systemshock869

I just reformatted my computer and freshly installed windows, and the catalyst control center with 5.6 driver. when i would play a game, like HL2 or Farcry, after a few minutes i would get an alert that said my card was operating at unsafe temps. so i modified the dynamic fan control with ATItool. that took care of the temps mostly, but i kept getting artifacts if i put AA or AF on, or if i tried to overclock with ATItool.

my zalman VF700-CU just came in the mail, so i spent a long time making sure i put it on right, and modifying the bracket so it would fit on my card, etc. (i will make a thread on this)

now my temps are quite low, 42 idle and about 60-62+ load. i still get artifacts if i try to play HL2 with AA or AF, even if they aren't turned up all the way.

can anyone help me??

thanks

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CyberDruid

Need to know which card you are using--not in your system specs--but in general sounds like a hardware problem--I hope you properly protected your card from static discharge while handling it--it's a killer. I doubt artifacts are driver related--it's more likely data corruption which heat accerbates...just guessing,

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systemshock869

Im sorry its an X850 pe

the card is cooler than it ever was, now that i have the VF700-CU on it

i always wear a ESD wristband while I handle it.

and, it worked fine before I reformatted

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systemshock869

^anyone have any tips?

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SPHERE

ram getting hot?

btw i had a similar prob with halo card wasnt hot or unstable but id get artifacts turned out that it was fixed with the 5.5s and up (driver prob) same card too

systemshock869

im gonna revert to 5.4 and see what happens

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systemshock869

before, i had the stock cooler which cools the ram, and now i have ramsinks, it shouldnt be hot

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SPHERE

can u feel em yah i have the same cooler it cools the ram real well but check anyway may wanna feel the other side of the card to see if its hot behind the ram

timsvpr

systemshock: Do you still have the overdrive option in your catalyst control center??? I just did a driver cleaning and installed my old 5.3s from DISC and still dont have that menu back....

SPHERE

there is a bios option that i had to enable on my asus to get that menu it was called peg root control