gaming rig..please help guys

[imgame2]

He is using a HD TV (720p). The wallpaper is of Katrina Kaif I suppose.

@Plasma_Snake
Update your card drivers if you havent.

he still need to get the drivers for his display updated ....this card or all modern card supports all display modes upto 2560 x 1600 ..

and card easily gives TV out for 720p thats not a problem ..but i still that his system needs to recognize his display ..monitor or HDTV...

cos ATI CCC ..supresses all the display mode not supported by display ...

also he can try going to display options --->force TV detection ...

this should work

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Lemme make it easier for u guys. First of all, as KPower knows it, I'm using my Samsung 26" LCD TV as display so the max res. supported by it is 1360x768. It supports res. upto this only and that too with Vertical count 768, not even 1280x720 @ 60Hz using VGA cable. As a temporary workaround, I chose 1280x768 and as this res. shifts the screen to right, I manually shifted the screen to left from Catalyst Control Center, so it is working but it is not 1360x768
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As u can see from the screenshot, allowing all possible res. also doesn't lists the 1360x768 option. If its update problem then please tell me how to do so ?

Also since I've CM690 cabinet and it has a e-SATA port on it, where to connect its SATA cable, normal empty SATA port on my MoBo or the special Xpert Drive SATA slot of the MoBo. My MoBo is ASUS P5QC.

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

@Snake: Some searching led me to this hotfix for HD4850 to support your native 1360x768 resolution:
*support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&questionID=30533

It seems to be a full CCC installation.Try removing your current driver package & install this one & see how it goes.I'll also try & look up for something else in the meanwhile.

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Thank you Thank You ya all Far too kind! Will let u know when something positive or even negative happens!

 

[Ethan_Hunt]

Thank you Thank You ya all Far too kind!

Why did that line sound like something from Jay Z & Linkin Park's - Numb Encore track?

 

[comp@ddict]

mabe he waz listening to it while writing this post..it influences u noe

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Yes! U r right "In the End", that's one of my favorite band and song. AFA as that display problem is concerned, updating the drivers to 8.9 did the trick but also F'd it up. Now whenever system reboots or starts up, CCC shuts down saying it has encountered some error and something something. Will try to re-install it and see if that does the trick

Well guys the resolution problem has been fixed but this CCC keeps on shutting down after just 2-3 mins of Windows boot up. here is the error signature:

EventType : clr20r3     P1 : ccc.exe     P2 : 2.0.0.0     P3 : 469cdc9c     
P4 : mscorlib     P5 : 2.0.0.0     P6 : 4333ab80     P7 : 10ed     P8 : 0     
P9 : system.objectdisposedexception

WTH does this means? Guys please also do tell me a good Pure Sine Wave UPS from APC before Wednesday, as my current one just shuts down squealing like a pig as soon as the power goes off cracking under the load of TX750W. Current one is a Microtek 1KVA one. My budget for the UPS is 5-7K strictly.

 

[jetboy]

Hello Guys,

I have finally bought my new machine and am happy with it..Had quite a few jerks with it like I was getting the blue screen of death when trying to installing winxp sp1 on the new machine..it was resolved after getting winxp sp2 installed..

I have couple of problems tho, can please someone help..maybe someone might have faced the same problem with there ati 4870 card

1) When I powerup my system, I see that the fan on the graphics card spins very fast, but thats all after that even if I play games for more than 4-5 hours..the speed is still very slow..i cant even head the fan noise...this was something wierd..tho the gpu temp is always at 67-69. Is there a way to increase that speed..or is it meant to be like that?


2) Since I have this new system, I dont know why but the ingame videos doesnt play fine, they play as if I am paying a crysis on a very low end mahine...i hope you are getting me..it runs like a screensaver with and with a stuck up noise..I literally need to skip those videos...the game runs fine thos after that...Can you please help me with that...cause I really like the ingame videos..I have never come across this problem with my previous video cards....I even have klm codecs installed...

3) I am a great fan of gears of war since i have read the review of the game...but I was shocked to see it doesnt work fine on my 4870 card..((((((......Here what happens...it loads up fine with the start screen...and I am able to start playing it but after a short period the screen with hang up with the screen split up in boxes(something like what happens with now-a-days digital signal cable)..i hope you are getting me...the stuck up screen will show up for some 10-15 secs and then the monitor will start blinking...I have to restart the system...

