3dmark 03 weird problems.

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cyclone3d

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So I can run my 7900gs at 675/930 in games and benchmarks other than 3dmark 03 without any issues whatsoever... tried 00, 01, 05, 06. I get no graphic anomylies whatsoever.

But with '03, for some reason it looks like the triangles are not being set up correctly. Like spikes will be sticking out of stuff in Proxycon and Troll's Lair.

If I lower the RAM speeds way way down, the probs eventually go away.... like down below 800.

As for the other bench marks (no games tested yet), I can run it at 690/940 with no glitches whatsoever.

Wouldn't it make sense that if it was the video card causing the issues in '03 that it would show up in '05 and '06 as well.. and in games?

If I remember correctly, the same type of thing happened on my old setup (3700+, 6800gs AGP)
 
Wouldn't you want to clock it down to be on the safe side? Video card overclocks are more sensitive to change in heat, ambient or not.
 
Heat is definitely not an issue... I custom made a massive heatsink setup for the GPU and the RAM and the hot air is being ducted out the rear of the case.

It runs WAY cooler than it ran even at stock settings and voltages.

I had been running at at 580/830 before I did the voltage mods to the card.

3dmark '03 would still show up these strange anomylies even then.

Another weird thing is that if I lower the clocks a bunch.. the problem gets worse instead of better. Once I get below a certain point.. somewhere below 800, the issues just dissapear. Doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

I know it isn't the GPU itself as I can run the RAM at stock speed and the GPU overclocked and the glitches don't show up in '03. If anything, it is something to do with the RAM on the card..

It almost seems like a timing issue with 3dmark '03. I wonder if it has something to do with thread timing... hrmmm.

The only other time I've ever seen something like this is when I had my 6800gs and I was testing the overclocks.. but the issues would show up in games very easily.... and the benchmarks would have massive issues... not just '03.
 
Sometimes things like this happen. I've never been able to complete an Aquamark 3 test on my current rig. Crashes at the end during the massive overdraw and goes to the desktop with an error. Every other game and benchmark I've ran goes without a hitch. Weird.
 
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