Lets see what happens when my Sapphire ATI 9600 screws up.
Now i have to get a new one >.< bloody thing is only 5 months old, if that.
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Sakora
Aelice
Can you update the drivers or something? D:
Ray
Ouch D:<
Riva
Have you tried to put a new fan and heatsink on it? I've used it for my ATI 9800 pro to prevent overheating and worked like a charm. The kits are about $20-$30.
The only thing is that I use Arctic Silver (I know, it's the premium stuff for CPUS) to attach the heat sink rather than the thermal paste that came with the kit). I had some left over so I figured why not use it.
-- Riva
The only thing is that I use Arctic Silver (I know, it's the premium stuff for CPUS) to attach the heat sink rather than the thermal paste that came with the kit). I had some left over so I figured why not use it.
-- Riva
Storm Crow
it's a cool ss, but thats sucky for you...all I can suggest is to do a cleanup and defragment, and blah blah blah
Kago Seirei
We're melting, meeelllltiiiiinnnnnggggg.
Murder In China
More like everything is Crystallizing. :P
Xue Yi Liang
You must've gotten the Salvador Dali Special Edition Video Card.
Akilles
u may not even need a new fan, if the fan is spinning check the heatsink around the fan, dust can clog the air paths and thus overheat your GPU.
00039
no, it's the card itself. Sapphire Radeon 9600 are known PoSs online
P.S. everyone don't ever buy sapphiretech video cards again since they screw us consumers
P.S. everyone don't ever buy sapphiretech video cards again since they screw us consumers
Sakora
yeah im almost 100% sure its the video card ill know sometime this week. Everytime i reinstall or update drivers i have to repair windows
film
i'm running a saphire 9600xt myself... used omega drivers ever since i've had it with little to no problems, performance doesn't seem that great however.
00039
alright this thread has what overheating looks like
http://rage3d.com/board/showthread.p...ng+Ar tifacts
http://rage3d.com/board/showthread.p...ng+Ar tifacts
Osirod
is that bad?
The Son Of Morgoth
GAh MY EYES
iggk
Thats what they call "tearing" the most common cause of this is the vidio card RAM overheating. i would pick up some "RAM SINKS" and intall them with "arctic silver epoxy" and not the 2 sided tape that most come with.
you can allso try positioning a case fan to blow across the ram on the vido card.
you can allso try positioning a case fan to blow across the ram on the vido card.
Demonstar
*mesmorized with first first picture* SOOOOO PRETTY!
00039
this is the kind of tearing you get with overheating ram
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/00039/ram.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v192/00039/ram.jpg
AtomicNoVa
Running a Sapphire X800 overclocked to ~500/1000 (Ati drivers and Ati tool) with watercooling and Arctic silver compound around 40 celcuis under full use. Have never had a single issue with it running almost every game I own at full specs. Could be luck of the draw, but I've never heard of all Sapphire cards running poorly.
On topic, although that does hurt. At least the price for those cards has gone down and you wont be paying an arm and a leg for a new one.
On topic, although that does hurt. At least the price for those cards has gone down and you wont be paying an arm and a leg for a new one.
nightrunner
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Originally Posted by Sakora
Lets see what happens when my Sapphire ATI 9600 screws up.
Go here O_o that's the card I have
Go here O_o that's the card I have
Demonstar
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Originally Posted by nightrunner
O_o that's the card I have
You must RUN!
You must RUN!
Asplode
Flow, what is that "tearing" picture from? It looks awfully familiar.
00039
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2
Loviatar
its only 5 months old get an RMA and replace it no biggie
BBoy_Manchild
well cmon, video cards are not miracle workers, if the rest of your comp gear is crappy, itll put too much strain on your video card and processor.
and you know nothing about salvador dali's art, that picture looks more like cubism than surrealism.
and you know nothing about salvador dali's art, that picture looks more like cubism than surrealism.
Xue Yi Liang
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Originally Posted by BBoy_Manchild
and you know nothing about salvador dali's art, that picture looks more like cubism than surrealism.
ok Mr. Smartypants, it ain't Dali.... but it sure ain't cubism with those trees. More like a failed attempt at cubism. 
...Zakk...
Dude thats crazy looks liek there melting
Sakora
As far as i know my computers never been over 40 C :\
Yichi
Sorry to hear about your vid card. that sucks. I use a Nvidea Fx5500 OC 128 meg overclocked. works awesome. was cheap at like 120$. id suggest that one for a good replacement
neoteo
mmm , did you try to take the card out and put it back again ? could be dust in the slot ...this days computers need over cooling system , dont ever think you have too much fans , cose cpu , mobo , and gpus , really burn ... i had to change mine becose i left pc running guildwars in a hot afternoon + a lot of dust in the cpu fan ,,, cpu fan melted ... now i have 7 fans , makes a lot of noize , but makes me feel safe
Sakora
oh yeah ive taken my whole computer appart checking all connections, even cleaned my fans. ive got a Nvidia 6600, not sure :\ i didnt buy it ^_^
Vilaptca
Did you try kicking it? Or hitting it really hard? That works sometimes with my flashlight when the batteries are dying...
Omega_2005
Try the Nvidia 6600 then, it'll be much less prone to crashing, but it may be blocky in areas... I usually get texture squares without editing the graphics option, but that's just a quibble... Better than the Sapphire ones any day!
BBoy_Manchild
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Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang
ok Mr. Smartypants, it ain't Dali.... but it sure ain't cubism with those trees. More like a failed attempt at cubism.
there were more cubism artists then just picasso, and they were more cubism then picasso was, those trees really do remind me of george braque
there were more cubism artists then just picasso, and they were more cubism then picasso was, those trees really do remind me of george braque
Virgo
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Originally Posted by Xue Yi Liang
You must've gotten the Salvador Dali Special Edition Video Card.
Who makes that...Microsoft?
Who makes that...Microsoft?