X800XL broken

[tinyfish]

I bougt my Gigabyte X800XL SilentPipe few weeks ago and I'm not very happy with it since I get some strange white colored lines in every game.

Here's a sample

http://www.impatrik.com/vit1.JPG

These lines appear in every game, in some its not much but in others its really annoying. I've had an X800PRO before and I did'nt have these issues with it.

Of course, I've tryed different drivers but without success removing these lines.

What should I do, why do these lines appear and what are they ?

 

[newmodder]

rma it

I would just take it back if it still under warranty before it any worse i hada n x800xl 16pixel pipes(sounds good but i was still not that impressed with the card.the 6600 gtoc pci-e has way more performance i found.

 

[tinyfish]

Yeah warrianty is still on, bought it 24th last month. Do you think I can return it just because of some white lines ?

 

[newmodder]

you bet

I had the simmilar prob with my x800xl,but i was having a lot of little white spots on my screeen, just told them it was over heating in my computer.what are your computer specs by the way forgot to ask earlier, that may help solve the problem.

 

[tinyfish]

AMD 64 3200+
2x Kingmax Superram 512
Gigabyte X800XL SilentPipe

Not overclocked anything, and everything is installed properly as im not a beginner. Temperatures are CPU: 28/35 idle/load, Casetemp: 28, Graphics: 45/73 idle/load ( celcius )
The graphics temp was way over 90C in games, but i changed my case fans so it got to 80C then tighted the heatsink screws just alittle and its not 73C in games.

Here are some more screenshots

http://www.impatrik.com/curve.JPG
http://www.impatrik.com/movinglack.JPG <-- this black line moves when i moved :O
http://www.impatrik.com/morewater.JPG

 

[peta01]

I think these artifacts appears because of too high temperatures. Run some demanding benchmark and than open AtiTool and scan for artifacts.
If there are no artifacts in ATITool try to tweak textures settings. Try to turn on Alternate pixel centers or turn on Vertical synchronization.
If these dont work try to turn on/off texture optimalizations (Anizotropic and Trilinear filtering optimalization).

 

[tinyfish]

Ive tryed every possible setting in DoD Source. And no changes.

 

[newmodder]

power supply?

how many watts is your power supply? does it do this in all games?

 

[tinyfish]

Yeah, tryed DoD Source, HL2DM, BF2, Doom3 and GTA SA. I have Antec Truepower 480W

 

[newmodder]

Motherboard brand?

Yeah, tryed DoD Source, HL2DM, BF2, Doom3 and GTA SA. I have Antec Truepower 480W

you didnt mention what kind of mobo you have.

 

[tinyfish]

Ohh sorry, Gigabyte K8NSC

 

[newmodder]

hhmmm..thats wierd

i dont know what to say, i was looking at the mobo specs and its only agp4x/8x, could check to see if it is running at 8x and check your agp voltage, which i can see is ajustable in the bios..do you have your cpu overclocked?

 

[tinyfish]

No nothing is overclocked. The mobo is running AGP 4/8 on Auto which is default. But I could never find where to change the 128/256MB in the bios :O

 

[peta01]

Ive tryed every possible setting in DoD Source. And no changes.

This must be set in Control Panle or Catalyst Control Center, not in game.

And have you scaned for artifacts?

 

[tinyfish]

Yeah scanned for 8 mins without any artifacts.

EDIT: Changed some settings in control panel but no difference. In DoD: Source these white lines are'nt allways there, they come later. But in GTA they're allways there

 

[newmodder]

old drivers

i would download drive cleaner pro and remove all ati drivers and reinstall..might work

 

[tinyfish]

Tryed 4 different drivers, and used Ati cleaner or whatever its called.

 

[tinyfish]

Contacted the reseller where i bought the card from and they said, if they find out its broken i can choose another card for the same price. but if its not broken they'll send it to Gigabyte and repair or send me a new one. And i dont want a new one of the same, since it gets 80-90C in games which will reduce the card life and itll sooner or later broke. Now those lines, is it possible the card is broken ?

 

[newmodder]

where did you buy it?

where did you buy it?I always buy my cards from future shop or another major retailer, that way i dont have that problem just take it back and get another card( no hassels).even if i have to pay an extra few bucks its worth it.you want to cantact ati and see what they say, there also might be another bios for that card that will fix the problem.

 

[tinyfish]

Yeah Gigabyte said i should try updating my bios, but i cant since i have no Floppy ;(

 

[newmodder]

floppy are cheap

10 dollars can buy a floppy its worth it to have one laying around even if its not plugged in

 

[tinyfish]

Ye, but im still not happy with the card, high temperatures

 

[peta01]

Dont buy floppy, its pointless. Use flashdisc (USB stick) or CD for booting and flashing. Its much better, faster and more reliable than floppy.

 

[tinyfish]

Ya but im having trouble with making something bootable. Cant find bootsector.bin anywhere

 

[peta01]

The easyest way how to create bootable flashdisc is to use some program like HP Windows Format Utility for USB Drive Key or DiskOnKey. Try to search with Google. Works with all flashdisc.