Liqourice

I've maxed my 3870X2 out, I can't go any higher in CCC. This makes me wonder if there's still some juice left in it to squeeze out but I have no idea how this could be achieved.

I tried ATT for a short time but it didn't work well with the card, the OC didn't stay where I set it and I couldn't adjust the fan speeds like I could with my old X850XT.

Any suggestions?

sammorris

Do ATITool or RivaTuner work with the card?

Liqourice

No, I haven't tried any of those but I'll have a look.

sammorris

Bear in mind dual cards aren't anywhere near as overclockable as singles, which is unfortunate, put perhaps not unsurprising.

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Mousey

Or perhaps you truly have absolutely maxed your X2
Have you tried a bit of forced cooling? IE. placing some fans blowing cold air directly at/over the card?
That might allow you to OC it a bit more unless you've got the sliders at the absolute max in CCC.
Can we see a screenie?

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Liqourice

That's the thing, I've maxed out the sliders in CCC, I can't go any higher and it is very stable.

sammorris

Ahhh, so that's what you meant. Try the other two programs.
All we have for the 4800s is Overdrive at the moment...

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Liqourice

RivaTuner does not work. Haven't quite figured out how to work ATITool yet. :P

sammorris

Hmm, if the sliders show the right figures, it'll work. If they show 0, it won't.

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hclarkjr

download: AMD GPU Clock Tool v0.9.8 try that program directly from, AMD\ATI

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Liqourice

Thanx, I'll have a look.

Spyre

Its not however supported by AMD/ATI.

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hclarkjr

so they make it but don't want you to use it?

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Liqourice

Well, I tried it and it didn't really allow me to do much. I was able to raise to 891/954 with that tool. It seems like that's the maximum of what's possible with the card.

Haven't tried if it's stable at those clocks yet, I will later today.