Sapphire Trix. The updated version of the Sapphire TRIXX utility allows you to control the voltage on the Fiji chips

The acceleration of the Radeon RX 560 from Sapphire with its base program SAPPHIRE TRIXX, is the easiest and safest acceleration of this card. I can not say for the cards from other manufacturers, but I am sure that each manufacturer should have a similar program of basic acceleration.

With this program, it is not possible to damage the equipment. Maximum that you can - make a card into reboot mode. IN this case Settings just return to your basic parameters. Unlike ways when the changes are made to the card firmware and its BIOS. Here it is already possible to turn cards into a brick, although they say there are ways there. But I still decided to start with basic programsIn order to look at what they are capable of and is it makes sense to climb on the risking card.

So, Radeon RX 560 issues approximately 100 H / S (approximately it means that, as a rule, the numbers are chatted near the value of 98-99) during the ZCASH meringue on the basic settings.

You can download the SAPPHIRE TRIXX program on the map page in the Support section. Do not leave the direct link, since the program is constantly updated and changes the name of the pala and location.

Downloading and installing this program - I started directly to overclocking. Trying to google how and what to do - I could not find anything less intelligible and effective. In addition to programs, for wider settings and acceleration. But there is a completely dense forest, and judging by the same reviews to increase no more than 20% of the basic speed. Therefore, while I decided to stop at a simpler acceleration.

In general, I do not find manuals I decided to determine the problem at what frequency the memory and percentages will work and how it will affect the production of ZCASH coins:

The basic frequency of the processor 1216, and the frequency of memory is 1750.

I came to me more less stable and this is 1330 and 2000, respectively:

With such parameters, the card does not go to the reboot and gives approximately 5-6% more than without acceleration:

As can be seen on the screen - the values \u200b\u200bare dangling in the range of 105-106 H / S. As a result of the experiments, I raised the frequency to 1350 and on this value the card is also like working, but only if you disable all other applications. Those. Lower additional load on the card to maximize. With such parameters, the card squeezed 107-108 H / S. But I still decided to build more stable work and therefore left the values \u200b\u200bat 1330 and 2000. Although it is almost confident that if you don't touch anything, it will work at 1340. I also increase the speed of rotation of the coolers:

In this position, the card works already more than 2 acres and normal flight. I think that if I proceed to the built-in map and leave the Radeon RX 560 only on the mining, then I think I can raise the values \u200b\u200band above 1350, but I will try the next time this, but I will try to use Rases and try Major Map without motherboard, but only with a laptop and power supply.

By the way, the mother on the RX460 cards I also replaced. Now the stability of work there has also increased, and I excluded the third computer - therefore energy efficiency should also increase.

SAPPHIRE TRIXX allows you to increase the speed of the video card on all machines with adapters installed radeon series. With it, you can control the frequencies of memory and kernel, set the speed of rotation of the coolers, and also receive detailed information about the graphics system personal computer. There are support for CrossFirex-modes.

Capabilities:

support for all types of Sapphire Radeon video cards;
displays information about the graphics adapter;
changing the core frequency and video device memory;
support for systems with multiple adapters (Crossfirex);
cooler turnover.

Principle of operation:

the utility interface looks very modern and resembles a racing car instrument panel. If you draw an analogy, then the processor frequency indicator is in the role of a tachometer, the speedometer is a block for controlling the memory frequency, and instead of the pressure, the turbocharging is the arrow displaying the CPU voltage. It is managed by all the sliders under the "wells" of the devices. "Red Zone" is also present.

On the site of the on-board computer is a section to adjust the speed of rotation of the fan. In the bottom of the interface, interest are the output buttons for the installed adapter ("Card info") and graphic monitor The main indicators ("Hardware Monitor").

Pros:

the ability to programmatically affect the actual hardware characteristics of the video card;
unusual "racing" interface;
displays the temperature of the adapter and other detailed information.

Minuses:

significant frequency increase reduces the resource;
no translation of the utility menu into Russian.

Radeon video systems have always been famous for the ability to significantly improve performance by increasing the frequency of the GPU tire and voltage. On the other hand, such actions do not always have a positive effect on the service life of the adapter. Therefore, we recommend consciously approach the acceleration process, download free utility Sapphire TRIX, examine the features of the Sapphire adapter and only then try to influence the parameters of overclocking. If you approach the process weighted, then at the exit you will receive a faster video card and its stable operation for a long period of time. Agree, it's nice to have a more productive system only by installing the utility.

Analogs:

Gigabyte OC Guru 2 - software for overclocking graphic cards manufacturer Gigabytes;
RivaTuner is a program for controlling the frequencies of the NVIDIA video adapter.

We are important, which possesses the video card, are of great importance, especially for users who are passionate about the games and using modern applications with high demands. It often raises the question of how to increase the performance of the video adapter or simply saying "to disperse" it.

To solve this issue with common Radeon video cards, the Sapphire TRIXX utility was developed. Programs aimed at achieving such an effect is a lot, but if the user needs easy to use the utility, then it is worth choosing it.

