Need help.

[Fish]

Since yesterday I get vertical colorod stripen om my screen, its not the monitor, cheked that.
When I mutter a litle with my vidcard the stripes are gone, but come back a litle later.
I am afraid my vid card is dying, what do you guys think?

[Raptor1]

Is it one of them 3dfx Voodoos?

[PeriscopeDepth]

Since yesterday I get vertical colorod stripen om my screen, its not the monitor, cheked that.
When I mutter a litle with my vidcard the stripes are gone, but come back a litle later.
I am afraid my vid card is dying, what do you guys think?
Rogue pixels forming a line (a bunch of dots in a line), or full on lines? I had this recently, and ended up with a new video card and problem fixed.

PD

[Fish]

Since yesterday I get vertical colorod stripen om my screen, its not the monitor, cheked that.
When I mutter a litle with my vidcard the stripes are gone, but come back a litle later.
I am afraid my vid card is dying, what do you guys think?
Rogue pixels forming a line (a bunch of dots in a line), or full on lines? I had this recently, and ended up with a new video card and problem fixed.

PD

Four bands with lines, but now the are with changing colors. Switching from lines to dots. :hmm:
Cartd is radeon 9800 pro.

[HunterICX]

seems like the ATI 9800 pro is going to bite the dust, what happens if you run games?
do you get weird graphics (weird colors, and other graphic glitches)

HunterICX

[Fish]

seems like the ATI 9800 pro is going to bite the dust, what happens if you run games?
do you get weird graphics (weird colors, and other graphic glitches)

HunterICX


Moved the card carefully a litle to the left and the right, mes about with the the plug at the right and now its gone, don't know for how long.
Perhaps the contacts are filthy?

[HunterICX]

seems like the ATI 9800 pro is going to bite the dust, what happens if you run games?
do you get weird graphics (weird colors, and other graphic glitches)

HunterICX


Moved the card carefully a litle to the left and the right, mes about with the the plug at the right and now its gone, don't know for how long.
Perhaps the contacts are filthy?

could be,
what about the card itself, is there a lot of dust on the card?
if so, clean it carefully with a soft brush, especially around the area of the fan.

HunterICX

[peterloo]

A faulty cable or monitor may also contribute to this, so try

(1) Changing your cable

(2) Changing your monitor (or use something else as the signal source of your monitor, like a notebook)

I don't think a new display card will develop problem within a year or so

[PeriscopeDepth]

Since yesterday I get vertical colorod stripen om my screen, its not the monitor, cheked that.
When I mutter a litle with my vidcard the stripes are gone, but come back a litle later.
I am afraid my vid card is dying, what do you guys think? Rogue pixels forming a line (a bunch of dots in a line), or full on lines? I had this recently, and ended up with a new video card and problem fixed.

PD
Four bands with lines, but now the are with changing colors. Switching from lines to dots. :hmm:
Cartd is radeon 9800 pro.
If it's an old 9800 it's probably going to be biting the dust sooner rather than later, anywho. I would start saving some money for a new card now.

PD

[SUBMAN1]

If it's an old 9800 it's probably going to be biting the dust sooner rather than later, anywho. I would start saving some money for a new card now.

PDOr better yet, if its an actual ATI, I think they have 5 year warranties so you might consider having it RMA'd. I sent back a 9800 Pro AIW last year and they replaced no questions asked. They didn't even care when i bought it originally.

If you want my opinion on it, sounds like a faulty or stuck pin, possibly cable, possibly the connector on the card. Make sure all the screws are firm for the VGA connector where it mounts to the board.

-S

[Raptor1]

I would replace it though, a 9800 is even older than my X1600... (Rofl, Just remembered how the 9800 was the latest and greatest a while ago)

[SUBMAN1]

I would replace it though, a 9800 is even older than my X1600... (Rofl, Just remembered how the 9800 was the latest and greatest a while ago)The funny part is, the 9800 is probably faster than your x1600! :p

-S

[Raptor1]

I would replace it though, a 9800 is even older than my X1600... (Rofl, Just remembered how the 9800 was the latest and greatest a while ago)The funny part is, the 9800 is probably faster than your x1600! :p

-S
Really?

I'm sorry, but that makes even less sense than my general existance

[SUBMAN1]

I would replace it though, a 9800 is even older than my X1600... (Rofl, Just remembered how the 9800 was the latest and greatest a while ago)The funny part is, the 9800 is probably faster than your x1600! :p

-S
Really?

I'm sorry, but that makes even less sense than my general existanceNot kidding! The x1600 was slower than an x800, and probably slower than the 9800 Pro. I believe the x1600 has an advantage in the Anti-Alaising department though, but for general frames per second, the 9800 will probably beat you.

Maybe we should find out for sure. Let me see if I can find some coorelating numbers. I'll have to do it later though. Have to head out for a bit.

-S

[Raptor1]

Give me proof!

