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I've recently bought a x1800xt and I've had all sorts of problems especially with ATI tools.
One question is that on CCC the clock speeds show
Core = 594 and mem = 693 (1386)
Thus these will show as 600/1400 rather than real XT speeds of 625/1500
On ATI tools I get the following as default:
Core = 621 and Mem = 747
Not sure why but in ATI tools I can't change the clocks to 625/750 they jump back to default. I can up them a little and the next stepping is 627/756
I also tried running the 'find max core andit goes up to 640 or so before yellow specs start to appear.
I'm not sure if it's a bug or problem with ATI tools (0.26) as the screen is seriously screwed (artifacts across the screen) when I start up the program (9 out of 10 times) but after a while (about 10 secs) the screen is ok. However, this only happens in ATItools.
In games, etc there seems little problem although 3Dmark crashed once or twice and Oblivion crashed out on a couple of ocassions and generated some report to send. Don't think it was overheating - could possibly be encountering bad memory
In CCC I ran the automatic overclocker and it ran no probs and suggestted I could use
Core = 688 and mem = 792
I'm not sure how to set these as the current is still showing as the defualt mentioned above. The current temperature was 71oC when it finished.
I'm thinking I could check the fan is seated correctly as I've read previously on other cards that poor contact can lead to artifacting.
I have adjusted the fan to be dynamic so starts on 70% on 45oC incrementing 5% for every 5oC. The current speed was set to 27% which is way too low in my opinion. The fan is also noisy at 80%+ though.
The highest temperature I had was 73oC I think and is currently idleing at 44oC (room temp 21oC)
(I bought an Accelero X2 today though not fitted yet)
What do you guys reckon? Anyone had problems like these or have suggestions?
One question is that on CCC the clock speeds show
Core = 594 and mem = 693 (1386)
Thus these will show as 600/1400 rather than real XT speeds of 625/1500
On ATI tools I get the following as default:
Core = 621 and Mem = 747
Not sure why but in ATI tools I can't change the clocks to 625/750 they jump back to default. I can up them a little and the next stepping is 627/756
I also tried running the 'find max core andit goes up to 640 or so before yellow specs start to appear.
I'm not sure if it's a bug or problem with ATI tools (0.26) as the screen is seriously screwed (artifacts across the screen) when I start up the program (9 out of 10 times) but after a while (about 10 secs) the screen is ok. However, this only happens in ATItools.
In games, etc there seems little problem although 3Dmark crashed once or twice and Oblivion crashed out on a couple of ocassions and generated some report to send. Don't think it was overheating - could possibly be encountering bad memory
In CCC I ran the automatic overclocker and it ran no probs and suggestted I could use
Core = 688 and mem = 792
I'm not sure how to set these as the current is still showing as the defualt mentioned above. The current temperature was 71oC when it finished.
I'm thinking I could check the fan is seated correctly as I've read previously on other cards that poor contact can lead to artifacting.
I have adjusted the fan to be dynamic so starts on 70% on 45oC incrementing 5% for every 5oC. The current speed was set to 27% which is way too low in my opinion. The fan is also noisy at 80%+ though.
The highest temperature I had was 73oC I think and is currently idleing at 44oC (room temp 21oC)
(I bought an Accelero X2 today though not fitted yet)
What do you guys reckon? Anyone had problems like these or have suggestions?