even if u flash it, i don't think the 5850 as the chip (VT165MF) to be able to control the voltage..Yeah, the Asus 5850 bios or the MSI 5850 "official" modded bios
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Probably a bug in the RC or something. Only a few weeks of that left I suppose
.Next silly question I have is, how do you triple crossfire cards? Do you have to have say a 5850 and a 5850 X2, or is there are trick with the crossfire bridges?
Every reference 5850 has it. Just look the 5850 backside:
and:
The GPU voltage is managed by a Volterra VT1165MF voltage controller which is I2C capable enabling software voltmods.
MSI afterburner will work, but CCC is going to limit your OC. Dunno why gputool cant work, but it cant change voltages if I remember right.
New rivaturner will support 5850 and 5870 with Volterra controlled plugin.
I´m waiting that oc.uk will sent my XFX5850 & i5 750+other stuff so I cant answer for that.
Maybe this will help you:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235693
New rivaturner will support 5850 and 5870 with Volterra controlled plugin.
I´m waiting that oc.uk will sent my XFX5850 & i5 750+other stuff so I cant answer for that.
Maybe this will help you:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=235693
MSI afterburner up's the wrong clock voltage (UVD) not the 3d clock voltage.
AMD GPU Clock Tool works but not the voltage.
gputool 0.0.0 doesn't work with 5850 but works with 5870... if the 5850 as the same voltage chip as a 5870 surely it should work...
AMD GPU Clock Tool works but not the voltage.
gputool 0.0.0 doesn't work with 5850 but works with 5870... if the 5850 as the same voltage chip as a 5870 surely it should work...
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Box contents is pretty spartan. The card, a million-language install leaflet, cross-fire connector and dvi-vga adaptor. Oh and of course Dirt 2.
Can't wait to get my CPU back to give it a whirl
Tell me about it, not even a molex-> PCI-E cable or two!
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I got two of these with my XFX. Although yeah, I was expecting a bunch of other stuff for some reason. I dislike how HDMI has removed the need for a big adaptor for the S-Video port, those things always looked kinda cool and colourful.
With specs in my sig, at 1280x1024 (can't go higher), I run GTA 4 at these settings
textures: high
reflections: high
shadows: high
Anisofilter: v.high
draw distance: 30
detail distance: 75
shadow density: 1
v-sync: on
definition: on
(probably missed out a couple of variables but its all pretty much, high it runs great finally
)Weird as at stock, I get 18,102 with my setup:
sm2.0 - 8322
sm3.0 - 9445
cpu -3536
Anyone care to suggest why the scores are so different? Also, how do I unlock overdrive in CCC??
NB: For anyone that's thinking of getting a 5850 and has a P182 for a case, you have can't have a fan attached to the middle HD cage due to the placement of the PCI-E power connectors, wish they'd put them on the top like the 5870
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My old koolance low profile one been using it for my last few cards still serves me well. I know theres better out there but it still cools a dam site better than any air cooled solution, plus I dont have to keep buying new ones for each card. Just home from work now I swear I'll never get round to benchmarking this thing properly till next week at this rate! Bit worried about my VRM temps though, even though I've put heatsinks on them still seem kinda hot when running furmark (80s) in everest though when gaming only in the low 60s is this OK? Can someone else with the stock cooler still on tell me what everest is saying for you when running furmark/gaming think i'm gunna beef up the cooling on them.
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Yeah only up to the CCC limites 775/1125, I can go higher with AMD gpu clock tool at 800/1200 but then I have to change it everytime I boot the system up and powerplay disables itself
I need to wait for a more permanent method Yeah, once the memory is in the triple digits for the time being it is more than enough, I tried 830 on stock but it crashed running ATI tool, I then tried again at 825 which worked but after playing Crysis warhead for 15mins it crashed the game, so stable is around 815-820 on stock volts for me
Sigh if only the MSI afterburner worked it would have been great, I'm not looking to flash BIOS's or anything so I'm hoping for some other software work around
I'll have to keep an eye on that then as I won't be putting on a full cover block either.
What have i missed here? Why wouldn't the volt software work on you 5850?
this is what i don't understand too.
5870 and 5850 have the same the chip (VT165MF) .
so why don't any of the voltage programs work?
also how the hell did review sites up the voltage?
