- Joined
- Jul 22, 2003
- Location
- NJ
Okay, I was OCing my Radeon 9700, and up to last night, it was at 317/295 perfectly stable, no artifacts. So I start off this morning bumping it up to 322/299, and it's fine, no artifacts, nothing. So next, I decide to see how high my crappy Infineon memory can go. I tried 304 (608 DDR) and that seemed fine. So next, I try 309 (618), and still no artifacts. So now I'm feeling pretty good, since most people with the Infineon 3.3 say they can't go past 300. Next, I try 314 (628), and it's still fine. So now I'm confused, and I'm thinking maybe I'm missing the artifacts. I downloaded some Artifact test that someone at Rage3D suggested, tested DirectX on Hardcore, no artifacts, did the Software test, no artifacts. So, now I go to test in 3DMark. Run 2003, still no artifacts. Run 2001 still no artifacts, but my score has gone down (I've been plagued by this, read my other thread). So, I decide to run 2001 again, to see if my score goes up, since I've had up to 2,000 point swings in 2001 with all settings the same. So, I go through the first three games, no problems, my FPS are pretty high. Nature starts, I'm getting good FPS, and then all of a sudden, I get massive checkerboarding and color distortion across my monitor. I immediately exit 3DMark, go right into RadClocker, and set all clocks back to default. Wait a little, but the checkerboarding is still there. Restart the computer, but I've still got the problems. At this point I shut down, turn everything off, wait a few minutes, and turn the computer back on. Get into windows, and it's back to normal. Then I notice my icons still show traces of the checkerboarding. The actual icons are all okay, except for the one for 3DMark01, which has short vertical lines running through it, but the little shortcut arrows are all messed up, they've got vertical lines too. So, I open up the start menu, and Nero's icon also has vertical lines. I go into windows explorer, and several of the icons for my programs also have vertical lines. So, is there anyway to fix this? And was this problem caused by my Radeon overheating? It seemed fine, and it had been running at 322/314 for a couple hours. Should I leave the mem at under 300 from now on?
