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Need help with Ati 9800 Pro

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RLeav20717

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Ok, so i just bought an Arctic Cooler - VGA Silencer (Rev. 3) for my video card, and i put it on correctly and whatnot, but i seem to notice that im 'artifacting' alot when i play games, mostly FEAR, and even when i run 3Dmark, i notice it. I was wondering if perhaps i put too much of that paste onto the cpu and maybe thats why? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
BTW - Im running a P4 2.6 @ 2.9 , with 1Gb corsair memory
 
RLeav20717 said:
Ok, so i just bought an Arctic Cooler - VGA Silencer (Rev. 3) for my video card, and i put it on correctly and whatnot, but i seem to notice that im 'artifacting' alot when i play games, mostly FEAR, and even when i run 3Dmark, i notice it. I was wondering if perhaps i put too much of that paste onto the cpu and maybe thats why? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
BTW - Im running a P4 2.6 @ 2.9 , with 1Gb corsair memory
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That's a possibility. Also, if it's not seated 'flat' on top of the core (IE., you have one side tightened down more than the other), it can overheat that way, too.

Also, the card might just be going bad. It's an OLD card, they don't last forever, ya know.
 
Is your ram covered well? i dont remember if that one helped out ram but if not you should get something for them
 
The ram chips on the video card, usually artifacting comes from that overheating, where as the GPU overheating would freeze it...generally
 
I'm thinking that perhaps the shim around the core is not allowing the heatsink to seat flush with the core. I had the same thing happen with my old 9800pro when I installed a Silencer Rev.3 on it. Gently remove the shim and your heatsink will seat properly and you shouldn't have any more artifacting. :)
 
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