Problems with my 4870 X2

today i bought my new card 4870 x2.
removed my old drivers, and all this stuff,
install driver 8.11 and ....

i have few problems...
1. i dont see the temp in right side of my start up menu,
on the icon of ati i dont see the temp, its show its allways in 0,
but inside the ccc its show the temp normal (44 with speed fan 40).

2. when i play games, any game, my card do strange noice, and its from
inside the card.

3. my score on 3Dmarker06 was really low for the card, and for my comp!
the score was around 10400 to 10600.
the score in SM2.0 was 4443 and my HDR/SM3.0 was 6042, and that
after i oced my core (GPU) and my memory to 700GPU and 900 Memory.

here is all my comp info:
Intell Quad Core QX6700 Extreme (2.6GHz).
EP43-DS3
4870 X2
G.SKILLS 2GB (1X2) 800MHz
OCZ 700W

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That 0 is for the orientation, 0 means it is in landscape with 0 degrees rotation.

The cards do make funny noises.

Don't worry about 3d mark, look at games compared to reviews.

Don't touch your clocks, you do not sound experienced enough for that.

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Reply to strangestranger

Yes, please try everything at stock to start with. Especially if you're having problems...

Reply to doormatderek

strangestranger wrote :

That 0 is for the orientation, 0 means it is in landscape with 0 degrees rotation.

The cards do make funny noises.

Don't worry about 3d mark, look at games compared to reviews.

Don't touch your clocks, you do not sound experienced enough for that.

the normal clocks are 500

and in 500 my fps in most of the game is 20-40, with my correct clocks
my fps jump betwen 50 to 80

Reply to waltobc6

strangestranger wrote :

That 0 is for the orientation, 0 means it is in landscape with 0 degrees rotation.

The cards do make funny noises.

Don't worry about 3d mark, look at games compared to reviews.

Don't touch your clocks, you do not sound experienced enough for that.

the normal clocks are 500

and in 500 my fps in most of the game is 20-40, with my correct clocks
my fps jump betwen 50 to 80

Reply to waltobc6

The 2-D clocks are 500 and 700 i believe, when you start a 3-d app they will increase to their proper clocks of 750 and 900.

If you run something in windowed mode, they will not change.

Seriously, do not mess about with overclocking even with the overdrive unless you know what you are doing, you clearly do not. I am telling you this for your benefit.

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strangestranger wrote :

The 2-D clocks are 500 and 700 i believe, when you start a 3-d app they will increase to their proper clocks of 750 and 900.

If you run something in windowed mode, they will not change.

Seriously, do not mess about with overclocking even with the overdrive unless you know what you are doing, you clearly do not. I am telling you this for your benefit.

what is the 2-D clocks? what is 3-d app?

what to do, if i put them to normal (500GPU, 500 Memory) my fps get suck, like 20-40

Reply to waltobc6

For power saving and heat reasons, gfx cards downclock to low clocks when in the desktop or not running something requiring gfx acceleration.

When it is detected that a program requires acceleration they bump up the clocks to give maximum speed.

3-D mark if that is what you are talking about is worthless, ignore it.

Play an actual game and make sure it is run in full screen, not windowed mode and your gfx card will run in crossfire mode at full clocks.

DO NOT MESS WITH THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT, THERE IS A REASON THE OVERDRIVE IS LOCKED TO BEGIN WITH.

p.s do not ever buy a product without adequate research.

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strangestranger wrote :

For power saving and heat reasons, gfx cards downclock to low clocks when in the desktop or not running something requiring gfx acceleration.

When it is detected that a program requires acceleration they bump up the clocks to give maximum speed.

3-D mark if that is what you are talking about is worthless, ignore it.

Play an actual game and make sure it is run in full screen, not windowed mode and your gfx card will run in crossfire mode at full clocks.

