Something is seriously wrong with my 4870..

NeoN Pulse · 16 Jul 2008 at 19:54

My 4870 Arrived today but something aint right. The core clock operates at 750 mhz which is fine but my memory is at 900 mhz? wth is going on there its emant to be 3600 mhz. And even when the gpu is idle the temp approached 80 degress I mean what the hell is going on here?

And when I play crysis it cant even render the videos but renders it in game fine?

Anyone have any idea what my problem is because something is serrriously wrong here

Stanners · 16 Jul 2008 at 19:57

is the ram not 900x4 ?

fornowagain · 16 Jul 2008 at 19:57

Hint, what's 900 x 4?

They do run hot, so don't worry. The render issues sound like driver problems, strip them out completely using drivercleaner and start again. Apply the hotfix and latest drivers.

willhub · 16 Jul 2008 at 19:59

fornowagain said:
Hint, what's 900 x 4?

3800?

Big.Wayne · 16 Jul 2008 at 19:59

NeoN Pulse said:
Something is seriously wrong with my 4870..

I mean what the hell is going on here?

Haha the problem is your a *serious* nOOblet!

the whole GDDR5 thing threw me as well!

AbsenceJam · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:00

This is a very common problem, you can get the fix Here.

Emlyn_Dewar · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:00

Memory speed is fine.
These cards do run hot.
Crysis is a flaky bag of bad coding.

NeoN Pulse · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:01

My pc specs are as follows...

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB GDDR5
Amd Phenom 9950
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)
Creative XFI Fatlity Soundcard

Still the cars is at 80 degrees c and im not even running a game, this is crazy

Wth is up :/

mmj_uk · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:01

Stanners said:
is the ram not 900x4 ?

Correct.

DDR5 is Quad Data Rate: 900Mhz x 4 = 3600MHz.

As for the temperature it's normal, Ati cards aren't best known for having effective and silent coolers. Get yourself a decent aftermarket one if you are worried about it being high, it should be fine at that temperature though if not RMA it.

Duke · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:01

GPUs generally run hotter than CPUs so you can't compare the temps really. 80c is normal with the stock heatsink/fan. Replacing it will drop this to 40-50c area though.

formby · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:02

I blame mobile phone's for this ?

fornowagain · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:02

willhub said:
3800?

Ummm??

NeoN Pulse · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:02

ok ok is 80 degrees seroiosly the norm temperature for these cards thats sounds kinda mad I could boil water on the thing I had a 8800 gts and that ran at about 50-60 degrees c 80 to me is kinda new I thuogh something was seriously wrong lol

anyway apologies I was panicking for a minuite there thanks for the quick replys tho

LoadsaMoney · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:02

willhub said:
3800?

Quoted for hilarity.

900 x 4 is 3600.

80 idle is right, its the norm for the 4800's, and what drivers have you got on, as you should have the hotfx ones on.

SS-89 · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:05

LoadsaMoney said:
Quoted for hilarity.

900 x 4 is 3600.

80 idle is right, its the norm for the 4800's, and what drivers have you got on, as you should have the hotfx ones on.

hehe

que the it was on purpose post

NeoN Pulse · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:07

I isntalled the hotfix driver based on the reviews of the card on this site, it seemed like the right thing to do

LoadsaMoney · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:09

Info in here for what you have to do to get lower temps.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17896137

Not sure on the Crysis issue then.

Tom|Nbk · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:15

Rofl Willhub. Did you miss Maths at school?

bledd · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:18

willhub said:
3800?

check again bud

willhub · 16 Jul 2008 at 20:24

Tom|Nbk said:
Rofl Willhub. Did you miss Maths at school?

I recently passed my key skills lvl 2 which is as good as a c in maths

, I just did not have my glasses on but I'm still a POS at maths