is in the following location
C:\Users\"name"\AppData\Local\ATI\ACE\Profiles
right click it and select edit - it should open in notepad
In the section that says coreclocktarget change all the values from 500000 to 750000
save and exit
If you want a more comprehensive guide go to ATI's own forum
Each time you restart your computer you then need to activate the profile
 
Just ran 3Dmark06 1920x1200 res and got 20441

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I ran gpu-z and ati 8.12 ccc and the gpu clock and memory clock stayed at 507/500

So I don`t know what to think...the card works ok, no artifacts, really wierd.:confused:
 
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