DO NOT MESS WITH THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT, THERE IS A REASON THE OVERDRIVE IS LOCKED TO BEGIN WITH.

p.s do not ever buy a product without adequate research.

i deleted my drivers, install all again, now i dont play with them...
and i got 2K more in 3Dmark06,

but i have question, what is gfx cards?,

and i want the card to be allways at best proforments...

other problem, i want to set my fan to 45% but i have to enable the driverclock to do that...
how i can set my fan to 45% work with out enabling the driverclock?

Reply to waltobc6

strangestranger wrote :

For power saving and heat reasons, gfx cards downclock to low clocks when in the desktop or not running something requiring gfx acceleration.

When it is detected that a program requires acceleration they bump up the clocks to give maximum speed.

3-D mark if that is what you are talking about is worthless, ignore it.

Play an actual game and make sure it is run in full screen, not windowed mode and your gfx card will run in crossfire mode at full clocks.

DO NOT MESS WITH THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT, THERE IS A REASON THE OVERDRIVE IS LOCKED TO BEGIN WITH.

p.s do not ever buy a product without adequate research.

i deleted my drivers, install all again, now i dont play with them...
and i got 2K more in 3Dmark06,

but i have question, what is gfx cards?,

and i want the card to be allways at best proforments...

other problem, i want to set my fan to 45% but i have to enable the driverclock to do that...
how i can set my fan to 45% work with out enabling the driverclock?

Reply to waltobc6

O.k, enable the overdrive for the manual fan control but don't touch the clocks.

Gfx cards = graphics cards, vga card.

I think you are worrying about your performance without reason, forget about 3dmark and just enjoy playing games.

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Reply to strangestranger

JESUS, dont overclock or change fan speeds, reasearch it u have no frickin experience with it!!!! That is the best gfx card in the world, and ur getting crappy frames, did u use fraps???

Reply to teamlosigp

700W? That's hardly enough for a 4870x2, I would go for a 800W - 900 to be sure. Also, why only 2gb of memory with a rig like that?

Something is definately wrong with your 3Dmark score. I'm getting 11,600 with a:
E8400 @ 3ghz
Club3D Hd4850 512MB, 4GB of memory.

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Reply to M-Ajesty

700W will be fine.

The 2GB i will admit i didn't notice but it should still be O.K.

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Reply to strangestranger

M-Ajesty wrote :

700W? That's hardly enough for a 4870x2, I would go for a 800W - 900 to be sure. Also, why only 2gb of memory with a rig like that?

Something is definately wrong with your 3Dmark score. I'm getting 11,600 with a:
E8400 @ 3ghz
Club3D Hd4850 512MB, 4GB of memory.

700w is fine

and what is "memory with a rig"

Reply to waltobc6

rig=comp.

2GB is considered "low" nowadays with 4GB being the new standard.

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Reply to strangestranger

strangestranger wrote :

rig=comp.

2GB is considered "low" nowadays with 4GB being the new standard.

but i will need windows 64 bit or vista

and i hate vista

Reply to waltobc6

Why not send the card back on warranty and receive a new one? If the problem still persists, post here again.

Reply to M-Ajesty

you do not need 64 bit os to have 4gigs installed, sure you will not be able to access all of it but you will have more than 2 thats for sure.

Also, vista 32 bit is exactly the same as xp 32 bit in regards addressing ram.

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Reply to strangestranger

strangestranger wrote :

you do not need 64 bit os to have 4gigs installed, sure you will not be able to access all of it but you will have more than 2 thats for sure.

Also, vista 32 bit is exactly the same as xp 32 bit in regards addressing ram.

with 32 bit i will have max 3gb memory....

Reply to waltobc6

Yes but only because of system components which need address space, regardless of the amount of ram those components still need that space so best ot have as much as possible especially with a gfx card that can need 1GB alone.

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Reply to strangestranger

that 3d mark score seem really really low. im getting around 16k. do you have catalyst AI on?

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orangedrink wrote :

that 3d mark score seem really really low. im getting around 16k. do you have catalyst AI on?

no i turn it off becase in WOW (World of Warcraft) when its on (standart or better)
the shadow **** up and the shadow geting crazy...

so i turn off the catalyst AI

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