Why is my HD2900XT running at like half it's clocks?

mikehud851984 · Oct 30, 2007, 03:37 AM

Ok so I just figured out why this card has been less than amazing to me. I have checked with Ati Tool 0.27 and AMD's GPU tool and they both say that my 2D and 3D clocks are the exact same running at 509Core and 510 Mem. I don't know if this is a defect in the card or if it's because I'm using the dual 6 pin power connectors and not the 8 and 6 combo. This is so frustrating to not have been able to crack the full glory of this card I mean I'm only getting 6,200 in 3DMARK06. Can anyone tell me what to do with this please.

ChaosMinionX · Oct 30, 2007, 04:36 AM

I would say its your overall system giving you that score, as for the card reading the same. What does AMDGPU tool say?

mikehud851984 · Oct 30, 2007, 04:45 AM

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mikehud851984 · Oct 30, 2007, 04:46 AM

It say's the 2D clocks are 509C and 510 Mem and the same for 3D clocks whether I have a 3D app running or not it just seems to stay at 2D clock speeds.

Tipstaff · Oct 30, 2007, 04:53 AM

Here's something to try. First, uninstall all tools that you might have related to GPU tweaking or what not. Second, uninstall the drivers, reboot into safe mode, and clean the system using Driver Cleaner. Reboot, and reinstall the drivers. Do some testing, BUT don't reinstall any tools. Use the CCC to see what your clock rate is set to. Leave out the tools for now until you've determined another cause for your speed decrease. If you do reinstall the tools be sure to first delete the main directories and if possible any registry listings before you do so just to be sure that there are no left over settings that might be screwing things up.

BTW, if you need to use a tweaking tool try ATI Tray Tools or RivaTuner instead as they have better, and more updated support for current cards. However, be sure to do testing of the card before you do so.

Also, on a side note, you might want to try reinstalling your motherboards chipset driver as a precaution before you reinstall the video drivers. This is just to make sure that Windows is properly seeing the boards components, in particular the PCIE bus.

Dyre Straits · Oct 30, 2007, 06:41 AM

Just to add a bit to what's already been said, download and run CCleaner to clean up all the crap on the system.

CCleaner - Home

mikehud851984 · Oct 30, 2007, 04:47 PM

Well that is all good info but in regards to motherboard chipset driver's I have never had to install any chipset driver's with this board I have looked on asus website for them but none are listed it's the crossfire 3200 chipset and asus has told me there are no actual chipset drivers just the indvidual components. I also have done a clean install of my video drivers using driver cleaner in safe mode and such I am not new to this at all but for some reason it's saying that it's running slower than it should be I have never owned a card that has had seperate clocks before but to my knoledge it should switch to higher clocks while running a 3D app but it doesn't seem to change it just stays at 509C and 510 Mem. I am also using ATI Tool 0.27 because ATI Tray Tools does not support my card or I would much rather be using that I am not sure if Riva Tuner supports it I have never used that program before. I only use these programs mainly to control fan speeds because by default I think the card just overheats without the control of these programs I don't really care about overclocking I just want it to run at it's regular clocks.

ChaosMinionX · Oct 30, 2007, 06:12 PM

Well AMD gpu tool should show you current clocks when you click the button. You would not be able to alt+tab from a game to see the current clocks as they are set to a ms response time that has already stopped the 3d clocks by the time you see desktop, run 3dmark 05 and tell me what you get.

Dyre Straits · Oct 30, 2007, 06:24 PM

Do you by chance have dual monitors? Or, at least a second monitor you can hook up temporarily? If so, connect a second monitor, fire up CCC and open the Overclocking section. Move that over to the second monitor and then fire up a game or other 3D app and see if the clocks change.

mikehud851984 · Oct 30, 2007, 06:49 PM

I will try both of these options I am downloading 3DMARK05 right now and I will hook up another monitor. Also I have been working with ATI Tech support they are going over my details for my system to determine what is causing the problem

Tipstaff · Oct 30, 2007, 08:03 PM

Since you are using ATI Tool, can you save the bios, and post it somewhere for me? You can use a site like RapidShare, and post the download link in this thread. The reason I ask is that I want to see if something in your system is overriding the clocks, such as the drivers, but more so to see if the actual clock rate is set to that in your video cards bios outside of any reporting tool that might not be reading things properly.

