Author Topic: DAAMIT 4xxx (Read 62814 times)

Arcmanov · « **Reply #80 on:** July 14, 2008, 11:16:19 AM »

Careful what you wish for W1nny...you just might get it.

Carigamers · « **Reply #80 on:** July 14, 2008, 11:16:19 AM »

Philosophical45 · « **Reply #81 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:44:51 PM »

*smiles*

it looks like the omen has just turned from bad to good....

TrinireturnofGamez · « **Reply #82 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:46:44 PM »

ATI holds the crown , for another 6 months.

W1nTry · « **Reply #83 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:49:57 PM »

Quote from: Arcman on July 14, 2008, 11:16:19 AM

Careful what you wish for W1nny...you just might get it.

Well I wasn't really planning to upgrade until end of year EARLIEST.. maybe Nehalem or at least 45nm Phenom. That aside, Trinitheclueless, those reviews were already posted, thus removed from ur post.

Philosophical45 · « **Reply #84 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:51:17 PM »

i'm with W1n... when those new 45nm chips are out and settled, i feel i might upgrade, depending on the cash pot of course..

the 4400+ men shall rise like the phoenix!! lolz

Carigamers · « **Reply #84 on:** July 14, 2008, 12:51:17 PM »

Arcmanov · « **Reply #85 on:** July 16, 2008, 12:35:54 AM »

Found this nifty fix for the fanspeed issue with these new cards. Instructions are as follows:

Make a profile in the CCC after turning on Overdrive and make sure clock and memory settings are correct.

For Vista

Then go to the following location and open the following file for editing "C:\Users\Your Windows ID\AppData\Local\ATI\ACE\Your CCC Profile.XML. The xml file will have the same name as the Catalyst Profile you saved. right click and hit edit.

For XP

Then go to the following location and open the following file for editing "C:\Documents and Settings\Your Windows ID\Local Settings\Application Data\ATI\ACE\Your CCC Profile.XML. The xml file will have the same name as the Catalyst Profile you saved. right click and hit edit.

Now go down the page until you see the following lines in the XML file ...

<Feature name="FanSpeedAlgorithm_0">
<Property name="FanSpeedAlgorithm" value="Automatic" />
</Feature>
<Feature name="FanSpeedRPMTarget_0">
<Property name="Want" value="0" />
</Feature>
<Feature name="FanSpeedPercentTarget_0">
<Property name="Want" value="23" />

Change the "Property name="FanSpeedAlgorithm" value=" from "Automatic" to "Manual"

Then change "Property name="Want" value=" from "23" to your desired fan speed.

Save the file, then reload the Profile you just edited in the CCC. Done.

WOW...I did this (50%) and watched the idle temp plummet from 80C to 49C.
So now I can run my OC with no problems whatsoever.

The only caveat is that you have to remember to re-activate the profile whenever you restart Windows.
I hope AMD fixes this in Catalyst 8.7, but till then, this is the only way to manually lower the core temp.

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #86 on:** July 16, 2008, 12:48:49 AM »

Not only that, if you use amd gpu tool to overclock, the fan profile no longer works.

Yea...trust me. Whole night I was digging up in just this.

Point to note, both xp and vista users, you must enable "show hidden files and folders" to gain access to this the configuration file.

At 45% fan rpm, im getting just about 50degrees idle. The only caveat is that it sounds like a freakin turbine now. This will take some getting used to.

Arcmanov · « **Reply #87 on:** July 21, 2008, 08:58:11 PM »

Catalyst 8.7 drivers are out.

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #88 on:** July 21, 2008, 11:05:18 PM »

Downloading...

Reading on guru3d says that they aren't so hot though. I'll wait a bit before interfering with my betas.

W1nTry · « **Reply #89 on:** July 22, 2008, 11:03:36 AM »

Quote

AMD lurves Physx on Radeon

Gets by with a little help from its friends

By Wily Ferret: Monday, 21 July 2008, 9:44 AM

Click here to find out more!

