New i5 Crossfire build (with pics!)

Howitzer · 15 Apr 2010 at 17:41

Mak3R said:
Had to remove the side fan to fit the CPU cooler as its massive

Same here, it's the only problem with the 902. Grrr

Howitzer · 15 Apr 2010 at 17:43

Mak3R said:
GPU CLock : 157mhz Memory Clock: 300MHZ
The second card both read 000mhz

Yet it seems to fluctuate, is it some sort of energy saving thing? The bit above where you move the sliders to increase the speeds show them as normal. Its just a tad confusing.

Could be, have you tried checking it on full load?

dave_beast · 15 Apr 2010 at 17:52

Mak3R said:
Yeah loaded some extreme memory profile (or something like that) and it appears to be working.

Something strange but may be entirely normal going on in my CCC.

When I view each GPU under ATI overdrive they show up having odd current values.
GPU CLock : 157mhz Memory Clock: 300MHZ
The second card both read 000mhz

Yet it seems to fluctuate, is it some sort of energy saving thing? The bit above where you move the sliders to increase the speeds show them as normal. Its just a tad confusing.

All the new HD5*** series do this, to save power etc.

milkinc13 · 15 Apr 2010 at 18:36

looking good.

Vision · 15 Apr 2010 at 21:10

dave_beast said:
All the new HD5*** series do this, to save power etc.

Yeah what he said. Pretty sure it's just to save power.

rumble291 · 15 Apr 2010 at 22:51

Does it turn the second card off then? Mine does the same with power wise as soon as you load a game it goes to the original spec.

Mak3R · 16 Apr 2010 at 00:20

dave_beast said:
All the new HD5*** series do this, to save power etc.

Ah ok, thats what I thought. Thanks for clearing that up

Marvin · 16 Apr 2010 at 00:26

rumble291 said:
Does it turn the second card off then? Mine does the same with power wise as soon as you load a game it goes to the original spec.

Yes, CCC basically disables the second card, and turns the clocks of the first way down when in 2D (Windows) mode. All to save a ton of power.

jorzeh · 16 Apr 2010 at 00:42

I had the 700watt OCZ Psu for 7 months i were impressed with it just sold it along with my old kit i have a TX850 now it's very nice also.

rumble291 · 16 Apr 2010 at 09:59

Marvin said:
Yes, CCC basically disables the second card, and turns the clocks of the first way down when in 2D (Windows) mode. All to save a ton of power.

Thats pretty cool! They use hardly any power when idle too

Can't wait to get my second 5770

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Mak3R · 16 Apr 2010 at 12:42

rumble291 said:
Thats pretty cool! They use hardly any power when idle too Can't wait to get my second 5770 .

Yeah, I had no idea they could do that! Very impressed with my new cards so far.

Any idea how far these things can OC to? In crossfire I guess its best to set them at the same levels?

Marvin · 16 Apr 2010 at 14:11

They go pretty far - the memory is very easy to overclock from the box. It's rated far higher than it's at when stock.