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Title: help me on asus eah5870 overclock
Post by: critical on August 21, 2011, 01:25:31 AM
hi, i own a asus 5870, but no matter how i overclock with sapphire trixx, once i on guiminer, start a while, screen black out or reboot

in sapphire trixx by default it shows. 850 core, 1200 memory, but gpu voltage 793 only (can't adjust)

anyone can help me out,

or should i use msi afterburner?

my graphics card look like this

http://images.hardwarecanucks.com/image//skymtl/GPU/MATRIX/HD5870-MATRIX-13.jpg


Title: Re: help me on asus eah5870 overclock
Post by: Pipesnake on August 21, 2011, 01:41:08 AM
in sapphire trixx by default it shows. 850 core, 1200 memory, but gpu voltage 793 only (can't adjust)
There's your problem.  You should be running 1050mV at the minimum.


Title: Re: help me on asus eah5870 overclock
Post by: critical on August 21, 2011, 01:47:14 AM
problem is, its locked, there is no adjustment, weird ya.


Title: Re: help me on asus eah5870 overclock
Post by: critical on August 21, 2011, 02:11:04 AM
could this be the problem:

the card came with this:

http://images.ceneje.si/products/thumbnails/ImageHomePageZoomed/adapter-adapter-2x-molex-6pin-713568_1024x768.jpg

i used this

http://img.ncix.com/gif/17110.jpg


i thought power draw should be same


Title: Re: help me on asus eah5870 overclock
Post by: Pipesnake on August 21, 2011, 02:17:15 AM
What is your power supply wattage?

Don't you have a dedicated 6 pin?

Voltage is way low.  MSI Afterburner will let you increase the voltage but if you're not supplying enough power to the card it won't matter.