sapphire x1950pro problems

snuif09 · May 30, 2008

My x1950pro 256MB is doin really weird.

When i play cod4 on high settings(2xAA 16xAF) i get a nice 30-35 fps average but when im playin for 10 minutes i hear my fan making more noise(its getting warmer ofcourse xD)but then my pc shuts off

,when its on low settings i can play much longer before its shut off(this also happens with doom 3,ut3 and some other games).

I dont know why this is,i know that its getting ~80 degrees celsius while im gaming.is this because of my psu,heat or just a bad card.

I bought it second hand and i never overclocked the card and the guy where i bought it from didnt overclock it.

Please help me i will really apreciate it.

btw.my english is really bad so i think the grammar is messed up xD

spud107 · May 30, 2008

check thermal paste, might need reapplied, on my mates one i used slightly stronger springs on back screws to help with contact too,

snuif09 · May 30, 2008

i dont have any new thermal paste atm but it looked fine.

System Name	spuds K8-X2
Processor	amd athlon X2 4200+ toledo s939 2794mhz 254x11 1.4 vcore
Motherboard	MSI K8N Neo4-F v1.0 (MS-7125) nforce4 sata2 mod, laptop cpu heatpipe copper nb cooler
Cooling	akasa evo "blue" + 90mm fan, 2x120mm front, 250mm side, 120mm rear, 120mm in psu, pci slot exhaust.
Memory	OCZ Platinum XTC DDR PC3200 4GB(4x1024) @254mhz 3-3-3-8 2T
Video Card(s)	sapphire HD3870 512mb GDDR4 vf900cu, several ramsinks on components / nvidia 7300gt 256mb secondary
Storage	hitachi 160gb (slightly fried) / hitachi 120gb ATA / Seagate 160gb / 2x ps3 seagate 60gb
Display(s)	CTX EX1300F 20" flat CRT, 1280x1024@100hz / 19" benq FP91G X / 19" hanns-g (all free)
Case	mesh server/gaming black case, 9x 5.25' drive bays, silvestone auto fan controller
Audio Device(s)	onboard realtek alc850 7.1/soundblaster LIVE! ct4780 + kxaudio - sony home theatre surround
Power Supply	winpower 650w, system draws around 470-500w under load(+all screens)
Software	win7 64bit
Benchmark Scores	~16m trips/sec using mty trip generator. triple monitor gaming using SoftTH. 3840x1024

sapphire x1950pro problems

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