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*** The Official X1950 Pro Thread ***

Dutch777 said:
Spec is: Asus A8N32-Deluxe / Opty 180 / Tagan 480 PSU / X-FI / Sata HD / 2 X 512 Crucial Ballistix
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Looks solid!

Dutch777 said:
Scores quite well with the GPU at 580 but I purchased the HIS expecting to overclock Not underclock :eek:
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lol thats not funny! :( :D

P.S I'm not familiar with 3Dmark05, I use 03 and 06 . . .
 
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Is the same for u Yeti?
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yes it is wayne, my white cable was tucked inside, i pulled it out in the hope it was causing the rattle but no joy.

shame it has to go back cracking card 10,300 3dmark05 out the box with my stock e6400.

do u think the ones with the short white cable are ok? maybe i could ask ocuk to check one for me? do u think they would do that? hmmm i really like this card it does a good job blowing warm air out the case.
 
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Dutch777 said:
Got my HIS X1950 Pro today, gutted it wont run any 3d without crashing within 3 minutes :mad:

After spending all day fresh installs of XP all drivers etc, Finally worked out what is wrong the card It will only run 3d if the core is dropped back to 580 on the Gpu looks like its a duff core it is 620 by default.

Looks like its rma time.

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Had exactly the same problem with mine, Dutch777. I never tried underclocking mine though - assumed the core speed wasn't the problem, given that the core temp never went above 60. RMA-d the card.

FK
 
yeti said:
do u think the ones with the short white cable are ok?
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Well I got three HIS cards here atm, they all work perfectly just that the one with the 'long' white cable 'rattles'. I can't see any other difference between them?. Kinda grasping at straws but my best guess is that one of the 'assemblers' did a sloppy job with the too-long power cable and 'maybe' did something stupid when attaching the fan, I dunno these dudes must slap together hundreds of cards every day (I think they are made by hand and not machine?).

yeti said:
hmmm i really like this card it does a good job blowing warm air out the case.
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Well I have to agree with you, the HIS X1950 Pro is ace! its just a pity that there are a few that a)Rattle and b) Crash.

I've got a load of other computer hassles going on at the moment so I am thankful I got a working/silent card . . . Stay tuned!
 
Lol, If I had a penny for every time someones asked Gibbo if something could be checked before dispatch, I'd have enough for a mars bar. They don't check items, they don't have the time or it'll get lost of something, apparently.

Last one I saw was the noisy HDD, I'll see if I can find it.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=8418161&postcount=19

SkeeterPSA said:
Meh just phoned up and was told no they cant get the version i want, there too lazy he more or less said to look for the pink glue on the top of the drive.

Meh what a way to lose a customer there lol. It is easily visable on oem drives as its right there in front of you. So if you cant spend 2 mins looking for the ping glue bit then well you dont deserve my custom.
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Slackworth said:
It is not a matter of us being lazy. If you ring up and then one of the sales staff go and check they could say "yes the one I have just checked is fine". However, after you have placed your order, the drive that has just been checked may be shipped on another order and then you wouldn't be happy because we sent you the wrong one. It's the same reason we don't guarantee CPU steppings.
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I don't get the last bit though, we all know why they don't specify steppings. We'd all cherry pick the good ones and leave them stuck with the duds. They'd be nuts to do otherwise.
 
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My HIS card arrived today in a properly sealed package with the free games (flat out/dungeon siege), 3 different sets of leads and stuck it in my Antec Sonata II Piano Black Quiet Case - 450W Smart Power PSU along with my new E6400 and other bits, hooked it upto the Hanns-G 19" widescreen and then had a try on the ofp replacement Arma or something with all the graphics maxed out at 1440x900 and wooooooooooo it flies :D
IL2 1946 tomorrow night ;)
 
Just loaded 3D mark 06 and went to system Details, and it says my HIS x1950 pro is as folows:


Display Device 1/1
Radeon X1950 Pro Driver 6.14.10.6652

Description Radeon X1950 Pro
Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc.
Total Local Video Memory 262 MB
Total Local Texture Memory 262 MB
AGP Aperture Size 244 MB
Driver File ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6652
Driver Details 8.321-061122m-038463C-ATI
Driver Date 11-21-2006
Driver WHQL Certified true
Max Texture Width 4096 px
Max Texture Height 4096 px
Max User Clipping Planes 6
Max Active Hardware Lights 8
Max Texture Blending Stages 8
Fixed Function Textures In Single Pass 8
Vertex Shader Version 3.0
Pixel Shader Version 3.0
Max Vertex Blend Matrices 37
Max Texture Coordinates 8
VGA Memory Clock 742.5 MHz
VGA Core Clock 634.5 MHz
Max VGA Memory Clock 0.0 Hz
Max VGA Core Clock 0.0 Hz
PCI
Name Radeon X1950 Pro
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x7280
SubSystem ID 0x207217af
Revision ID 0x0000

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Bus
Type PCI Express
Revision 1.0
Enabled true
Rate 16
Sideband Addressing Not Supported
Fast Write Not Supported


now look at the CORE and MEMORY speeds
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can some one post the same please, see if there are any differences? thanks
 
Beats Mine at 06 :D

Description Radeon X1950 Pro
Manufacturer ATI Technologies Inc.
Total Local Video Memory 262 MB
Total Local Texture Memory 262 MB
AGP Aperture Size 248 MB
Driver File ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.6652
Driver Details 8.321-061122m-038463C-ATI
Driver Date 11-21-2006
Driver WHQL Certified true
Max Texture Width 4096 px
Max Texture Height 4096 px
Max User Clipping Planes 6
Max Active Hardware Lights 8
Max Texture Blending Stages 8
Fixed Function Textures In Single Pass 8
Vertex Shader Version 3.0
Pixel Shader Version 3.0
Max Vertex Blend Matrices 37
Max Texture Coordinates 8
VGA Memory Clock 0.0 Hz
VGA Core Clock 2.3 MHz

PCI
Name Radeon X1950 Pro
Vendor ID 0x1002
Device ID 0x7280
SubSystem ID 0x207217af
Revision ID 0x0000

Bus
Type PCI Express
Revision 1.0
Enabled true
Rate 16
Sideband Addressing Not Supported
Fast Write Not Supported

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My 05 has to be the fastest 1950

VGA Memory Clock 0.0 Hz
VGA Core Clock 980.468750000

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Big.Wayne said:
Hey one thing I just noticed, the HIS card that I have that makes that sound, it has something different to the others. There is a white power cable going from the graphics card PCB to the underside of the fan, well on the two HIS cards I have that are silent, this white cable is short and pretty much cut to length correctly, however on the 'rattly' HIS the white power cable is about 2-3 inches too long and the excess has been folded behind the fan (underside).
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/raises hand

Another rattler here :( (HIS 512 MB version) and as an added bonus I've also got the cut down bundled pack. However, that said I'm not too worried about the extra bits :) . The only thing I do find a bit confusing is not having a crossfire dongle, as that does limit your options in future.

Anyway, I've just checked the white cable and it's of the nice short cut to length variety :confused:

I was really bored and did some testing with the manual fan slider in ATT. I was hoping if I gave it a good long run at 100% it might disappear, but alas, no. Annoyingly the rattle seems worse when running 'silently' :p
 
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