3DMark11 cannot pass through combined test

I have updated my vBios with OD2 (That chastatity provided)
And i am on stock drivers on my G73JH BST-7: 8.683.0.0
Doing overclock with ATI OVERDRIVE.

If i do some overclock to 800/1050 - i am getting artifacts (on the final test in 3Dmark11 (Combined test)) then laptop freezes, only force reboot helps.

If i'm not doing Overclocking at all i am getting just 2100 points.

So, i can't overclock at all? I just repasted it with IC7 idle temp 53Celsius not overclocked.

 

The average highest overclock on the Asus version of the 5870M is 800/1000 so it is most likely that you are running it too high. Try 800/1050 as the artifacting will be caused by the memory clock.

 

My GPU MEMORY can't handle 1050MHZ, just set it to 1025mhz and trying to play in starcraft2

 

No as I just said most couldn't I kept mine at 1000 for anything but benchmarking.

 

So i can play only with a GPU clocks? I saw many threads with oc'ing gpu memory to 1100 by many guys is the have not asus videocard? Oo

 

You may try 775/1075 as it works for me on SC2 =)

 

even on 1025 memory i have problems - cursor dissapears sometimes - i think i only can go with GPU overclock...

 

You've mentioned that you're on stock drivers? I suggest you update to CCC 12.1 if you're still on stock drivers. Use installer to uninstall, DriverSweeper, CCleaner, reboot to safe mode, DriverSweeper then CCleaner again, reboot to normal mode then install the latest gpu drivers. I also recommend you use the "ATI GPU Clock Tool v.0.9.26.0 for HD5870".

 

Every chip is different and gets different overclocks it has nothing to do with the software you are running although drivers may make a difference.

Heat is the biggest cause of problems but the Asus version of the 5870M never overclocked as well as the stock version did. I could get 800/1100 on mine but it was never very stable and the difference was minimal.

 

WIth only GPU overclocking all seems ok except random errors in SC2 do you think drivers could resolve that problem? Do asus have updated drivers or i should download it from amd.com?

 

It is best to use the latest to be honest 12.1 from the AMD website is the latest.

 

It is okay if i install 12.1 from amd not asus?

And what about CCC it comes with the drivers?

 

I've been through that thinking too before. A lot of people here in the forum owning a G73JH has already downloaded and updated their GPU drivers via the AMD website ( here) as this is the one and only way we can update our drivers.

According to this statement:

"2. This vBIOS works with driver sets 10.1~10.8 and should work with future releases unless the driver base code is changed again."

the 93vBIOSa or the OD2 version are expected to work on the mentioned driver sets up to the latest release. So if your "Catalyst Version" is not 10.1~12.1, you better update to an updated one like the Catalyst 12.1.

To update your GPU Drivers, instead of downloading the Catalyst Software Suite 12.1 (1.1MB) on this link, you should better download the driver itself on this link (147MB) as the 1.1MB file would only download the driver which would take quite a while if you would not use a download manager (e.g. downthemall of Firefox, etc).

To install, use the downloaded installer to uninstall your previous GPU driver. Then use Driver Sweeper (v3.2.0 on this link) to remove all of the AMD Display drivers that might cause problems when you update to a new driver (analyze and clean AMD - Display).

Clean up the registry by CCleaner then reboot to safemode. On safemode, run Driver Sweeper again (analyze and clean AMD - Display) then clean registry again via CCleaner. Reboot to normal mode then install to the latest driver that you have downloaded.

 

Thanks, but not-ASUS drivers is not working for me... Just downloaded all the drivers from your links - they're not installing display drivers + ccc, just some crappy software (seems like it cant detect my 5870).

 

With 12.1 drivers i am able to do 775/1050mhz without getting artifacts in 3dmark11 combined test - have to test it in games. And it seems like overclocking GPU gives more points in 3dmark11 than gpu memory :O i have 2490 points for now.