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x1950Pro 3dMark2006 Problem

Lexeus

Lexeus

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Hi,

I just recieved a second ahnd x1950Pro made by Sapphire with the standard slimline cooler.

It so far seems to play Americas army ok, but when I try to run 3dMark2006 free edition on it the first 2 times it artifacted and then restarted my PC after about 15 seconds of the first movie, then on the 3rd attempt it artifacted almost immediately with yellow and blue checkerboard accross the screen.

Has anyone heard of such problem with the x1950Pro, am I being optimistic thinking there is a possibility it is some sort of conflict with 3dmark and the current ATI drivers.

I am using the latest ATI made catalyst drivers from 13th August.

any advice appreicated :(

Can anyone suggest a game demo that I can get my hands on that I could test the same features as 3dmark2006 uses ?? Would stalker be a good one?
 
glad you can get it to work full stop.

it plays first game then comes up with a d3d error.....

so does 2003 version.

and i've tries 7.8 vista and 7.7 vista drivers....

css test wont work either try that 1, although the game works.
 
here they are.

this iss with a 256mb card btw

here is the chart showing my score on 3dmark03

3dmk3benchmark.jpg


here is the chart showing my score on 3dmark05

3dmk5benchmark.jpg


here is the chart showing my score on 3dmark06

3dmk6benchmark.jpg


here is the chart showing my score on aquamark3

aquamark.jpg


as you can see a nice allround improvment

my pc now games again YEY :D
 
check the mosfets, if im not mistaken x1950pro cards had overheating mosfets which later were sorted by having a heatsink on them from the factory.

edit : by mosfets i mean the vrm, voltage regulation modules ned the end of the card where the power connector is.
 
u still getin low marks on 3dmark06 yours is getin 3362 and im getin 6300
Edit* i no yours is a 256 meg and mine is the 512 but still sudnt be double the performance
 
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What's the rest of your system like because they seem quite low...

I have got over 120,000 in Aquamark 3 with a 7800GT.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
check the mosfets, if im not mistaken x1950pro cards had overheating mosfets which later were sorted by having a heatsink on them from the factory.

edit : by mosfets i mean the vrm, voltage regulation modules ned the end of the card where the power connector is.
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check them in what way? lol they are still there, I guess you mean check if they are burning hot?


It doesn't seem like this is a 3dmark06 bug as i have now tried it with medieval total war2 and another game and it crashes almost immediately 3d is used :(

EDIT: by crashing I mean the fans all spin up to full and my system hangs and has to be manually shutdown by holding the power button for 5-10 seconds
 
Th3D0n said:
u still getin low marks on 3dmark06 yours is getin 3362 and im getin 6300
Edit* i no yours is a 256 meg and mine is the 512 but still sudnt be double the performance
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my system specs are

amd athlon xp 3000 2.17 Socket A
msi kt6v
1gb ddr400
HIS X1950pro 256mb Gddr3

windows vista 32bit
 
the first thing you do when you get a new gfx card is get its latest drivers installed and then run ati tool artifact tester to see if the card is nackered.

run ati tool and see if you get artifacts or if the card is overheating. do that first then take things from there.
 
phiil_GT said:
my system specs are

amd athlon xp 3000 2.17 Socket A
msi kt6v
1gb ddr400
HIS X1950pro 256mb Gddr3

windows vista 32bit
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Vista and an Athlon XP, that would explain the Aquamark 3 score and probably the rest :)
 
where exactly is the artifact tester? is it under the overclocking section? As I disabled that when I installed it.
It is Ray adams Ati Tray Tool you are talking about right?

I remember there being one when I used it several years ago but I can't seem to find it now :rolleyes:
 
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