Sapphire TRIXX - Utility for overclocking and fine tuning video Cards Radeon.developed by Sapphire. It allows you to: overclock the core frequency, memory, adjust the voltage to the kernel, the GPU monitoring, adjust the cooling system turnover, display information about the graphics device, adjust the LED backlight, record profiles. Supports CrossFire mode.

How to use the Sapphire TRIXX program

Inexperienced users in accelerations, wondering by selecting Sapphire TRIXX how to use the program. In fact, the utility is very simple and interface is intuitive.

The main tab that needs attention will be overclocking, in this section there are three basic characteristics of a video adapter to software adjustment.

GPU - frequency graphic processor. Raising the indicators, the user increases the processing speed of graphic data. It enhances FPS in gaming applications.
Memory Clock - memory frequency. This feature is also amenable to change using the Sapphire TRIXX utility.
VDDC or so-called voltage, for beginner enough first two settings, as the third is not supported by all video adapters. And also you should be careful and not to set up high values \u200b\u200bat once, for this utility you should not raise more than 50-100 points.

Adjust to Sapphire TRIXX settings are easy enough, in addition to the slider, it is possible to accurate adjustment and input value from the keyboard.

In addition, overheating of the camcorder can be an indicator of redox. This program allows you to track the temperature of the video adapter and adjust the speed of the fans and the cooling system. Experienced overclockers do not advise heating above 85 degrees, for most GPUs.

Sapphire TRIXX Download from the official site by this link. http://www.sapphiretech.com/catapage_tech.asp?cataid\u003d291&lang\u003drus

conclusions

The big plus Sapphire TRIXX is that it allows you to monitor the performance and heating of the video card, for this there is a special gadget on the desktop. The utility can work immediately with two video cards and supports CrossFirex. Using this utility, It is possible to achieve a significant increase in the performance of the video card, which will increase the FPS in games.

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To date, almost every self-respecting manufacturer of graphic cards presented its version of the utility for their overclocking. Most users, of course, are accustomed to Rivatuner and its current succession MSI Afterburner.. But for Sapphire video cards, the number of overclocking programs is limited due to large number "Non-references" and non-standard voltage controllers regulating GPUs.

In the case of Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC, the CHIL 8228G voltage controller is used, which is not supported by most modern utilities, including the most common MSI Afterburner. Therefore, the Sapphire TRIXX is best suited to overclock the Sapphire's graphic adapters, which is now available in version 4.0.2.

The program interface is simple enough and convenient. The main window contains information on the graphics adapter, type and amount of memory, the number of pipelines, the current GPU frequencies and video memory.

On the Overclocking tab, change the core and memory frequency changes, as well as voltage control on the GPU. Its slider can be set to the maximum position - to the value of 1.3 V. Although even such a voltage is not enough to overclock the use of liquid nitrogen.

To control fan turnover, the manufacturer has provided separate tabin which three modes are available for the speed of the turbine. The default is selected auto mode Changes to its speed. You can also specify a certain percentage of the speed of rotation or create your own rotational speed dependence at a certain temperature.

Test configuration

For testing Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC used the following components:

Motherboard: ASUS Rampage III Black Edition (BIOS 0504);
CPU: Intel Core i7-990x, 3470 MHz @ 4000 MHz;
Cooling system: THERMALRIGHT IFX-14;
Copper glass for processor: SF3D INFLECTION LN2 POT;
Copper cup for video card: K | NGP | N cooling FAT 9.0 LN2 POT;
Thermal Call: Arctic Cooling MX-4;
RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 9-10-9-24 1.65 V 2X2048 MB;
Drive: Seagate Momentus XT, 500 GB, SATA 3 Gb / s;
Power supply: Corsair Ax1200, 1200 watts;
Operating system: Windows 7 Ultimate SP1;
Thermometer: Fluke 54ii;
Multimeter: Fluke 28ii.

Noise level

When new items only enter the market after the announcement, in most cases, users have to be content with the decisions that they offer AMD or NVIDIA. In the case of AMD, the last few generations of top video cards are equipped with turbine cooling, which, though productive, but noisy. But for overclockers, which are not yet ready for exploits with liquid nitrogen, the turbine with five thousand revolutions is perfect for the achievement of maximum results without replacing the standard CO.

But if the number of extreme enthusiasts in Russia is very low, and the number of overclockers using air cooling and dreaming about records on Hwbot.org tends to zero, the number of "reasonable" users is very high. For such a group of people, megahertz is not so important as convenience along with high performance. Yes, they accelerate their video cards, but remaining at the limit of the threshold convenience. After all, it is simply impossible to work at a computer or playing modern games with a 100% turbine, so they prefer to use a slight increase in the graphics adapter frequencies without changing the mode of operation of the CO fan.

The noise level measurements were performed by TESTO 815, located at a distance of 50 cm from the video card fan. The minimum speed of rotation of the Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 TOXIC turbine is 1187 revolutions per minute, which in the percentage equal to 25%. The noise level was measured in a 10% fan rotation step, the maximum possible speed is 100%. Changing the fan speed was carried out using the MSI Afterburner utility. The noise level in the room at the time of the measurement was 26 dB.

Unfortunately, I failed to compare the Sapphire turbine level with a reference design system, but for clarity I added the results of the noise level measurements of two more non-reference products that got your own fan CU - this is Asus Radeon HD 6950 DIRECT CUII and SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 6950 DIRT3 EDITION.

The noise level in the simple was 37.7 dB. For a turbine cooling system, this figure looks adequately, but if you compare with the products using the original CO, then the numbers look depressing. Already at 50% of the speed of rotation, the turbine catch up with its rivals from 100%. At the same time, the noise level according to my subjective sensations becomes quite annoying, of course, it is quite possible to withstand several hours of tests, but not any permanent work with such noise.

With an increase in the speed of rotation of the turbine, noise also increased markedly. In the peak, that is, 100%, it turned out to record 68.7 dB. After several days of tests, the turbine turn turns to 100%, I forced myself by the power of will. In general, the noise level values, of course, are excavated, but if you judge the reviews of my colleagues, the Sapphire turbine turned out to be quieter than the reference, which is generally a big plus for this CO.

Temperature and acceleration potential

The turbine cooling systems in addition to the high level of noise differ and excellent temperature indicators. The use of such systems by AMD only suggests that this path is really true for modern video cards. A cold stream created by the turbine at high speed passes between the ribs of the evaporative chamber, taking everything heat to itself. The plus of this cooling is also the fact that all this enough hot air goes beyond the housing.

Check the temperature mode of the cooling system RADEON HD 6950 TOXIC was solved using the FurMark 1.8.2 utility. Measurements of temperature were performed in the following modes:

With automatic fan turnover;
In the user control of the fan turnover, exhibited by 100%.

Also, to compare the temperature modes, readings were removed with default for Radeon HD 6950 by the number of pipelines - 1408, and then using the BIOS switching, the measurements were made from 1536. The image is given the position of the switch at which the BIOS is operating with 1408 converars:

With automatic control fans managed to get:

The difference between temperature modes with a nominal number of pipelines and unlocked almost invisible. It is probably caused by the fact that in this case only conveyors are exposed to unlock, without firmware BIOS, reference Radeon HD 6970, that is, voltages on the kernel and memory remain unchanged. A difference of 1 degree can be called an error. As a result, at 1408 conveyors, the GPU temperature in the load amounted to 75 degrees Celsius, from 1536 to 76 degrees.

At a 100% speed of rotation of the temperature of the graphics processor significantly decreased. It was not observed on this difference between the number of conveyors, in both cases the GPU temperature decreased by 13 degrees and amounted to 52 degrees Celsius.

Without raising the voltage on the GPU, with a 100% speed of rotation of the turbine;
With the raising voltage on the GPU, with a 100% speed of rotation of the turbine.

As a precautionary measure, as well as to assess the effects of pipelines on the video card potential, the temperature modes were measured both in regular mode and with "unlock".

Frequency graphic core Amounted 970 MHz at a voltage of 1.175 V. I will remind you that the manufacturer initially increased the voltage on the GPU relative to the reference card, so when compared with the solutions of other manufacturers, the TOXIC version will initially win on the frequency potential due to increased voltage. The memory frequency was 1,500 MHz, which can be called a very good result.

Most Radeon HD 6950 video cards that use alternative cooling systems will most often lend Sapphire versions, since the toxic heat removal from memory chips occurs through an aluminum plate, cooled by the air flow from the turbine. And in video cards with one's own memory, only air flow from the fans is blown.

The temperature growth from an increase in the core and memory frequencies from 880/1300 MHz to 970/1500 MHz was only 1-2 degrees, and a different number of conveyors absolutely did not affect the acceleration potential.

When increasing the voltage to 1.25, the GPU frequency managed to lift up to 1010 MHz. Further lifting of the voltage made it possible to increase the frequency of the graphics core to 1020-1030 MHz, but not all the benchmarks were stable on these frequencies. In general, the obtained values \u200b\u200bcan be called sufficiently high, the increased voltage in the bundle with the turbine cooling system did its job.

Evaluation of productivity

The following applications were used to estimate the performance of the video card:

3DMark 11, Perfomance and Extreme Preset;
3DMark Vantage, Perfomance and High Preset;
3DMark06, Default settings;
HWBOT UNIGINE HEAVEN BENCHMARK, DIRECTX 11;
Street Fighter IV Benchmark, 1920x1080 C16XQAA;
Aliens VS Predator Benchmark;
Resident Evil 5 Benchmark;
LOST PLANET 2 BENCHMARK;

Performance measurements were first performed without changing the core and memory frequencies, but using a different number of conveyors. Differences in the use of 1408 and 1536 conveyors are shown for a single video card and for CROSSFIRE mode.

3DMark11

Extreme Preset.

3DMark11

Perfomance Preset.