6099 3dmark05

[KBTuning]

i got my Arctic Cooling 5 rev2 today and installed it.... so i decided to start cranking my Sapphire GTO2 more than it was and i managed to get 535/605 out of it. i though ti would get more than that from the core but hey.... what can you do. its been unlocked and i had my cpu running at 1845 instead of 1800 but i got 6099..... its no an INSANE number but to have done any cpu oc'ing really i think its pretty damn good. any suggestions would be helpful

 

[EKKC]

a little off topic but can i ask how much was the GTO2 you got for?

 

[anandtechrocks]

Looks great man, I just got my 3D Connect X800 GTO and am looking forward to some unlocking/ overclocking action! Also, your core speed does seem low, but remember you're only 5 MHz slower than an X850XT PE (540/590) so I'd be happy!

 

[Nirach]

The GTO series seems to be pretty good.. If they're not unlockable they tend to be good for ocing. I'm getting 600/600 out of my Sapphire X800 GTO.

Nice score there. The CPU should be able to do a bit more on the overclock, there's some threads about it in the CPU forum sections.

 

[factorydiecast]

I bought the Connect 3d GTO, unlocked the pipes to 16, tweeked the memory with ati tool. Got 6605 on 3d mark 05. Not to bad for a sub 150.00 dollar vid card.

 

[the Chase]

I also got the Connect 3D card- waiting on getting the motherboard yet- does anyone know if the bois flash fails to unlock the pipes will the card still be usable at 12 pipes?? Or have you just ruined your video card?

 

[factorydiecast]

I used the flashrom to flashthe bios. I tried the ati flash utility, but it did not work out.

 

[Munky]

Look at the techpowerup article - using ati tool you can see the fuse data before flashing the bios, so you can know ahead of time if it wont unlock. But either way, make a backup copy of the original bios. That way if the flash fails for any reason, you can flash the original bios and still have a working card.

 

[the Chase]

Thanks munky, wasn't sure if you saw the right fuse data in the ati tool that it was pretty much 100% unlockable or not- now I know- also good to know you can revert back to the origanal bios if trouble with new one!

Edit- now keeping my fingers crossed on seeing the right fuse data come up.

 

[KBTuning]

i paid out the ass i know that. only reason my gpu clock is so low is because ATI tool starts detecting artifacts above 540... i got the mem up to about 613 w/ no problem

as for the cpu... i was just shooting for 6000 score so i didnt do much.... i know it can go WAY farther... im oldschool oc'ing my first computer that was all mine was a 133 Pentium that turned into a 233MMX w/ a 70MHz FSB... not bad for being 10

by out the ass i mean 250

 

[KBTuning]

sorry... i dont get artifacts. it locks and i either get ATi VPU recovery or it restarts... my gpu core is only at 54 according to ATiTool... so i dont know what the prob is....