H82LUZ · Nov 2, 2007, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by mikehud851984

Well that is all good info but in regards to motherboard chipset driver's I have never had to install any chipset driver's with this board I have looked on asus website for them but none are listed it's the crossfire 3200 chipset and asus has told me there are no actual chipset drivers just the indvidual components. I also have done a clean install of my video drivers using driver cleaner in safe mode and such I am not new to this at all but for some reason it's saying that it's running slower than it should be I have never owned a card that has had seperate clocks before but to my knoledge it should switch to higher clocks while running a 3D app but it doesn't seem to change it just stays at 509C and 510 Mem. I am also using ATI Tool 0.27 because ATI Tray Tools does not support my card or I would much rather be using that I am not sure if Riva Tuner supports it I have never used that program before. I only use these programs mainly to control fan speeds because by default I think the card just overheats without the control of these programs I don't really care about overclocking I just want it to run at it's regular clocks.

All ATI/AMD chipset drivers are in the CAT packages.When you install the cats go to custom and it should list ATI chipset drivers.

Oct 30, 2007, 03:37 AM	#1
mikehud851984 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dover NH U.S.A Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	Why is my HD2900XT running at like half it's clocks? Ok so I just figured out why this card has been less than amazing to me. I have checked with Ati Tool 0.27 and AMD's GPU tool and they both say that my 2D and 3D clocks are the exact same running at 509Core and 510 Mem. I don't know if this is a defect in the card or if it's because I'm using the dual 6 pin power connectors and not the 8 and 6 combo. This is so frustrating to not have been able to crack the full glory of this card I mean I'm only getting 6,200 in 3DMARK06. Can anyone tell me what to do with this please. __________________ Mobo: ASUS M3A32 MVP Deluxe Wifi AM2+ Chipset:AMD 790FX/AMD SB600 Southbridge CPU: AMD Black Edition Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz Quad Core Video: Sapphire Ati HD3870X2 1GIG Dual GPU Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 906BW 2ms 2000:1 Ram: 2GB Crucial Ballistix 1066Mhz DDR2 Storage: Maxtor SATAII 300GB With Bonus 20GB. Power: Antec NEO 650Watt Cooling: CPU:Thermaltake Ruby Orb 120mm, Intake: Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Exhaust:Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Side Panel modded stock case 80mm, and Arctic Silver 5 on cpu heatsink.

Oct 30, 2007, 04:36 AM	#2
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 47 System Specs	I would say its your overall system giving you that score, as for the card reading the same. What does AMDGPU tool say? __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Oct 30, 2007, 04:45 AM	Thread Starter #3
mikehud851984 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dover NH U.S.A Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	00 __________________ Mobo: ASUS M3A32 MVP Deluxe Wifi AM2+ Chipset:AMD 790FX/AMD SB600 Southbridge CPU: AMD Black Edition Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz Quad Core Video: Sapphire Ati HD3870X2 1GIG Dual GPU Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 906BW 2ms 2000:1 Ram: 2GB Crucial Ballistix 1066Mhz DDR2 Storage: Maxtor SATAII 300GB With Bonus 20GB. Power: Antec NEO 650Watt Cooling: CPU:Thermaltake Ruby Orb 120mm, Intake: Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Exhaust:Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Side Panel modded stock case 80mm, and Arctic Silver 5 on cpu heatsink.

Oct 30, 2007, 04:46 AM	Thread Starter #4
mikehud851984 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dover NH U.S.A Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	It say's the 2D clocks are 509C and 510 Mem and the same for 3D clocks whether I have a 3D app running or not it just seems to stay at 2D clock speeds. __________________ Mobo: ASUS M3A32 MVP Deluxe Wifi AM2+ Chipset:AMD 790FX/AMD SB600 Southbridge CPU: AMD Black Edition Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz Quad Core Video: Sapphire Ati HD3870X2 1GIG Dual GPU Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 906BW 2ms 2000:1 Ram: 2GB Crucial Ballistix 1066Mhz DDR2 Storage: Maxtor SATAII 300GB With Bonus 20GB. Power: Antec NEO 650Watt Cooling: CPU:Thermaltake Ruby Orb 120mm, Intake: Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Exhaust:Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Side Panel modded stock case 80mm, and Arctic Silver 5 on cpu heatsink.

