Does my x1900xt have bad memory?

[TehMac]

So I have been playing CoD4, I noticed artifacting, I guess what you can call it, where "slabs" of pixels flickered between what was to be rendered and this brown "slab."

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I didn't do any temp testing, but I can only guess maybe the heat was around 81*C based on other observations.

I also got a lot of "crystalizing" in Crysis, where these massive pixel "towers of ice" would form, and they were obviously glitches. No screens, but I figured maybe it was the damned drivers of my graphics card.

I played Compnay of Heroes, I noticed for sure, what seemed to be RTS artifacting, and I took a screenshot.

Temperature: 78-81*C

Maybe a Peak of 83*C

Company of Heroes shot


So what do you guys think?

 

[Ika]

Have you tried ATiTool's artifacting utility?

 

[SX2012]

when video memory goes bad you should see artifacting everywhere, even outside of games.

When you see artifacting only during high loads it could mean its heat related, like dust clogging up your ATI heatsink fins.

Those all look like direct X10 games and your probably running windows vista right? Maybe its a problem with ATI's drivers......

You could try putting your videocard in another computer to see if it does the same thing.

Otherwise the card is just going bad

 

[LittleNemoNES]

I wouldn't worry about it, man.

It looks like a driver issue. Step back a catalyst revision and see if that changes anything.

 

[sisq0kidd]

My friend and I have x1900xt's and we both get artifacts in Crysis and he gets artifacts in COD4. I think it's a driver issue as running ATI Tool shows no artifacts at all and our cards ran just fine before the Catalyst upgrades. But even if we roll back, the artifacts are still there now

In Crysis, I get these horizontal greyish bars that are transparent at certain resolutions. Also, the first person view of my character is really messed up in the later levels. It seems that I am actually two people in one. When I move or shoot, I can see my other gun on top of my gun and my arm on top of my arm (if that makes sense).

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: Aflac
Have you tried ATiTool's artifacting utility?

No, I downloaded ATiTool and Control Center, and my computer would have none it. I wiped my drivers, downloaded the MS .net 3.2 bull shit, and it still wouldn't install any of it.

I have the latest drivers.


All these games are DirectX 10 games but I am running in DX9 mode, no Vista. Just Windows XP SP2.

I have had the problem with the last two versions of the Catalyst drivers. I have had this issue for maybe 2 months now.

I vacuumed my computer yesterday (yes, yes, my computer is alive, don't worry) and I tried to nab the bottom (the part facing me in the case) but I mainly scraped dust off the bottom (all circut board) with the dust brush I have meant for that sort of thing.

So I'll try just shutting off my computer, turning off my PSU, disconnecting, and actually getting the dust.

But is it even worth it?

I have an Asus x1900xt with a 3 year warranty (bought at Newegg).

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: sisq0kidd
My friend and I have x1900xt's and we both get artifacts in Crysis and he gets artifacts in COD4. I think it's a driver issue as running ATI Tool shows no artifacts at all and our cards ran just fine before the Catalyst upgrades. But even if we roll back, the artifacts are still there now

In Crysis, I get these horizontal greyish bars that are transparent at certain resolutions. Also, the first person view of my character is really messed up in the later levels. It seems that I am actually two people in one. When I move or shoot, I can see my other gun on top of my gun and my arm on top of my arm (if that makes sense).

Yeah basically, all that you described is happpening to me, I tried to download all that ATi shit, but Windows wouldn't let me, said I already had it installed..then I uninstalled, wiped drivers, reinstalled, tried to install CC, Windows said I needed MS .Net 2.7+ to run it. I DL'ed MS .Net 3.2 or whatever, still wouldn't run, gives me .MOM errors

Mom Errors

So I don't know. I'm about to say screw it and get a HD3870 for X-mas, although this means I won't cash in to the next gen til around February 2009. This sucks. God damnit.

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: TehMac

No, I downloaded ATiTool and Control Center, and my computer would have none it. I wiped my drivers, downloaded the MS .net 3.2 bull shit, and it still wouldn't install any of it.

It is no wonder you are having issues with such a hosed software configuration. Sounds like it might be time to wipe the drive and start fresh.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: TheSnowman

Originally posted by: TehMac

No, I downloaded ATiTool and Control Center, and my computer would have none it. I wiped my drivers, downloaded the MS .net 3.2 bull shit, and it still wouldn't install any of it.

It is no wonder you are having issues with such a hosed software configuration. Sounds like it might be time to wipe the drive and start fresh.

Yeah, I was considering it, but at this point, it's not an issue, I should be concentrating on my school work, so maybe I'll think about it Winter break.

At any rate, earlier today, I took out my graphics card and vacuumed cleaned it, and the temperatures in my GPU's core have decreased around 5*C. When I was playing CoD4 demo, max'd out, my comp usually has some artifacting, now it had none. When I quit the game, core temps showed 78*C rapidly decreasing so I can guess my max was maybe 81-83*C.