This is mentally insane, if someone solves this theyre a genius.

Kk cut a long story short,

750w psu, 4gb ram, dcore processor, 4gb ram, ati 2900xt

My card is idleing at 60c, when i play a game in windows mode it goes up to 63c which is also amazing, but to be honest with you i don't really want to keep playing in windows mode.

When i play in full screen whatever the resolution this card goes completley insane and hits a temp of 105c, i do not play it at this temp as that is just insane, if anyone could help me out with this i will bow down to they're feet.

P.s - i have an amazing cooling system, iv'e tryed turning the gpu fs up, im applied new thermal paste, the card is not overclocked and this also happens with VERY low demanding games aswell as high as i have tryed.

i will be greatful for everyones help thankyou tony.

Ahh, i was thinking of it but i have not had this card for a long time i would say a good few weeks to be honest haha, is there no way i can make it take more power from the power supply?

No, you can't make it take more power from your power supply, even if you could, that wouldn't solve anything, it might make your card run hotter, and fry it eventually. I suggest taking it back to wherever you bought it from, demanding a refund. Take the money and buy a 9600GSO, 9800GT or a 4850.

Ohh . ok i will do that thanks for everything , for future references; i heard the 2900xt get very hot but no where near 105c hha i heard round the 60 70 mark, and what temp should i be looking out for if i was to get a 8800 ultra?

2900xt is about as powerful as a 3870. A little less in most benchmarks.

If you're gonna keep that athlon then the max graphics card you would make use of would be something around the 9800gt/ HD 4830 mark I think. Your current system looks pretty decently balanced tbh.

I dunno what is going on with the temps on the 2900xt though.

If you choose to upgrade the cpu and gpu then maybe go for a Phenom II X3 720 assuming your motherboard is an AM2+ socket. It should be. With that chip you can safely buy anything up to about a HD4870 or 260gtx and it shouldn't bottleneck either.

105 degrees? and the card doesnt crash the game?

my money is on a faulty sensor.

Have you tried downloading a program like rivatuner and forcing the clockspeeds to stay low (or at least at a reasonable average, and have you tried forcing the fan to 100% (only as a test, those things are INSANELY loud (has 2900 pro))

Trade it in for a 9800GTX+/GTS 250

Call up ATI or where you bought it.

First of all, the 2900XT was a counter strictly to the 8800GTX and the 8800 Ultra, which it failed admirably to beat. Secondly I don't believe you give the 9600GSO enough credit. If you want to see what I meant compare these scores: http://www.tomshardware.com/charts [...] 2129%5D=on From good old Tom's vga benchmarks, now Toms did not test the GSO, but it did test the 9600GT which is about 15% faster than the GSO, therefore the 9600GSO would only be a 'drop' of roughly 5-10% from the 2900XT, because the 9600GT bests the 2900XT by about 5%.

Of course it is also a cooler, less energy dependent, single slot, physix enabled card, therefore IMO it is an upgrade. When I built my brothers gaming rig I purchased the GSO, and it can handle anything out there right now, @ less than 1920 res.

LOL wouldn't it be great if that was the real problem here.

How much does Nvidia pay you per month?

wow lots of posts, haha about the dust, yeah ive checked for clogs haha, and i applied some new thermal paste not to long ago, i really am not sure, im not sure which g card to purchase either to be honest with you.. any ideas?

I Tryed turning down the clock speed n memory it made the temp go up to 100 wtf lol, is it possible i have the clock speed to low :S?

Another idea, though I say this a lot it seems, but maybe get a pci slot cooler fan for a few bucks and put that under the card to pull some of the hot air out the case. Maybe that will pull enough heat off the card to stabalize it....

You don't need a PCI slot cooler, try this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835200018 Its just $7

??? I own and currently use 3 ATI GPU's atm.... ???

No it WAS NOT to counter the GTX or Ultra, it was aimed for a $400 launch price, which at the time was STRICTLY GTS 640mb territory. Get your facts straight.

I wouldn't recommend a GSO anymore than I would a 3870 - in short, neither of them would get my vote. Wait for the 4770 series to arrive (out this month/next month), and buy one of those. About $100 it should cost.

Let me be more specific, the 2900XT was a PLANNED counter to the GTX, when they realized that it could not compete, they dropped the launch price to combat the 640.


You people who say " Oh, you should wait for 'X' card to come out, it's gonna be X dollars for X performance!" don't you realize that there will always be another X card coming out that is cooler, faster, and cheaper than all the previous ones. It is not good practice to insist people wait for cards to come out, look at what cards there are now that can fill a need, and go buy it. The waiting game for vid cards is retarded logic.

By the way spoonboy, if you don't beleive me take a look at techspot's review of the 2900XT, up until the actual launch of the card it was beleived that the 2900XT was to counter the 8800GTX, which caused Nvidia to launch the 8800Ultra to make sure that it still held the crown when the XT launched. When it launched, it was widely speculated that ATI failed to achieve the highend performance that it was meant to compete with, dropping it's prices accordingly.

"Historically, GPU makers have always (or at least most of the time) launched their high-end parts first, selling for top dollar and aiming at big margins, apparently ATI/AMD have planned otherwise this time, or could it be the case that the R600 was uncapable of outperforming the GeForce 8800 GTX "on time"? "

The entire fist page of this article makes constant references to the 2900XT being launched to combat the GTX.


http://www.techspot.com/review/52- [...] hd-2900xt/


I wish I didn't have to argue such petty things.

good day

Annisman is getting pretty defensive........

What are your other temps like, are they high or normal?
Try other programs like speedfan or motherboard monitor

To the OP. Any progress?

LOL rags. I read what you said quite well. When you said he didn't need a PCI slot cooler, then linked a slot cooler, I couldn't help but wonder just what kind of slot you thought such a device would use up. Maybe ISA? I just kinda shrugged at that and thought I should point out the fact that it still would use up a PCI slot. Take it as you will, but it wasn't intended as an insult at all. Maybe you classify the ones that don't actually have plastic tabs that need to go into a PCI slot to support themselves differently than ones that do?

Forgotten, and no ill-will, as I usually agree with most of your posts on these forums.

Currently and atm is one and the same.

I don't pay too much heed to who is faster, better or more ethical or the reasons for one cards' existence vs another. If it performs for MY desires at a price point I like (which will never be ok seeing that anything sold outside of the US of A's shores is 150-200% of its original price) then I don't care if Voodoo makes it.

And I don't read all the posts. I've been doing that for 10 years and it's the same old same old.

This is also not in reference to you by the way. I was just yanking your chain.