His 2900pro

[lancec2c30]

See what happens when you buy a ATi card.... . Just kidding.

 

[Wildside]

See what happens when you buy a ATi card.... . Just kidding.

all he needs to do is get the latest drivers n updates then BOOM he will be running his 2900 Pro in Vista fine.

i get ur joke too lol.

 

[NosBoost300]

welp, i got my thing configured oc'd it to 851/1800, runs like a charm... ran 3dmark05 successfully, but can't get a score due to driver issues with the new catalayst.... i'll be back later.... and show you all how to oc a pro with 2 6 pin connectors

vista is driving me absolutely nuts... so i'm deleting it now.. and reinstalling vista... see ya'll in the morning

just finished installing xp.. thank god.. lets try for some benchmarks

bout to run the 06 at 800/1800

 

[NosBoost300]

well on stock fx62 and with the settings above i scored a lil over 10,000.. not bad for an amd cpu... and pretty close to my overclocked 8800gts scored paired with a 3.6 ghz e6600.. i'm going to hit at least 11,000 tonite i know this for sure

time to get ati tool and take this card further

welp.. its time for work... and 3dmark05 certainly does not like the pro as i only got 16,000+ in it.. considering my x1950xtx did 14,000+ but again.. that was with a 3.6ghz e6600 and 2 gigs of ram... as apposed to me only having a 2.8 ghz fx62 and 1 gb ram... buhhh, new mobo problem and additional gig of ram should get me chugging around 12,000

 

[Nagasama]

here is the adapter which you (and soon perhaps myself if i cant get ati tool to work right cos i hate it and you have to have the 8 pin to use rivatuner) seek:
6-Pin PCI Express to 8-Pin PCI Express 2 Adapter Cable - Sleeved Products Model: PCIE-PCIE2 [PCIE-PCIE2] : Performance-PCs.com, ... sleeve it and they will come
there is also a program called AMD gpu tool that supposedly will overclock it no matter what power connector you have (2 x 6 pin or 8 pin pcie2).

 

[NosBoost300]

you can use rivatuner and ati tool without the 8 pin!!!! lol just not CCC

 

[Nagasama]

i read on an english forum (like UK english) that rivatuner was a no-go as well. which didnt make sense because how the H*** does rivatuner know how many pins are connected to my gpu???
that makes me happy. i heart rivatuner.

 

[NosBoost300]

lol okay well if rivatuner is a no go.. i can show you the paperclip trick.. its really easy

 

[Nagasama]

paper clips + $300 graphics card = nervous nagasama.
i will try RT first, then i will try the AMD gpu tool (which i heard was really good), then i will try ATiTool (last resort). if i dont like the results of any of those, then i will buy one of the adapters.

 

[NosBoost300]

lol.. the last two clips have like no electrical value and add no voltage.. but i know what you mean...

anyway, ati tool works like a charm, i'd recommend that over amd gpu tool

and from what i'm reading on xs.. the pro bios may be better.. but i'll try the pro bios out tonite and do some benchies and find out if thats true