ATI roadmaps....

[Pitch]

Originally Posted by madcatmk3

I've used his PC a lot, I built it. I basicaly spend about 3 hrs a week on it. I don't know why but it gets a low FPS no matter what seetings it's on. It can be at lowest and still won't go above 40 in BF2? same with all other games. It also is missing some of the clarity. I'm presumming none of you have this problem?

No. He's doing something wrong or something is amiss.

[madcatmk3]

it littlery is not a solid image it actuly has moving grains. Anyway how do you know I built the machine incoretly, I put my 6800GT in and it worked fine. could the drivers be corrupt or something. No one I knows bean able to fix it. the wierd thign was another one of my friends brought over his 1900 XT and it did the same thing???

[tevildo]

how is putting a graphics card in a working PC the same as buiding one from scratch?

Tevildo

[Pitch]

Firstly make sure you are using Either Catalyst 6.1 or 6.2, anything previous will cause some major screw ups. Secondly, make sure that any and all nVidia display drivers are removed, this can cause serious issues. Use Drivercleaner to remove them

Also, I might add that you've little but bad mouth the X1900, for reasons I don't know.

If your friend still have issues with the card, refer to technical support or RMA it if you are certain that it is not a software issue. I think it's pretty obvious to you that it is not functioning correctly.

If my X1900 did the same, I would not assume for a minute that the card was operating correctly. Nor would I base my opinion of the card based on performance from a clearly malfunctioning piece of hardware.

For what it's worth, I couldn't be more pleased with my X1900, and it was upgraded from a 7800GTX.

We all have our preferences, and we all have our reasons for such choices. I think you've made your's pretty clear.

[dsio]

The very fact that you have used an Nvidia card in a system that runs an ATI card is indicative of your driver related problem by itself.

Run driver cleaner pro, remove all Nvidia Forceware drivers, and ATI Catalyst drivers. Install the 6.2 ATI Catalysts as Pitch suggested, and try it then.

[cadaveca]

Originally Posted by gizmo

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Is that an 8 or is it a mangled 9? I really can't tell for sure. To the best of my knowledge, though, nobody is building 80 nM stuff; the next process node is 65 nM.

Nobody(AMD/Intel) did 110nm either, but most x1k series cards are this process size, as were some x8xx series. Just because CPU's are of a certain size structurally does not mean every processor must be.

So, yes, it's an 8, as you surmised here:

Originally Posted by gizmo

Hmm.........well, it certainly is different from the ones that are clearly 90 nM, and I just did a quick Google and it looks like Elpida at least is making stuff on 80 nM process, so it isn't out of the realm of possibility. Rather like what happened with the 110 nM stuff, I suppose....

And yes, It's VERY useful. Most gpu's run on a base clock of 27mhz, with a very high multiplier...the smaller process allows for more leakage than 90nm, however it(leakage) is FAR less than 65nm, which is the next known stable stop-point, at least known to public. As well, going to 65nm will make die size pretty small, and thereby making it harder to cool, because of less surface area to mate with a heatsink. This is the ultimate motivator in choosing a larger process than 65nm...the up-and coming chips are something to behold...both by sight and thermally!

I've taken over a new business and am very busy. Once i get my new rigs up and stable, I'll be back crunching WU's for the team....with a total of 10ghz!!!

that will take a while tho...no days off really until MAY.

More news will follow, but only as the past 2...one post and I'm gone. Trade shows are a wonderful thing...and it doesn't ahve to be a PC tradeshow for someone to get dirt!


next midrange chip to debut....x1800xt...299US for 256MB and falling, 339 for 512mb. ATI's prices are falling...retailers should follow in 3 weeks or so, but newegg has already jumped the gun!

[tiamat63]

Yeah, I saw the price cuts. Sapphire had an X1900 for $520 2 weeks ago, now its $475....I'm thinking I should order one in a couple more weeks. Might be down to $450, $430??

[cadaveca]

399...mabe 8-12 weeks i think. dpends on whether they realease the XL, which will be faster than an x1800xt.

[madcatmk3]

Originally Posted by dsio

The very fact that you have used an Nvidia card in a system that runs an ATI card is indicative of your driver related problem by itself.

Run driver cleaner pro, remove all Nvidia Forceware drivers, and ATI Catalyst drivers. Install the 6.2 ATI Catalysts as Pitch suggested, and try it then.

I had removed the drivers I took pitch sugeston and RMA'ed both of the cards.
Anyway DIso do you really think I'm stupid enough to leave the drivers on .

[tiamat63]

Is this a trick question?

[Pitch]

10/10!!!

[Razorfish]

Originally Posted by madcatmk3

I had removed the drivers I took pitch sugeston and RMA'ed both of the cards.

What exactly was the companies responce to your problems? How did you test the cards after the clean install of drivers? In all fairness it sounds like your RMAing perfectly good cards...each to their own i suppose...

[keithwalton]

Which version of the drivers did you have installed ? as the ones with the catalyst control centre (CCC) require the .net framework to be installed correctly as well. I once had a problem with the framework which affected graphics performance in some games and not others (3dmark was normal, but live for speed was slow).

As for the manufacturing levels, i believe they used to manufacture 10nM Si wafers down the road from me, however it was done by a non standard approach (ie not lithography) I dont know if they've made anything usefull with it either before the place burnt down. IBM were heavily involved in research there

[madcatmk3]

I dont' have the e-mail response but they issued me RMA's I'm surprised how fast it was. IE, I RMA'ed newegg. They said the will send me new ones.

[madcatmk3]

Wow that was fast I got one of the card back already, brand new works fine, no grain, also a lot of rendering issues are fixed.

[tiamat63]

That is why we love newegg.

[madcatmk3]

Still wait for conformation on the otherone. But ya new eggs grea, I wish they gave free shipping though like ZZF

[Razorfish]

Originally Posted by madcatmk3

Wow that was fast I got one of the card back already, brand new works fine, no grain, also a lot of rendering issues are fixed.

What a suprise!