Recent content by Nafets

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    Can I decrease my 4850's IDLE clock speed?

    Underclocking the RV770 core even more on your HD4850 is not going to make much of a difference at IDLE. Going lower than 500MHz might shave off 1W or so, but that's it. You might get some savings underclocking the GDDR3 memory down a bit more from the IDLE clocks, but there also isn't much...
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    How do I edit the .rom file to add support for a new CPU?

    I'm guessing you already tried running the Celeron 450 on the ECS board, and it didn't work? I don't see why it wouldn't. If the motherboard supports the other three Celeron 4xx processors (420, 430, and 440), then the 450 should work just fine. All four are the same exact chips, just...
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    G. SKILL FALCON SSD's "Mis-Reporting" Buffer Size ?

    Tell your friend to stop worrying. All Indilinx-based MLC SSDs (Supertalent, Gskill, OCZ, etc...) have 64MB of onboard cache. The programs used to read the buffer info are just misreporting it.
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    Diskpart

    You can download a free Vista Recovery Disk (120MB). It works perfectly for me and my Vertex 30GB. I use a 128KB offset and WinXP...
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    Wish AT would do another SSD update

    In real world use you wouldn't notice the difference between the Agility, Vertex, or Vertex Turbo SSDs. You'd only see differences if you're running benchmarks all day. Get whichever one is cheapest, if going with OCZ...
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    4890 VOLTAGE and CLOCK tweak tool

    Rivatuner also can adjust (????) voltage. /wi1,71,18,3c - Default 1.20v setting. It is easier with GPUTool though. I'll give you that. :) But they don't. Newer HD4890's built with non-reference PCBs (Sapphire Vapor-X, MSI Cyclone, XFX ZDFC) lack the necessary Volterra VRM chip(s)...
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    Alive again only $10 more this time $194.19 -AR/CB/AC - MSI ATI Radeon HD4890 OC 1GB

    I knew I should have waited. Was too impatient and picked up the Sapphire HD4890 from eWiz for $217 shipped. Ah well, can't avoid the inevitable. Prices always go down...
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    ati2evxx.exe question

    You are correct in your finding of ati2evxx.exe's function. It is not necessary for proper operation of your video card. I have the ATI Hotkey Poller service set to "Disabled" in the Services menu, with no ill effects on my HD4870 512MB + WinXP x86...
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    SSD Update: Vertex gets faster

    Yes, all the Ultradrive ME models are mirror versions of the OCZ Vertex, give or take a few GBs...
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    Solved - Thermal pad for vrms on the 4870 stock plate

    By "extra cooling", I meant you don't need to put heatsinks on them. In all likelyhood, there will always be some moderate airflow over those large PCB components, either with the stock cooler, or if you used something like an Accelero Twin Turbo...
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    Solved - Thermal pad for vrms on the 4870 stock plate

    The hole in the stock cooling plate is mainly for PCB height reasons. The tall VITEC inductor and PULSE vrm modules have large surface areas, and do not require any extra cooling. The stock cooling plate is a big slab of steel. Just what is needed for those pesky hot VRMs...
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    Solved - Thermal pad for vrms on the 4870 stock plate

    A long while back, I used the iandh HD4870 cooling kit on my reference HD4870 512MB, along with an Accelero S1. VRM cooling was highly ineffective, with that useless, thin aluminum heatsink. It's just not enough surface area to properly dissipate the heat coming off the VRMs. Stick with...
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    MSI Radeon 4870 1GB - 158.99 AR + ship @ ZZF

    Yup, jeep is correct. You will have compatibility problems with full coverage WBs on non-reference HD4870 PCB designs. Other minor differences are; Non-reference PCBs usually lack VRM temperature monitoring Non-reference PCBs lack support for extended software voltage modification (via...
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    MSI Radeon 4870 1GB - 158.99 AR + ship @ ZZF

    If you get the version with the reference exhausting blower fan cooler (as seen on Zipzoomfly), it'll have the original reference 3-phase digital VRM PCB design. If you get the version with the non-reference standard-bladed 80(?)mm fan cooler (as seen on Newegg), it'll have a non-reference...
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    No software will overclock my new HD4870

    No software will be able to detect the fan speed, as your card's cooler has only a 2-pin connector, with no RPM support...