The HD 2900XT Info Thread

[Modki]

That's why you make a backup of the firmware

BTW, I lol'd at Kinc's sig. http://kinc.se/2900/roby.jpg

[NCspecV81]

Originally Posted by Modki

That's why you make a backup of the firmware

BTW, I lol'd at Kinc's sig. http://kinc.se/2900/roby.jpg

good luck. Looks like the majority here are having trouble with gts' =o)

[Modki]

Originally Posted by NCspecV81

good luck. Looks like the majority here are having trouble with gts' =o)

Why, what's wrong with the GTS firmware?

[NCspecV81]

Originally Posted by Modki

Why, what's wrong with the GTS firmware?

lol im sorry i was referencing the sig.

[Modki]

[AKAeric]

lol, there is NO WAY IN HELL i'd flash the firmware with anything but an official AMD/ATI tool. I have no intention of turning $800 of poor investments into bricks, =)

BTW 3dmark01 is where I'm having the most trouble and losing the most points. I should be able to get another 15-20k points but it keeps crashing... stupid old technology.

[BloodThirstyEmu]

Have you guys tried lowering your settings in CCC? I would really like to see if that affects your scores at all. Wish you all luck in trying to OC your X-fire rigs!

Edit: Alright I got some results:

-------------CCC-High Settings-------CCC- Low Settings
3dmarks----------4589----------------------5096
SM2.0------------1586---------------------1937
SM3.0------------1887---------------------1947
CPU--------------2840---------------------2838

So it does affect scores, It raised my score by 500 points. Thats what cd needs to get to 18k.

[CyberDruid]

Originally Posted by BloodThirstyEmu

Have you guys tried lowering your settings in CCC? I would really like to see if that affects your scores at all. Wish you all luck in trying to OC your X-fire rigs!

Edit: Alright I got some results:

-------------CCC-High Settings-------CCC- Low Settings
3dmarks----------4589----------------------5096
SM2.0------------1586---------------------1937
SM3.0------------1887---------------------1947
CPU--------------2840---------------------2838

So it does affect scores, It raised my score by 500 points. Thats what cd needs to get to 18k.

worth a try

[binormalkilla]

Well yesterday I confirmed that the UVD is working when I played a blu-ray disc last night. I was only getting %5-10 CPU usage on both cores (or less) in task manager, and I was downloading with Azureus too.

[The_Rocker]

Right guys.... I never thought it would come to this....

I will be wanting to complete my build with a powerhouse GFX card in a couple of months....

As nvidia are planning on releasing their new cards then i am stuck with this decision.

Wait until Nvidia relase the new cards so that the 8800GTX / ULTRA drops in price and get one of them.

OR

Get a 1gb 2900XT

My board is SLI which would mean if i went nvidia i have upgrade possibility.