x850xt just keeps going

[superfly]

Hi, i got one of the PowerColor x850xt from OCUK ofcourse and at stock its 520 / 540

i swapped out the stock cooler for a nice Arctic Silencer, that dropped noise and temps by about 1 third !!!! was well impressed, then upgraded the bios to the PE version.

Ever since then i have been playing games, then overclocking a little more, bit by bit and then testing and so on, using AtiTool for o'c and fan control.

At the moment i have it at 605 / 585 without any problems, and it just seems to keep on going.

When just in the desktop i have underclocked it by 200 for both gpu and mem and it can actually idle at 55 with NO FAN going, completely passive.

How have other people found these cards for overclocking?? mine just seems to keep on going for ever lol, best £150 i ever spent.

 

[superfly]

How do you flash the Bios?

I cant find the original article which tells you exactly, but its real simple

go to http://www.techpowerup.com/bios/

and download your manufacturers bios

and then use the winflash 105 version to flash it.

reboot

done

obviously if you screw up you card then dont blame me, but i had no issues and it gets you a card that is like £50 more exspensive for free

 

[superfly]

Out of interest would i get any benefit from flashing my x850xt to x850xtPE if i wasnt going to overclock the card?

I know the PE speeds are 540 and 590 respectively (which i could OC to without flashing) but surely there would have to be more reason than that to do it?

Zeph.

I believe aswel as uping the standard clock speeds, i think it tightens the memory timings aswel?

anyone confirm this?

 

[superfly]

Can you give me more details on which Arctic VGA cooler u got ta!

i got it from OCUK aswel ofcourse lol its in the coolers section

Arctic Cooling Rev.2 ATI 5 (X850 Series) VGA Silencer (HS-018-AR)

its £14, but i just checked for you and it looks like its out of stock right now.