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liluqt

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when you mean "crash," is the whole computer freezing/restarting or is just ATi tool just closing and putting you back at your desktop? Either way, something such as bad memory or some other kind of "conflict" can cause your system to cease being stable.
 
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WARNING:
Overclocking voids the warranty. Do it at your own risk.


ATItool should only be used for finding the approximate clock rates. Then, you will be in the right nieghborhood and should continue manually.

The fact that ATItool fails without overclock means that you are already close to the max.

Anyway, to manually find the overclock rate, you increase the core frequency by 2 MHz and run 3DMark several times. If there are no artifacts, increase the core frequency a little more and continue until you see artifacts. Back off to give yourself some margin.

Then, do the same with the memory until you find the max for the memory.

Then, while playing games, if you see artifacts, you will need to back off on the overclock a little bit more.

If you want to improve the max overclock, you can improve cooling of your case and your graphics card.
 
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imported_Noob

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9800 Pro HSF is garbage. You won't be able to OC very high unless you grab a Zalman HSF or an Arctic Cooler
 
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qbackin

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Thanks for your advice and I understand, but there are no artifacts. Matter of fact I think there is no effect by the atitool. I dont think this is a hardware prob. Thinking maybe some sort of driver problem. In the atitool oc menu it says catalyst 4.12. And I cannot change it to 5.3, is there a certain version I need?
 
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qbackin

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Well I have tryed that twice...I have read of a couple people having problems with the control panel so I will remove it and bench to see if it improves.
 
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lavaheadache

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if youve ever had a different video card installed, it may be still in the registry causing problems. That was the problem I had, Atitool didnt know which card to use so it would constantly lock up. It would also not know what to pick for a default clock. Did you flash your bios to make it be seen as an xt? If so , Either the flash is bunk or your computer probably still thinks there is a pro in there too
 
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qbackin

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Originally posted by: lavaheadache
if youve ever had a different video card installed, it may be still in the registry causing problems. That was the problem I had, Atitool didnt know which card to use so it would constantly lock up. It would also not know what to pick for a default clock. Did you flash your bios to make it be seen as an xt? If so , Either the flash is bunk or your computer probably still thinks there is a pro in there too
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Had a 9600 prior, and I did uninstall those drivers first.
 
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qbackin

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Originally posted by: qbackin
Originally posted by: lavaheadache
if youve ever had a different video card installed, it may be still in the registry causing problems. That was the problem I had, Atitool didnt know which card to use so it would constantly lock up. It would also not know what to pick for a default clock. Did you flash your bios to make it be seen as an xt? If so , Either the flash is bunk or your computer probably still thinks there is a pro in there too
Click to expand...

Had a 9600 prior, and I did uninstall those drivers first.
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qbackin

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Originally posted by: Noob
You may need to reformat. Chances are your computer has a 9600 still written into the registry.
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Reformat the hd??
Is this the norm for vid card swap?
 
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imported_Noob

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Originally posted by: qbackin
Originally posted by: Noob
You may need to reformat. Chances are your computer has a 9600 still written into the registry.
Click to expand...

Reformat the hd??
Is this the norm for vid card swap?
Click to expand...

I did that right when I switched from my 9800 Pro to my X800 Pro. But there probably is a confliction though. Lavaheadache had the same problem as you.
 
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qbackin

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Originally posted by: Noob
Originally posted by: qbackin
Originally posted by: Noob
You may need to reformat. Chances are your computer has a 9600 still written into the registry.
Click to expand...

Reformat the hd??
Is this the norm for vid card swap?
Click to expand...

I did that right when I switched from my 9800 Pro to my X800 Pro. But there probably is a confliction though. Lavaheadache had the same problem as you.
Click to expand...

Oh I see, ok should i install video card driver first thing before mobo drivers?
 
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hans030390

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try new drivers...then...get the newest version of ATI tool you can. the betas fixed my problem i was having.
 
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qbackin

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ok used driver cleaner and re-installed catalyst. Scored 18777 3dmark01. Is this normal stock?Going to try ati tool next...
 
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