1800xt overclock hell

ccarroll321 · January 15th, 2007

I've been running my 1800xt at 654/846 for a few days now with no problems. Full runs with 3dmark06, games etc. Now all of a sudden (about 2 days later), artifacts pop up and it freezes. When I search for artifacts in ati tool, they pop up immediately in large quantity. Now I cannot get anywhere near the 654/846 clock (which really isn't even that high for an 1800). Any ideas what this could mean?

C

**Capper** · January 15th, 2007

You might have fried the card.
I typically advise against OCing video cards, they are screen pretty well to begin with, and to be perfectly honest the gains are not worth the risks....then these companies overclock them themselves to differentiate their products from other companies....then to top it off, many users overclock their cards on top of that.
You can try to RMA it through the company, that X1800 can't be very old, and should still be covered by warranty

Jokerswild · January 15th, 2007

^^^^ What he said. Overclocking a video card only shows results in benchmarks from my experience not in actual play. I hope you can return it for RMA.

**Hitman** · January 15th, 2007

I wouldn't say anything about OCing if you try and RMA it.

ccarroll321 · January 15th, 2007

May God have mercy on my soul for what I've done. What's the best way to RMA it without screwing myself over?

C

**Hitman** · January 15th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccarroll321

May God have mercy on my soul for what I've done. What's the best way to RMA it without screwing myself over?

C

Where did you buy it from?

ccarroll321 · January 15th, 2007

Hmm. I purchased from SC Electronics--some pricegrabber merchant.

Hopefully I can go directly through ATI. Unfortunately, there was a 50 bone rebate on the card so I removed the UPC. Fortunately, I have not yet received the rebate since ATI doesn't believe I got it online, I need to fax them the receipt. So they are in possession of the UPC. Thing's are certainly going to be real hairy now. Any suggestions besides suicide?

C

**gvblake22** · January 15th, 2007

Woah, easy there... Before you try and RMA a card that you borked, how about running it at stock speeds and see if there is even anything wrong with it?!

If it runs fine at stock speeds (625/750), then you have no right to return a product that does exactly what it is supposed to do. They don't sell overclocking guarantees with hardware

ccarroll321 · January 15th, 2007

A few days ago before thing's went to hell, the stock was at 621/747. Now, catalyst apparently does not want to set the card higher then the underclocked 693/594. I determined catalyst didn't want to because after clocking it with ATI tool, I set the values higher to 654/846. When I closed ATI tool, catalyst said my card was back to the underclocked 693/594 (with the requested speed at 621/747) which catalyst "refused" to apply. Upon reopening ATI tool, it set the values back up higher.

Ok. Catalyst overdrive reads my clocks at 594/693. Even though I requested it run at 621/747 (stock). I am now assuming it is blown and unable to reach the stock speed anymore.

(Upon testing with HL2 secret village--whatever that extra level is haha, I now score higher then I did when the card was overclocked SURPRISE SURPRISE.) 3dmark is lower however....

C

Panda Man · January 15th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccarroll321

A few days ago before thing's went to hell, the stock was at 621/747. Now, catalyst apparently does not want to set the card higher then the underclocked 693/594. I determined catalyst didn't want to because after clocking it with ATI tool, I set the values higher to 654/846. When I closed ATI tool, catalyst said my card was back to the underclocked 693/594 (with the requested speed at 621/747) which catalyst "refused" to apply. Upon reopening ATI tool, it set the values back up higher.

Ok. Catalyst overdrive reads my clocks at 594/693. Even though I requested it run at 621/747 (stock). I am now assuming it is blown and unable to reach the stock speed anymore.

hmm, I would recommend uninstalling ATi tool, the drivers, and then taking the card out, dust it, reset the CMOS pins on the card(if it has them, it should), reseat it, reinstall the drivers, and install ATi Tray tools. See if that helps.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ccarroll321

(Upon testing with HL2 secret village--whatever that extra level is haha, I now score higher then I did when the card was overclocked SURPRISE SURPRISE.) 3dmark is lower however....

What's the surprise? 3Dmark is just a synthetic benchmark, it has no impact on real-world performance, which is all that matters.

