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Since my original post, I have resolved all issues I was experiencing with this card. I moved it to the farthest PCI slot from the video card, and by luck this farthest PCI slot also allows the Audigy 2 to have its own unique IRQ. So now my main cards each have their own IRQ's: SB Audigy...

I screwed up getting this Audigy 2 ZS sound card. Thing must generate a TON of heat. I installed, its two slots away from the AGP slot, yet using ATITOOL to report VPU temp on my Sapphire Radeon 9600XT the temp climbs to 67 C during scan for artifacts now, after installing the Audigy 2 ZS...

You just wish you had a 256mb XT. His XT is 3.3, though

There are memory timing differences, don't know about voltage though. I logged my former PowerColor 9600 pro R96-HD3 card, it had 5ns Mira brand ram onboard, and I've logged my current Sapphire Radeon 9600XT card that has Hynix 3.3ns ram. The factory-set memory timings differ, as they would be...

Delta is not an error but what does it mean when scanning for artifacts and it changes from saying Delta of 0 in 0 pixels to saying there are Deltas in pixels? Artifacts usually follow, so Delta's seem like a precursor to errors/artifacts.

Your memory is running too fast. Put memory back to stock speed of 300mhz and see if problems go away. Stock ATI spec for 9600 pro is 400 core and 300 (600) memory. Although some card makers run the memory slower @ 200 (400). The fastest memory I've seen on 9600 Pro's is 3.3ns and 3.3ns...

My 9600XT (Sapphire) gets as hot at 58C and keeps on going, no lockups. Highest overclock it will take is about 540mhz. I've run it at overdrive speed of 525 (526.5) and it still hits around 58C but never locks up or gives any errors. Stock or OC'd, the temps under 3D load are about the same...

No other way but to eyeball the chips, but rest assured if the best you can get out of the ram is 330 or so Mhz, then you have 3.3ns ram onboard. The other speed common on XT boards is 2.8ns (Samsung ram) and the math tells us 2.8ns ram is rated for about 357Mhz

Sounds like you have XT envy... :)

594 is an exceptional overclock on a chip witha 500mhz factory default speed. My Sapphire 9600XT won't go past 540Mhz for the GPU. How fast you can run the memory depends on the speed of the memory chips, are yours 3.3 nanoseconds or 2.8? Look at your memory chips on the card. If the suffix...

I was just wondering, similar to the post about the 9800 green vs red pcb. I recieved a red pcb version when I ordered bulk (OEM) Sapphire "Atlantis" Radeon 9600XT 256mb card from ZipZoomFly. Any known difference between Sapphire's green board version vs their red one? It's a great card...

I thought you meant you were getting the artifacts while running the 3D FRAPS spinning cube in ATITOOL.

I thought you meant you were getting the artifacts while running the 3D FRAPS spinning cube in ATITOOL. If you only getting them in HL2, then it's some kind of problem with HL2.

You're welcome

The checkers and triangular array you describe are artifacts caused by pushing the memory beyond its ability. Artifacts are caused by too much overclock on the memory. Usually too much overclock on the core (VPU) will just cause a lockup/freeze, but sometimes can spawn artifacts before locking up.