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artifacting problems

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Dutt1113

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I recently flashed my sapphire x1800xt to the new pe bios. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't, but after a while the screen may artifact, but not freeze and I have to exit out of the game and restart. Is this a heat problem? Is there a fan controller program to change the fan speed to keep the card cooler. Would resetting the heatsink with arctic silver 5 help? Sould I up the voltage a little maybe. Any suggestions?
 
Memory artifacting it sounds like. AtiTool can control fan speed, and using as5 sure can't hurt any...
 
Far as I knew the fan sped up as your clock speed got higher all on its own. Unless your not using teh drivers with CCC
 
Xiro said:
Far as I knew the fan sped up as your clock speed got higher all on its own. Unless your not using teh drivers with CCC
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It is temperature based, and will not spin up to full speed until XTREME temps are reached...
 
so then would an aftermarket heatsink keep my card from artifacting when it is flashed when it only happens after the card heats up a bit?
 
plywood99 said:
It is temperature based, and will not spin up to full speed until XTREME temps are reached...
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Yes, but these "Xtreme" temps are usually lower than what you'd expect to make a card actually artifact. For example, my X850XT PE is set at default to spin up to full speed at 80C, I believe... a healthy card should not be artifacting at 80C, though...

Of course, I don't know about the X1800s, but it might be true that your fan settings got all screwed up when you flashed the BIOS.
 
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