4850 issue...

[Nica Guy]

hi i just finished building my gaming rig and im having a little issue with my video card...
it is a 4850 with dual slot cooling overclocked at 700/1100...

while playing hell gate london my fps stay at 60 which i think is top and come down to 45 on very intense battles... the thing is sometimes it gets
kind of stucked and makes the computer crash...
do any of you know what can that be?

 

[alvine]

lower the core to 650. your card it not stable at those clocks. if i play @ 700core my card crashes also.

 

[the last resort]

check the temps. even though the card has dual slot cooling, it does no good if the fan isnt turning fast enough.

are you OC'ing you proc? If so, increased heat/load may cause the computer to stutter. If that's fine and the video card temps are fine,

 

[Nica Guy]

my comp's highest temp is 42 celsius so i dont think heat is the problem...
ok ill take it back to 650 what abot the memory clock?

 

[-Fran-]

The question should be "how are you OCing your 4850?".

And why are you OCing it, in the first place? XD

Esop!

 

[Nica Guy]

i overclocked with ccc and rivatuner... no particular reason just felt like it ...

 

[alvine]

have it at 650/1048

understand that the higher the clocks are the more unstable the graphic card is.....unless you vmod but then you void your warranty......like overclocking your cpu and you need to increast the voltage to make it stable. same idea behind graphic card but you cant add more voltage to it

 

[alvine]

if you still see crashes lower the memory to high 900's (like 978)

 

[Nica Guy]

oh ok so ill just leave it at at stock...

 

[eklipz330]

i got mine at 675/1050 =], works fine... its the gigbyte with zalman cooler