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X1900XTX - is this normal?

epoxy5

epoxy5

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Just a quick question regarding my recent purchase of a Club3D X1900 XTX.

When I boot up, the first 1-2 seconds the gfx card starts spinning with an insane loud noise, and right after it slows down so it's not really saying anything.

First I thought that the high spinning fans were normal, but this doesn't happen during games nor various benchmarks - so I am curious why it acts like this?

Also the fullscreen boot logo gets corrupted - is that related to the gfx card?

Besides the above I have no problems whatsoever, everything runs smooth and fast and I get "expected" scores from the hardware.

But if the card is able to spin THAT fast/loud when will it actually use that?

Motherboard is Abit KN8 Ultra nForce4 Ultra.

Any comments would be appriciated.
 
yes its normal

i do not think you will get the fan to spin at that speed unless to set it to with ati tools

mine just speeds a bit up in the later stages of 06
 
Full speed spin up is normal at boot. The card is just checking the fan range. This card dumps some serious heat and depending on the case cooling may adjust to a higher speed under load. Run 3D Mark 06 you will hear the fan speed ramp up as the card does more work.

"Also the fullscreen boot logo gets corrupted - is that related to the gfx card" Not sure about this. It should not happen. Run 3D mark 05 & 6 and compare your scores with the post running in this forum.
 
Thanks both - I'll have a look into the boot thingy :)
My scores seems normal in both tests, and I don't see any gfx errors or anything.
Oh well.
 
it could also be a monitor synch problem.. some of the machines at work do this with certain monitors. as long as it's ok once you're in windows, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
 
dijon said:
it could also be a monitor synch problem.. some of the machines at work do this with certain monitors. as long as it's ok once you're in windows, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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no its a known bug with a lot of pc bios the boot screnn does not follow the guidelines the x1xxx ati cards follow the guide lines to the letter hence the colour coruptions in the boot logos
 
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