Compatible cards with Dell 3007FPW

[minisamus]

Just got my 3007FPW and picked up a Sapphire x1300.

I get massive ammounts of flickering pixels at 2560x1600.

The page for this card is:
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/graphics_overview.php?gpid=124

And you can see at the ATI spec. sheet that the integrated DVI encoder in the x1300 has 1 dual-link channel:
http://www.ati.com/products/RadeonX1300/specs.html
see "Dual integrated DVI transmitters (one dual-link + one single-link)"


Does anyone else have any experience with non-7800GTX cards (I saw another posting saying a x1600 Pro was working)?

Is this a monitor problem or a card problem?

 

[Peter]

If it weren't a dual-channel DVI port, you wouldn't get a picture at that resolution at all.

What cable are you using?

 

[minisamus]

I'm using the dual link cable that came with the Dell display. I did try wiggling the cable to see if the pixels changed at all (they didn't).

I also tried those radio buttons for "alternate dvi method" and "reduce refresh rate for high resolution".

What seems odd to me is that the monitor's specifications state 59.97hz, and the ati control panel says 60hz. Weird?

 

[Peter]

It says 59.97 Hz just because this happens to be the frame rate for NTSC TV. It'll sync up alright to 60.00 Hz feed from a computer. This isn't your problem.

The buttons you tried should have improved things, had it been a cabling problem. (They reduce the signalling frequency.)

I'd be assuming a defective card now, or, unlikely with Sapphire but sh*t happens, a poorly designed card.

 

[minisamus]

Should I try a different model? Or just get another x1300? - My thinking is that the card wouldn't be defective because the DVI controller is integrated....

 

[Peter]

Well if the main chip on the card were defective, that wouldn't change the fact that you're set to try a new one.

I'd give the same make and model of card another go before I move on.

 

[minisamus]

Exchanged the card. Same deal

I'm going to try and get a new monitor tomorrow I think. - I'm still not sure if the x1300 chip is to blame or not. Is it possible that the DVI controller on the x1600 is different than the x1300's?

 

[tuteja1986]

a dude i helped bought a X1600 pro AGP for his 3007FPW , he doesn't have a PCI express slot and this was cheapiest Dual-link DVI card i could find and it works pefectly

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102665 x1600 256MB DDR2 agp $128
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102667 x1600pro 128mb DDR3 pic e $110

 

[minisamus]

I'll pick up a Sapphire x1600 PCIE today and will report on it later... It would be very interesting if the x1600 works when the x1300 doesn't, since I couldn't image that the DVI controller architecture is that different from the x1300. But the board layout may affect it....

 

[minisamus]

Got the x1600 and that works fine. Guess I'll be returning the x1300. The weird thing is, on ATI's site they don't mention that the x1600 has dual link support.

Does anyone know a setting in ATI control pannel which allows you to run lower resolutions scalled up but aspect maintained? (like the nvidia setting).