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I just got me a new 7600GT. I've clean installed the drivers a couple of times and I've tried both the regular nVidia drivers and the Omega drivers. Both give me artifacts in Team Fortress 2 and both freeze in WoW. I originally thought it was due to the power supply as I am running 3 HDs + 1 optical + 3 PCI devices. I've unplugged two of the HDs so now I'm down to 1HD + 1 optical + 3 PCI. The artifacts SEEM to be fewer in TF2 but they're definitely still there. I have a Fortron 400W PSU:
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Message edited by Chynkinese on 02-22-2008 at 07:51:53 AM |
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Stay faaar away from thermaltake, go with antec, corsair, roswell, better known power supplies, also try taking out all your ram and insert one stick and see if your artifacts are still happening or not, it might just be a bad stick of ram. 400 watts seems a little weak to me, but we dont know what processor your running, so post a reply and give us the specs to your comp . |
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nono, not rosewill. i just used it for 3 months, it is burnt, took my onboard, sound, my mobo, does not reconize, USB devices, trying to refund it, and get fixed my board
Message edited by jhyukkang on 02-22-2008 at 07:11:35 AM --------------- E4400, 3GB DDR2 PC2 5300, 2X 320GB HDD, 3X DVD RAM DL, Radeon HD 2600Pro ICEQ Turbo, OCed (783/575) from (600/500) factory OC (650/525) Corsair VX 450 GA-P35-DS3L |
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Aww, that's what I thought lol. I guess no cheap-o thermaltake for me. I doubt it's the RAM as I was just running fine with my 9800PRO (albeit at pretty low frame rates) then I swapped to the 7600GT and the artifacts began. My specs...here comes the embarrassing part: P4 2.66Ghz (Northwood 533Mhz FSB) And as I mentioned in the OP I had 3 HDs + 1 optical + 3 PCI devices. Taking out 2 HDs seemed to have reduced the amount of artifacting. Unfortunately Newegg is unavailable to us here in Canada. My local store has a pretty decent variety of PSUs though so it's all good. Here are a few options I'm considering: http://www.corsair.com/products/vx.aspx (Both watt models have single 12V rail...will the amperage be enough?) http://www.ocztechnology.com/produ [...] wer_supply (500W Two 12V rails, each@18A) http://www.antec.com/us/productDet [...] odID=27430 (Also considering the 500W version, both have 2 rails @ 17A which is just below the 18A recommended for my video card) I've never heard of these guys but I'm gonna link it up anyways...are these any good? I'm leaning more towards the 430W-500W PSUs as they're generally cheaper and I think they should be enough. Sorry...it's a lot of links but I thank everyone for their help and I'll be grateful as I'm on a pretty tight budget and just want a little WoW/TF2/whatever goodness during my study breaks Edit: last but not least some seasonic goodness Message edited by Chynkinese on 02-22-2008 at 07:34:11 AM |
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3.8 ghz at 1.2v? More likely..
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Unless you're upgrading anytime soon, get an Antec Earthwatts 380w or 430w. --------------- 3.8ghz Pentium D loading at 43C? What? |
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LOL, your card will at most draw 20-40w. Those recommendations are as useful as a pile of turd. --------------- 3.8ghz Pentium D loading at 43C? What? |
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If you have a 400 watt power supply now, going with a 380w or a 430w is not going to do it for ya. Might as well just keep what you have now. And its possible your p4 is bottlenecking your card and thats why you are seeing articfacts. But i would definetly upgrade to 500 watts or so, future proof yourself, if you decide to go with a new build next year, uneless your running some crazy insane setup, this power suppy will slide right into your new build, and you will have saved yourself some money. |
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If you get artifacts, it's usually either the graphics card that's defective or the actual voltage of the 12v rail. --------------- 3.8ghz Pentium D loading at 43C? What? |
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Message edited by Chynkinese on 02-22-2008 at 08:00:48 AM |
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Check it using speedfan or any other program that can read system voltages. --------------- 3.8ghz Pentium D loading at 43C? What? |
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Well the +12V on speedfan is reading 11.49V. +3.3V reads 3.30V. +5V reads 5.03V. That +12V seems sketchy to me lol |
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Another idea also, drag that card out of your comp, go find a friend with a comp u can use, pop it in and see if your getting artifacts on your friends comp, if you are rma that biotch, if not let us know. |
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lol blacksci...that's an idea...but it's a heck of a lot of time which will be hard to come by for me Message edited by Chynkinese on 02-22-2008 at 08:17:58 AM |
