*Official* ATI Radeon HD4850X2 Thread

[oulzac]

Originally Posted by MrMan

i noticed mine did that if i turned the setting in CCC down past balanced. try that before you RMA, just set it to balanced and leave everything else alone

I can not do anything in CCC, its as if the card is locked, I can not use the overdrive option or change anything but basic display options, all the options are grey'd out.

[oulzac]

I reinstalled, and loaded up Fallout 3, and played for about 15 minutes, looked great and performed good, so I will try another Vantage bench.

[Open1Your1Eyes0]

Originally Posted by oulzac

Well, I put my new PSU and this card in a little bit ago.
boot up, install the drivers off the CD that came with it.
Then install 3Dmark Advantage off the CD that came with.
The I run Advantage, and every test artifacts like a mofo.
The in what I assume is the final test, the fan on the GPU turns off, and the screen sticks on a total screen artifact, looks like the old TV temporary issue screen, but thousands of little color boxes every where. And it says like that for 15 minutes.
So I reboot, and load GPU-Z and this thing is idling at 47 degrees.

I have no issues just working in windows.
I have yet to load a game, or another bench program, as I am afraid I am going to over heat this thing. I think I may have to RMA this and get another card.

As a rule of thumb, never use the drivers on the CD. 90% of the time they are old and outdated. You wanna always go online and get the latest drivers.
Do the following:

1. Uninstall the drivers you just installed from the CD
2. Restart the computer
3. Download and run CCleaner
4. Restart the computer
5. Download the drivers posted at the bottom of my original post
6. Install the drivers
7. Restart 2 to 3 more times then test everything

PS: To unlock ATI Overdrive you need click on the little square button that looks like a lock you should see there.

I hope that helps, let us know of your results.

[oulzac]

I still can not run Advantage, it artifacts like crazy, but runs fine in Fallout 3 and windows.

I think inside my case may be a little to warm, even though it should not be, I have massive air flow and good ventilation.

I will run some more test, and wait for my Noctua fans and cooler before I decide to RMA it.

[Open1Your1Eyes0]

Originally Posted by oulzac

I still can not run Advantage, it artifacts like crazy, but runs fine in Fallout 3 and windows.

I think inside my case may be a little to warm, even though it should not be, I have massive air flow and good ventilation.

I will run some more test, and wait for my Noctua fans and cooler before I decide to RMA it.

Did you install the new drivers that are posted on the original post? Cause that should fix the problem.

[oulzac]

Originally Posted by Open1Your1Eyes0

Did you install the new drivers that are posted on the original post? Cause that should fix the problem.

Yes I have been running those for a while now and it fixed nothing.

[Open1Your1Eyes0]

Originally Posted by oulzac

Yes I have been running those for a while now and it fixed nothing.

Just to be sure where the problem lies do the following.

1. Get another hard drive
2. Put everything at stock setting on your motherboard (no overclocks)
3. Install Vista on it and all the latest drivers you need (Nothing else but drivers)
4. Install 3DMark Vantage and run a few tests
5. If you still have problems run memtest and intelburntest

1. If all else fails RMA the card
2. If the second card give you issues too, it could be the motherboard or the ram but most likely the motherboard

[oulzac]

Okay, so the Crysis bench tool was artifacting in full screen, but not windowed, it runs perfect windowed. I found this out because Vista tried to turn on the screen saver while it was running and kicked it into windowed mode.

I re ran that 4 times, no issues, poor performance however, as nothing is overclocked at the moment however.

is there any way to run Advantage windowed?

I have come to the conclusion the issue is not the card, its a little bit heating, but I think its mostly my monitor does not support a high enough resolution for out put.

I say this because when running Cyrsis bench in 1280x1024 in full screen, it was artifacting like crazy. Same resolution windowed, nothing.

I will try to run 3dMark06 and see if that turns out like Advantage.

[oulzac]

Originally Posted by Open1Your1Eyes0

Just to be sure where the problem lies do the following.

1. Get another hard drive
2. Put everything at stock setting on your motherboard (no overclocks)
3. Install Vista on it and all the latest drivers you need (Nothing else but drivers)
4. Install 3DMark Vantage and run a few tests
5. If you still have problems run memtest and intelburntest

1. If all else fails RMA the card
2. If the second card give you issues too, it could be the motherboard or the ram but most likely the motherboard

I ran memtest, all is well on that end. It might be the mobo also, but don't think so, its only one month old.

[Open1Your1Eyes0]

Originally Posted by oulzac

I ran memtest, all is well on that end. It might be the mobo also, but don't think so, its only one month old.

Try doing a fresh Vista install. If that doesn't work then your best bet would probably be to RMA it.