I just went from an 8800GT to the Radeon 5770, (My first ever ATI card).
I think you should, especially if you have a widescreen monitor. I'm pleased with the results thus far.
My soundcard was just regular PCI, but was right next to my new card. (The 8800 GT was only single card width, this card is double width).
The performance now is kick ass. Deciding if you need to upgrade that 9600GT depends on what res you run your games at. I recently got a wide screen...
I've done that a few times, didn't help.
My bios is using the latest version.
I want to thank all of you guys for your suggestions and replies. It turns out, it was a combination of the BIOS being screwy and the card needing to be taken out and put back in.
Even though the card was...
I reset my CMOS and it now detects the card at x8. Such a weird problem! Now I get more respectable scores of AVG FPS 54.3.
Still though, it should be at x16. Not sure if I should try to reset again or what.
Not from what I saw. I checked everywhere.
I am going to boot down, take the battery out and reset the cmos. That should fix it. I'll post when I get it back up.....
Perhaps I found the issue. According to GPU-Z, it says I am running PCIE at x2, instead of x16. Unless I am misreading the graph?
If that is the case, how the heck do I change that?
I have. I've run Driver Sweeper. (http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/)
I agree that benchmarks run on pristine machines, but at the same time my system was freshly installed roughly a month ago, plus I have very similar hardware. I even have an Intel X25-M Gen2 34nm 80GB SSD as...
I recently updated from an 8800 GT to a Radeon 5770. I was expecting some big performance gains, but have not seen them at all. Every game I test I get much lower FPS scores than I should according to anandtech benchmark scores.
I have the latest ATI drivers installed. Surely Radeon 5770...
Cutthroat, thanks. Anything above 440 - 441 results in instability. . .so it seems like I am on track then. Ill check to see if I have "Load Line Calibration".
Thanks for the help both of you guys. I lowered the vcore to 1.4. bryanW1995, I don't know what VTT means. :( So whatever it is, its at its default setting.
Ive seen other threads talk about OC'ing the Q9450 then they go off on a tangent and never come back.
Right now I have the Q9450 running at a stable 3.5gz. I can't go any higher and have it remain stable. I have increased my vcore voltage and northbridge and loosened my memory timings. I'm...
I am wondering if Chaintech would provide any help on revision 1 boards with passive cooling. My cpu is OC'd about 50% and I wonder if the chipset might burn out eventually? I am sure it effects the temp by OCing so much? If I email them saying I want the cooler for the chipset .. .would they...
Is it just me or is the new 6.03.05 bios bad for over clocking? When i flashed my cmos to it, I could no longer overclock anywhere near 2.6gz anymore(originally 1.8gz ). When I flashed to an earlier bios from 03 I could get 2.6 just fine. Just a heads up guys. . . don't use it unless you have...
Looks like Chaintech has already made a revision to our board to include an active heatsink. The xbit article does make me chuckle by seemingly implying that the xbit review had something to do with the changes made to the board =P...
Its snowing out here in the northeast so I have nothing better to do than to reply. I know a few things. One is that most games use DirectX. Don't bother to argue about games on linux compared to windows. Your one of those linux advocates who would rather go through 30hrs of getting your comp...
First, I want to make a commment about user1234 bashing majorpayne. First of all, if someone OC's a computer from 1.8gz to 2.6, MOST LIKELY, they will want to play games. Hence, NO LINUX. I don't know of many people who are excited to overclock their cpu to run their httpd and ftpd on their...
Well, i too am stuck at 240HTT. There must be something we have to do to go further rather than changing the HTT Multi to 2x. I have my memory timings at their original values and it works fine, aside from dropping it to 166mhz. Although, I had to increase the chipset voltage slightly to...
Good posts MajorPayne, you've helped me get to where I can get with overclocking on my mobo with an Athlon 64 3000+ Winchester on the same mobo. This is my first time overclocking and I have a few questions. So far I have been able to reach 2123.93 MHz , at 236 MHz.Here is a link to the info...
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