artifacts at 49 degrees Celsius

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HIS X1950 Pro AGP Turbo

Hey this card is the *Turbo* version so the clock is around 622/740 and when my system reaches 49 degrees Celsius (idles at 36 C) artifacts are produced on the screen and i have to reboot to rid the screen of them.

Is this a faulty card that needs to be RMA'd?

And if so, should I do so through Newegg or HIS?
 
wow, i got a vf900cu and AS5 on my x1950pro and it around 52c.

If its artifacting like that, its definitely a faulty card, try lowering the cpu clock a few ticks, see what happens.
 
if it's artifacting at it's stock settings, odds are it's either on it's way out or is underpowered by the PSU...
 
I'd say yes, RMA it.

49 is not even CLOSE to too hot for the x1xxx series. My x1950 XTX has hit 100 degrees Celsius and kept running without a single artifact (I shut it down in a fit of paranoia!).
 
Yea RMA'ing is my next plan of action

1 more question, I purchased the card from Newegg and the manufacture is HIS. Which place should I RMA to?
 
ATI Tool and ATI Tray Tool both read the same temps, along with CCC. Also, I have Intel(R) Desktop Utilities and it reads around 59C under load along with zone temps at 34C
 
That's always the question...

I've found that the manufacturer is off the bat able to take just the damaged product, while the retailer needs all the packaging, etc. However, it's also usually easier to talk to the retailer to get around such things. I haven't heard much about HIS, so I'd go through Newegg.
 
Return it to Newegg. They will send you another one once they get it. Artifacts at a low temperature like that are not a good thing. If it was the power supply, it would probably lock up before it artifacted too badly. If the replacement does the same thing, then I'd investigate the PSU, but it sounds to me like a bad card.
 
They are hella cheap. You can get one at Radio Shack even.

The reason I suggest this is because I tried to get an x1950xt agp from GeCube to work on my old agp rig. Everything was fine till I upped the rez (1600x1200) after installing drivers that would actually werk for it. Artifacts started all over the screen followed by the screen going black and I assumed overheating and rma'ed THREE different cards over 3 weeks. All with the same result, I was so disappointed and blamed GeCube for a faulty product. So I decided to build the rig I've been wanting for a year or so. It's in my sig. To my horror, after everything was installed and updated, I cranked the rez on the GTX to 1600x1200 and saw the SAME FREAKING thing!!! Artifacts all over. After containing my rage, I thought to myself "whats the deal? omg.......the monitor!!!!" I googled for problems with Samsung monitors and it seems I'm not alone. Samsungs and a few other brands of monitors dont like using a DVI cable at 1600x900 or above. They freak out because of the frequency, something like 165mhz+. I read that people were using a VGA cable instead and having zero problems. I reluctantly tried it fearing I'd lose picture quality with vga, but to my surprise, everything looks fine. Problem solved. Although I am very disappointed in Samsung. I bought this monitor thinking it was the best quality for the price. I have since rethought that decision.
 
I will definitely keep the VGA cable in mind, but what interests me about RMA'ing my card is that HIS has already released a Version 2 of the card I own and I have yet to find out what the reason for the v2 is. If there are artifacts reproduced with my second card, my next step will be to use a VGA cable instead.
 
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