ATI x700 Pro Black Triangles???

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  • Kooldino
    Super MURCer
    • Nov 2002
    • 3026

    #1

    ATI x700 Pro Black Triangles???

    So I built a new PC (specs here ), and I tried running some graphics stuff.

    So far, I ran

    DxDiag (i'm running dx 9.0c)
    Quake 4
    MadOnion's 3DMark 2000
    MadOnion's 3DMark 2001

    All of the above (except for dxdiag) would output jittery, glitchy textures and would flash black triangles constantly during rendering. The card is not overclocked, nor is the PCI-E bus, and I was running with the Cat 6.2 drivers from ATi.

    So far, here's what I've tried doing to fix it:

    -Clocked down my CPU and RAM - no help
    -Turned my HT multiplier to x3, which put my bus down to ~875Mhz - no dice
    -Forced Vsynch - Helped a LOT, probably cut out 90% of the problems
    -Disabled "write combining - no help
    -Tried Omega drivers that are a few versions old - no help
    -Disabled VPU recover - May have helped, but I honestly don't remember for sure at this point.
    -Changed my refresh rate - nada
    -Took the card off of Full Hardware acceleration - nothing

    I googled, and saw many others with this problem around the net.

    Edit: I dug up this thread on the [H]ardforums...I might have better luck with 5.6 drivers...but they won't be easy to find.

    Up untill two days ago I had a 9800SE and Flatout had to be run on some pretty basic settings to play smoothly, but it worked. However, once I put in my new X800XTPE I jacked all the settings way up in all my games. When I play flatout now, there is a rather distracting "blurb" of artifacting...


    Any ideas?
    Last edited by Kooldino; 14 March 2006, 09:24.
  • Gurm
    MS Fanboy
    • Aug 1999
    • 11460

    #2
    You know my solution already...
    The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

    I'm the least you could do
    If only life were as easy as you
    I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
    If only life were as easy as you
    I would still get screwed

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    • agallag
      Super MURCer
      • Aug 1999
      • 3201

      #3
      I have a Sapphire x700 Pro, and I've never had any black triangles. Send it back (or to Gurm ).
      Lady, people aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive, bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine. -- Dr. Perry Cox

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      • Gurm
        MS Fanboy
        • Aug 1999
        • 11460

        #4
        Originally posted by agallag
        I have a Sapphire x700 Pro, and I've never had any black triangles. Send it back (or to Gurm ).
        I vote for the latter, but I'm biased!
        The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

        I'm the least you could do
        If only life were as easy as you
        I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
        If only life were as easy as you
        I would still get screwed

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        • Nowhere
          Super MURCer
          • Jun 2002
          • 4830

          #5
          It's government conspiracy. Better keep it under the radar for now.

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          • Kooldino
            Super MURCer
            • Nov 2002
            • 3026

            #6
            Originally posted by Gurm
            You know my solution already...
            LMAO. You don't have a PCI-E board anyway. :P

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            • lowlifecat
              Super MURCer
              • Feb 2004
              • 1226

              #7
              he might the next time i upgrade my MB.

              he's gotta clean all the catnip off of it though, mmmmm catnip.
              /meow
              Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
              Asus Striker ][
              8GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (4x2GB)
              Asus EN8800GT 512MB x2(SLI)

              I am C4tX0r, hear me mew!

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              • Marshmallowman
                Super MURCer
                • Sep 1999
                • 3416

                #8
                It kind of sounds like a hardware fault, but you could try using ati's driver cleaner and then using an older driver or perhaps the driver off windows update.

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                • Kooldino
                  Super MURCer
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 3026

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Marshmallowman
                  It kind of sounds like a hardware fault, but you could try using ati's driver cleaner and then using an older driver or perhaps the driver off windows update.
                  Tried. No dice.

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                  • Mehen
                    Super Hamburglar
                    • May 2002
                    • 3395

                    #10
                    what temp is it running at?
                    Q9450 + TRUE, G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2, GTX 560, ASUS X48, 1TB WD Black, Windows 7 64-bit, LG M2762D-PM 27" + 17" LG 1752TX, Corsair HX620, Antec P182, Logitech G5 (Blue)
                    Laptop: MSI Wind - Black

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                    • Marshmallowman
                      Super MURCer
                      • Sep 1999
                      • 3416

                      #11
                      I would contact the manufacturer and ask them what they think, it seems like its RMA time.

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                      • Kooldino
                        Super MURCer
                        • Nov 2002
                        • 3026

                        #12
                        Originally posted by |Mehen|
                        what temp is it running at?
                        Short of installing my own probe, how could I know? Is there an on die thermal diode on the chip or something?

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                        • ZokesPro
                          Serial Murcerer
                          • Sep 2000
                          • 8325

                          #13
                          Some cards come with utilities that let you monitor the temp, maybe yours doesn't come with it, or maybe the card doesn't have a thermal diode.
                          Titanium is the new bling!
                          (you heard from me first!)

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                          • Kooldino
                            Super MURCer
                            • Nov 2002
                            • 3026

                            #14
                            I just replaced it with the exact same card, and everything works fine. Guess I just got a bad card.

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