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** Official omg I just got my 5870 thread **

elpedro said:
I have no drives in the top hard drive cage so there's plenty of room :)

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What temps does the corsair keep your Q6600 @..
 
Peaked at 68C on the small FFTs Prime95 test after 4 hours. Gets considerably hotter during intel burn test, around 79-80C peak after 5 loops of the maximum stress test.
 
Hmmm...

I got my 5870 yesterday but had to sendit straight back :( . After hearing that the 5870x2 may be out by the end of the month and that it is being touted at maybe even less than $500 I think I'm goint to just get a cheap old 4870 or 5770 and wait for that!

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15707/1/

Their description of the 5870x2's power makes me think I'll regret my simple 5870 come release (as crazy as that sounds)

Decisions eh??
 
Got mine two days ago! Purchased the Sapphire HD 5870 Game Bundle! Dirt 2 and Battlestations: Pacific. This is an awesome card! Smokes my old MSI GTX-260! Happy camper! Woot!:D

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elpedro said:
Peaked at 68C on the small FFTs Prime95 test after 4 hours. Gets considerably hotter during intel burn test, around 79-80C peak after 5 loops of the maximum stress test.
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Good temps for such a compact unit, under normal gaming I guess the temps would be around 60c or under which is great, may consider getting one.
 
Thats a lot of volts, I need 1.45 for 3.7Ghz Q6600, I have loadline enabled in the bios and that helps with stabilty big time, no more vdrop.
 
Installed W7 and the beta 9.11 drivers, There's simply no comparison between the card in the new OS, its simply not the same piece of gear in W7.

In XP it didn't feel any better than the 8800 it replaced but in W7 it blows it away. on the few BM i've ran and games played its approximately 30% faster with X3 frame rates at the same settings going from 68 in XP to 88 in W7.

Ive gone from :( to :D in the space of a day
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Thats a lot of volts, I need 1.45 for 3.7Ghz Q6600, I have loadline enabled in the bios and that helps with stabilty big time, no more vdrop.
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I have to use 1.5v for 3.6 gig on my qx6800 and 1.6 volts for 3.8 gig.Thats why i only ever ran 3.8 gig for benchmarking i wasnt happy having to use that amount of volts.
 
johny dolan said:
I have to use 1.5v for 3.6 gig on my qx6800 and 1.6 volts for 3.8 gig.Thats why i only ever ran 3.8 gig for benchmarking i wasnt happy having to use that amount of volts.
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Like I said if you have loadline calibration option in your bios, enable it and drop your CPU volts down, without it enabled or you don't have the option in your bios you get massive vdrop causing instability with your OC, say you set 1.5v, when vdrop hits your volts can go as low as 1.45 when your CPU is under load, this crashes your OC. With it on, vdrop has gone completely and you need way lower volts to keep it stable. Result can vary depending on the performance of your mobo.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Like I said if you have loadline calibration option in your bios, enable it and drop your CPU volts down, without it enabled or you don't have the option in your bios you get massive vdrop causing instability with your OC, say you set 1.5v, when vdrop hits your volts can go as low as 1.45 when your CPU is under load, this crashes your OC. With it on, vdrop has gone completely and you need way lower volts to keep it stable. Result can vary depending on the performance of your mobo.
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I've have load-line calibration set to enabled ever since I got my P5Q-E back in June 2008, I'm fully aware of its function. Trust me, I've vigorously tested getting the voltage as low as I can whilst maintaining stability.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Like I said if you have loadline calibration option in your bios, enable it and drop your CPU volts down, without it enabled or you don't have the option in your bios you get massive vdrop causing instability with your OC, say you set 1.5v, when vdrop hits your volts can go as low as 1.45 when your CPU is under load, this crashes your OC. With it on, vdrop has gone completely and you need way lower volts to keep it stable. Result can vary depending on the performance of your mobo.
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Not quite true, Loadline calibration being on can CAUSE instability with your overclock. With it on you will get high voltage spikes to you cpu which can cause your system to crash.

Whether you have it on or off depends which gives you the best stability.
 
Finnally found the right thread to post in :)

I've got the Asus 5870 and am just wondering about the power connections. On the card there are 2x 6pin sockets, but in the box I've only got 1 cable which has 2 molex to a single 6 pin plug. Does that mean you only need one of the power sockets on the card connected, or does it actuallu need both?

I've got a corsair 1000w psu so have extra connectors anyway, but just wondering what is actually needed.

Thanks.
 
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