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jaxx

jaxx

jaxx

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im suffering some rather severe errors cropping up in games, im using an ATi 9600XT which has worked fine for a long time, but over the past week or so ive been experiencing problems such as.... (shown on BF2)

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as far as im concenred i have all the latest drivers, an odd thing is recently Catalyst appeared to have reverted back to an old version? Although i did have to do a system restore recently in the last week or so, the version of catalyst has easily been on 3 months... so i uninstalled the old version and reinstalled the latest Catalyst, which looks as though its been updated again from my last time (somewhere around the start of this month)

however within a couple of minutes of playing im shown massive towering columns of nothingness extending into the sky and things radiating from the cross hair

i assume its not getting too hot, i have a water cooled system and the PSU is 480w so it shouldnt be short on juice (like i say its been sweet until now)

im tempted to have another go at the drivers, but use the program that completely strips the dregs off aswell (i didnt do this last time)

any help much appreciated
 
ok will do

have been using the ATi Catalyst overdrive thingy, its been fine on that for a while, just redone the drivers and used driver cleaner pro....

also remebered there was potnetially some nvidia bits and luckily it did find some

ill try running it now.. if still no joy, ill tuen off the overdrive, then ill try the reseat of the block

is it possible the coolant can degrade and loose its properties? i have noticed an extra degree or two on the temp monitors
 
heat problems!

must have an air lock in the water block (some how)

its like a hotplate, but rigging an auxilliary far to shift some air and it runs fine!
 
well its funny but the core is only hitting a max of about 39-40 degrees, which is normal for a heavy gaming session... so im assuming the water block is fine now

its the rest of the chipset on the top of the board, if you just rest your finger on them its unbearable! and you have to move sharpish!

think im going to move my HDs from the front of the PC to the top at the back (Tt Kandalf case) try and help force some more air in, the gaggle of wires myst be working as a wind break!
 
yes it is aircooled, only the main chip with the water block, think i mite invest in some ram chip fins, and just have a spring clean of the wiring as i said before to help move air through
 
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