FAULTY ATI X1900 XT-X?

TaKeN · 21 Mar 2006 at 21:09

Have you tried the card in the other PCI-Express slot..

When i first got the AN8 SLi... I put the card in the second slot instead of the first lol..

What a dumbass i am

I always read the book first now

EDIT: When i had the card in the wrong slot, i scored a lot less in 3dmark05, This was back when i was using my X800 XL, As soon as i put the card in the correct slot, and ran the test.. my score jumped

Overslop · 21 Mar 2006 at 21:41

For some reason Print Screen + Shift won't work right now in Far Cry. I tried using the Fraps screenshot facility instead but it doesn't show the frame counter.

At the exact point you indicated I had 23 FPS. I had all settings on max except resolution at 1280 x 1024.

I also tried Sid Meier's Civilization IV and had similarly poor results in that game. Something is clearly wrong...

Is this just happening because I have all settings maxed out in the CCC? Do I have to leave them all at default?

TaKen - I am pretty sure my graphics card is in the correct slot. It is in the highest slot, which is the correct one yes?

TaKeN · 21 Mar 2006 at 21:46

Yh the top one

And you have the Small little SLi, Non SLi Card in the correct way ?

Overslop · 21 Mar 2006 at 22:10

Yep, that is definitely in the right way.

I have another problem I have noticed. On certain backgrounds I can see what I can only describe as endless diagonal lines scrolling down the screen. It is subtle but quite annoying once noticed.

This card is rapidly pi$$ing me off! :mad:

I can only hope that my reinstallation will fix my problems, and I can't think what else I can do.

LoadsaMoney · 21 Mar 2006 at 22:31

Doesn't sound good at all that, deffo something wrong, hopefully a re-install will sort it out.

leezer3 · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:13

Duel said:
Yep, that is definitely in the right way.

I have another problem I have noticed. On certain backgrounds I can see what I can only describe as endless diagonal lines scrolling down the screen. It is subtle but quite annoying once noticed.

This card is rapidly pi$$ing me off!

I can only hope that my reinstallation will fix my problems, and I can't think what else I can do.

AFAIK, that is a problem with the CCC in the 6.3 drivers. Either install the 6.2s or uninstall CCC.

-Leezer-

Overslop · 21 Mar 2006 at 23:38

Thx for the suggestion leezer. Removing the CCC did help quite substantially but alas is still not at desirable levels. My average frame rate in Far Cry is about 40FPS now.

AOE3 gets really bad when there is a large fight, it went down to 2FPS at one stage! :eek:

iGiDK · 22 Mar 2006 at 09:53

Duel said:
Yep, that is definitely in the right way.

I have another problem I have noticed. On certain backgrounds I can see what I can only describe as endless diagonal lines scrolling down the screen. It is subtle but quite annoying once noticed.

I'm getting that constantly too mate, it is rather annoying.

powned · 22 Mar 2006 at 12:29

i noticed those lines last night on a Gecube xtx,
had problems with a bad power connection on mine which has resulted in burn marks on the pci-e power connector.. gonna order a new one then rma it for a refund.

Overslop · 22 Mar 2006 at 17:47

So mine is broken then?

Overslop · 22 Mar 2006 at 22:57

I'm stuck in a rut on this one.

I can't perform a complete reinstallation of Windows until my new Antivirus and Firewall software arrives, which won't be for a few days at least. Once it does arrive I will do the reinstallation ASAP, but if I do so and it proves to be a faulty card, will Overclockers UK still take it back after this time?

Also, if I have to return it and buy a replacement, the offer will not be on then, so I may have to end up paying more for this card than when I bought it.

Overslop · 23 Mar 2006 at 00:23

One thing I have managed to fix is the garbled screen on boot-up. I updated my motherboard's BIOS and this solved it. So I recommend everyone else who has this issue to do that if they haven't done so already.

ACESHIGH · 23 Mar 2006 at 01:46

Duel said:
I'm stuck in a rut on this one.