January 15th, 2007	#1
ccarroll321 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 38	1800xt overclock hell I've been running my 1800xt at 654/846 for a few days now with no problems. Full runs with 3dmark06, games etc. Now all of a sudden (about 2 days later), artifacts pop up and it freezes. When I search for artifacts in ati tool, they pop up immediately in large quantity. Now I cannot get anywhere near the 654/846 clock (which really isn't even that high for an 1800). Any ideas what this could mean? C AMD Athlon64 X2 3800 (Manchester) @ 2500 ATI A8R-MVP 2gb Mushkin extreme XP4000 DDR @ 250*2 (3-4-3-8) Geforce 8800gt 512 Coolermaster Praetorian 730/Aquagate Mini R80 When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

January 15th, 2007	#2
Capper I'm Evil Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,675 Blog Entries: 6	Re: 1800xt overclock hell You might have fried the card. I typically advise against OCing video cards, they are screen pretty well to begin with, and to be perfectly honest the gains are not worth the risks....then these companies overclock them themselves to differentiate their products from other companies....then to top it off, many users overclock their cards on top of that. You can try to RMA it through the company, that X1800 can't be very old, and should still be covered by warranty INTEL QX9650 ASUS P5E3 Premium 4GB DDR3-1600 Sapphire HD 3870X2 Danger Den Tower-26 (Custom W/C) 5 x Seagate 250GB HDD in RAID5 BFG ES 800W PSU

January 15th, 2007	#3
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,057	Re: 1800xt overclock hell ^^^^ What he said. Overclocking a video card only shows results in benchmarks from my experience not in actual play. I hope you can return it for RMA.

January 15th, 2007	#4
Hitman Functional Alcoholic Join Date: May 2006 Location: 14S E:561116 N:3830189 Posts: 4,253 Blog Entries: 2	Re: 1800xt overclock hell I wouldn't say anything about OCing if you try and RMA it.

January 15th, 2007	#5
ccarroll321 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 38	Re: 1800xt overclock hell May God have mercy on my soul for what I've done. What's the best way to RMA it without screwing myself over? C AMD Athlon64 X2 3800 (Manchester) @ 2500 ATI A8R-MVP 2gb Mushkin extreme XP4000 DDR @ 250*2 (3-4-3-8) Geforce 8800gt 512 Coolermaster Praetorian 730/Aquagate Mini R80 When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

January 15th, 2007	#7
ccarroll321 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 38	Re: 1800xt overclock hell Hmm. I purchased from SC Electronics--some pricegrabber merchant. Hopefully I can go directly through ATI. Unfortunately, there was a 50 bone rebate on the card so I removed the UPC. Fortunately, I have not yet received the rebate since ATI doesn't believe I got it online, I need to fax them the receipt. So they are in possession of the UPC. Thing's are certainly going to be real hairy now. Any suggestions besides suicide? C AMD Athlon64 X2 3800 (Manchester) @ 2500 ATI A8R-MVP 2gb Mushkin extreme XP4000 DDR @ 250*2 (3-4-3-8) Geforce 8800gt 512 Coolermaster Praetorian 730/Aquagate Mini R80 When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

January 15th, 2007	#8
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,358 Blog Entries: 1	Re: 1800xt overclock hell Woah, easy there... Before you try and RMA a card that you borked, how about running it at stock speeds and see if there is even anything wrong with it?! If it runs fine at stock speeds (625/750), then you have no right to return a product that does exactly what it is supposed to do. They don't sell overclocking guarantees with hardware Last edited by gvblake22; January 15th, 2007 at 12:36.

January 15th, 2007	#9
ccarroll321 Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 38	Re: 1800xt overclock hell A few days ago before thing's went to hell, the stock was at 621/747. Now, catalyst apparently does not want to set the card higher then the underclocked 693/594. I determined catalyst didn't want to because after clocking it with ATI tool, I set the values higher to 654/846. When I closed ATI tool, catalyst said my card was back to the underclocked 693/594 (with the requested speed at 621/747) which catalyst "refused" to apply. Upon reopening ATI tool, it set the values back up higher. Ok. Catalyst overdrive reads my clocks at 594/693. Even though I requested it run at 621/747 (stock). I am now assuming it is blown and unable to reach the stock speed anymore. (Upon testing with HL2 secret village--whatever that extra level is haha, I now score higher then I did when the card was overclocked SURPRISE SURPRISE.) 3dmark is lower however.... C AMD Athlon64 X2 3800 (Manchester) @ 2500 ATI A8R-MVP 2gb Mushkin extreme XP4000 DDR @ 250*2 (3-4-3-8) Geforce 8800gt 512 Coolermaster Praetorian 730/Aquagate Mini R80 When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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