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[Solved] Over Clocking a XFX 4850

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I wanted to get the best possible performance out of my 4850. When I runt he auto tune the card eventually crashs. I'm new to over clocking gpu, been over clocking cpu for a while. Do i just want to increase the 2 levers and see if a game makes it crash. If it does back off? Is there an easier way to do this? I'm not sure why is crashing when I increase to far. It has not gotten above 45C. Another post recommend 690 and 1180. I tried that and it crashed as soon as I started gta4. Is there any utility that i can test clocks with. In cpu Ocing, i run a program liek toast to see if it will make it crash. Is there something similar o stress gpu?
Thanks

Furmark is a good stress test, especially for ati cards, really gets them working.

But personally, I use HAWX game menu screen, for some reason, it works my GPU harder than furmark (higher temps along with the same 100% GPU load) and will reveal artifacts and crashes sooner than Furmark does (at least with my rig) and any setting that doesn't crash or artifact in HAWX menu screen holds up to hours of furmark or any gaming I can throw at it.
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Furmark is a good stress test, especially for ati cards, really gets them working.

But personally, I use HAWX game menu screen, for some reason, it works my GPU harder than furmark (higher temps along with the same 100% GPU load) and will reveal artifacts and crashes sooner than Furmark does (at least with my rig) and any setting that doesn't crash or artifact in HAWX menu screen holds up to hours of furmark or any gaming I can throw at it.

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PhIIx3 710 @3.55ghz/1.5v w/ Scythe Samurai Zz HSF-24/49c ~ 4gb OCZ Gold XTC 5-6-6-18 @1092mhz ~ Sapphire 4870 512MB (795/1025)
Reply to JofaMang

thanks for the info, unfortunately gurmark only is compatible with vista 32 bit, not 64 like I use. Also hawk is a game i would need to buy. any free recommendations that work with vista 64 bit?

Reply to CRdloader

I use Furmark on my 64bit XP... and the download page shows compatability with vista 64, so it should work:

http://downloads.guru3d.com/FurMar [...] -1965.html

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Reply to JofaMang

Ok, thanks....dloaded, works great, what kind of temps are to high? Without maxing out fan i'm getting 60 degrees. Would it be bad to run toast at the same time? I was thinking of running toast on the 3 other cores because in gaming the cpu would heat the ambient air. CPU is not OC'd right now and my board prevents me from doing so (shitty intell board). The GFX is way more of a bottle neck anyway. I'm guesing running toast ont he 1st core ( the one being used for fur) would crash fur and thus crash the comp?
Thanks,
Cody

Reply to CRdloader

o yea, and before i get to far, if you over clcok a cpu to far you just use the jumper and reset the bios. If I OC my gfx to far, how do i un over clock it if windows wont load?

Reply to CRdloader

In my experience OCing ATI cards, an unstable overclock won't prevent you from loading windows, as the the 2d environment runs your card at a lower GPU preset. I have never had a problem loading windows after a GPU crash/lockup, and have always been able to go back into CCC to lower my settings.

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PhIIx3 710 @3.55ghz/1.5v w/ Scythe Samurai Zz HSF-24/49c ~ 4gb OCZ Gold XTC 5-6-6-18 @1092mhz ~ Sapphire 4870 512MB (795/1025)
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