ATI breaks 1GHz GPU speed barrier - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 26th Oct 2005, 16:34

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/10...speed_barrier/

Shadowed_fury · 26th Oct 2005, 16:37

Rofl! Now thats the way to do it

atanum141 · 26th Oct 2005, 16:38

you spelt independant wrong...naughty bigglesworth

wowow..1ghz....prob faster than most average pc's users pc's!

MrWillyWonka · 26th Oct 2005, 16:53

Fast but not very realistic if it takes liquid nitrogen to cool it! But that should get some extreme gaming done!

LoneArchon · 26th Oct 2005, 16:58

maybe a little more realistic with a custom phase shift rig depends on how you set it up havw dual compressor one for the GPU and one for the CPU an Uber game rig. I wonder what the bench marks are.

dragontail · 26th Oct 2005, 17:01

omfg thats insane!

get two of them in crossfire!

Techno-Dann · 26th Oct 2005, 17:08

Two of those, FX-60, all phase-change cooling... 20,000 3D05-marks, anybody?

Dr. Strangelove · 26th Oct 2005, 17:31

Well by going to their site here is what I found:

Sys Specs:

# AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 (0513 San Diego)
# Radeon X1800 XT (512 MB)
# DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR
# 2 x Mushkin Redline XP 4000 512 MB
# Seagate Barracuda 120 GB SATA
# Tagan 480W power supply
# LN2 cooling for graphics card

# ATI drivers for R520 (Non-WHQL)

It looks like the system is not very stable at 1GHz however they have posted 3DMark05 scores at a Core speed of 882MHz and a Mem speed of 976MHz, the score is: 12419

Not bad

However I am slightly surprised by the temp reading they show, they show a temp of only -79.9C. Now if my memory serves me right as far as I remember LN2 is about -196C so either their temp. probe is not linear at that extreme temperature (very likely) or the GPU is pumping out heat like you would not believe....

Please correct me if I got anything was wrong I don't speak more than 3 or 4 words in Finish...

P2D · 26th Oct 2005, 17:37

Now thats how ya do it!

Kameleon · 26th Oct 2005, 17:41

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Originally Posted by atanum141

you spelt independant wrong...naughty bigglesworth

No, you spelt independent wrong.

Tim S · 26th Oct 2005, 17:44

I did spell it wrong initially, interpendent or something like that

DickH · 26th Oct 2005, 17:45

I wonder what the lifespan is for a card that runs that fast.

Kipman725 · 26th Oct 2005, 17:52

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Originally Posted by DickH

I wonder what the lifespan is for a card that runs that fast.

short they usualy die unexpectedly.

I know this is a little off topic but has anyone noticed that modern computer hardware fails alot more often then 486 gen stuff?

I still have about 20 working 486 cpus and have never seen one die on me wheras modern graphics cards are the bane of my existance with there failure rate

atanum141 · 26th Oct 2005, 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kameleon

No, you spelt independent wrong.

im dislexic....

MrWillyWonka · 26th Oct 2005, 18:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by atanum141

im dislexic....

Even that's spelt wrong, it's dyslexic!

Tim S · 26th Oct 2005, 19:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kipman725

short they usualy die unexpectedly.

I know this is a little off topic but has anyone noticed that modern computer hardware fails alot more often then 486 gen stuff?

I still have about 20 working 486 cpus and have never seen one die on me wheras modern graphics cards are the bane of my existance with there failure rate

I think it down to the finer manufacturing processes that they're using. You could almost throw a 486 off the top of a block of flats and it still work. Things are much mor delicate now.

MrWillyWonka · 26th Oct 2005, 19:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigz

I think it down to the finer manufacturing processes that they're using. You could almost throw a 486 off the top of a block of flats and it still work. Things are much mor delicate now.

That's true, especially with hard disks (except you can't throw them off the roof, and... spelling... Even the mods are getting brainwashed into bad spelling.

Shadowed_fury · 26th Oct 2005, 19:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigz

You could almost throw a 486 off the top of a block of flats and it still work. Things are much mor delicate now.

No doubt, they almost haunt us all...

Dr. Strangelove · 26th Oct 2005, 19:43

I guess the problem is simply that the hardware we get to-day is so much more complicated. The more things a piece of equipment has to do the more possible failure points there are...

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrWillyWonka

That's true, especially with hard disks ...

Ahhh remember the days of manually parking the HD's for moving/throwing

PS. if there are any spelling mistakes I'll just claim it's due to the fact that I'm Danish

PPS. No we don't "hate to see our Carlsberg beer leave" we are after all sending you guys rubbish beer, and anyway we can just make some more

Highland3r · 26th Oct 2005, 19:51

They made 1ghz/1ghz before, for a 2d screengrab, but it wasnt stable.
The card seems to clock really nice though, lets see if they can get it benchable over 1ghz

Should be do able, from the look of that picture, the cards not modded yet, so they must be using "bios" based vGPU increase rather than hard mods...

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LoneArchon Supermodder Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Waldorf,MD Posts: 422	maybe a little more realistic with a custom phase shift rig depends on how you set it up havw dual compressor one for the GPU and one for the CPU an Uber game rig. I wonder what the bench marks are. __________________ .:NEED MORE ENERGY:. A64 x2 4800+/eVGA Geforce 8800gtx with dangerden Water Block/2GB Corsair 3200/250gb Western Digital/Asus A8N32-Sli Deluxe/24" Acer LCD

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dragontail 7-2 offsuit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Belfast/Cambridge Posts: 1,389	omfg thats insane! get two of them in crossfire!

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26th Oct 2005, 17:31	#8
Dr. Strangelove Supermodder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dundee Posts: 306	Well by going to their site here is what I found: Sys Specs: # AMD Athlon 64 FX-57 (0513 San Diego) # Radeon X1800 XT (512 MB) # DFI LanParty nF4 SLI-DR # 2 x Mushkin Redline XP 4000 512 MB # Seagate Barracuda 120 GB SATA # Tagan 480W power supply # LN2 cooling for graphics card # ATI drivers for R520 (Non-WHQL) It looks like the system is not very stable at 1GHz however they have posted 3DMark05 scores at a Core speed of 882MHz and a Mem speed of 976MHz, the score is: 12419 Not bad However I am slightly surprised by the temp reading they show, they show a temp of only -79.9C. Now if my memory serves me right as far as I remember LN2 is about -196C so either their temp. probe is not linear at that extreme temperature (very likely) or the GPU is pumping out heat like you would not believe.... Please correct me if I got anything was wrong I don't speak more than 3 or 4 words in Finish... __________________ If it isn’t broken, fix it. If it is broken, mod it till it looks like it's meant to be broken. Last edited by Dr. Strangelove; 26th Oct 2005 at 17:38.

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26th Oct 2005, 19:51	#20
Highland3r I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Leeds UK Posts: 7,156	They made 1ghz/1ghz before, for a 2d screengrab, but it wasnt stable. The card seems to clock really nice though, lets see if they can get it benchable over 1ghz Should be do able, from the look of that picture, the cards not modded yet, so they must be using "bios" based vGPU increase rather than hard mods... __________________ Prawn or not...?