- Joined
- Feb 25, 2004
- Location
- England
Hey everyone. I had some wierd problems with my new 9800pro recently.
When i first got it, i installed an Arctic Silencer on it (one of the new flashy ones) and started up my games... wow they look nice with AA and AF with constant FPS! I was dissapointed with the OC though; 378core to 400? The memory was good though -- 320 to 385.
I ran 3DMark 03 and got 4000 points... this is when i knew something was off. Before with my friends 9800NP i nearly scraped 7000marks! I thought, must be a virus, or because of my NVidia drivers previously on here. Over the next few days, my framerates lowered and i couldnt understand why!
A few more days later, well you can see the attached image of americas army...
After reinstalling DX and Cats i put it down to hardware. I was really pissed off that i had destroyed my new card... i couldnt afford a new one!
So i check it out... couldnt see anything wrong. In one last ditch attempt, i put the stock heatsink back on. It booted, and my games worked again! I overclocked to 405 core now! I have yet to run 03 but i got a lot better frames.
Today, i reinstalled my silencer... turns out the plastic "funnel" was resting on a component; looks as though the core wasnt in full contact. I'll get some photos on tomorrow. Core is up to 415 -- still pretty pathetic but nothing a voltmod cant heal
So yea, i put it down to thermal throttling. Im just glad it weren't destroyed. Anyone else had something similar happen? Im suprised it had thermal throttling.
~t0m
When i first got it, i installed an Arctic Silencer on it (one of the new flashy ones) and started up my games... wow they look nice with AA and AF with constant FPS! I was dissapointed with the OC though; 378core to 400? The memory was good though -- 320 to 385.
I ran 3DMark 03 and got 4000 points... this is when i knew something was off. Before with my friends 9800NP i nearly scraped 7000marks! I thought, must be a virus, or because of my NVidia drivers previously on here. Over the next few days, my framerates lowered and i couldnt understand why!
A few more days later, well you can see the attached image of americas army...
After reinstalling DX and Cats i put it down to hardware. I was really pissed off that i had destroyed my new card... i couldnt afford a new one!
So i check it out... couldnt see anything wrong. In one last ditch attempt, i put the stock heatsink back on. It booted, and my games worked again! I overclocked to 405 core now! I have yet to run 03 but i got a lot better frames.
Today, i reinstalled my silencer... turns out the plastic "funnel" was resting on a component; looks as though the core wasnt in full contact. I'll get some photos on tomorrow. Core is up to 415 -- still pretty pathetic but nothing a voltmod cant heal
So yea, i put it down to thermal throttling. Im just glad it weren't destroyed. Anyone else had something similar happen? Im suprised it had thermal throttling.
~t0m