Guest zerodamage August 3, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage Guests August 3, 2004 There seems to be a problem with 9800 pro's and doom 3 causing artifacts. Seems if you underclock your core a bit they go away. Apparently Doom3 is stressing things on these cards that no other game has ever stressed and is causing heating problems. Seems to be only 9800 pro's and not all 9800 pro's. Post here if you have issues. Apparently it is happening if you are using the pirated version also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman August 3, 2004 Share Birdman Member August 3, 2004 I've had zero problems from my 9800XT w/Overdrive Really havent heard about anyone having troubles on any of the forums I visit. I would suggest that the peeps with problems are prolly overclocking without proper cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage August 4, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage Guests August 4, 2004 I've had zero problems from my 9800XT w/Overdrive Really havent heard about anyone having troubles on any of the forums I visit. I would suggest that the peeps with problems are prolly overclocking without proper cooling. No... it is mostly 9800 Pro 128MB cards. May be a driver issue related to that. Hard to say at the moment. Just got up and got to work, no time to look into it right now to see if something was figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nubus August 5, 2004 Share Nubus Member August 5, 2004 I run the radeon 8500 128 meg card and have had no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman August 8, 2004 Share Birdman Member August 8, 2004 Bad news. My brother's 9800XT has tons of Red and White dots all over his doom 3 game. It sucks bad. His video card has never been overclocked and his case has good cooling. Guess Ima be contacting ATI for a RMA> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilco August 8, 2004 Share wilco Member August 8, 2004 this is a known issue. It started happening to me when i went from fast to turbo in my bios. Could be something there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage August 8, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage Guests August 8, 2004 Going to DX9c (which is out now btw) and the 4.9 beta's fixed this for many people. Some people had to use the ATI Tool and downclock like 20 mhz and that fixed it. Doom3 is very demanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r August 8, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member August 8, 2004 im considering a format and installing dx9c and the 4.9 beta's on a clean install. you using dx9c ZD ? i read it gives a nice performance boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage August 8, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage Guests August 8, 2004 im considering a format and installing dx9c and the 4.9 beta's on a clean install. you using dx9c ZD ? i read it gives a nice performance boost. Well I've been using XP SP2 for a while now and they had DX9c integrated into that. So you can say that I've been using "c" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r August 8, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member August 8, 2004 yea i didn't know if you were runing SP2 or not i don't even have SP1 installed, thats why im considering it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman August 8, 2004 Share Birdman Member August 8, 2004 Some people had to use the ATI Tool and downclock like 20 mhz and that fixed it. I may be picky, but even if I turn off overdrive I feel like I've been ripped off. If I have to underclock to fix these problems the card is defiantly getting sent back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Kill3r August 8, 2004 Share All Kill3r Member August 8, 2004 yea man, you should get what you paid for fo shizzle. i would be filing an RMA also. you shouldn't have to underclock your card for it to run properly.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox August 9, 2004 Share appalachian_fox Member August 9, 2004 Yeah, my card is underclocked for a 9800 Pro, too. It's a 9600 Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage August 9, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage Guests August 9, 2004 I do not blame this on ATI so much as I do Carmack for making a game too damn demanding of your hardware. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiffy August 9, 2004 Share Jiffy Member August 9, 2004 i have 9800pro, with a 'free' version, and have had no problems. nothing is overclocked and standard cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchtower August 22, 2004 Share Watchtower Member August 22, 2004 Nvidia what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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