Thread: Video Card Bois question

ok, so I am running 2 5870's

#1 - Sapphire Vapor X OC
#2 - Sapphire normal card (referrance) older one

Seeems to run fine but I do get some weird black outs of part of the screen when gaming sometimes. Card Temps are all under 50C when gaming long. I noticed that the BIOS are not the same. Would it be wise the flash the older one with the same bios as the newer card? I did notice too that the voltages are not the same compaired in each bios.

Ideas?

Thanks,

Remy

Bios Specs:

Vapor X OC

GPU Device Id: 0x1002 0x6898
113-C00140-TST
CYPRESS XT GDDR5 32Mx32 C00801 BIOS UCODEv:126
(C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
ATOMBIOSBK-ATI VER012.020.000.001.036486
140X0300.TST
Clock State 0
Core Clk: 850.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 1200.00 MHz
Voltage: VID1
Flags: Boot
Clock State 1
Core Clk: 875.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 1250.00 MHz
Voltage: VID1
Flags: Optimal Perf
Clock State 2
Core Clk: 400.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 900.00 MHz
Voltage: 1.063 V
Flags: UVD
Clock State 3
Core Clk: 875.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 1250.00 MHz
Voltage: VID1
Flags: Optimal Perf
Clock State 4
Core Clk: 157.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 300.00 MHz
Voltage: 0.950 V
Flags: ACPI


Referrance card 5870 New Bios I want to flash

GPU Device Id: 0x1002 0x6898
113-C00140-S5B
CYPRESS XT GDDR5 32Mx32 C00801 BIOS UCODEv:126
(C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
ATOMBIOSBK-ATI VER012.020.000.001.036486
140X0300.S5B
Clock State 0
Core Clk: 850.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 1200.00 MHz
Voltage: VID1
Flags: Boot
Clock State 1
Core Clk: 850.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 1200.00 MHz
Voltage: 1.200 V
Flags: Optimal Perf
Clock State 2
Core Clk: 400.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 900.00 MHz
Voltage: 1.100 V
Flags: UVD
Clock State 3
Core Clk: 850.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 1200.00 MHz
Voltage: 1.200 V
Flags: Optimal Perf
Clock State 4
Core Clk: 157.00 MHz
Memory Clk: 500.00 MHz
Voltage: 1.050 V
Flags: ACPI

There may be conflicting drivers and or maybe the cards just dont like each other i have always been told to stay away from cross fire but i have heard through some geeks that i know that cross firring is very very temperamental.

I wouldn't flash the BIOS unless you are going to gain some sort of functionality, such as higher clock speeds, unlocked shaders, etc. You should probably keep the the BIOS as is.

Do you have the latest Catalyst Profiles as well as drivers? I know in the past, I couldn't get some games to run correctly without having the updated Profiles. Also, what resolution are you running?

Originally Posted by HeavyG

I wouldn't flash the BIOS unless you are going to gain some sort of functionality, such as higher clock speeds, unlocked shaders, etc. You should probably keep the the BIOS as is.

Do you have the latest Catalyst Profiles as well as drivers? I know in the past, I couldn't get some games to run correctly without having the updated Profiles. Also, what resolution are you running?

I am running 1920 X 1200. I have the latest profiles and drivers. Been playing around a bit before I do any flashing. At first I had the new Vapor X installed in the 1st postion and everything ran great. When I would go into GPUZ it would show the 2 different bios's for each card. Now I have to run the old card at the top due to a new GPU cooler and GPUZ only reads the older bios for each card. So it seems with the older card up top, the newer card is defaulting to the older bios. Don't know if that makes sense but that is what I am seeing in GPUZ. As well, the new card is getting higher temps that it ever did. Weird.

BC2 ran great with newer card on top but has some issues when I switch them around. That is why I was thinking the conflicting bios might be the reason. I dont know why the newer cards would change it's heat temps, nothing has changed in the case.

Bad Company 2 has an issue with the game where you get black screens every now and then. Everyone gets them.... that isn't your cards