Curse

dmndidjit · Apr 10, 2007, 02:39 PM // 14:39

I'm getting small block artifacts on a Radeon X1650 Pro (usually only on light colored backgrounds--see pic.)

System Specs
P4 2.9G
Biostar P4M80-M4 Motherboard
1G Ram
Latest ATI drivers
Temp on Catalyst Control Center is 49 degrees.

OrangeHunter · Apr 10, 2007, 02:56 PM // 14:56

I had the same problem, my GFX card was broken. I bought a new one.

Might be expensive to replace that card D:

dmndidjit · Apr 10, 2007, 02:58 PM // 14:58

Brand new card, 1 day old. There were no artifacts last night, then some this morning.

Yanman.be · Apr 10, 2007, 03:21 PM // 15:21

Other games?

Jimmy Evol · Apr 10, 2007, 03:37 PM // 15:37

Contact ATI, or whatever company you purchased it from and see what they have to say. If its a bad card, you should still have a warranty and have no problems replacing it.

dmndidjit · Apr 10, 2007, 05:51 PM // 17:51

Same problems in Command And Conquer 3

ATI is their usual helpful selves telling me to make sure my system supports the game(s).

Jimmy Evol · Apr 10, 2007, 06:09 PM // 18:09

You got a warranty right? Its a bad card, replace it.

NekoZ · Apr 10, 2007, 06:52 PM // 18:52

I have an ATi Radeon X1600 Pro and found that after awhile I started to get many artifacts and such while doing nothing at all at times. I bought a new fan for it and POOF, worked like a charm. ATi's seem to have crappy fans and overheat many times, may, or maynot be the same in your case.

tijo · Apr 10, 2007, 07:11 PM // 19:11

Sounds like you stumbled on a crappy card unfortunately, your best bet is work with the customer service and get a new one since it's probably under warranty. This might be hard depending on ATI's customer service, never had to use ATI's customr service so i don't know if it's good or bad. I'd rule out overheating since you temp is withing acceptable rates.

Jimmy Evol · Apr 10, 2007, 07:37 PM // 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by NekoZ

I have an ATi Radeon X1600 Pro and found that after awhile I started to get many artifacts and such while doing nothing at all at times. I bought a new fan for it and POOF, worked like a charm. ATi's seem to have crappy fans and overheat many times, may, or maynot be the same in your case.

Many of ATI's older cards fans were set to very low fan speeds by default. Friend of mine had the problem and just downloaded a program to up his fan speeds and it fixed it.

NekoZ · Apr 12, 2007, 07:03 PM // 19:03

I tried that as well, ATi has an Overclock Program you can set fan speed also, but buying the new fan/sink was the best choice.

FallenXIII · Apr 13, 2007, 02:51 AM // 02:51

he says the temps were acceptable ^^

try to get them to exchange your card for a new one.