So far my X1600 has not failed me

[FIREWALL]

I wish I'd known this info. I threw away a 9800 because I thought it was a dinosaur after I got a fx5600.

[SUBMAN1]

Thought so. The 9800 series is no slouch in its day, and still could be used as a lower mid range board.

-S

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[SUBMAN1]

I wish I'd known this info. I threw away a 9800 because I thought it was a dinosaur after I got a fx5600.
You downgraded big time man! :o look at the scores above - the 9800 is beating the 5950 and you have a slower board than that!

-S

[Raptor1]

Hrr, Weird, My X1600 can run pretty much any game I throw at it at the moment (Not everything on max graphics, but not on "Very Low" either)

I have thought about upgrading it (Along with my 1gig RAM) though, It is pretty old

[SUBMAN1]

Hrr, Weird, My X1600 can run pretty much any game I throw at it at the moment (Not everything on max graphics, but not on "Very Low" either)

I have thought about upgrading it (Along with my 1gig RAM) though, It is pretty oldYour x1600 is not a bad board and still works. Keep it. Use it in a second system if need be. I still have a 9600 XT in operation in this house even, in a mini system. Works great!

-S

[Raptor1]

Hrr, Weird, My X1600 can run pretty much any game I throw at it at the moment (Not everything on max graphics, but not on "Very Low" either)

I have thought about upgrading it (Along with my 1gig RAM) though, It is pretty oldYour x1600 is not a bad board and still works. Keep it. Use it in a second system if need be. I still have a 9600 XT in operation in this house even, in a mini system. Works great!

-S

'course I'll keep it

Funny, I also still have my old 9600 XT in my other, disconnected computer (Which is, frankly, useless, the motherboard uses RDRAM...), wonder if it still works though

[SUBMAN1]

'course I'll keep it

Funny, I also still have my old 9600 XT in my other, disconnected computer (Which is, frankly, useless, the motherboard uses RDRAM...), wonder if it still works thoughMy 9600 still works! Wife uses it mainly. For the occasional simple game and Outlook, Word, that kind of thing.

The 9600 XT was a gret line in its time. Pushing up near the 9800's yet at a budget price.

We will have a budget card from ATI soon that performs as well against the top of the lines in the name of the 4850. The 4850 is pushing impressive numbers at a $200 price tag. This may be the true crown to take over the crown from the earlier 9600 class finially. Every card ATI has made that is their budget line prior to the 4850 didn't perform half as well as its top end boards. Last time the budget line performed like the top end boards was the 9600. The 4850 will be a great upgrade path for ya! Cheap and fast. What else you want? :D I will probably be buying one or two 4850's to replace my x1900 XTX as my upgrade path. The 4870 will be expensive and I can crossfire 2 4850's for way less money and get the same or better performance.

I spent $600 on my x1900 XTX. Tired of paying that kind of money when I can do equal perf for less $$$.

-S

[SUBMAN1]

Check out what this 4850 is doing for a $200 Price tag:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-4850,1957-12.html

Wow!

-S

Conclusion

Despite this botched launch, where the Radeon HD 4850 was available even before the press had information about it and the 4870 is still not available, there’s no denying that the 4850 is a very good card. Its performance is only 19% below the GeForce 260 GTX’ and is overall on a par with the GeForce 9800 GTX +, while beating out the 3870 X2! Note that those figures are influenced by the slight factory overclocking of the Asus model tested for this article, but on the other hand they’re adversely affected by the absence of Race Driver: GRID due to the problems we had with our sample card.


Still, the 4850 is already available at a price even lower than expected: $200! Nvidia should be the first to be surprised by that, while their decision to send us a GeForce 9800 GTX + a month before its availability (thus causing a big drop in the GeForce 9800 GTX’ price with some stores are starting to offer it for $199 ), won’t be enough. The GeForce 9800 GTX +, though not uninteresting (since it uses Nvidia’s first 55 µm GPU, with a frequency increased by 9% and a slight drop in power consumption and temperature), only represents a slight improvement in performance compared to the 9800 GTX and it costs more (it’s expected to retail in the neighborhood of $230, with the 9800 GTX’ price dropping a little more in the meantime), and above all it’s not yet available. As of now, in any event, it doesn’t seem to be worth the additional wait, prior to publication of our results of the high-end Radeon HD 4870.


AMD Radeon HD 4850
A too-hasty launch, but a card with a red-hot performance/price ratio despite its use of a reworked architecture, now optimized and extremely effective at this price level. Despite its advance in presenting the GeForce 9800 GTX +, Nvidia has been bested for performance/price ratio and at this price level.


+ AWARD: The Tom’s Hardware Recommended Buy Award, given to a product that provides the best bang for the buck.

[Raptor1]

Wow, I'll definatly look out for that one

[SUBMAN1]

Wow, I'll definatly look out for that oneFigured you'd might - Tom's recommends it big time!

-S

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