Artifact Problem

nevermentioned18 · Mar 15, 2006

I have lowered my core settings cause i have been having problems with artifacts in games. I scanned for artifacts and it goes for 5 seconds then the whole screen messes up. Can anyone help?

***COMPUTER***
Intel Celeron 2.4Ghz
Asus P4VP-MX
768 MB of RAM
Maxtor 40GB HD
Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb

D_o_S · Mar 15, 2006

nevermentioned18 said:
I have lowered my core settings cause i have been having problems with artifacts in games. I scanned for artifacts and it goes for 5 seconds then the whole screen messes up. Can anyone help?

***COMPUTER***
Intel Celeron 2.4Ghz
Asus P4VP-MX
768 MB of RAM
Maxtor 40GB HD
Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb

Hi,

maybe you could tell us the temperature of your card? Is it overheating? What happens when you leave it at stock clocks? Does it still artifact?

nevermentioned18 · Mar 16, 2006

um i dont know the temperature but i dont think its over heating i even put a case fan right infront of the cards fan. and even when i turn it off and turn it on the next day it sometimes still messes up at the boot screen. im thinking maybe power supply cause in the bios where it says 5v it is in red and says 4.389 or somenumber like that but im not sure

zekrahminator · Mar 16, 2006

right that means that the cooler is loose. Take the card out of the system, and then reinstall the cooler, fresh thermal paste and all, and screw it back on TIGHT. And yes, a lack of power would do stuff to your card too...whats your PSU's wattage/brand?

nevermentioned18 · Mar 16, 2006

my psu says turboswitch a350atx i took out my card and the bios still says 4.303 or something for the 5v. and i disconnected my case fan also

nevermentioned18 · Mar 16, 2006

i think its fixed i reseating the power plug that goes in the mobo and no problems the voltage is back up to par and ati tool didnt find any artifacts thanks for your help

zekrahminator · Mar 16, 2006

ohh that WOULD be a problem, not enough power getting to video card lol. Well I'm glad you fixed it. happy gaming!

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Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.

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