ATI Radeon LE Troubles...... Taz? :o)

[dxkj]

Okay, for some reason my card is suddenly giving me 1/3 of the FPS in Quake III.... this is true at all resolutions, and I have no clue why this is doing this.... I recently took off the stock heatsink and put on my own heatsink fan combo.... the thermal pad didnt work too well and I had to stick it on with some splotches of artic silver and a rubber band... maybe that is causing the problem?? I keep getting random lockups whether or not Im playing games *faster/more often if I am*....

Additional problem.... I've always gotten low scores on this machine with 3dmark2000 unfortunately...


PIII 450 with the Radeon LE = 3600
Tbird 850 with the Radeon LE = 4800

Anyone see something messed up with a mere 1200 point increase for 400 Mhz and much better RAM/higher clocked RAM?

I am using the drivers recommended to me by Taz a few weeks ago, have the hyperZ stuff working, and overclocking as high as possible (I used to be able to do 195/195 with the old heatsink, with the new hsf I can only get up to 180 some....)


thanks for the help

 

[Hawk]

400 Mhz is a lot! That's almost twice as much clock cycles!!! And that is probably your problem, the taking off the heatsink and not putting one back on very well...

 

[arod324]

Yes, you should be getting that increase, since the mhz is bigger. Also you should get a huge performance increase, because I am guessing your PIII is with the Katmai Core, meaning that the level2 cache is 1/2 the processor speed.

 

[arod324]

Yes, you should be getting that increase, since the mhz is bigger. Also you should get a huge performance increase, because I am guessing your PIII is with the Katmai Core, meaning that the level2 cache is 1/2 the processor speed.