ATI Radeon X1950 and LockOn:FC Questions

[Ramstein]

Hi,

I recently upgraded to an HIS Radeon X1950 512MB Turbo AGP Video card. I would like to know if others use this card or similar, what temperatures you get while playing, any other info.

 

http://hightech.com.hk/html/product_ov.php?id=278&view=yes

 

FYI,

My temps can reach to the point of artifacting if I don't run my room air conditioner. (I have seven fans in the PC case) If the GPU temp reaches above 170 Degrees F. or 77 degrees C I get artifacts and the screen goes bad.

 

I can run the card with everything totally maxed out with no problems at all. Rest of my PC specs should be in my profile or signature.

 

:pilotfly:

[Groove]

I have a 1900xtx and im using an extra 80 mm fan because the original cooling isnt enough :(

[Floyd]

Running an 1950pro. Temps measured with ATITool go up to 81 deg C for GPU

with 64% fan speed. I've added one fan (4000rpm) blowing air into the case and

2 fans (2000rpm) blowing air out.

 

Are you sure you get enough air into the case, because your card has this 2 slot-

cooling system that blows the hot air directly out of the case?

[Groove]

I had some issues with the x1900xtx fans using the ATI Tray Tools. Suddenly my card overheated, so i had to deinstall them :/

[Pilotasso]

Using old 9800 pro, temps at 60-70celsius it keeps going and performs as it came out of the box 3 years ago but its due to a replacement (the whole machine) soon.

[Ramstein]

I have 7 fans and use the ATI Tray tools,,, for my security cooling I run air conditioning cool air directly into the case, through a fan port in the rear of the PC case. The fan pump air directly to the CPU section. When the room temperature is over 65 degrees F.. I run the air conditioning. But, being Southern California, it's usually very warm and in the summer, it will be a Hot House! I run a 2CoolPC.com fan cooler directly onto the video card.

 

I get tired of expalining my fans to people, but realize no one is a mind reader, so there is the info , without pictures..

 

I want to be able to get enough cooling without running air conditioning. But, don't think it is possible.

:joystick:

[Ramstein]

That's strange, Ramstein. I'm running two of the HIS X1950XTXs in crossfire and my high temps are usually 77 to 79 with no graphics corruption. Your 77 degrees sounds pretty normal. Maybe a bad card?

 

 

In ATI Tray Tools, there is a rendering benchmark test. You can run that and it wil tell you if and when there is corruption. It's in the hardware overclock section of the menu. But, don't overclock, just run those tests. I am curious to see if others get corruption, and how many minutes or hours into the test and at what temperature.

 

BTW, there is a later ATI tray Tools version out, but it's a Beta. I don't have the URL link handy.

[VMFA-Blaze]

With the cooling issue for present GPU's... I'm wonder what it will be like with the release of the new DX10 version for ATI...

 

~S~

 

Blaze

[Kuky]

If you don't overclock the card at all you should never get any artifacts and if you are getting them you either got a bit dodgy card or maybe the heatsink is not properly extracting the heat from the GPU because if bad contact with it? if the temperature is not very high and I think 77єC is not very high for x1950 card as they run over 60єC idle.

 

I don't know how hard would be to take off the heatsink and reaply thermal paste on the GPU because I haven't done that with my card but maybe if you just bought this card recently you should ask for another one and tell them you are getting artifacts (which should be there)

 

I think artifacts are ususally caused by RAM so it might just be that too.

[VMFA-Blaze]

I don't know how hard would be to take off the heatsink and reaply thermal paste on the GPU because I haven't done that with my card but maybe if you just bought this card recently you should ask for another one and tell them you are getting artifacts (which should be there)

 

I think artifacts are ususally caused by RAM so it might just be that too.

 

I've removed the heat sink on a 6600gt, it wasn't too difficult, It's applied with thermal paste just like a CPU, so I'm guessing there really isn't that much of a difference with ATI in this respect...

 

~S~

 

Blaze

[Kuky]

Applying too little or too much heat transferring paste is not good and it can simply be that the heatsink is not fitted quite well. Just a though.

[VMFA-Blaze]

That's very true, The amount of thermal paste that's needed for a CPU is actually about what a grain of rice looks like...

 

For a GPU about 1/2 this amount is all you'll really need, as the chip is a lot smaller...

 

~S~

 

Blaze

[diveplane]

MY X1950XTX was a bad card brand new, its currently being looked into,

at the ati factory in upstate new york...

[Ramstein]

I am thinking I may/probably take the video card out and remove the heatsink. But, before I do I will purchase some arctic silver, or whatever...

http://www.arcticsilver.com/

 

I can then see if everything was applied properly at the factory. I really hate messing with it, but that is probably waht needs to be done.

 

Especially since this HIS radeon X1950 Pro has a massive cooler on top:

 

http://hightech.com.hk/html/product_ov.php?id=278&view=yes

 

:)

[Kuky]

I think it'll be RAM getting too hot. PLease report back after you reaply thermal paste and test.

[Kuky]

Ramstein, are you sure you want to do that? You might end up voiding your warranty, and if its something other than a thermal interface problem...well...:(

 

very true... might be the best thing to just return it and ask for an exchange.

[VMFA-Blaze]

I would RMA it guy... If that's the only card that you have ....

 

I've taken Vid cards apart but they've been cards that have been giving me issues, And I really didn't need them, I had a new card in the system...

 

If you've done this before and you feel confident then you should be ok...

 

If not RMA it Bro...

 

~S~

 

Blaze

[Fjordmonkey]

Currently running a Powercolor X1950pro, which features a factory-installed Arctic Cooling Accellero X2 cooler (http://www.arctic-cooling.com/vga2.php?idx=90) on it. Currently the temps are at a nice 35c, and I've never seen it go above 60 even after hours of hard use. As Blaze says, I'd RMA the card if it gets that hot.

 

Just out of idle curiosity, Rammstein: How's the airflow in your case, and what type of case is it?

[Ramstein]

Aluminum Case with 7 fans.... All High Quality fans

 

Includes 2coolpc.com fan (www.2coolpc.com ) plus a special fan in a duct that I have that can take air from an aicondinioning unit and blow it over the motherboard area witht he CPU and bridges. the 2coolpc fan blows over the the video card heatsinks. There is a pci fan duct's with 2 mini fans that blows hot air out a pci slot.

 

Video cards blows hot air out the pci slot above the video card:

 

http://hightech.com.hk/html/home.php

 

http://hightech.com.hk/html/product_ov.php?id=278&view=yes