Oct 30, 2007, 04:53 AM	#5
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Here's something to try. First, uninstall all tools that you might have related to GPU tweaking or what not. Second, uninstall the drivers, reboot into safe mode, and clean the system using Driver Cleaner. Reboot, and reinstall the drivers. Do some testing, BUT don't reinstall any tools. Use the CCC to see what your clock rate is set to. Leave out the tools for now until you've determined another cause for your speed decrease. If you do reinstall the tools be sure to first delete the main directories and if possible any registry listings before you do so just to be sure that there are no left over settings that might be screwing things up. BTW, if you need to use a tweaking tool try ATI Tray Tools or RivaTuner instead as they have better, and more updated support for current cards. However, be sure to do testing of the card before you do so. Also, on a side note, you might want to try reinstalling your motherboards chipset driver as a precaution before you reinstall the video drivers. This is just to make sure that Windows is properly seeing the boards components, in particular the PCIE bus. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Oct 30, 2007, 04:47 PM	Thread Starter #7
mikehud851984 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dover NH U.S.A Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	Well that is all good info but in regards to motherboard chipset driver's I have never had to install any chipset driver's with this board I have looked on asus website for them but none are listed it's the crossfire 3200 chipset and asus has told me there are no actual chipset drivers just the indvidual components. I also have done a clean install of my video drivers using driver cleaner in safe mode and such I am not new to this at all but for some reason it's saying that it's running slower than it should be I have never owned a card that has had seperate clocks before but to my knoledge it should switch to higher clocks while running a 3D app but it doesn't seem to change it just stays at 509C and 510 Mem. I am also using ATI Tool 0.27 because ATI Tray Tools does not support my card or I would much rather be using that I am not sure if Riva Tuner supports it I have never used that program before. I only use these programs mainly to control fan speeds because by default I think the card just overheats without the control of these programs I don't really care about overclocking I just want it to run at it's regular clocks. __________________ Mobo: ASUS M3A32 MVP Deluxe Wifi AM2+ Chipset:AMD 790FX/AMD SB600 Southbridge CPU: AMD Black Edition Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz Quad Core Video: Sapphire Ati HD3870X2 1GIG Dual GPU Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 906BW 2ms 2000:1 Ram: 2GB Crucial Ballistix 1066Mhz DDR2 Storage: Maxtor SATAII 300GB With Bonus 20GB. Power: Antec NEO 650Watt Cooling: CPU:Thermaltake Ruby Orb 120mm, Intake: Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Exhaust:Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Side Panel modded stock case 80mm, and Arctic Silver 5 on cpu heatsink.

Oct 30, 2007, 06:12 PM	#8
ChaosMinionX USB 3 dot oh Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,911 Rep Power: 47 System Specs	Well AMD gpu tool should show you current clocks when you click the button. You would not be able to alt+tab from a game to see the current clocks as they are set to a ms response time that has already stopped the 3d clocks by the time you see desktop, run 3dmark 05 and tell me what you get. __________________ ::Heatware:: How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Oct 30, 2007, 06:49 PM	Thread Starter #10
mikehud851984 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dover NH U.S.A Posts: 75 Rep Power: 0	I will try both of these options I am downloading 3DMARK05 right now and I will hook up another monitor. Also I have been working with ATI Tech support they are going over my details for my system to determine what is causing the problem __________________ Mobo: ASUS M3A32 MVP Deluxe Wifi AM2+ Chipset:AMD 790FX/AMD SB600 Southbridge CPU: AMD Black Edition Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3Ghz Quad Core Video: Sapphire Ati HD3870X2 1GIG Dual GPU Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 906BW 2ms 2000:1 Ram: 2GB Crucial Ballistix 1066Mhz DDR2 Storage: Maxtor SATAII 300GB With Bonus 20GB. Power: Antec NEO 650Watt Cooling: CPU:Thermaltake Ruby Orb 120mm, Intake: Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Exhaust:Thermaltake Thunderblade 120mm, Side Panel modded stock case 80mm, and Arctic Silver 5 on cpu heatsink.

Oct 30, 2007, 08:03 PM	#11
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,773 Rep Power: 190 System Specs	Since you are using ATI Tool, can you save the bios, and post it somewhere for me? You can use a site like RapidShare, and post the download link in this thread. The reason I ask is that I want to see if something in your system is overriding the clocks, such as the drivers, but more so to see if the actual clock rate is set to that in your video cards bios outside of any reporting tool that might not be reading things properly. __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.