Problems with 3870 ( i think )

bzugu · Jul 8, 2008

Well i use ATI Graphic cards for almost 5 years too, and never had a problem, i'll download the latest drives then. The last graphic card i had was a X1600 Pro, and it was a very good one, i played CoD 4 with a finest 50-80 fps ( which is very good for CoD 4

) and i bought this new computer mostly to play Assasssins Creed, Call of Duty 4, Lineage 2, UT 2008 and some more.. This are the Extreme Consume Games

Thx all

bzuGu

DaedalusHelios · Jul 8, 2008

Paintface said:
Although many who dont use ATI try to spread the rumour that their drivers are crap, they actually are very good and stable, i havent had a single driver issue in 6 years of using every single drivers over 4 different cards.

So you are safe to use the latest release on www.ati.com, which is the 8.6 drivers atm.

I have used many of the recent ATi cards and the drivers are unstable with a high OC.

Using third party drivers makes the same OC stable. Thats your frame of reference.

bzugu · Jul 8, 2008

Well i'll not OC nothing for now.. the card is enough for the games i play

DaedalusHelios · Jul 8, 2008

Its a great card though.

bzugu · Jul 8, 2008

Well, i had ppl saiyng that i would not notice a diference between this one, and the last i had, that it was a x1600 pro 256mb

i mean FFS !!

DaedalusHelios · Jul 8, 2008

Its more than twice as fast! :eek:

bzugu · Jul 8, 2008

that was kinda the face i did when i heard that ! :eek:

i mean, jesus christ, a guy thats says this it deserves to die

bzuGu

bzugu · Jul 10, 2008

Well i've been using my HD3870 now and i saw something last night when i was playing CoD 4, just working normaly the temperature of the card is arround 35 - 40ºC but when i run the game , after a few minutes, it goes to 55 - 60ºC is this normal? or do i have to buy some kinda of shower for it?

btw, with this card, would i have a good performance improvement with and OC? or theres no use to try it?

bzuGu <

Paintface · Jul 10, 2008

bzugu said:
Well i've been using my HD3870 now and i saw something last night when i was playing CoD 4, just working normaly the temperature of the card is arround 35 - 40ºC but when i run the game , after a few minutes, it goes to 55 - 60ºC is this normal? or do i have to buy some kinda of shower for it?
btw, with this card, would i have a good performance improvement with and OC? or theres no use to try it?

bzuGu <

60C is normal for load , and its not much at all.

My 3870 with a zalman on silent mode goes 40C at idle and 60C on load too.

bzugu · Jul 10, 2008

ok then, just wanted to be sure there's no problem..

bzugu · Jul 10, 2008

What about overclock? is it worth it with this Graphic card? Or theres no use to do it ?

bzuGu

Paintface · Jul 10, 2008

i can play all my games at max setting so i dont really see the use i guess.

My card runs stock at 800 factory OCed, ran it at 850 for a night, was stable.

bzugu · Jul 10, 2008

ok then

bzuGu

eidairaman1 · Jul 10, 2008

Make sure everything is seated properly- aka reseat cards, and cables, if this is a new build, make sure the HD is clean of anything, meaning no OS etc. Other options, try a different powersupply (unsure if your company is well known) Other Option, try the videocard in another machine or try a different one in yours.

bzugu said:
I just bought a new pc:
Asus P5Q Pro
Intel E8400 Core 2 Duo
Kingston 1gb ddr2 800mhz x2
Asus Ati HD3870/512mb/DDR4
Nox Urano 600w

I have just conected everything, installed Windows Vista and from time to time the pc just blocks, it can take 5 seconds, 5 minutes or even 30 minutes, theres not a specific time, i think maybe it can be from the Graphic card.

Any sugestions? :x

Greetings bzuGu

bzugu · Jul 10, 2008

bzugu said:
Well problem solved. It was really a energy problem.. i traded my PSU for an OCZ 600W StealthXStream because my NOX Urano 600w dind't had the 8 pin cable i was talking about, so i traded it, conected everything and its working properly finally i can start using my computer after almost 1 week when i bought it.

Thx all.

bzuGu

Thx anyway but the problem is already solved

eidairaman1 · Jul 10, 2008

DaedalusHelios said:
I have used many of the recent ATi cards and the drivers are unstable with a high OC.

Using third party drivers makes the same OC stable. Thats your frame of reference.

hmm M18 Graphics card with Cat 6.4 Driver , overclocked from 350/297 overclocked to 459/416

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Motherboard	Asus P5Q-Pro
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Memory	Kingston DDR2 800mhz 1gb x2
Video Card(s)	Asus Ati HD3870 512MG DDR4
Storage	Seagate 120gb
Display(s)	Philips 17''
Case	Nox Collbay 25 silver
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Nox urano 600w
Software	Windows Vista 64 bits

System Name	Cosmos F1000
Processor	i9-9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370XP SLI, BIOS 15a
Cooling	Corsair H100i, Panaflo's on case
Memory	XPG GAMMIX D30 2x16GB DDR4 3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 ti
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Display(s)	ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27"
Case	CM Cosmos 1000
Audio Device(s)	logitech 5.1 system (midrange quality)
Power Supply	CORSAIR HXi HX1000i 1000watt
Mouse	G400s Logitech
Keyboard	K65 RGB Corsair Tenkeyless Cherry Red MX
Software	Win10 Pro, Win7 x64 Professional

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Motherboard	Asus P5Q-Pro
Cooling	Asus Silent Knight II
Memory	Kingston DDR2 800mhz 1gb x2
Video Card(s)	Asus Ati HD3870 512MG DDR4
Storage	Seagate 120gb
Display(s)	Philips 17''
Case	Nox Collbay 25 silver
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Nox urano 600w
Software	Windows Vista 64 bits

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