ATI HD4870X2 Owners Thread

[Mootsfox]

Originally Posted by Syrillian

I got a package today.



Now all I need is some liquid-cooling blocks... any ideas?

So jealous right now

[grunion]

What board Sir Syrillian?

Lookin good in those spandex BTW

[Syrillian]

RussianGrimmReaper & Girface: Thank you.

+ apiece.

Aww, Mootsy... I feel bad now...really.

Fwiw, these belong in your hands more than mine.

*calculates how long it will take for Mootsy to post, "then send them to me "

Originally Posted by grunion

What board Sir Syrillian?

Lookin good in those spandex BTW

ROFL.

The lineup:

Asus Rampage Formula
E6550 @ 3.15 (450 x 7) - QX6850 will be installed soon
OCZ Reaper 8500 @ (are you ready.... @ 1086 -lol)
Single 4870 x2 @ stock




I installed the 2nd GPU, but got no signal to the monitor. I recall reading that Robilar had this same issue?

I clearly still have much to do insofar as tweaking the system, but I have time as the case is not completed yet.

[Litlratt]

I've been lurking as I've been interested in some users' results.
The no signal issue would appear to be BIOS related.
Drivers don't come into play here.

[ssgwright]

Originally Posted by joemaniaci

I also have another problem, was just playing COD4 and when I was flashed for example, I would get large horizontal black/white bars across the screen.

Joe I had the same issue with my 3870x2... I think it's driver related. For some reason when you get flashed you get fast moving horizontal black lines in the white light instead of just a bright white flash. It is annoying and I wish ATI would fix this.

[Syrillian]

Originally Posted by Litlratt

I've been lurking as I've been interested in some users' results.
The no signal issue would appear to be BIOS related.
Drivers don't come into play here.

I am running 0403. I explored the BIOS, to check for settings that would relate, but was unable to discern what might be the issue.

I tried both cards, and both function individually, but not together.

P.S. I am a noob @ CF. My last ATI card was an X850XT

Any ideas, Litlratt?

[Litlratt]

Originally Posted by Syrillian

I am running 0403. I explored the BIOS, to check for settings that would relate, but was unable to discern what might be the issue.

I tried both cards, and both function individually, but not together.

P.S. I am a noob @ CF. My last ATI card was an X850XT

Any ideas, Litlratt?

Since you and Robilar are both running the same mobo and vcards and we know that the vcards work in CF. I'm of the opinion that the issue is on ASUSs end.
Are there people with the same combo that have them working?

[grunion]

Originally Posted by Syrillian

I am running 0403. I explored the BIOS, to check for settings that would relate, but was unable to discern what might be the issue.

I tried both cards, and both function individually, but not together.

P.S. I am a noob @ CF. My last ATI card was an X850XT

Any ideas, Litlratt?

Uninstall the drivers> shut down> uninstall 1 card> restart> install drivers> restart> shutdown> install second card(no bridge)> restart> make sure the second card is seen by Windoze> shut down> install bridge ( make sure the 1A end is attached to the top card)> restart.

@Litlratt I'm pretty sure Robilars issue is XP.

[Syrillian]

Thank you Grunion, I will give that a whirl

(edit: (unrelated) I do have a HD2900XT, but I have very little tweak-time on it)

[Robilar]

Originally Posted by grunion

Uninstall the drivers> shut down> uninstall 1 card> restart> install drivers> restart> shutdown> install second card(no bridge)> restart> make sure the second card is seen by Windoze> shut down> install bridge ( make sure the 1A end is attached to the top card)> restart.

@Litlratt I'm pretty sure Robilars issue is XP.

No signal at all though Grunion.

I'm running the new 0407 bios.

If it were the OS at play here, I was still get a post screen and be able to access the bios. I didn't try getting into windows as I agree, XP likely does not support it but I should be able to at least get into the bios.

Also, with the LCD external poster, it shows a successful boot but no signal to the monitor.