HD5850 @ 340Mhash/s

[Grinder]

The 5850 can be unlocked to a 5870 with a simple bios upgrade. and I think they have a dual bios so you can't brick them either.

It's the 6950 that can be unlocked, and even then it's only partly true.

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[chungenhung]

The 5850 can be unlocked to a 5870 with a simple bios upgrade. and I think they have a dual bios so you can't brick them either.

It's the 6950 that can be unlocked, and even then it's only partly true.

You can unlock a 5850 to 5870 clock speeds, but NOT unlocking the shaders, as it is impossible.
There is no point in unlocking 5850 to 5870, as it only increases the clock speed, which you can already do in numerous OC software.
Now if flashing 5850 to 5870 can unlock the voltage, then that is a different story. But keep in mind that Sapphire 5850 Xtreme does NOT use the reference design, so you might brick your card.

[Cablesaurus]

Ordered 2 of these last night. Hope I get similar results.

[unxetas]

My sapphire HD5850 seemed to run happily at 900MHz (340Mhash/s) but I knocked it down to 850MHz to keep the temperatures a bit lower.. It was getting up to around 77C at 900MHz, I'd rather keep in in the 60's Seems like with some decent cooling these cards would run at crazy speeds, eh?

[Sonata]

I get low 60's at 900MHz now  (63C stable)

[caston]

I used aticonfig --odsc=960,1200 on my 5770 and was going great for a little while was even getting a 190Mhash rate but after about 10 mins of web browing the machine froze up. The temp was only about 64degrees. Is there anything else you can do to make it more stable?

[unxetas]

I'd look for some overclocking guides for your specific card, but at some point you will need to up the voltage a fraction.. Which may lead to higher temps as well.

I should have mentioned that I was getting higher temps with the fan on auto, I guess I could have turned the fan up to keep the temps low at 900MHz I guess an extra 5% output isn't worth me worrying about it anyway, at the current rate that would be what, another BTC or two a month?

[caston]

unxetas: thanks ... I was also thinking it might be the card has some microdamage because it was running at 79C all night one night because I thought that leaving the side of the case on would make it quieter and thus easier for me to sleep... if i leave the side of the case off it stays at a good temp.. but I would like to play around with this card and try more overclocking settings and a green coolant setup. The other thing is that it may be possible to get a high hash rate but how do you know your hash accuracy?

[OUTSIDE]

New TrixXX for 5850Xtreme is ready!

You can overvoltage now!

ByE!

[chungenhung]

That is awesome. will try it soon.

[Convery]

This is quite nice, my 5850 Toxic is running at 1050 core/1200 memory and 1.25V while pushing a stable 399.57 MHash/s.
Temps at 68% locked fan speed is a stable 69C.

I'm quite pleased :3

[Convery]

This is quite nice, my 5850 Toxic is running at 1050 core/1200 memory and 1.25V while pushing a stable 399.57 MHash/s.
Temps at 68% locked fan speed is a stable 69C.

I'm quite pleased :3

That is a nice o/c, but it's inefficient compared to a 5870. You are pumping more voltage while getting less hashrate/s than a 5870.

I get electricity included in my rent so I don't mind :3

The bad part is that my 7 year old 400W PSU couldn't keep up and smelled like it was burning.. So I had to lower the clocks to 1000/1200/1.20V and pushing 381 Mhash. I still think it's good for a 120$ card (or 180$ when I bought it)..

[fpgaminer]

Yay!

I got my 5850 running at 900MHz@1.150V. Finally.  It has been stable during the day (before it crashed at 900MHz). I might try cranking it up more tomorrow.

I like how my purchase is actually increasing in value over time 

[chungenhung]

Any tool to actually modify the BIOS?
I would like to OC with software, then, once I found the max clock and desired voltage setting, I would like to flash the BIOS so I don't need to worry about OC again when I switch the card to another PC.
Is there a complete guide for that?

[chungenhung]

Is it still true that Non-reference (Sapphire 5850 Xtreme) cards don't support BIOS voltage mods?

[djex]

Is it still true that Non-reference (Sapphire 5850 Xtreme) cards don't support BIOS voltage mods?

I believe so. I had this trouble myself. Trying to find a place that sells the reference model is a pain. Just ordered 2 x 5850 sapphire extremes, hoping their reference .

[chungenhung]

Well, Sapphire 5850 Extreme is NOT reference. So I guess I just blow up your hope.

[keybaud]

Is it still true that Non-reference (Sapphire 5850 Xtreme) cards don't support BIOS voltage mods?

Not necessarily, as there are 2 different types of voltage mods.

1. The first and simplest is to enable volatge adjustment with MSI Afterburner, but a lot of cards don't have the relevant voltage regulators to allow this to happen.

2. The other option is to find a BIOS someone has already modified (or use RADEON BIOS Editor) to set different voltages from the existing voltage table within your card. This can be dangerous, but is achievable as I flashed my XFX 5870 with a modified ASUS BIOS. I didn't get software voltage control, but the BIOS was reporting that it was using a higher voltage than before. Having said this, it didn't overclock any better on the higher voltage, so now I'm looking at flashing it with a lower voltage to see if it still works, but uses less power.

[Grinder]

2. The other option is to find a BIOS someone has already modified (or use RADEON BIOS Editor) to set different voltages from the existing voltage table within your card. This can be dangerous, but is achievable as I flashed my XFX 5870 with a modified ASUS BIOS. I didn't get software voltage control, but the BIOS was reporting that it was using a higher voltage than before.

If your XFX isn't a reference card it probably uses a voltage controller that isn't compatible with the bios you flashed. If that's the case it may look like the voltage is changed, but it's actually using preset values.

[SgtSpike]

Hmmm... I downloaded the latest Trixx, but the voltage slider is still disabled for me on my 5850... any ideas?