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9700 Pro Problems

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Bad_Karmal

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I noticed it first playing cs.. i started to lag (@1280x1024 with 2x AA 4x AF i shouldn't have been). So I installed the 4.7 cats and the screen went black. After formatting and re-installing the new drivers with DX9 doom3 was out so i installed that. After starting a new game i get like a minute into that sequence and I get the message that my video card has locked up. I had to reboot and stuff and the heatsink was hella hot. Is the card bogus or do i just need better heating? I've had this card for about two years and this is the first time i've had this happen w/o OCing.
 
Well...I am GLAD ATLEAST someone is having the same problem as me. I noticed that..while playing Doom 3, the card heats up plenty, i am guessing the heat is causing the card to lock up since the stock heatsink and fan doesnt do much good. My card in un-OCed now, still having problems, i am running a 9700TX (Dell OEM). I will probably go pick up a Artic VPU Cooler, since that will most likely fix the problem.
 
I am kinda pissed about that also. My card is heating up too much and crashing. MY 9700pro gets lava hot and I think the default cooling system sucks too much. I assume the GPU is what is crashing and not the ram. I will experiment with ramsinks.
 
Yea. I plan to pick up the Artic VGA Cooler Rev 3, and some BGA Ram Sinks from Newegg.
 
Once again, in my Dell Dimsion 8200 the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro runs fine on DOOM III. No crashes or anything. Although I have it at stock speeds, Dells are pretty well known for crappy cooling. How do you know if your card if overheating?
 
Burke888 said:
Once again, in my Dell Dimsion 8200 the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro runs fine on DOOM III. No crashes or anything. Although I have it at stock speeds, Dells are pretty well known for crappy cooling. How do you know if your card if overheating?
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Yes, but Dell did not maufacture the cards, so it basically has nothing to do with Dell, they just OEMed the cards.
 
Xelarator said:
Yes, but Dell did not maufacture the cards, so it basically has nothing to do with Dell, they just OEMed the cards.
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No, the card I purchased for the system wasn't originally included with it. I bought it retail and added it. Yes the fact that the system is a Dell does have to do with is, because the cooling system for a Dell is totally different from how normal computers are cooled. Heck, they do not even use a regular processer heat sink setup.
 
Burke888 said:
No, the card I purchased for the system wasn't originally included with it. I bought it retail and added it. Yes the fact that the system is a Dell does have to do with is, because the cooling system for a Dell is totally different from how normal computers are cooled. Heck, they do not even use a regular processer heat sink setup.
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I was talking about the cooling sys of the VPU, by no means, anything else. Most of the OEMs tend to stick with a standard stock system.
 
When you guys say your card is heating up...how are you measuring it?

I have a Tyan G9700-ProM with hardware monitoring. My card hits 61C on the core on Doom 3 with no crashes.
 
I fixed it. My problem was not heat after all. It was the drivers. The new beta drivers from 4.6 to the 4.9 beta cats from ATI. I also put my newest sound blaster drivers and my nforce drivers also.
I can now run at High detail at 1024x786. It looks really sweet. And best of all, no crashes.
 
I've heard that the 4.7s increase heat output from the the whole spectrum of ATI cards. I moved to the 4.8 beta, then to the 4.9s... haven't had any problems.
 
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