Suspicious-Teach8788
Lifer
I took the stock cooler off and put a VF700 cooler on and then they have ramsinks too w/ thermal tape.. =(
Edit: Here's my problem.
It's a 7800GT OC. I get weird artifacts when I start up. I've only OCed it once and I have definitely proper cooling. I never let it go above 60 deg when OCing because I opened my case and my house is ACed damn well. I also had a VF700 cooler on it spinning @ max speeds.
I OCed it for 1 day just to bench for 3dMark and what not. I have been running at stock OC settings (425/525) ever since and I don't touch it anymore. If I boot up I get weird artifacts sometimes and my whole screen is blurred. All the stuff in Windows is messed up except my mouse cursor (so I know its not really screwed). This happens about 1/3 times. If I restart it will usually go away (if its still there, I restart again).
I think this only happens when I install Forceware. When I first reformat and use teh Windows drivers, nothing bad happens. Then again I dont use windows drivers for too long before I install Forceware, so I can't be certain....
My card is definitely usable. Oh and when I OCed, I didn't ever hit max. I only hit 470/600 and Rivatuner didnt let me go higher. No artifacts in 3D. I never get artifacts in 3D even when OCed, and all my games (Doom3, FEAR, CS:S) run perfectly fine with no problems no artifacts, no messed up stuff.
I just think my card is somehow damaged because either my screen is entirely fuzzy or it isn't, and thats just a bootup thing. BIOS will look fine, and so will the Win XP splash screen, but the login screen will be totally jacked up (and only my cursor looks ok).
Edit: picature Sorry. IT's not that great cuz I did it on a cameraphone.
Edit: Here's my problem.
It's a 7800GT OC. I get weird artifacts when I start up. I've only OCed it once and I have definitely proper cooling. I never let it go above 60 deg when OCing because I opened my case and my house is ACed damn well. I also had a VF700 cooler on it spinning @ max speeds.
I OCed it for 1 day just to bench for 3dMark and what not. I have been running at stock OC settings (425/525) ever since and I don't touch it anymore. If I boot up I get weird artifacts sometimes and my whole screen is blurred. All the stuff in Windows is messed up except my mouse cursor (so I know its not really screwed). This happens about 1/3 times. If I restart it will usually go away (if its still there, I restart again).
I think this only happens when I install Forceware. When I first reformat and use teh Windows drivers, nothing bad happens. Then again I dont use windows drivers for too long before I install Forceware, so I can't be certain....
My card is definitely usable. Oh and when I OCed, I didn't ever hit max. I only hit 470/600 and Rivatuner didnt let me go higher. No artifacts in 3D. I never get artifacts in 3D even when OCed, and all my games (Doom3, FEAR, CS:S) run perfectly fine with no problems no artifacts, no messed up stuff.
I just think my card is somehow damaged because either my screen is entirely fuzzy or it isn't, and thats just a bootup thing. BIOS will look fine, and so will the Win XP splash screen, but the login screen will be totally jacked up (and only my cursor looks ok).
Edit: picature Sorry. IT's not that great cuz I did it on a cameraphone.
