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Need help with 3dmark 05' problem....

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hey guys, long post, but plz read, need some help.... =(

heres the deal, my evga 6800gt, no mods, used to OC awsome, it used to do 433/1.197 stable for benchmarks no problem, heres a link:

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=511878

that was in my last system, like a year ago, now something is seriously wrong, if I have clocks default new score is way better, like 4750(old default) vs. 5200(new default) but when I overclock, the more I overclock the slower, I think its memory clocks that are doing it. But what happens is, if I run it at x/x speeds, over say 410/1.05 in 3dmark it will "lockup" for 5-20 seconds at random times, some times only once, sometimes 2-3 times, during this lockup, the screen is locked no HD light or anything, but it will come out of it and continue the test like nothing happens, whenever it does this on a test the score goes to shit, for instance, I get like 4900 marks @ 425/1.17 now <----less than my default score :eek: , but at like 400/1.04 I will get 5700, WTF is this about??

This is not a software problem, this has been ongoing through 5x windows installs for months, its gotta be hardware, and its not heat related....I've tried reapplying the HS's everything, temps are better than ever, no dust, whats happening? PSU maybe? PSU should be good its a enermax 420, not the best, but decent.
 
I've since tried by brothers 6800GT, exact same symptoms......exact. Therefore its gonna be with my new mobo/CPU combo. Anyone heard of problems like this with the MSI neo2 plat? I've tried 66 & 67 agp freq. heard something about it locks the PCI/AGP bus @ 67...so I use that. Normal CPU use is a 265x10, but it has the problems at default speeds or OC, wtf is going on?

would disable fastwrites or anything help?
 
thats funny lol. no, no way in hell, runs at like 49 idle, copper evga HS that you buy seperate on one with artic silver of course, other card has nv5 silencer, its not temp related, and it wouldnt happen on both cards like that if so, its ran at these speeds(and faster before) read first post, this is so stupid, only difference is from asus a8v ---> msi neo2 plat.....wtf?
 
ok dude. what you need to do is eliminate one variable at a time.

first. use some different ram sticks.
if that doesnt work, then put the original ram back and use another video card. not the same kind you have.
then if still problems. try a test power supply.
if you still get problems then its either your cpu or a dead video card.

cards can die for no reason at all. very weird most of the time. but it does happen.
 
OK, I had the SAME thing happen to me and BFG Support helped me resolve the issue. Two thumbgs WAY UP to BFG Support!! :D :eek:

FIRST: Go into your mobo BIOS settings:

(A) Set AGP Fast Rewrites to DISABLE
(B) Set AGP Aperture to HALF that of your onboard Video Card memory. Since most 6800Gt have 256MB, set it to 128MB.
(C) Save and Exit

Run your tests. If that doesn't fix the problem, then

SECOND: Go into Device Manager, Click on View > Resources by Type > Interrupt Request > Check to see if your video card is sharing any IRQs. If it is, you may have to disable any other components, to see if that fixes the problem. You cannot reassign IRQs under Windows. I had to disable my onboard LAN, and install an old LAN card I had lying around in a PCI slot.

After doing these two things my system is working like a charm. Good luck!
 
qdemn7 said:
OK, I had the SAME thing happen to me and BFG Support helped me resolve the issue. Two thumbgs WAY UP to BFG Support!! :D :eek:

FIRST: Go into your mobo BIOS settings:

(A) Set AGP Fast Rewrites to DISABLE
(B) Set AGP Aperture to HALF that of your onboard Video Card memory. Since most 6800Gt have 256MB, set it to 128MB.
(C) Save and Exit

Run your tests. If that doesn't fix the problem, then

SECOND: Go into Device Manager, Click on View > Resources by Type > Interrupt Request > Check to see if your video card is sharing any IRQs. If it is, you may have to disable any other components, to see if that fixes the problem. You cannot reassign IRQs under Windows. I had to disable my onboard LAN, and install an old LAN card I had lying around in a PCI slot.

After doing these two things my system is working like a charm. Good luck!

This is great info. Good stuff like this is why this forum ROCKS!
 
qdemn7 said:
OK, I had the SAME thing happen to me and BFG Support helped me resolve the issue. Two thumbgs WAY UP to BFG Support!! :D :eek:

FIRST: Go into your mobo BIOS settings:

(A) Set AGP Fast Rewrites to DISABLE
(B) Set AGP Aperture to HALF that of your onboard Video Card memory. Since most 6800Gt have 256MB, set it to 128MB.
(C) Save and Exit

Run your tests. If that doesn't fix the problem, then

SECOND: Go into Device Manager, Click on View > Resources by Type > Interrupt Request > Check to see if your video card is sharing any IRQs. If it is, you may have to disable any other components, to see if that fixes the problem. You cannot reassign IRQs under Windows. I had to disable my onboard LAN, and install an old LAN card I had lying around in a PCI slot.




After doing these two things my system is working like a charm. Good luck!


You are the man, problem solved, the 'FIRST' got the job done, thank you very much. Rock on!

But I wonder why the ASUS a8v didnt have those problems?? Oh well, good to do now, thnx.
 
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