Problem with Sapphire X800 Pro ViVo TOXIC and APE

[Morten Zimmermann]

Hi guys,

bought a Sapphire X800 Pro ViVo TOXIC the other day, but I guess i
have to return it ....
I still think it's the best X800 Pro you can get, just had problems
with my particular one. Sapphire hands out a little proggie called APE
(Automated Performance Enhancer) with this card, wich clocks the
Videocard-RAM to 520 MHz - 560 MHz (depending on the actual temp of
the VPU) wich the Samsung RAMs (1.8 ns) should be able to handle
nicely.

My problem:
With APE enabled I got tons of artefacts in Far Cry or certain parts
in 3DMark03 (Battle of Proxycron for ex.), so my guess is that one of
the RAM-chips is not up for the higher clock speeds after all.....
Since Sapphire promises APE would work (by using the APE-tool you
DON'T lose warranty!!!) i will return the card.
I could have gotten a "normal" X800 Pro if i wanted to run the
"normal" clock speeds.

Is there anyone having (had) the same problem?

Bye for now,
Morten

 

[Bandit]

Hi guys,

bought a Sapphire X800 Pro ViVo TOXIC the other day, but I guess i
have to return it ....
I still think it's the best X800 Pro you can get, just had problems
with my particular one. Sapphire hands out a little proggie called APE
(Automated Performance Enhancer) with this card, wich clocks the
Videocard-RAM to 520 MHz - 560 MHz (depending on the actual temp of
the VPU) wich the Samsung RAMs (1.8 ns) should be able to handle
nicely.

My problem:
With APE enabled I got tons of artefacts in Far Cry or certain parts
in 3DMark03 (Battle of Proxycron for ex.), so my guess is that one of
the RAM-chips is not up for the higher clock speeds after all.....
Since Sapphire promises APE would work (by using the APE-tool you
DON'T lose warranty!!!) i will return the card.
I could have gotten a "normal" X800 Pro if i wanted to run the
"normal" clock speeds.

Is there anyone having (had) the same problem?

Bye for now,
Morten

That's funny i got a ATI X800 pro and it runs just fine at 510 core
and 534 memory just played farcry for well over a hour at that speed
with no artifacts at all, and my ati x800 pro has got the samsung rams
on it to

 

[First of One]

Surprisingly enough, all the ATi card with factory-installed slot fans (HIS,
Sapphire Toxic, etc.) do not overclock well.

 

[Morten Zimmermann]

The Sapphire Toxic comes with the APE tool (that increases the
RAM-clock only) so i'm of the opinion that that at least should work
(it didn't with my particular card). So I returned the card and i'm
waiting for the exchange model now. Should be here by end of the week
(i hope).

Surprisingly enough, all the ATi card with factory-installed slot fans (HIS,
Sapphire Toxic, etc.) do not overclock well.

Where did you get this info from ?

Have fun,
Morten