question about the 5900SE

[CMC79]

I just bought an eVGA 5900SE, and saw on a different thread that I'm not the only one with this issue. If select the autodetect under Coobits, the core and mem are both clocked a little under what they should be--like 392/686 instead of 400/700 which it says before I do the autodetect. (also, autodetect is as likely to cause my system to reboot as it is to do anything) Powerstrip reports 300/700 for 2D and 400/700 for 3D (while in 2D mode though). And 3dmark03's system details lists my card at 300/702 (which would be right for 2D mode). Which one of these do I trust? Is my card actually running at spec? Coolbits will not let me budge the sliders up at ALL, but Powerstrip has allowed some overclocking (I tried 430/750 on Jedi Knight 2 to benchmark).

Many thanks for any help!


If it helps, my system specs
Athlon 2100+
Epox 8KHA+ (Via KT266A)
512mb Crucial PC2100
eVGA Geforce FX 5900SE
300W PSU
16X DVD-ROM
4x DVD-Writer
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz
Netgear NIC

 

[Evdawg]

Is it just me or have there been 29830723 million of these questions about underclocked nV cards? 5900's at least... NU

 

[BenSkywalker]

All of the posts about underclocked boards that I've seen come from people with 300Watt PSUs too. I'm leaning more and more towards not enough juice to push the boards.

 

[Cyborg3D]

yes, there are 2 settings, 2d and 3d. When card uses OGL or D3D, the performance settings are active, 2d is used whenever else.

If you want to OC in powerstrip, select 3d more first and then OC the core.

3Dmark uses the "2d" Settings when it measures the core speed, but the test is in 3D. (try underclocking 2d, nothing happends; try overclocking 3d, 3dmarks are higher).