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Do these temps seem right?

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MJCfromCT

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Hi all,

I'm having some issues with what I think is my video card. Whenever I'm playing some demanding game (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. beta, for example), i'll notice some wierd artifacting...the best way I can describe them is infinitely long horizontal and vertical bars that appear every once in a while...i've noticed this in other games in the past as well, star trek legacy for example...I haven't ever noticed them in supreme commander, though...

As for the temps, I get 73-75C load, 50C idle. This is with a X1900XT. Does this seem like temperature should be an issue? What temp range should I try to keep this card in? Everything in my system is stock, this card is running stock speeds with the stock cooler.

Thanks in advance.
 
Thats pretty toasty.. my card runs bout 40c at idle and 48c during a game
 
48C load? Somehow I doubt that unless you are water cooling the GPU, in which case it doesn't apply to my situation.
 
ya that sounds about right. Mine is an x1950pro, and the temps are like that as well.
If you get atitool you can control the fan settings. I just follow ATI's temp bar in catalyst control center (under overdrive). When it's around 70'ish it's still in the yellow/orange area, and not in the red, so I figure it's normal temps.
 
that seems about right, my card (which i believe has the same cooler as yours), goes up to 80C on full load!
 
Alright, a bit of an update...I set my fan speed to a constant 80%...needless to say it was quite loud, but it kept the load temps to 72C...even at 70C I was noticing these artifacts...let me show you an example of what they look like:



As you can see, its like an infinitely long rectangle...other times these things will be vertical, sometimes thicker and thinner than others, appearing at what seems like random places...does this look like a heat-related issue?
 
I think you have a bad card. GPUs are designed to run at fairly high temperature, much higher than a CPU. 75C isn't going to hurt a 1900XT. Heck, my 6800GT ran at 65C idle / 90C load for two years until I recently just purchased a new cooler for it (53/72C now). Your 1900XT should be able to do the same as long as you keep it stock, which you are.

Odd.
 
Ranari is right. 75°C load for that card is perfectly normal. Bad card or PSU not giving sufficient power.
 
Well the PSU is an Enermax Liberty 500W, so I'm assuming it isn't a power problem. Is this type of an artifact consistent with a hardware problem, or could it be a software problem? I'm running the 7.2 drivers with ATi Tray Tools installed.
 
Do you get artifacts in all games? If it is a hardware problem, artifacting should occur regardless of what game is run.
 
I don't experience the artifacting in supreme commander...however from what I can tell, supreme commander doesn't heat up the video card as much as a game like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. does...I ran the Source Visual Stress Test, and didn't notice anything there as well, but it might be that it didn't run for long enough to heat up the card.
 
Hmm I have the exact same power supply AND video card, and my temps are about the same as yours. I don't get any of those rectangles whenever I'm playing, so maybe it's your card like other people suggested.

EDIT:

I just read your comment above me. The only games that I play are BF2, and a bunch of source games, so I don't know if it is a problem with STALKER or what.
 
Thanks for the reply.

I'm curious if anyone has experienced a graphical artifact similar to this, and whether or not an artifact like this points to a hardware problem or a driver/buggy software issue...
 
You might want to try different drivers. Run it at stock speeds if your overclocking.

If you still get artifacts you might want to RMA the card.
 
Well, I ran 3dMark06, and noticed the temps going up to around the same temperature range, but didn't notice any artifact issues in that...
 
RMA the card. You're not OCing, and you're having problems. Let them fix it.
 
Definately RMA your card, this is how my 1900xtx started to go. The GPU is likely fine, I had the exact same artifcating and it had to do with the ram going pop.
 
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