Thursday, October 1st 2009
ASUS HD 5870 Overclocks to 1035/1290 MHz on Air, Aces 3DMark Vantage in CrossFireX
Here is what four AMD Cypress GPUs can achieve with some careful overclocking, without needing any third-party cooling. Renowned overclocker Kinc sent us details of his latest achievement using four ASUS Radeon HD 5870 1 GB cards installed in a 4-way CrossFireX setup, all overclocked, and cooled by AMD's reference cooler, taking a shot at 3DMark Vantage (Extreme Preset). The four cards returned a score of X26,332 points, with an average frame-rate of 79.49 fps in GT1, and 74.83 fps in GT2.
To begin with the cards were overclocked to 1035/1290 MHz, up from reference speeds of 850/1200 MHz (core/memory). This was supported by raising the vGPU to 1.330V using GPUTool, from 1.015V. The platform to drive this feat comprised of an Intel Core i7 965 XE processor, cooled by Intel's reference (boxed) cooler, clocked at 4257 MHz. To seat them all was an ASUS P6T7 WS SuperComputer motherboard. The feat serves as a prelude to what the future holds in two "Hemlock" accelerators, which make use of two Radeon HD 5870 GPUs each.
To begin with the cards were overclocked to 1035/1290 MHz, up from reference speeds of 850/1200 MHz (core/memory). This was supported by raising the vGPU to 1.330V using GPUTool, from 1.015V. The platform to drive this feat comprised of an Intel Core i7 965 XE processor, cooled by Intel's reference (boxed) cooler, clocked at 4257 MHz. To seat them all was an ASUS P6T7 WS SuperComputer motherboard. The feat serves as a prelude to what the future holds in two "Hemlock" accelerators, which make use of two Radeon HD 5870 GPUs each.
57 Comments on ASUS HD 5870 Overclocks to 1035/1290 MHz on Air, Aces 3DMark Vantage in CrossFireX
Anyway, WOW :laugh:
I think the gravy is in one of the Asus voltage tweak 5850's that should hit about the same speeds.
With that GPU horsepower, 4.2 on teh i7 bottlenecks the full potential.
Sweet!
with its tiny opening I find reviews hard to believe when they boast it running cool and exceptionally quiet, and not all reviews are the same.
dammit I have to buy one now :D talked myself right into it.
as a matter of fact, those rates should be for stock clocks meaning he more than likely ran 3Dmark Vantage with stock clocks and then rammed up the GPU and memory clock after the tests were done which is why only the gpu and memory clock are different from a stock GPU-Z shot for this card, because with GPU-Z you have to exit then restart the program to see the rates change.
I mean, if you plan to buy a Ferrari, you may as well have some extra change for the gas, don't you agree? :laugh:
Just kidding, I'm so envious, I'm pretty sure he'll come up with even more impressive benchmarks after getting some decent cooling for his killer setup :rockout: