nmischevious
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Well after about four years i've decided to get back into the computer gaming/oc world, forums, yada yada again. I purchased an ATI X1900XT that sits nicely in my DFI Lanparty NF4 SLI-DR board. Power is not a problem, it's supplied by a PC Power and Cololing Turbo 510W.
Well i'm thinking about rma'ing this card pretty soon. FEAR ran just fine, but Quake4 and HL2 crash. In the catalyst control center a 612 mhz VPU clock is requested, but only 500mhz acheived. Same with memory at 720 requested, 594 received.
In ATI Tool I can monitor the temps get up to seventy degrees pretty fast when testing for artifacts. Ambient is around 45. I've updated to the 6.3 drivers, downloaded the microsoft tool pack crap, and think everything is sound except the card.
If I know the thing is o.k. then I think I'll take off the coolers, clean with acetone, replace the ghetto ati TIM with artic silver 5, and possibly replace the fan.
Thanks for the help,
nm
Well i'm thinking about rma'ing this card pretty soon. FEAR ran just fine, but Quake4 and HL2 crash. In the catalyst control center a 612 mhz VPU clock is requested, but only 500mhz acheived. Same with memory at 720 requested, 594 received.
In ATI Tool I can monitor the temps get up to seventy degrees pretty fast when testing for artifacts. Ambient is around 45. I've updated to the 6.3 drivers, downloaded the microsoft tool pack crap, and think everything is sound except the card.
If I know the thing is o.k. then I think I'll take off the coolers, clean with acetone, replace the ghetto ati TIM with artic silver 5, and possibly replace the fan.
Thanks for the help,
nm