Anyone ever unlocked pipelines on an x800 or x850 pro?

TrevGlas · Post by **TrevGlas** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:28 pm

Well I unlocked the extra 4 pipelines on my x850 pro, flashed it with the x850 XT vivo 16p bios. Now its running just fine at XT speeds. BUT when I play games, about a minute later all video will freeze, sit there for about a second, then the whole computer will reboot. Happens on EVERy game, anyone ever had a similar problem? I ran benchmarks for about 4 hours straight with no freezing, but only in games.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 10:49 pm

what temps? i purchased an x850 and it has laser cut pipes...

It oc's to 550/600 with stock cooling and runs bf2 and quake 4 for hours!

I read somewhere that a 12 pipe x850 @ 550/600 is roughly the same as a 16 piper at stock speeds....so i think ill keep it.... still wish i could get the pipes unlocked...

TrevGlas · Post by **TrevGlas** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:04 pm

Well the x850 xt speeds are 520/540, I found if I lower the speeds back to x850 pro speeds(500,500), it works just fine... I've read about this card reaching MUCH higher speeds. I'll check the temps on it in a sec and post it

TrevGlas · Post by **TrevGlas** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 11:06 pm

Its running at about 72/71, max 72 average 71. That does sound a little bit high to me. Would a new GPU HSF be recommendable?

I did find out that my environment temps are about 53c, which is WAY high for me, but I have to keep my computer inside my desk so my kid doesnt mess with it, when its not in this desk it runs at like 31

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 12:20 am

cold be a voltage issue (i.e. core not getting high enough voltage to run that speed..had to overvolt my 6800GT and my 8500 to get em where i wanted..wouldn't recommend it tho

)..sol'n is to adjust the clocks to the lower values and reflash (i.e. mod a bios to those clocks and flash ur card that way)

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:43 am

Im with amro, it sounds like the gpu wants alittle more voltage with the extra pipes.

RoscoPColtrane · Post by **RoscoPColtrane** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:27 pm

either i got a freak or your temps are too high. i don't see over 65 under load and thats with the OC 550/600. Still wish i could open up the pipes...

TrevGlas · Post by **TrevGlas** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:45 pm

Yea the temps on the gpu are about 69 idle.... that doesnt seem right!

Guess I'll try to take my cpu out of the desk. It used to run ALOTTTT cooler before I put it in there.

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:23 am

69 idle is too hot, my 6800gs runs 50c idle and it runs hotter than the x850.

TrevGlas · Post by **TrevGlas** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:40 am

Wow during games it heats up to 85+ that it starting to look dangerous to the gpu. What the heck should I do

wee96 · Post by **wee96** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:40 am

Actually 85c full load isnt too hot, suprisingly since your used to heat with cpus it seems insane but the threshold is up at the 120-130c range. I would take the hsf off and re-apply paste, making sure its getting proper contact, it just sounds like a heat problem that will go away when its properly cooled to me now.

Cypher · Post by **Cypher** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 12:45 pm

I lost the balls to do it.

If you're hitting thermal issues you may want a 3rd party cooler. I'm running a Arctic cooler on my x800Pro. It drops the temps and is quiet.

TrevGlas · Post by **TrevGlas** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:08 pm

Alright, I'll try putting some artic silver 5 on there.... see what that does for it! If that doesnt work I'll look into a third party HSF