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Mar 6, 2006, 06:07 PM
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Real Disappointed in my 1800xl...
Bought it used off ebay. Doesnt OC at all without massive artifacting in ati tool. The ati tools benchmark put me 1700 below lowfats x850xt score. even at stock speeds it shows artifacts in ati tool. ran one 3dmark 03 test and I only scored 1k over my 6800gt. Ill run more benches now but it seems overclocking is out of the question...
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Mar 6, 2006, 06:10 PM
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Just an Average Joe...
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Location: On my way to live in Haiti or something
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Try removing the HS, carefully cleaning it and the core, and reassembling it using Arctic Silver. Sometimes there are major assembly screw-ups on those.
rasta
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Mar 6, 2006, 06:18 PM
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Its not new though think i should do it anyway? Right now its about 41c idle
PS LOL I hate you kick me when im down  hehe |
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Mar 6, 2006, 06:22 PM
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Can you control the fan via ATiTool? I know my X850XT overclocked like crap with the stock fan settings. Once I let ATiTool take over with higher fan speeds at certain temps, it worked much better.
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Mar 6, 2006, 06:24 PM
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Just an Average Joe...
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Originally Posted by Randomletters
Its not new though think i should do it anyway? Right now its about 41c idle
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Absolutely, there is no harm, and very well might help.
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Mar 6, 2006, 06:26 PM
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yea fan speed is at 100% im gonna throw some AS5 at it and see what happens.
Bah cant find my AS5 moved my room around and appearently lost it in the chaos.
Been reading up on it too alot of them arent stable past 1.175v and I guess i cant realy reach a decent Oc with that alone. Ill look more into it.
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Mar 6, 2006, 06:31 PM
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im getting some graphical mess ups in 2d as well some of the icons for ati tool are messed up, I probibly got a shit card from a dickhead seller eh?
Gonna try to re seat it in the slot although im sure that wont help anything.
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:03 PM
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can you RMA it at all?
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:21 PM
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doubt it i dont know where the guy bought it from its an ATi ATi x1800xl would they cover their own stuff without a reciept?
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:25 PM
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if you register it, they might. try to get a receipt from that guy or try to work out a return or something...
good luck, man
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:25 PM
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Cant even run 3dmark03 without vpu recover kicking in
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:27 PM
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Can you turn VPU recover off and see what it does?
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:32 PM
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ATi Freak!!
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That sounds like a crap card, i would send it back to him.
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:39 PM
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Well I asked about RMAing well see what they say. I'll be screwed once again if Im stuck with a faulty card.
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:47 PM
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that really suxs man i personaly would never buy computer parts from ebay just for that reason
the guy you bout it from probably oc it way too much and burned it up and it was to late for him to rma it so he goes and sells it on ebay i would demand my money back and report him as a scammer to ebay
another reason not to but comp. parts from ebay punk buster bans by hardware guids
you could be buying banned hardware
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:55 PM
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I just dont see this guy ripping me off hes bought and sold PC hardware and has 48 positive feedback. Even said it worked great in the ad. Is it possible it was shaken up and damaged in shipping? The box looked fine though.
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Mar 6, 2006, 07:56 PM
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Just an Average Joe...
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He does have good feedback. . .I would ask him to accept a return.
rasta
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Mar 6, 2006, 08:00 PM
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I don't know if he'll take it back if you mention you OC'ed it....
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Mar 6, 2006, 08:01 PM
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I don't know if he'll take it back if you mention you OC'ed it....
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Mar 6, 2006, 08:07 PM
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VPU Recover off it managed to finish with a 14435 a whopping 900 points over my 6800gt... ill try to run 05 and see if it finishes
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Mar 6, 2006, 08:19 PM
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05 finished sucessfully as well with a score of 7339 1600 more then my 6800gt
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Mar 6, 2006, 08:27 PM
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one question i do have though my 6800 gt had an adapter for the 4 pin pcie connector that split into 2 male molex connectors and both had to be plugged in. This card however came with the adapter but one plug was male and one was female, I thought the 1800 series were power hogs and if so why does this one have one less molex connector?
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Mar 6, 2006, 09:41 PM
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Just recieved an E-Mail from him. Very nice and offered to make things right for me. Turns out he just got another x1800xl from ati for a warranty replacement and is willing to either give me my money back or swap cards. Id much rather swap cards so I asked him if we could do that and im awaiting his reply.
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Mar 6, 2006, 10:55 PM
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Nice! I hope everything works out okay for you!
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Mar 7, 2006, 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Randomletters
Just recieved an E-Mail from him. Very nice and offered to make things right for me. Turns out he just got another x1800xl from ati for a warranty replacement and is willing to either give me my money back or swap cards. Id much rather swap cards so I asked him if we could do that and im awaiting his reply.
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Defently do that, and im glad hes awsome with communication. XLs oc very nice, and like i mentioned in another thread i ran 90*C for about 9 hours running the X1900 Screensaver.   Great cards, and my friend will be happy with it, as i grab a X1900XT.  |
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Mar 7, 2006, 08:02 AM
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Hes going to send me an ATi Remanufactured one soon and Im going to be sending this one back to him. Ill definately be leaving him the best possible feedback ever. Now I just hope it comes by sunday so I dont have to give up MY avi for a week  |
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Mar 7, 2006, 08:31 AM
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gotta send mine to him first, cant do that until friday
Managed to get the $ to send the card out looks like im going back to my amd k6-2...
Last edited by Randomletters; Mar 7, 2006 at 08:55 AM.
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