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*** The Official X1950 Pro Thread ***

Seems low, but have you played with the AA settings etc? you should score about 5,000 at least with the version that you can't tinker with.
 
insane200 said:
my 3dmark06 score. wha tyou lot think ?

insane200 said:
io have aa set to 4x, atisropic is on 16 catalyst ai in on advanced
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that's pointless because we have no reference point to compare against... :p

you need to run at default settings then we'll have a clue.

btw my rig scores 4500 at default. and my cpu is a pretty even match for a single core a64. :)
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Ahh that's well below. Is it getting enough juice? and if you haven't the latest drivers, uninstall and clean the old ones off, before installing the latest.
 
i used the drivers on the cd rom. not sure what they are. i put this card in place of my nvidia should i have formatted everything or just unistalled the old nv drivers ?

ive never upgraded before.
 
insane200 said:
i used the drivers on the cd rom. not sure what they are. i put this card in place of my nvidia should i have formatted everything or just unistalled the old nv drivers ?

ive never upgraded before.
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I was previously using an nVidia card. I uninstalled the nvidia video drivers from add/remove programs, then rebooted into safe mode, where I installed and ran 'driver cleaner pro' on the old nVidia drivers, which removed some more stuff. Then I rebooted once more, and downloaded and installed the latest 6.12 Catalyst Control Centre and drivers.

If this isn't what you did, I recommend you uninstall the ATI drivers, and start from scratch - just to make sure you're getting the best performance from your new card.
 
Freakitchen said:
I was previously using an nVidia card. I uninstalled the nvidia video drivers from add/remove programs, then rebooted into safe mode, where I installed and ran 'driver cleaner pro' on the old nVidia drivers, which removed some more stuff. Then I rebooted once more, and downloaded and installed the latest 6.12 Catalyst Control Centre and drivers.

If this isn't what you did, I recommend you uninstall the ATI drivers, and start from scratch - just to make sure you're getting the best performance from your new card.
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ok mate cheers, that'll be a job for tomorow.
 
Just got the HIS IceQ3 512MB card, and to my dismay the fan wants to sit where my Zalman Northbridge cooler is (Asus A8N-SLI mobo). I realised it looked like a big card, but not quite that big.

Anyone got any suggestions or am I looking at a return for a smaller card?
Or of course a new mobo. Though I was hoping to hold off on a big system upgrade for a couple of months...
 
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Just a couple of pix to show the 'height' difference between the Power-Colour and HIS X1950 Pro. You can see how I came unstuck using the Power-Colour card, with it installed I had no chance of getting the case lid back on but luckily the HIS fits perfectly!
 
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here is a closer look at the shot above, you can see the white cable I was talking about, the cards I had like this made a 'rattle' sound but on the cards that had a short neat cable there was no noise . . .
 
I need that flat northbridge cooler on your mobo lol. I have the side of my case off so the powercolor wouldn't bother me either. I can't find a cheap flat cooler anywhere so I guess the card will be going back. Unless someone has a bright idea?
 
What's the answer to the rattle problem Wayne? I can live with mine now, got used to it, but if I can stop it then that's a billy bonus!
 
Looking at your 2nd pic Big.Wayne of the cable length, the cable on my card is no where near that long. Any chance of a pic of the card with the shorter length of cable? Hopefully i may have got one of the non-rattle cards (touches wood). :)
 
ok i have a couple of gaming issues since installing my card. i was wondering if anybody else has experienced the same....

1) the sound of a ball being kicked in pro evo6 is delayed but all other sound is fine. i'm playing offline.
edit: i can fix this by disabling vsync. but then of course the screen tears are very noticeable :rolleyes:
2) when changing mp3 tracks on the "user tracks" radio station in gta:sa, the screen locks for about 1second or so and then carries on as normal. again all other sound is fine..... :confused:

now i'm sure it's not a soundcard (audigy2) problem as i used the same soundcard drivers with my previous setup (7600gs) and it worked perfectly. btw this is completely brand new windows install. absolutely everything is upto date. any ideas guys? :p
 
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Well, I have the shorter length of cable, and the rattle :rolleyes:


Wayne, please tell me, did you RMA your HIS back because of the rattle?!
 
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