amd ati issues thats gettin on my nerves

s281er238 · Mar 18, 2013

i have a 4870x2 card in a asusp6t deluxe board water cooled i7 920 2.67 cpu with 1000 corsair power supply silent cool and corsair memory 2000mhz 12 gig ram and i have win 7 installed brand new built
i install far cray 3 and run it with max graphic output and it will lag and get stuck until it will restart with bluw screen and say atimpagsys error why i have a really good system and its acting up with 10k raptor drive for hd

madbiker · Mar 18, 2013

here's the think, your card only uses 1GB of it's memory for graphics, I think I read that Far Cry 3 pushes up over 2GB of video memory with all the detail cranked up.... Your card is very cool, but it is old, try turning down the AA settings:

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/far_cry_3_graphics_performance_review_benchmark,8.html

blazorthon · Mar 18, 2013

What driver version are you using for that Radeon 4870X2?

bryonhowley · Mar 18, 2013

Agree you might have to turn down some of the settings those cards are some what old by now and with only 1gig of ram you may be pushing them to hard.

CarolKarine · Mar 18, 2013

not enough vram. that's the answer.

s281er238 · Mar 19, 2013

i have ver 13.1 ati latest driver .I never overlooked the computer .I dont know what setting will be good to use for safe clocking .should i get a 7970 or wait for the 7990 or nvidia 690gtx .Im not really liking ati since they went with amd .So my setup is asus p6t deluxe with corsair memory 2000mhz 12 gig ram with raptor 650 hd 10k rpm and intell 920 i7 2.67 with windows 7 installed and corsair 1000 watt silent power supply and corsair water cooled cpu block with a artic cooled video which is still hot as hell

blazorthon · Mar 19, 2013

Ati has never been better since going with AMD. AMD cleaned up the huge mess that Ati created and did a great job of it.

If you're having temp issues, then that may be related to the problem. What temp range is your graphics card reaching?

s281er238 · Mar 19, 2013

its always hot i mean it heats up my room i don't even need a heater anymore .Everytime i restart the computer going in to win i get blue screen 4 times black screen untill finally goes in .I think its time for new cr i just hope its not the port on the asus board having issues maybe i should just get a asus maximums and new card

s281er238 · Mar 19, 2013

which is best brand in 7970 sapphire

blazorthon · Mar 19, 2013

For 7970s, Asus' Matrix is probably the best (well, technically their Matrix Platinum, but it shouldn't make much of a difference). Gigabyte's WindForce X3 cards are also pretty great and Sapphire's top 7970 cards are also great.

s281er238 · Mar 19, 2013

whats this one SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970

blazorthon · Mar 19, 2013

That's one of Sapphire's top models.

s281er238 · Mar 20, 2013

so everything im good except graphics card replace that on

s281er238 · Mar 20, 2013

whats the best oc setting for asus and ram .is there a site that's give you safe setting to try out

blazorthon · Mar 20, 2013

Well, around 1.2GHz to 1.3GHz is average for the GPU and around 1.7GHz to 2GHz is average for the graphics card's memory IIRC. However, better overclocking isn't the only advantage of the Asus Matrix. It has a lot of other nice advantages including a larger, better cooler and some very nice features.

Just to make sure, by ram, you're referring to the graphics card's RAM, not the system RAM, right?

If you want a tutorial on overclocking the Asus Matrix, then I'm sure that I could find something to help you.

s281er238 · Mar 20, 2013

Well I want to know if the system I have is good now or should I upgrade my graphics cars and mother board and CPU. The ram in my internal is good but everyone I over clock it this clunkier acting up lately it will restart wih no screen black screen blue screen error. I know my card needs to be replaced but I'm not sure if I should so the board and CPU as well

blazorthon · Mar 20, 2013

The rest of your system that you have now should be pretty good. You could get better right now, but that's not necessary at all. An i7 920 shouldn't have any trouble hitting some decent frequencies in overclocking such as around 4GHz IIRC and that should be plenty for such a CPU to give great performance.

You could do for a graphics card upgrade coming from a Radeon 4870X2, but the rest of the system is at the least on the upper side of decent and shouldn't need an upgrade.

chernobyl360 · Mar 20, 2013

s281er238 :

Wow another one with 13.1 driver issues. See if you can update to a beta or an older driver.

blazorthon · Mar 20, 2013

chernobyl360 :

s281er238 :

Wow another one with 13.1 driver issues. See if you can update to a beta or an older driver.

Are you saying that a lot of people had issues with this driver version?

chernobyl360 · Mar 20, 2013

blazorthon :

chernobyl360 :

Are you saying that a lot of people had issues with this driver version?

Yes well thats what it seems like. Most of the people having issues with AMD today have posted they use 13.1. Could just a strange coincidence.

s281er238 · Mar 20, 2013

blazorthon :

every-time i try to overclock and i as soon as i start the system it goes to black screen or dosnet even boot.i dont know if my asus board is acting up or not cause its still new i haven't ever oc at all and my ram is brand new as well 2000mhx 12 gig corsair with cooler

s281er238 · Mar 20, 2013

so asus 7970 is like 500 and the i can get for 360 SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970

blazorthon · Mar 20, 2013

I can't find the Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon 7970 for $360 anywhere, but if you found it that cheap, then you might as well go for it I suppose. There's no need to spend a lot more money on a card that'll only perform somewhat better at best.

s281er238 · Mar 20, 2013

so what u recommend wait it out for now

blazorthon · Mar 21, 2013

You said that you found a Sapphire Vapor-X Radeon 7970 for $360. That's a great price for such a card and like I just said, there's no need to spend another $100 or so on a card such as Matrix that's only somewhat better.

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