CONTRARY TO WHAT you may have read around the wibble last week, the folks at DAAMIT are very happy indeed to have Nvidia's Physx standard running on ATI hardware. Mostly.

Whilst the green team has made plenty of hay out of the fact that Nvidia Geforce GPUs can now process physics routines in games like Unreal Tournament 3 (and benchmarks like 3D Mark Vantage), amateur coders have had fun in the past few weeks trying to get the same routines running on AMD hardware - with the full support of Nvidia.

The chaps at NGOHQ.com report that they got both software tools and developer assistance time from Nvidia to help get Physx running on ATI hardware - presumably since Graphzilla considers this not just a marketshare bonus for Physx, but a major kick of sand in the face to Howling Hector, Dodgy Dirk and his crew, who not only couldn't afford to buy Ageia, but can barely afford to buy a sandwich at the moment after losing $2.5bn of its $3.2bn of ATI goodwill.

In a bid to get back some goodwill – albeit rather less than a few billion – ATI has now decided to help the amateur coders do their thang.

"We think that it is great that people continue to use our products in creative ways," Julia Clark, AMD PR manager, told Nordic Hardware.

Well, when we say 'help', what we actually mean is that words of encouragement are forthcoming from AMD, even if no practical help is. Well, you have to start somewhere right? With Nvidia and AMD both supporting Physx, could that mean that Intel's Havok standard gets sidelined?

Not if the Greater Spotted 'zilla has anything to do with it.

It's strange isn't it. AMD is flailing in the CPU whilst there GPUs are cleaning house. Nvidia is flailing in the gpu dept right now and even with the tension Nvidia KNOWS it can't afford to have AMD in the crapper. Otherwise Intel will walk over EVERYONE....

rassmatic · « **Reply #90 on:** August 13, 2008, 03:43:42 PM »

HIS HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 Video Card Video Review

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #91 on:** September 11, 2008, 07:22:36 AM »

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/10/ati-unveils-radeon-4600-series

Quite lackluster performance IMO. But, that's where the majority of gamers (and money) are.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405&p=1

lol @ anandtech's "epic fail" comment.

Arcmanov · « **Reply #92 on:** September 11, 2008, 09:27:12 AM »

Well, actually they said its not quite an 'epic fail'. The 4670 plays Crysis quite handily on medium settings at 1280 x 1024,
and that is nothing to scoff at, especially at that price point, but you do get what you pay for. Nothing more.

Arcmanov · « **Reply #93 on:** September 25, 2008, 11:54:03 AM »

Ah boy...just as Nvidia storm out with the GTX260 Core 216, AMD drops the hammer again
with the HD4870 1GB.

Very nice indeed. More pwnage again.

W1nTry · « **Reply #94 on:** September 25, 2008, 12:11:22 PM »

Yup, I saw that last night... I know now what my next card will be XD

Saxito Pau · « **Reply #95 on:** September 25, 2008, 12:32:24 PM »

..just AS I order the 512MB version... AHHHHH!!!

*ponders if to sell off the 512MB as it reach me and get the 1GB version*

Redlum08 · « **Reply #96 on:** October 25, 2008, 04:49:35 PM »

http://arstechnica.com/journals/hardware.ars/2008/10/23/amd-drops-the-cheap-hd-4830-on-budget-gamers

For the budget minded that want some more power...

Philosophical45 · « **Reply #97 on:** October 25, 2008, 04:55:25 PM »

yea i saw this, imagine this card is faster than an 8800gt for so cheap. A pc gamer should be totally happy right now, so many choices, so much power, so little money.

Redfish · « **Reply #98 on:** October 25, 2008, 05:04:23 PM »

Great....now what the hell to get...

Saxito Pau · « **Reply #99 on:** October 25, 2008, 08:50:10 PM »

This HD4830 will be perfect to stick in my shuttle XPC, else I get the HD 4670

Carigamers · « **Reply #99 on:** October 25, 2008, 08:50:10 PM »

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