Sapphire X1900XTX Problems

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avishu

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Hi,

I am having some annoying problems with my X1900XTX... I am not sure its his fault.. LOL

My system:
3800DC
ASUS A8N-E
1GB (512x2) Kingstone CL2.5
HEC 525W specs:
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/Compucase_HEC_525VD_AT_Power_supply__6271879
I am using Catalyst 6.3 (I tried other vers as well)

This "problem" of mine applies mostly in CS:S.. I am getting around 40FPS on DD2with AAX6 and AFX16 on 1024x768 while others with 7800GT get 160FPS with those setts. (I get this 40 FPS on a 42 people server while its full)
This problem occurs in UT2004 and TMNATIONS as well.

Sucks ah?! I should be getting more....

I Installed all of the latest Microsoft updates including dual core gaming fix.
I scaned my pc for viruses and spywares, FOUND NOTHING!
Then I got desperate so I took it to where i bought it from so they will run tests on it. The test went great!

I am not using C&Q feature.

The funny thing is I get 5550 in 3dmark06. Thats good, no?
Haven't tried 05 yet because i cant get a serial number ;) .


I am sorry for my bad english (some times I forget capitals hh)

I really u can help me guys.

Thanks in advance.
 
Why aren't you playing at 1280x1024 at least. Buying an X1900XTX to play at 1024x768 is like buying a Ferari to drive to the end of the street to get your mail.
 
nobi125 said:
Why aren't you playing at 1280x1024 at least. Buying an X1900XTX to play at 1024x768 is like buying a Ferari to drive to the end of the street to get your mail.
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QFT. Performance should actually increase as you pump the resolution... your CPU is doing all the work at 1024x768.
 
I had a customer with that exact same problem. 40 or 50 FPS in source.
It was with a Sapphire X1900XT (I have one as well that I'm RMAing due to the awesome artifacting at stock speeds, these things are just junk right now.)

He tried different OS's and different drivers. Different resolutions, etc, but it was still slow.
I think the X1900 isnt a product ready for general public yet due to the drivers being what they are.

That store that tested it, what board did they use?
And what store was it, out of curiosity?
 
Hmm everytime people have problems with ATI cards it seems that some fellow from Green side comes in with really Strong opinions. Granted it´s easy to blaim the GFX card manufacturer from all the systems problems.

edit:

Should not read in hurry. Your problem seem weird and I have never even heard such problem before. The thing that you got it tested elsewhere suggest that your 3D card is not at fault.

You have disabled Vsync have you? Try running the games on DirectX mode and benchmark em again. Not much help I guess :) Hopefully somebody else has better ideas.
 
nobi125, if the card was defective my 3dmark06 score should have been lower..

I live in Israel so u will probably wont know the store i bought it from.

God, This sucks..!!

robberbaron, what you are saying is that i should wait for drivers to come and fix this problem?

Switching from Cata 6.2 to Cata 6.3 had no magic.
 
wen u installed the driver on your car, did you use driver cleaner to get rid of traces your old drivers might have left behind?

turn off vsync if you havent done so already, as someone already pointed out
 
RoffleCopter,
1. No
2. Can you point me to vsync in cata?

TheOmniscientCreator,
Its on standard, should I turn it off?
 
o_O 40-50fps on 1024x768 in css... i get 150fps with my gto... with highest settling at that resolution... totally rma it
 
TheOmniscientCreator said:
Theres no "high" option?
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Theres Advance option.

xizgone,
3d06 scores are good, no way i am RMAing it.

Amm 67c after an hour in cs:s is good?
 
when you are in catalyst, look for 3d settings and then opengl and direct3d, then go to custom settings and in the slider that says "wait for vertical sync" put it it to "always off"
 
RoffleCopter said:
when you are in catalyst, look for 3d settings and then opengl and direct3d, then go to custom settings and in the slider that says "wait for vertical sync" put it it to "always off"
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I dont have a Direct3d or opengl section on the slider.. but i do have something called:
wait for vertical refresh.
 
avishu said:
I dont have a Direct3d or opengl section on the slider.. but i do have something called:
wait for vertical refresh.
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yeah make sure that is "always off" and then go play css and check ur fps
 
a-lamer said:
Hmm everytime people have problems with ATI cards it seems that some fellow from Green side comes in with really Strong opinions.
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wtf? Looks like you are the one with the strong opinions.
 
avishu said:
Hi,

I am having some annoying problems with my X1900XTX... I am not sure its his fault.. LOL

My system:
3800DC
ASUS A8N-E
1GB (512x2) Kingstone CL2.5
HEC 525W specs:
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Productinformation/Compucase_HEC_525VD_AT_Power_supply__6271879
I am using Catalyst 6.3 (I tried other vers as well)

This "problem" of mine applies mostly in CS:S.. I am getting around 40FPS on DD2with AAX6 and AFX16 on 1024x768 while others with 7800GT get 160FPS with those setts. (I get this 40 FPS on a 42 people server while its full)
This problem occurs in UT2004 and TMNATIONS as well.

Sucks ah?! I should be getting more....

I Installed all of the latest Microsoft updates including dual core gaming fix.
I scaned my pc for viruses and spywares, FOUND NOTHING!
Then I got desperate so I took it to where i bought it from so they will run tests on it. The test went great!

I am not using C&Q feature.

The funny thing is I get 5550 in 3dmark06. Thats good, no?
Haven't tried 05 yet because i cant get a serial number ;) .


I am sorry for my bad english (some times I forget capitals hh)

I really u can help me guys.

Thanks in advance.
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Thats sound like my issue with my X1800XT. Source based games ran crappy, and I had jumps and skips, kinda like lag, but I knew it was not. Funny thing FPS would be fine as well. I never did solve it. After number of re-installs, and different drivers etc... I gave up. I have a Dell OEM 6800 but will be grabing a 7900GTX very very soon. Inamgine ATI hardware with Nvidia's drivers. I be in heaven :D

EDIT*** Have you used a program to force the fan to 100% like ati tool. Even though your temps says only 69, it probally close to 80-90's while in the game
 
Download the beta .25 on the site. The "latest stable" doesnt do X1900, but the beta .25 does.
 
OK.
ATITool recognizes my card.
Whats next?

BTW Guys i have 180$ +\- to spent on the system.. any suggestions?
 
I was having a similar issue with my system
i set affinity to 1 cpu and it fixed it =p 1600x1200 4xadaa 16xhq af

the funny thing is on my last format it was fine
 
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