Catalyst query

I bought myself a Gigabyte DS4 and Sapphire X1950XT yesterday (to replace my AGP set up) and have a couple of questions.

Do I need to use the molex connector on the M/B when using this card? (the manuals are not clear) The card 6 pin plug IS connected.

In the ATI control centre there is an overdrive section for clocking the card.
Prior to and after running the automated overclock mine says

GPU: required 628 - current 500
Mem: required 945- current 594

This doesnt sound correct to me.

The G/C temp' unclocked was 50 deg C and clocked I think its about 60 - 70 deg C.

The 3dmark 05 score is 9700 which is only a little better than my AGP GS+
score of 8400. I was hoping for more.


One thing I never did was put a fresh install of XP after changing the mobo and G/C (too lazy ) although I did remove all of the old Nvidia drivers.

Oh and when trying to instal the FM Catalyst driver from Madonion my system says something along the lines of hardware not recognised and the installation stops (I removed the previous catalyst driver prior to install)

My system is

E6600
Gigabyte DS4
1 gig OCZ
Sapphire 1950XT (catalyst 6.10)
Hiper 580 PSU

Any advice appreciated



Ignore the below setup

Thanks for the reply.

What is RTFM? Im not good with acronyms

Im sure it must be "requested".


So its a sort of smart clocking system that only increases the clock rates when it is required (like running a game) and then reverts back to 500'ish when in 2D? Thats pretty smart.


I've just remembered another thing.

In device manager it shows two ATI cards, which doesn't seem correct either. Any ideas?

Ah, I'd better get the efF'ing manual out then . Its a pity the bl**dy disk is at home otherwise I could read it here in work

Thanks for the reply to the dual card query too.