Please help me guys with my queries...Thanks in advance...

Btw the system configuration is as below

Intel 8200
Intel G45ID motherboard (was not able to get the msi board )
Zion 2 gb ram
seagate Barracuda 500 gb HDD
Sapphire 4870 512mb
LG Studioworks 17" monitor

 

[desiibond]

^^ That's a bullshit mobo and RAM that you have. You could have ordered for better products online at itwares or lynx.

Anyways, the problem looks to be with drivers. Install the latest catalyst drivers and check.

 

[acewin]

jetboy, bro you could have bought atleast transcend or Kingston. You said your friend will get you any mobo , I say that because intel mobos cost more for nothing, how much this costed you, its good mobo. But frankly when you are buying a separate GPU you should consider mobos without Onboard gfx. anyways the X4500 is good enough, so if not playing keep your HD4850 shut. But then again, I do not think something like that can be done GPUs are not like plug and play, or if there is any option to switch gfx cards. Doing this will help you alot.

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Well my MSI R4850's avg. temperature is 81degree Celsius, as shown in CCC. Is it normal or too high? If it is high then should I get the card RMAd? Also please see to my earlier problem of CCC crashing...

 

[jetboy]

Was just browsing the amd forum and found a fix for that...it seems this was a common problem faced by pplwho bought 4870 from asus, sapphire and diamond..I am at work right now ..so will surely try it when I am at home.....

Its a bios update which solves the video as well as the gpu fan problem..

@Plasma_Snake: my idle gpu temp is 62-65degree celcius. so 80 really seems too much. but as you have mentioned its a 4850, I have read 4850 work at high temp...

@desiibond: dude I live in nashik so getting something different is a bit hard here...at this time i could see only G45 board...main reason was pci 2.0...also whats wrong with an original zion ram..... I have read in a techo mag...that transcend is a very cheap brand in U.S..people dont prefer it there...they either go for kingston or OCZ...correct me if I am wrong

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Also since I've CM690 cabinet and it has a e-SATA port on it, where to connect its SATA cable, normal empty SATA port on my MoBo or the special Xpert Drive SATA slot of the MoBo. My MoBo is ASUS P5QC.

OK, any thoughts about this ???

Bhai log, jawaab do aur yeh batayo ki tomorrow me going to Nehru Place again for UPS. If able to save some dough then should I get more RAM? I currently have 4GB 800MHz DDR2 Patriot RAM in 2x2 config. As will be shifting to 64-bit OSes, please do note that "Code Expansion" will come into effect in case of programming apps like Visual Studio and SQL Server etc upon installing their 64-bit versions and some say it slows the system down. If this is the case then should I go for 2-4 GB more of RAM totaling upto 6-8GB RAM!

 

[comp@ddict]

Well my MSI R4850's avg. temperature is 81degree Celsius, as shown in CCC. Is it normal or too high? If it is high then should I get the card RMAd? Also please see to my earlier problem of CCC crashing...

This is wid the fan speed set to 31%...Change this to 80% and temp crashes more than 24C

 

[Plasma_Snake]

From where can i set Fan Speeds? Would I have to use Riva Tuner?

 

[Psychosocial]

Yup

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Now quickly just tell me ur views on the RAM issue.. Paranj I've already got yours so others please come forward.

 

[imgame2]

Well my MSI R4850's avg. temperature is 81degree Celsius, as shown in CCC. Is it normal or too high? If it is high then should I get the card RMAd? Also please see to my earlier problem of CCC crashing...

thats too high a temp for idle 4850 ..i get 49 deg with palit HD4850 and when i overclock it to 665 MHz core and 1038Mhz memory then i get temp of 67 deg ....try the fan tweak it should help u ....

 

[Plasma_Snake]

Tuned the fan using Riva Tuner. At 80% duty cycle, temperatures went down to 60 degree C but Noise levels increased subsequently proportionally. Will put 2 more fans in the case itself and see if the overall temperature goes down. Currently 3 120mm fans in my case, Rear, Front and Side. Can't invest in a 3rd party GPU cooler right now, maybe later.

 

[comp@ddict]

From where can i set Fan Speeds? Would I have to use Riva Tuner?

Riva tuner allows to set fan speed permanent...

increase fan speed to 90%...sound will be same as 80% almost but temp will fall another 5C minimum...tht will leave a hell lota room for OC...