I can't perform a complete reinstallation of Windows until my new Antivirus and Firewall software arrives, which won't be for a few days at least. Once it does arrive I will do the reinstallation ASAP, but if I do so and it proves to be a faulty card, will Overclockers UK still take it back after this time?

Also, if I have to return it and buy a replacement, the offer will not be on then, so I may have to end up paying more for this card than when I bought it.

The card comes with a warranty so you should be able to take it back & exchange it for another card, as the X1900 cards are still in production, there are are no issues there (OcUK may give you a different make though)

Puppetmaster · 23 Mar 2006 at 13:02

i have the garbled screens, il check asus site later see if there is a new bios

im getting a lot of crashes in wow atm, and a few in other games, its really annoying.

im doing a complete reinstall tomorrow so i hope that fixes it

Overslop · 30 Mar 2006 at 07:00

I finally got my new Internet Security software so I performed my complete reinstallation of my PC.

Unfortunately my problem persists!!! :eek:

Does anyone have any ideas why my PC is performing so poorly? Is the graphics card faulty?

My FPS at the scene in Far Cry is now 41 FPS. This is at 1280X1024 res and all other in-game settings at max. I am using version 1.33 (latest official).

I have tried using the official Catalyst graphics drivers, War Cat and Omega. Some work better than others but none near par. The other X1900 X-TX owner who posted a screenie had 1900x1200 res with all settings at max AND HD and yet has a 50% higher FPS rate! WTF! :confused:

Please help anyone, this is driving me dotty! Should I have the card RMA'd?

One thing I did think of, is there possibly some way my PSU is not supplying the card with enough power and this is causing the poor performance?

raja · 30 Mar 2006 at 08:44

Hi,

have you applied any overclocks, to the card or your cpu's?

also what level have you set Anti-Aliasing to in CCC?

Have you enabled Adaptive Anti Aliasing? (this can slow down performance quite considerably)

Raja

raja · 30 Mar 2006 at 08:49

Hi,

I have 2 of the 1900's in crossfire, let me see what I get on far cry, with no hdr, and all other settings on max.

I'll disable adavtive aa, and sett all others to application decision.

Raja

edit

1280x1024 video options 6 X AA I get 73fps in crossfire at that same point, bearing in mind I have my amd 4800X2 running at 2.53ghz per core, I can go to 2.7ghz I'd expect to get around 80 fps or so at that point.

LoadsaMoney · 30 Mar 2006 at 12:23

Power Supply should be fine, have you definately got your motherboard chipset drivers installed, is there no way you can test the card in another machine, or take it your local shop and see if they will give it a quick test for you, thats what i did when i thought my x1800 was faulty.

Failing that just RMA it, and get OcUK to test it, its not performing how it should, although if it turns out to be fine, then they'll charge you.

The best bet is as said, try and get it tested in another machine if you can, see if you can find out if its definately the card.

Hellfire260 · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:31

Duel said:
For some reason Print Screen + Shift won't work right now in Far Cry. I tried using the Fraps screenshot facility instead but it doesn't show the frame counter.

At the exact point you indicated I had 23 FPS. I had all settings on max except resolution at 1280 x 1024.

I also tried Sid Meier's Civilization IV and had similarly poor results in that game. Something is clearly wrong...

Is this just happening because I have all settings maxed out in the CCC? Do I have to leave them all at default?

TaKen - I am pretty sure my graphics card is in the correct slot. It is in the highest slot, which is the correct one yes?

Theres something amiss with that card, at the same point i get 41fps with everything max (expect hdr, my card doesn't support sm3) at 1280x1024

As the some guys have already said it's most likely a driver issue. I dont think it can be the card itself because i'm sure it would throw up artifacts or screen would go garbled in windows. I could be very wrong though.

raja · 30 Mar 2006 at 15:47

Hellfire260 said:
Theres something amiss with that card, at the same point i get 41fps with everything max (expect hdr, cause i use it) at 1280x1024

As the some guys have already said it's most likely a driver issue. I dont think it can be the card itself because i'm sure it would throw up artifacts or screen would go garbled in windows. I could be very wrong though.

41fps is exactly what he gets above in post 35!!!!....................