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kiajoon

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I have just a X1950Pro from ebay and this card seems fishy. It blacks out when I try to run ATI Tools and find the max clock/mem and I have to reboot. Sometimes it does not even run ATI Tools. Temperatures are fine as I am running the fan at 100% flat

What ways can I use to test if it is OK besides playing a game? I need to sort this out so that I can return the card before its too late.

Thanks a lot in advance.
 
Run 3DMark to see if it's stable, the numbers don't really matter, but if it runs through it without crashing you should be ok...

And honestly, the 1950's don't overclock worth a shit.. I wouldn't condemn the card because it crashes while overclocked....
 
I am downloading 3Dmark now. Its just I want to use the fan control in ATI Tools more then the overclocking feature.
 
kiajoon said:
I have just a X1950Pro from ebay and this card seems fishy. It blacks out when I try to run ATI Tools and find the max clock/mem and I have to reboot. Sometimes it does not even run ATI Tools. Temperatures are fine as I am running the fan at 100% flat

What ways can I use to test if it is OK besides playing a game? I need to sort this out so that I can return the card before its too late.

Thanks a lot in advance.
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The new ATI drivers OC this card much better than ATI tools IMHO.

The card should change fan speeds automatically without driver intervention. My x1950GT (an older model) had a busted fan controller (it stayed on 100% all the time) but a quick bios flash fixed that.

-JB

P.S. For what it's worth (and this was with the GT version) I was not able to OC the memory at all with ATI tools. When I switched to using the new built in OCing with the ATI standard drivers I was able to obtain a 100mhz OC on both the VPU and Memory. With ATI tools all it did was lock up my computer.

BTW you see to set ATI tools to a special setting with the x1950 if I rem correctly.
 
Sorry but what is this 'new built' OC tool? Is it inside the Catalyst drivers or something? I am really new to ATI cards.
 
kiajoon said:
I have just a X1950Pro from ebay and this card seems fishy. It blacks out when I try to run ATI Tools and find the max clock/mem and I have to reboot. Sometimes it does not even run ATI Tools. Temperatures are fine as I am running the fan at 100% flat

What ways can I use to test if it is OK besides playing a game? I need to sort this out so that I can return the card before its too late.

Thanks a lot in advance.
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Use this - Ati Tray tools... http://www.guru3d.com/article/atitraytools/189/

Ati Tools is not supported with the x1950pro... http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/436/ATITool_0.26.html Says exactly that on the page.

I had the same problem with my HIS x1950pro and ATI Tools. On the other hand, unlike a lot of other peoples findings, my card overclocks very well. It will go to 625 core and 822 mem (1644) stable.
 
Thanks for the helpful replies so far.

It went through 3Dmark fine, so i am relieved.

I am not really interested to overclock the card now that I realise it runs so hot. It overheats and blacks out when I installed it in the case. That means a new heatsink. I am going to get one anyway as the stock is too noisy. What will you recommend? The Accelero with or w/o the fan? They are around $3 USD diffference in UK.
 
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