Lovely.
You would think that they would have learned from the 4870 and all the VRM issues it had, quite a shame.
You would think that they would have learned from the 4870 and all the VRM issues it had, quite a shame.
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sigh.......
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its down to voltage regulation then, so you can bet they'll release a ''HD5970 V2'' not far down the road with uprated VRMs
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so, was it planned to squeeze customers for a better revision of the card, or a genuine error on ATI's part..??
i tend to think its NOT the latter.....
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its down to voltage regulation then, so you can bet they'll release a ''HD5970 V2'' not far down the road with uprated VRMs
so, was it planned to squeeze customers for a better revision of the card, or a genuine error on ATI's part..??
i tend to think its NOT the latter.....
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It's more of a heatsink design issue... Do watercoolers with VRM cooling get higher overclocks on average?
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Does that article mention why its occuring?
Originally Posted by kylzer Wow most people who bought them are getting decent results i'm sure this is down to ES samples. |
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Originally Posted by MrDeodorant This is the same story as the 5970 OC Problems thread, isn't it? |
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The 4870 would cause my games to crash when the VRM's overheated. ATI wrote it into their drivers that if Furmark was detected as running, it would throttle down the card (or something like that). The effect was that it wouldn't toast the VRM's as easily. They claim it was an unrealistic test and shouldn't be run, while many (my self included) believe that the card should handle what software you are throwing at it, and be built accordingly.
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It is a hobby. The overclocking is "free" performance, and can get the worlds most powerful card even faster. It is really addicting too, you probably won't be doing this for real performance issues (running only 40FPS and your trying to get higher), but its more of a mental thing "I can get this even faster!".
Originally Posted by MrDeodorant That article says that the 5970 throttles down when it gets too hot, and says that it's a hardware version of throttling that the 4870 did when certain software was detected. Or something. |
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Originally Posted by Villainstone I just have to ask why OC something that powerful. Nearly all modern games have a FPS cap, and how cares about benchmarks. That said it is not worth braking a 600+ dollar card. |
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Min FPS for many games on a 5970 can still get pretty low. If a decent OC means another 3-5 FPS during those lows, it's worth it to many.
Maxed out Crysis or STALKER will bring even a 5970 to it's knees.
Originally Posted by Villainstone I just have to ask why OC something that powerful. Nearly all modern games have a FPS cap, and how cares about benchmarks. That said it is not worth braking a 600+ dollar card. |
Maxed out Crysis or STALKER will bring even a 5970 to it's knees.
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Say that on 2560x1600 running at x32AA, x16AF.
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Does it is say which component that gets too hot?
Originally Posted by Villainstone I just have to ask why OC something that powerful. Nearly all modern games have a FPS cap, and how cares about benchmarks. That said it is not worth braking a 600+ dollar card. |
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Originally Posted by MrDeodorant That article says that the 5970 throttles down when it gets too hot, and says that it's a hardware version of throttling that the 4870 did when certain software was detected. Or something. |
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I've already acknowledged my mistake. The other story is about the throttling, and links to Anandtech, which is what confused me, but it's the review where they noticed the throttling that got linked to, not the later post where they explain it.
Originally Posted by DuckieHo Does it is say which component that gets too hot? |
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I agree. I have not had an issue with my 5850, even with the card overclocked (900/1100) and running Crysis, but this is something that ATI should have caught.
Now, just imagine the impact this would have if Fermi would have been released on time. Makes you think that ATI lucked out again.
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Originally Posted by grunion Hello ATI, do any in house testing? I'm confident I can keep one within temp thresholds, but I'm sure many people cannot. |
Now, just imagine the impact this would have if Fermi would have been released on time. Makes you think that ATI lucked out again.
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