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Has my X1900XTX just given up the ghost?

Tried taking it apart, cleaning it out and reapplying the thermal compound?

Have you tried looking at the temperatures?
 
Built this system last week cleaned the cards heatsink duing the build, not took it to bits as of yet. temps are 60c idle 90c load :/

The Card is a Connect3D x1900xtx bought from OCUK, is less than 2 years old I RMA'd the card back to OCUK last month as i was having some issues with the system and i thought it was the card but they returned it saying it was fine, which was the reason for replacing the CPU mobo and MEM and rebuilding my system. now i'm beginging to think th card was a problem all allong.

But If i RMA it again and it is faulty what will be the outcome as X1900XTX's are no longer avail and Connect3D are Bankrupt?
 
Well if the card is indeed faulty then OcUK will probably have to replace it with equal or better card in terms of performance, which would probably be an X1950XT.

Although I have to admit, 90C is a bit high, my X1950 would only top out at 75C and that was in a vase with poor airflow. Something's not right.

Are you sure the fan is spinning properly?
 
Sounds silly, but have you tried restarting the machine, then running the artifact tester? On my x1950xt if it artifacts, now matter what clock I set it to, or how cool it is, it will still artifact in the tester (parts of the cube missing in Ati Tool, and all purple looking). I restart the machine and everthing is dandy again.

Note: Artifacts normally caused by attempting too high an overclock.

Matthew
 
I've heard OCUK only use 3dmark06 on one run (maybe more) to test for faults. If this is true then running that benchmark in so short of a time might fail to reproduce the problem at hand.

If this is the case then paying OCUK for to check the card maybe a bad move unless they stress the cards for RMA more (If true). There has been cards returned to the person only to be RMA'd after screenshots with the problem being replicated in a working system was given when handed back for a second time. The threads are on these forums and I'm sure it was related to HIS X19xx series that was faulty (V.1).

What I'd do in your case is: Try to check the card in another system and see if the problem happens again, get some screenshots of this on the other PC for proof. Take some screenshots yourself also and send them all in for proof.

I'm only going by a few stories I've read on these forums by the way and not on personal experience.

I hope you get it sorted.
 
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Things i have done so far are.

Downgraded the drivers from 7.6 to 7.5's
Rebooted the sytem a few times.
set the fan on the graphics card to spin faster at lower temps still resulting in artifacting.

Essentially this is the second system i have had problems with the card and only built this system because OCUK assured me the card wasnt faulty which after extensive testing left the motherboard/memory.

Now problems are occuring again and i dont know where i stand.

I will try the card on another system and see what happens and if the problems occure i will record the results and RMA the card Again
 
Have you tried changing the pci-e frequency to 99 or 101mhz?

And also, checked that the voltage is actually at 1.45 and not running at it's silly low voltage of 1.2v (when in 3D mode).

Matthew
 
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