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ASUS A8N-SLI and newer ATI card compatability
I have a 3 yr old Asus board(939) running with an AMD 64 X2 4800. The
video card is an X1900XT. Starting to see failures due to heat or just plain old can't keep up graphically. I'm sure this is a silly question to some but can I replace my card with any of the newer ATI cards(ie; 4xxxx)? I know I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the card fully due to the age of my other system components. TIA. _Fred |
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ASUS A8N-SLI and newer ATI card compatability
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:44:43 -0400, "FredP"
wrote: I have a 3 yr old Asus board(939) running with an AMD 64 X2 4800. The video card is an X1900XT. Starting to see failures due to heat or just plain old can't keep up graphically. I'm sure this is a silly question to some but can I replace my card with any of the newer ATI cards(ie; 4xxxx)? I know I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the card fully due to the age of my other system components. TIA. _Fred Yes you can as long as it's compatible....You say your old card is failing...Have you taken it out and got rid of all the dust?...Maybe it's just clogged up. If you do change cards make sure you uninstall your old drivers before you install your new ones. -- The Zero ST |
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"FredP" wrote in message
... I have a 3 yr old Asus board(939) running with an AMD 64 X2 4800. The video card is an X1900XT. Starting to see failures due to heat or just plain old can't keep up graphically. There's a distinct and visible difference between hardware failure and slow speed. :-) What are the symptoms? Frequent crashes? Or are you seeing artifacts like popping pixels, random polygon flashing, strange patterns on textures, etc.? The default fan speed schedule on the X1900XT runs the fan too slowly. I remember my X1900XT hitting 110 deg C after a few hours of Doom 3, causing flashing polygons and things. Manually forcing the fan to a higher speed dropped the temps to about 90 C, and the artifacts didn't appear again. If you haven't done so already, run the fan at a higher speed with Rivatuner or some other utility. It will sound like a leafblower (fan probably works on the same principle...) but it will give proper cooling. I'm sure this is a silly question to some but can I replace my card with any of the newer ATI cards(ie; 4xxxx)? I know I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the card fully due to the age of my other system components. I have a X2 4400+ running with a nVidia GTX 285. Mass Effect can still cause slowdowns in certain areas if I crank up the AA setting too high. You can almost always push a fast card to its limit if you raise the resolution or AA setting (and get a tangible visual quality increase at the same time). -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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"Craig Coope" wrote in message ... On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:44:43 -0400, "FredP" wrote: I have a 3 yr old Asus board(939) running with an AMD 64 X2 4800. The video card is an X1900XT. Starting to see failures due to heat or just plain old can't keep up graphically. I'm sure this is a silly question to some but can I replace my card with any of the newer ATI cards(ie; 4xxxx)? I know I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the card fully due to the age of my other system components. TIA. _Fred Yes you can as long as it's compatible....You say your old card is failing...Have you taken it out and got rid of all the dust?...Maybe it's just clogged up. If you do change cards make sure you uninstall your old drivers before you install your new ones. -- The Zero ST First thing I did when the card started to have problems was to get rid of the dust. It did lower the temp(card) some but the failures(artifacts, sparkling but no BSOD). Also lowered graphic setting. BTW, replaying a relatively old game of Bioshock. Thanks for the advice. _Fred |
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ASUS A8N-SLI and newer ATI card compatability
"First of One" wrote in message ... "FredP" wrote in message ... I have a 3 yr old Asus board(939) running with an AMD 64 X2 4800. The video card is an X1900XT. Starting to see failures due to heat or just plain old can't keep up graphically. There's a distinct and visible difference between hardware failure and slow speed. :-) What are the symptoms? Frequent crashes? Or are you seeing artifacts like popping pixels, random polygon flashing, strange patterns on textures, etc.? Yes... screen becomes unusable. Sound is good. No hard crashes. I did clean the PC and it lowered the temp, but just a few degrees. Replaying a fav, Bioshock. Settings 1024/768. Medium graphics.. I remember the first time I played it some glitches with graphics but not this severe. The default fan speed schedule on the X1900XT runs the fan too slowly. I remember my X1900XT hitting 110 deg C after a few hours of Doom 3, causing flashing polygons and things. Manually forcing the fan to a higher speed dropped the temps to about 90 C, and the artifacts didn't appear again. If you haven't done so already, run the fan at a higher speed with Rivatuner or some other utility. It will sound like a leafblower (fan probably works on the same principle...) but it will give proper cooling. Doesn't take long before the fan kicks in. When I save a game(going out of 3D) it shuts down. As a result I do a lot of saves!. Thats OK... I'm a tad bit ancient these days. 8-)) I'm going to play the game to its conclusion(almost at end anyway) and then just decide my options.. Thanks for your input. I'm sure this is a silly question to some but can I replace my card with any of the newer ATI cards(ie; 4xxxx)? I know I wouldn't be able to take advantage of the card fully due to the age of my other system components. I have a X2 4400+ running with a nVidia GTX 285. Mass Effect can still cause slowdowns in certain areas if I crank up the AA setting too high. You can almost always push a fast card to its limit if you raise the resolution or AA setting (and get a tangible visual quality increase at the same time). -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." |
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ASUS A8N-SLI and newer ATI card compatability
I have a 3 yr old Asus board(939) running with an AMD 64 X2 4800. The
video card is an X1900XT. ...can I replace my card with any of the newer ATI cards(ie; 4xxxx)? I'm running the K8N-SLI with a 4870 1gb, and a oc'd dualcore 939 opteron, and am very happy. When doing this a concern is the power supply, a good one of at least 430w or so is needed. If you have booting issues of any sort after the upgrade consider psu replacement also, preferably a '80 plus certified' model. rms |
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ASUS A8N-SLI and newer ATI card compatability
"rms" wrote in message ... I have a 3 yr old Asus board(939) running with an AMD 64 X2 4800. The video card is an X1900XT. ...can I replace my card with any of the newer ATI cards(ie; 4xxxx)? I'm running the K8N-SLI with a 4870 1gb, and a oc'd dualcore 939 opteron, and am very happy. When doing this a concern is the power supply, a good one of at least 430w or so is needed. If you have booting issues of any sort after the upgrade consider psu replacement also, preferably a '80 plus certified' model. rms Been using an Antec Sonata II with 450PS. Rock solid. Thanks for your input. _Fred |
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