Whirlwind
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Well, I was starting to get artifacts on my ATI X1900XTX 512MB video card.
I have played most of the new games with out any trouble with this card until yesterday....I started to get some bad artifacting in FEAR Extraction Point....I thought, oh well....it has been a solid performer, I have played about all the new games,with the exception of Crysis, on pretty high settings and at a resolution from 1280 X 1024 even sometimes 1600 X 1200 with great graphics and frame rate. I thought it was on its last leg, as it has MANY hours of HARD gaming sessions on it.
I took it out of my case and gave it a good cleaning.....been 5 months since I last cleaned case out.....The copper fins on the heatsink were plugged pretty good where the heat escapes this card. Cleaned it real good.
I put the card back in and got back to gaming, and this thing is right back at it again...ARTIFACTS GONE!!
I bought this off newegg on a great open box deal, and I have to say this thing has been rock solid for me, no problems at all in any game...drivers are good and card is good....the only overclocking it has ever seen is thru Catalyst Control Center Overdrive option.
I bought my son the Asus X1900XT 512MB crossfire edition card about the same time I got mine.....I was going to sell mine and grab an 8800GT, but the more I think about it, I think I am just going to keep it until it wont run a game like i would like. Then, give it to my son and he can crossfire them.....then I will get a new card.
Does anybody have any experience, hands on, in crossfire with these cards?
Enuff rambling about my card....I just wanted to give it alittle pat on the back....it has been one great video card for me, and is still performing very well with all the new games....I hope my next card is this good.
Let me know if you have ever used crossfire with these cards.....Thanks.
I have played most of the new games with out any trouble with this card until yesterday....I started to get some bad artifacting in FEAR Extraction Point....I thought, oh well....it has been a solid performer, I have played about all the new games,with the exception of Crysis, on pretty high settings and at a resolution from 1280 X 1024 even sometimes 1600 X 1200 with great graphics and frame rate. I thought it was on its last leg, as it has MANY hours of HARD gaming sessions on it.
I took it out of my case and gave it a good cleaning.....been 5 months since I last cleaned case out.....The copper fins on the heatsink were plugged pretty good where the heat escapes this card. Cleaned it real good.
I put the card back in and got back to gaming, and this thing is right back at it again...ARTIFACTS GONE!!
I bought this off newegg on a great open box deal, and I have to say this thing has been rock solid for me, no problems at all in any game...drivers are good and card is good....the only overclocking it has ever seen is thru Catalyst Control Center Overdrive option.
I bought my son the Asus X1900XT 512MB crossfire edition card about the same time I got mine.....I was going to sell mine and grab an 8800GT, but the more I think about it, I think I am just going to keep it until it wont run a game like i would like. Then, give it to my son and he can crossfire them.....then I will get a new card.
Does anybody have any experience, hands on, in crossfire with these cards?
Enuff rambling about my card....I just wanted to give it alittle pat on the back....it has been one great video card for me, and is still performing very well with all the new games....I hope my next card is this good.
Let me know if you have ever used crossfire with these cards.....Thanks.