Radeon X1650 Pro Artifacts.

dmndidjit

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Join Date: Jul 2006

10 Apr 2007 at 14:39 - 1
I'm getting small block artifacts on a Radeon X1650 Pro (usually only on light colored backgrounds--see pic.)



System Specs
P4 2.9G
Biostar P4M80-M4 Motherboard
1G Ram
Latest ATI drivers
Temp on Catalyst Control Center is 49 degrees.

OrangeHunter

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Join Date: Apr 2005

10 Apr 2007 at 14:56 - 2
I had the same problem, my GFX card was broken. I bought a new one.

Might be expensive to replace that card D:

dmndidjit

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Join Date: Jul 2006

10 Apr 2007 at 14:58 - 3
Brand new card, 1 day old. There were no artifacts last night, then some this morning.

Yanman.be

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Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

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10 Apr 2007 at 15:21 - 4
Other games?

Jimmy Evol

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Missouri, USA

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R/Mo

10 Apr 2007 at 15:37 - 5
Contact ATI, or whatever company you purchased it from and see what they have to say. If its a bad card, you should still have a warranty and have no problems replacing it.

dmndidjit

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Join Date: Jul 2006

10 Apr 2007 at 17:51 - 6
Same problems in Command And Conquer 3

ATI is their usual helpful selves telling me to make sure my system supports the game(s).

Jimmy Evol

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Missouri, USA

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R/Mo

10 Apr 2007 at 18:09 - 7
You got a warranty right? Its a bad card, replace it.

NekoZ

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Long Island

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10 Apr 2007 at 18:52 - 8
I have an ATi Radeon X1600 Pro and found that after awhile I started to get many artifacts and such while doing nothing at all at times. I bought a new fan for it and POOF, worked like a charm. ATi's seem to have crappy fans and overheat many times, may, or maynot be the same in your case.

tijo

tijo

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Join Date: Feb 2007

Montreal

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10 Apr 2007 at 19:11 - 9
Sounds like you stumbled on a crappy card unfortunately, your best bet is work with the customer service and get a new one since it's probably under warranty. This might be hard depending on ATI's customer service, never had to use ATI's customr service so i don't know if it's good or bad. I'd rule out overheating since you temp is withing acceptable rates.

Jimmy Evol

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Missouri, USA

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R/Mo

10 Apr 2007 at 19:37 - 10
Quote:
Originally Posted by NekoZ
I have an ATi Radeon X1600 Pro and found that after awhile I started to get many artifacts and such while doing nothing at all at times. I bought a new fan for it and POOF, worked like a charm. ATi's seem to have crappy fans and overheat many times, may, or maynot be the same in your case.
Many of ATI's older cards fans were set to very low fan speeds by default. Friend of mine had the problem and just downloaded a program to up his fan speeds and it fixed it.

NekoZ

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Join Date: Aug 2005

Long Island

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12 Apr 2007 at 19:03 - 11
I tried that as well, ATi has an Overclock Program you can set fan speed also, but buying the new fan/sink was the best choice.

FallenXIII

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Join Date: Apr 2007

Mo/Rt

13 Apr 2007 at 02:51 - 12
he says the temps were acceptable ^^

try to get them to exchange your card for a new one.