for me, I believe the update is not only to get the 3dmark score higher, but there must be some fix and update in other areas, so I'm sticking with 10.7

mine checked: direct compute 5.0

what happen with yours?

ok so I OC'ed my 5850 to 865/1155 (stock voltage, what to do, can't modify) and the Vantage result is identical between 10.6 and 10.7 which is P174XX.

just wanna share. lol

865 is stable, 870 is not.. lol

lol, i really thought you're still running on XP you know hahahahaha..

btw i recently downloaded the latest gpu-z, let me upload it again, there's some differences now as well..

finally they released it, last night i wanted to download, but its written if the driver has been taken off since there are some issues with it.

I dont think so, my stock 5850 idle temp is 39C (21% fan - stock auto).

its not only factory oc'ed card have voltage lock, any non reference board is voltage lock, like mine.. XFX 5850 (non reference and non oc).

With stock voltage i can only do 865 / 1150

LOL enlighten me please, i've been using MSI AB for years. Check the attachment.



Based on what I read everywhere, there is no way you can change the voltage on non reference card (unless bios hack).

non reference card is not only factory OC'ed card.

just like mine, it is non reference card and it is not factory OC'ed card

it looks like this: http://www.vgadownload.com/wp-content/uplo...eon-HD-5850.jpg

There are alot information you can find in some forums. Do google it.

I'm interested with this one, but I'm still busy right now. I know doing this thing have to be carefully and patient.

http://www.techpowerup.com/articles//overc...ng/vidcard/34/1

you will need this too

http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/index.p...face=&memSize=0

This post has been edited by moshpit21: Aug 5 2010, 07:14 AM

Asus and MSI non-reference boards are good not only because they do have support from their good software. But its hardware also.

So i just want to share to everyone about what i read recently, non reference boards (except ASUS and MSI) are using a cheap voltage regulator, hence you cant do much with the voltage (cant do voltage tweaking).

And another thing i want to share for now about the Catalyst 10.7

Now i can reach 875 core with stock voltage, previously with Cat 10.6 i cant even reach 870 (crash when running 3dmark Vantage). So its an improvement there even tho i know it is a small amount.

I attached the screen shot.



This post has been edited by moshpit21: Aug 6 2010, 12:15 AM

I forgot to upload the screen shot when its running stock clock on idle.

here it is:

If the question was for me, no i dont use aftermarket coolers.

It looks exactly like this:

http://www.vgadownload.com/wp-content/uplo...eon-HD-5850.jpg

yeah that explained it, and makes me thinking IMO if this factory OC'ed card will not be automatically underclock on idle it is a disadvantage. Is every factory OC'ed card like that?

that's high

any reference board can control voltage.

maybe you read it wrongly. But bear in mind, you need to use software to change the voltage, and people usually use MSI Afterburner (even though your card is not MSI)

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Added on August 6, 2010, 11:42 amI believe the software is not about enhancing performance, but more into specific gaming profiling..

This post has been edited by moshpit21: Aug 6 2010, 11:42 AM

in logic i believe it will be vary, it depends on how hot your card comes from hehe.. because i dont think every card have the exact same temperature even tho its identical card.

5770 advantage of having low power consumption

lol..

so is the price of 5850 or 5870 going down already?