HD4870X2 woes

Hello,

recently I have been getting lots of BSOD in Vista 64. When I reboot, I have
graphic corruption on the BIOS boot screen, and two thick vertical bands
running down the monitor. The last occurred when I tried to run World In
Conflict. Other times the PC runs fine. I suspect overheating, but I also
wonder if the card may be damaged in some way? Windows error reports blame
the ATi driver (Cat 9.3 on a clean install). My system: Q9650@ 3.6, 8GB DDR2
800, Asus Maximus Formula, Asus Xonar D2X, all most recent drivers and bios.
Any suggestions welcomed.

My system: Q9650@ 3.6, 8GB DDR2 800, Asus Maximus Formula, Asus Xonar D2X,
all most recent drivers and bios. Any suggestions welcomed.

Do you have a quality powersupply.

rms

Yep, 1200w Toughpower.

Carl wrote:
Hello,

recently I have been getting lots of BSOD in Vista 64. When I reboot, I
have graphic corruption on the BIOS boot screen, and two thick vertical
bands running down the monitor. The last occurred when I tried to run
World In Conflict. Other times the PC runs fine. I suspect overheating,
but I also wonder if the card may be damaged in some way? Windows error
reports blame the ATi driver (Cat 9.3 on a clean install). My system:
Q9650@ 3.6, 8GB DDR2 800, Asus Maximus Formula, Asus Xonar D2X, all most
recent drivers and bios. Any suggestions welcomed.

It could be a failing card. When I got my 3870 it worked fine for
awhile until after a long session of Assassin's Creed. From then on I
had magenta worms all over the screen even at idle. I think in that
case the card overheated because of the default fan settings. A
replacement card with changed settings fixed the problems.

It could be a failing card. When I got my 3870 it worked fine for
awhile until after a long session of Assassin's Creed. From then on I
had magenta worms all over the screen even at idle. I think in that
case the card overheated because of the default fan settings. A
replacement card with changed settings fixed the problems.

I was thinking along those lines, when I first got the card, it ran far
cooler than it does now. DoW2 on full settings is my number one culprit at
the moment.

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It could be a failing card. When I got my 3870 it worked fine for
awhile until after a long session of Assassin's Creed. From then on I
had magenta worms all over the screen even at idle. I think in that
case the card overheated because of the default fan settings. A
replacement card with changed settings fixed the problems.

I was thinking along those lines, when I first got the card, it ran far
cooler than it does now. DoW2 on full settings is my number one culprit at
the moment.

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I have an VisionTek 3870 in my system with a passive cooling system that has
worked very well at keeping the card cool. I removed the fan because I felt
that it had a slight ticking sound. The card is slightly overclocked and
idles at 33c. It never seems to go over 40c. I may not play the latest
games, but Oblivion and FarCry play without any problems. Its worked well
since I bought it and I update the drivers every month. Just my experience
for you to consider.

quad 6600 cpu (slightly overclocked)
680 watt psu
Antec 1200 case (all fans on low)
4 gigs mem
300 and 320 Gb SATA drives
IP35 Pro MB



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