how does the 5600 ultra overclock?

[sucky noob]

ya. the question above. im trying to decide between a radeon 9600pro and the 5600 ultra. the radeon doesnt overclock that well, i was wondering how the 5600 overclock?

[shiltz]

not sure what the average is, but someone on these boards got one up to 530/1100 with a volt mod done to the card.

[YellowDart]

You can get a 10% oc easy on a 5600u. My 5600 non-ultra 256 is sitting right around 358/884 atm. (Had to knock the oc back a little, down from 366/884, to run Call of Duty demos w/o artifacts). The 5600's are pretty good mid-range cards, but from what I gather, the r9600's handle dx9 games a litte better. You might want to wait a few weeks too before you make a final decision, nVidia is promising big things from their fx5700's.

not sure what the average is, but someone on these boards got one up to 530/1100 with a volt mod done to the card.

^^^ Walldow got his up that high. You might want to check out the "If you own a geforce post here..." sticky too. It's got a few 5600's in there.

[Evnas]

Originally posted by sucky noob
ya. the question above. im trying to decide between a radeon 9600pro and the 5600 ultra. the radeon doesnt overclock that well, i was wondering how the 5600 overclock?

Wait till November and snag yourself a 9600XT over both of em. Overclocking beast due to less voltage, which means less heat, which equates to much higher overclocks :) That, and it comes with a free $50 game, heh

[YellowDart]

Originally posted by Evnas


Wait till November and snag yourself a 9600XT over both of em. Overclocking beast due to less voltage, which means less heat, which equates to much higher overclocks :) That, and it comes with a free $50 game, heh

Very good point. The 9600xt is the top dog in the mid-range card market right now. A great choice by all means! Although I've been hearing a lot of hype regarding the 5700 (which doesn't mean much). I've just been hearing ppl saying that the 5700 is going to be more inline with what the ti4200 did: great performance for less cash.

If I were you, I'd wait till the dust settles and see who wins in the new mid-range market battle. The 9600xt does have the advantage of coming with a voucher for a free copy of HL2 (when it comes out). ;)

[walldow]

Originally posted by sucky noob
ya. the question above. im trying to decide between a radeon 9600pro and the 5600 ultra. the radeon doesnt overclock that well, i was wondering how the 5600 overclock?


well for the 5600 ultras you are asking about! it all depends on if you get the revision 1.0 clocked at 350/700. or the revision 2.0 clocked at 400/800.

the revison 1.0 at stock voltages tends to be getting around 385-390 on the core, and around 850 on the memory.

as for the revsion 2.0 cards on stock volage they are hiting 435-450 on the core. and around 950 on the memory.


i advise not getting the revision 1.0.

[markodude]

I take it my Gainward FX5600 is a rev1 then :(
Walldow you are kickin my a$$ on oc3dmark!

[Evnas]

Ya know (and btw, this is way off topic, but im here, and it popped in my head, so im posting it :p lol), ive noticed that all the nVidia card users refer to the memory by effective clocks, while the ATi users refer to it by actual clocks

/end pointless post :)

[Sanctus]

lol I never realized that. I guess it's cause nvidia's overclocking panel uses it? My Gainward OC tool also uses the effective memory rate, not sure about ATI tools. Hoping to find out soon. =)

Oh, to be slightly on topic I got my 5600 ultra rev2 core up to 460 with my memory only at 870. Any higher on the memory and my computer will randomly reboot about once every 2 hours.

[Captain Hilts]

Originally posted by Evnas
Ya know (and btw, this is way off topic, but im here, and it popped in my head, so im posting it :p lol), ive noticed that all the nVidia card users refer to the memory by effective clocks, while the ATi users refer to it by actual clocks

/end pointless post :)

Yeah that is funny, we should all formally agree to use the actual clocks to avoid confusion.

[shiltz]

On Nvidia cards when you O/C you clock by the effective speed not the actual speed, when you O/C an ATI card is the number does it give in the O/C window the actual speed not the effective speed? i've never actualy seen memory refered to as actual clock speed aside from ATI cards actualy, everyone including manufacturers seem to use the effective speed.

[Evnas]

Originally posted by shiltz
On Nvidia cards when you O/C you clock by the effective speed not the actual speed, when you O/C an ATI card is the number does it give in the O/C window the actual speed not the effective speed? i've never actualy seen memory refered to as actual clock speed aside from ATI cards actualy, everyone including manufacturers seem to use the effective speed.

Yes, every ATi utility i've used shows actual clock speeds. And ATi has also always used actual clock speeds when marketing a product (i belive)

[Overcrocked]

Originally posted by Evnas


ATi has also always used actual clock speeds when marketing a product (i belive)

OT: In response to Evnas:

Right, like when I got my old 8500LE which are supposed to be clocked at 250/250 and it was clocked at 230/230. Well, I RMA'd that back pretty quickly. ATI only sends out crippled versions of the 8500LE cards now[which, if you didn't know, are dubbed LELEs] from what I've read at Rage3d.com. So basically they are lying to their customers.

-Overcrocked