Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX - Overclocking And Heat

03:30 - Monday 8 May 2006 by Tino Kreiss
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: 2006, graphics, card, buyers, guide, part1, uk

Table of content:
36 – Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX - ...
  1. 1 – Introduction
  2. 2 – Introduction, Continued
  3. 3 – A Detailed Look At The Candidates
  4. 4 – EVGA GeForce 7800 GS AGP - Tools And Software
  5. 5 – EVGA GeForce 7800 GS AGP - Web Support
  6. 6 – EVGA GeForce7800 GS AGP - Overclocking And Heat
  7. 7 – Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGP
  8. 8 – Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGP - Accessories
  9. 9 – Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGP - Tools And Software
  10. 10 – Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro AGP - Web Support
  11. 11 – Gainward Golden Sample BLISS 6800 GS PCX
  12. 12 – Gainward Golden Sample BLISS 6800 GS PCX - Accessories
  13. 13 – Gainward Golden Sample BLISS 6800 GS PCX - Tools And Software
  14. 14 – Tools Und Software, Continued
  15. 15 – Gainward Golden Sample BLISS 6800 GS PCX - Web Support
  16. 16 – Gainward Golden Sample BLISS 6800 GS PCX - Overclocking And Heat
  17. 17 – Gecube Radeon X1900 XTX
  18. 18 – Gecube Radeon X1900 XTX - Accessories
  19. 19 – Gecube Radeon X1900 XTX - Tools And Software
  20. 20 – Gecube Radeon X1900 XTX - Web Support
  21. 21 – HIS Radeon X1600 XT ITurbo IceQ
  22. 22 – HIS Radeon X1600 XT ITurbo IceQ - Accessories
  23. 23 – HIS Radeon X1600 XT ITurbo IceQ - Tools And Software
  24. 24 – Tools And Software, Continued
  25. 25 – HIS Radeon X1600 XT ITurbo IceQ - Web Support
  26. 26 – HIS Radeon X1600 XT ITurbo IceQ - Overclocking And Heat
  27. 27 – HIS Radeon X1800 XT ITurbo
  28. 28 – HIS Radeon X1800 XT ITurbo - Accessories
  29. 29 – HIS Radeon X1800 XT ITurbo - Tools And Software
  30. 30 – Tools And Software, Continued
  31. 31 – HIS Radeon X1800 XT ITurbo - Web Support
  32. 32 – HIS Radeon X1800 XT ITurbo -Overclocking And Heat
  33. 33 – Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX
  34. 34 – Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX - Accessories
  35. 35 – Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX - Tools And Software
  36. 36 – Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX - Overclocking And Heat
  37. 37 – Sapphire Radeon X1300
  38. 38 – Sapphire Radeon X1300 -Accessories
  39. 39 – Sapphire Radeon X1300 - Tools And Software
  40. 40 – Sapphire Radeon X1300 - Web Support
  41. 41 – Test Setup
  42. 42 – Benchmark Results
  43. 43 – Age Of Empires 3, Continued
  44. 44 – Black & White 2
  45. 45 – Black & White 2, Continued
  46. 46 – Call Of Duty 2
  47. 47 – Call Of Duty 2, Continued
  48. 48 – F.E.A.R.
  49. 49 – F.E.A.R., Continued
  50. 50 – Quake 4
  51. 51 – Quake 4, Continued
  52. 52 – Serious Sam 2
  53. 53 – Serious Sam 2, Continued
  54. 54 – 3DMark06
  55. 55 – 3DMark06, Continued
  56. 56 – 3DMark06, Continued
  57. 57 – 3DMark06, Continued
  58. 58 – Power Consumption
  59. 59 – Conclusions
  60. 60 – Feature Table

Powercolor Radeon X1900 XTX - Overclocking And Heat

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The default clock speeds are given as 500/594 MHz (GPU/memory) in the driver's "information center". The overclocking presets in the overdrive tab of the driver read out as 648/774 MHz. (All of our X1900 XTX samples came with this combination of frequencies preset in the overdrive section.) In order to overclock the card, the automated clock configuration utility has to be run first, which takes a few minutes; accepting the speeds suggested by the utility automatically selects them. The Powercolor X1900 XTX can be overclocked to a maximum frequency of 690/800 MHz, which increases its overall performance by 2.5 percent. The memory frequency displayed in the screenshot refers to the physical clock speed; as usual, since this is DDR memory, the clock speeds are doubled in the technical specifications.

This chip is a hot piece of hardware indeed. While it idles at a moderate 54°C in 2D mode, it reaches up to 94°C under extended 3D load. The chip seems to cope with the heat quite well, but the cooler makes a good deal of noise.


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