ATI 1900XT HELP!!

[Csst]

Here are my setting for my card the setting don't seem right why are my setting so low like core and mem. speed and even Voltage?? screenshot below please HELP!!

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[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: Csst
Here are my setting for my card the setting don't seem right why are my setting so low like core and mem. speed and even Voltage?? screenshot below please HELP!!

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Lol thats the correct settings they show a little lower then what they are rated its NORMAL.

 

[akshayt]

probably just 2D mode, automatically should go higher while playing games

 

[m21s]

A little lower?

The core should be 625Mhz, its displays 125Mhz difference?

 

[Munky]

The newer Ati cards automatically downclock when not running 3D apps, so it's normal.

 

[m21s]

So if he alt+tab out of a game his clock speeds would be correct?

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: m21s
So if he alt+tab out of a game his clock speeds would be correct?

Nope, as soon as he leaves 3d mode, it'll clock back down to 2d mode clocks thanks to ATI's overdrive POS, I disabled it when I was overclocking my X1800XT and X1900XT.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: m21s
A little lower?

The core should be 625Mhz, its displays 125Mhz difference?

Even the CCC shows the same clock speeds when its open maybe I should remove the word little.

 

[m21s]

Can that feature be disabled?

 

[Csst]

So the setting are right than there no need to worry about anything...

 

[buzzsaw13]

If you don't plan on overclocking I guess you can leave it alone, but if you do overclock and change the voltage, I highly suggest turning off overdrive.

 

[Munky]

There's no reason to disable it unless you're overclocking. I mean, why should the card be running at full steam when it's just dragging windows across the screen? If anything, I wouldnt mind if it even downclocked to 200mhz, as you still wouldnt notice any difference in 2d mode.

 

[jiffylube1024]

It's working fine - that's the ATI drivers doing their job. Freaked me out at first too, but those are the 2d clocks (500/600). Once you open any game it will automatically jump up to the 3d clocks or the overclocked 3d clocks you set in CCC (or a third party program).

 

[BassBomb]

pretty much all modern cards downclock in 2D...

at least my 6600GT does