X1800XT and Overdrive what I learned.

Leekay07 · Jan 3, 2006, 08:54 AM

First of all ATItool does not work. It may seem to look like its working but its not. By using it your asking for BSOD and constant hangups and you will only force the card into dropping to 425/650.

There is as said many times a 3D and 2D diffrence in speed. What really happens is if the drivers detect the cards in windowed mode (no matter that apps are running in windows) it runs at 2D clock speeds.

The best way to check if your overclocking is working good is to run a benchmark a few times and look for obvious signs. The cards seem to be much more overclockable than any ATI card I have used. But the biggest hurdle on the XT is the cooler. To be honest it sucks big time. Its a cop out in all terms. Its loud, its really poor quality Alloy and to mix copper and aluminum together has been proven to be a poor choice time and time again. My wife hates the fan more than on my X850. On the X850 for some reason it never span fast unless I forced it to with ATI Tool. Now it spins up all the time because the thing is setup correctly and because if it didnt the GPU would die after a weeks useage. The GPU runs at 82+ which is indeed hot. Hotter than my duel core.

MindlessOath · Jan 3, 2006, 06:32 PM

there is a special tool for overclocking the x1800xt. you cant use anything that is already out unless someone has coded for it already.

check out some other tools to check and see, but otherwise you will have to use the tool from ati.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 4, 2006, 03:43 AM

82 won't kill the card will it?

Leekay07 · Jan 7, 2006, 04:41 PM

I got a waterblock now from dangerden X18 and it runs at 740/1700 and runs at 43 degrees I also have the voltage cooler too

Timechange01 · Jan 19, 2006, 09:10 AM

i use the stock cooler that came with my x850xt-pe and it barely ever goes beyond 40C. maybe cuz my room is cold?

Leekay07 · Jan 20, 2006, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timechange01

i use the stock cooler that came with my x850xt-pe and it barely ever goes beyond 40C. maybe cuz my room is cold?

The X850XT runs alot cooler than the X1800

thats why your at 40

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 20, 2006, 09:05 PM

X850 has a slow core clock compared to an X1800 and far fewer transistors so the amount of transistors has alot to do with it

Jan 3, 2006, 08:54 AM	#1
Leekay07 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180 Rep Power: 0	X1800XT and Overdrive what I learned. First of all ATItool does not work. It may seem to look like its working but its not. By using it your asking for BSOD and constant hangups and you will only force the card into dropping to 425/650. There is as said many times a 3D and 2D diffrence in speed. What really happens is if the drivers detect the cards in windowed mode (no matter that apps are running in windows) it runs at 2D clock speeds. The best way to check if your overclocking is working good is to run a benchmark a few times and look for obvious signs. The cards seem to be much more overclockable than any ATI card I have used. But the biggest hurdle on the XT is the cooler. To be honest it sucks big time. Its a cop out in all terms. Its loud, its really poor quality Alloy and to mix copper and aluminum together has been proven to be a poor choice time and time again. My wife hates the fan more than on my X850. On the X850 for some reason it never span fast unless I forced it to with ATI Tool. Now it spins up all the time because the thing is setup correctly and because if it didnt the GPU would die after a weeks useage. The GPU runs at 82+ which is indeed hot. Hotter than my duel core. __________________ [COLOR=black]Cooler Master Stacker Case, 600Watt OCZ Powerstream PSU,Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi Ed. Bios 1042, Intel E6700 Core 2 Duo, X1950XTX + Crossfire, Plextor 755 DVD/RW (sata)[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]320GB Seagate Drive, 2x 150GB WD Raptors, Liteon DVD/RW, Mitsumi Floppy with card reader, Creative X-Fi Soundcard Xtreme Gamer, Asus Silent Square CPU Cooler, Realtek 3 port USB card, 2x1GB Geil 1Ghz 4-4-4-5[/COLOR]

Jan 3, 2006, 06:32 PM	#2
MindlessOath DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,121 Rep Power: 0	there is a special tool for overclocking the x1800xt. you cant use anything that is already out unless someone has coded for it already. check out some other tools to check and see, but otherwise you will have to use the tool from ati. __________________ ATI Radeon X800XT PE <---- LOOK UPDATED!! AMD Athlon 2Ghz, nforce2, 512mb ddr3500 LINKS U SHOULD KNOW!!!! DriverCleaner - use every time u install new drivers! ATI driver feedback - to report driver problems Tacticalcenter - my Gaming website and forums ATI 3rd party Optimized Driver Compairison

Jan 7, 2006, 04:41 PM	Thread Starter #4
Leekay07 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 180 Rep Power: 0	I got a waterblock now from dangerden X18 and it runs at 740/1700 and runs at 43 degrees I also have the voltage cooler too __________________ [COLOR=black]Cooler Master Stacker Case, 600Watt OCZ Powerstream PSU,Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi Ed. Bios 1042, Intel E6700 Core 2 Duo, X1950XTX + Crossfire, Plextor 755 DVD/RW (sata)[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]320GB Seagate Drive, 2x 150GB WD Raptors, Liteon DVD/RW, Mitsumi Floppy with card reader, Creative X-Fi Soundcard Xtreme Gamer, Asus Silent Square CPU Cooler, Realtek 3 port USB card, 2x1GB Geil 1Ghz 4-4-4-5[/COLOR]

Jan 4, 2006, 03:43 AM	#3
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	82 won't kill the card will it?

Jan 19, 2006, 09:10 AM	#5
Timechange01 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 57 Rep Power: 0	i use the stock cooler that came with my x850xt-pe and it barely ever goes beyond 40C. maybe cuz my room is cold?

Jan 20, 2006, 09:05 PM	#7
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	X850 has a slow core clock compared to an X1800 and far fewer transistors so the amount of transistors has alot to do with it