P1 - ATI 5850 Catalyst 9.11 Overclocking/Benchmarks (read desc)

Update 31/3/10, READ ME

I have uploaded some up-to-date benchmarks for DIRT 2, Crysis Warhead and GTA IV with the 10.3 drivers. Check it out, the results are way better than those in this video ;)

Updated benchies video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doWW1dMY5dE

If you're having a go at overclocking your 5850 using the tools i did in this video, a few things:

1) Please be careful! Keep it cool and don't push it too far!
2) You'll need MSI Afterburner version 1.20, earlier and later versions don't work properly in my experience. Any recent version of GPU Clock Tool seems fine
3) again, just go easy :P

Thanks!

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[RRapDiss]

is hd 5850 overclocked is better than hd 6870 or hd 6950?

[Aaronage1]

@RRapDiss The 6950 is faster than an overclocked 5850. 6870 is a better buy than 5850 since it has better tessellation performance, and it does get very close to 5870 so I'd say 6870 > 5850 :)

[FameswProductions]

So you can get 5850 OC'ed to 5870 performance at 5870's default settings?

[Aaronage1]

@FameswProductions No you have to overclock a 5850 to clocks higher than a 5870 to get 5870 performance, you have to compensate for the fact a 5850 has less SP's :)

[Newbpwng]

do you know if i Overclock to 5870 performance and the card fails is there any of the companies that will still cover it with warranty like XFX?

[Aaronage1]

@Newbpwng I don't know which brands will cover you if you damage by overclocking, usually it's only the very high end/expensive cards that come with cover for overclocking damage.

I keep reading that XFX has a good warranty though, might be worth googling for users experiences with XFX :)

[96stewie96]

my pc is the hpp6621c can i overclock the graphics card wth ut ruining warrnty

[Badro29]

@cplcevop

I never heard of an ati hd 58(6)0 ;)

[MarkBacani]

Haha I like that wallpaper =]

[keffje007]

use ati tray tool you can change voltage and mhz together

[NewGameReleases]

nice setup! Thanks for the vid!

[thespartenkid]

@Newbpwng yes xfx will cover it

[FameswProductions]

@Aaronage1 Yeah almost forgot about that