If you're happy with the under clocked card, why bother with another one?
Of course, there could be some fault with the cards video drivers. Do
you have the latest? And do they have some known issues with certain
hardware?
James Maki wrote:
Well, your 3AM guess was right on and set me on the correct path. I have the
gigabyte drivers with V-Tune 2 program to adjust the vid cards clock sppeds.
The default core speed was 393 and default memory speed was 596. I
underclocked both (to 359 and 554, the lowest values I could) and the
problems all disappeared. No more artifacts and Civilization IV runs without
crashing. Just to check, I overclocked both values by 25 points and the
artifacting became much worse and Civ IV crashed just after boot.
So, is this and indication of the impending demise of my vid card, or just
signs of old age (the card, not mine)? The cooling unit on the card is a bit
anemic, but seems to be functioning. I removed a small amount of dust, but
no caking or fan stopping amounts. So, should I trust to good karma, or
begin shopping for a new vid card?
Thanks for your help.
Jim
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-----Original Message-----
From: j maccraw
If it does it under 2 different OS and mirroring
mirrors the artifacts I say
video RAM issue.
Make sure the clocks are at right speed for your model
using ATI Tray Tools.
Make sure there's no cooling issues.
Best I can think of at 3AM...
James Maki wrote:
<snip>
Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-9 mobo. The video card is a
Gigabyte GV-RX60P128DE
Radeon X600 Pro PCI Express 128MB DDR.
<snip>
Doing some testing, I loaded Ubuntu. It mirrored the
two monitors with the
same display and I noticed that the artifacts were
in exactly the same spot
on both monitors.
