Pretesting Sapphire 5870's - Page 3

Gamer · 12th October 2009, 20:11

Yes please, for 01

leeghoofd · 12th October 2009, 20:12

test the card too in crossfire Luc, max GPU/RAM clocks might be a bit lower then... but the cards looked very promising on air

Need my REX HD ? so you won't need to reinstall everything from sratch besides the ATI drivers...

Massman · 12th October 2009, 20:57

Are you using Afterburner for extra voltage?

Gamer · 12th October 2009, 21:13

Yep, tried 1050 on 1.3vgpu = crash.
Although temps are not above 60° ???

Trying 1.350vgpu now @ 1050 mhz, so far so good in first test on 3d06.

FAIL..
Screenfailure, blank screen but benchmark did go further resulting in low score.

Max settings now : 1.3vgpu/1025mhz for single GPU.

Gamer · 12th October 2009, 21:45

no 1025 on Crossfire, backing down to 1000

If you use both CCC and MSI afterburner, second card goes back to stock.
So make sure all is ok when you use the MSI tool.

Single card : 20090 score with 3050 mhz on the Xeon.
CF : 20875
now let's see if this goes up with overclock on the cpu.

CPU at 3500mhz : 24188.
Hmm, strange ?

Massman · 12th October 2009, 22:16

Why strange?

Gamer · 12th October 2009, 22:17

That much improvement on 500mhz overclock ?
You could be right it's not strange

Massman · 12th October 2009, 22:18

Just one giant CPU bottleneck

jmke · 12th October 2009, 22:21

Yup, HD 5870 alone is already borderline CPU bottlenecked even at 1920x1200 with AA/AF in most games, only Crysis Warhead DX10 VHQ can still stress the card and NEEDS CF to deliver playable FPS

benchmarks with resolution of 1280x1024? HD 5870 laughs at them

in CF you're completely CPU bottlenecked, you'll need Core i9 at 8Ghz to get a GPU bottleneck again

Gamer · 12th October 2009, 22:22

hmm, this cpu goes 80° stressed on 1.35vcore, crappy IHS

We should cool the cards with water, maybe 1100 on the core would be possible ?

12th October 2009, 20:11	#21
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,585	Yes please, for 01 __________________

12th October 2009, 20:12	#22
leeghoofd [M] Reviewer Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,030	test the card too in crossfire Luc, max GPU/RAM clocks might be a bit lower then... but the cards looked very promising on air Need my REX HD ? so you won't need to reinstall everything from sratch besides the ATI drivers... __________________

12th October 2009, 20:57	#23
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,465	Are you using Afterburner for extra voltage? __________________

12th October 2009, 21:13	#24
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,585	Yep, tried 1050 on 1.3vgpu = crash. Although temps are not above 60° ??? Trying 1.350vgpu now @ 1050 mhz, so far so good in first test on 3d06. FAIL.. Screenfailure, blank screen but benchmark did go further resulting in low score. Max settings now : 1.3vgpu/1025mhz for single GPU. __________________ Last edited by Gamer : 12th October 2009 at 21:22.

12th October 2009, 21:45	#25
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,585	no 1025 on Crossfire, backing down to 1000 If you use both CCC and MSI afterburner, second card goes back to stock. So make sure all is ok when you use the MSI tool. Single card : 20090 score with 3050 mhz on the Xeon. CF : 20875 now let's see if this goes up with overclock on the cpu. CPU at 3500mhz : 24188. Hmm, strange ? __________________ Last edited by Gamer : 12th October 2009 at 22:07.

12th October 2009, 22:16	#26
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,465	Why strange? __________________

12th October 2009, 22:17	#27
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,585	That much improvement on 500mhz overclock ? You could be right it's not strange __________________

12th October 2009, 22:18	#28
Massman [M] Reviewer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Waregem Posts: 6,465	Just one giant CPU bottleneck __________________

12th October 2009, 22:21	#29
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 78,458	Yup, HD 5870 alone is already borderline CPU bottlenecked even at 1920x1200 with AA/AF in most games, only Crysis Warhead DX10 VHQ can still stress the card and NEEDS CF to deliver playable FPS benchmarks with resolution of 1280x1024? HD 5870 laughs at them in CF you're completely CPU bottlenecked, you'll need Core i9 at 8Ghz to get a GPU bottleneck again __________________

12th October 2009, 22:22	#30
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,585	hmm, this cpu goes 80° stressed on 1.35vcore, crappy IHS We should cool the cards with water, maybe 1100 on the core would be possible ? __________________ Last edited by Gamer : 12th October 2009 at 22:25.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Sapphire Radeon HD 5550 Ultimate	jmke	WebNews	0	21st June 2010 16:59
Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2 review	jmke	WebNews	0	6th July 2009 14:48
Sapphire HD 4890 Toxic and Sapphire 4890 Vapor-X	jmke	WebNews	0	5th June 2009 16:27
Sapphire Radeon HD 4770 review	jmke	WebNews	0	29th May 2009 08:58
Enzotech CPU Water Block SCW-1 Sapphire	jmke	WebNews	0	26th October 2007 10:48
Large Sapphire ATI AGP/PCIe video cards roundup	jmke	WebNews	0	18th January 2006 18:06
Sapphire Considers Overclocking High-End Graphics Cards	jmke	WebNews	0	16th December 2005 11:50
Sapphire PURE PI-A9RX480 - ATI's Chipset for the AMD Enthusiast	Sidney	WebNews	2	1st August 2005 09:52
Sapphire Offers to Replace RADEON 9800 PRO “128-bit Edition”	jmke	WebNews	0	17th June 2004 08:52
Sapphire Technology Denounced for Cut-Down Graphics Cards	jmke	WebNews	0	16th June 2004 12:12