Overclocking and Drivers
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kalato




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 10:52    Post subject: Overclocking and Drivers
Hi All!

Just need some help really, what tools should I use to overclock my 5770? and what ati drivers should I use that are stable?

Thanks!
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Werelds
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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 11:11    Post subject:
Driver 10.2 or 10.3a preview.

For overclocking and basically anything directly related to the hardware: MSI Afterburner. Just make sure to set EnableUnofficialOverclocking=1 in the program's main config file (found in installation dir). Then you can overvolt/undervolt, set fan profiles properly, etcetera Smile
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kalato




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 12:19    Post subject:
Thanks again pwerelds!

I overclocked my q6600 to 3.2 last night but it was hitting 65c up and down when I used Prime95, I need better cooling so I'm going to get some IC Diamond Paste and a Zalman CNPS 9500 AT cooler and hopefuly that does the trick.


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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 12:36    Post subject:
65°C is fine - no need to worry.
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kalato




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 12:56    Post subject:
Well I forgot to say it was hitting 70c as well on load, but idle at around 57.


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Sin317
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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 13:42    Post subject:
when it gets over 90-100°C you can get worried GPU != CPU hehe
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kalato




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 20:55    Post subject:
Bleh, cant get this card stable enough, so far i got the Core at 900 and Memory 1200, will try more memory later.


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Werelds
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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 22:05    Post subject:
Make sure your voltages are stable, and tick the "Apply overclocking on startup" thing kalato. In MSI AB, keep an eye on the graphs, see if anything is spiking. Also watch out with the memory; on my 5870 the memory is slightly flawed, which means I can't get past 1220 on the memory. On the other hand, my core is ridiculously good, as I can get it stable on 975 without a voltage increase so Smile
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kalato




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PostPosted: Wed, 7th Apr 2010 23:33    Post subject:
So far got Core 900 and Memory 1300 without changing vcore, gpu hitting 54c/57c, good enough? Seems stable atm.


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