Problems with my HD3850

[Drunken Cake]

hi all i bought a ati HD 3850 from yoyotech on Saturday ive installed it but im getting very bad FPS GW 3-8FPS Crysis isnt playable on medium setting which my 7900gs could play at those setting ive reloaded xp still no luck installed the latest drivers which i think is 7.11 can anyone help me please?

could it be my spec that i have at the moment i have a sempron 3000 socket 754 1 gb of DDR and a winfast 761GXK8MC motherboard

[Dreaming]

Are you running vista? It may be that it's now using dx10 which is stressing the system more?

[Drunken Cake]

im using xp any other ideas?

GPU-Z says that the core is running at 297MHz

[YOYOtech - Mark]

Have you tried running a benchmark like 3dmark 05 or 06?

They will give results that we can compare to systems with a similar spec.

The 297mhz clock speed is the 2d clock. In 3d mode it will use higher clocks.

You could try uninstalling your drivers and try using a program such as drivercleaner to remove all possible drivers in case something has got corrupted. Once you have run that all you will need to do is download the 7.11 hotfix driver that fixes issues with 29xx/38xx series graphics cards.

[cheesyboofs]

Make sure you are using the latest ATI Catalyst v7.11 drivers not the ones that came on the CD as ATI cards have always been let down by their drivers (I have a x1950 at the moment) Your 7900gs was an Nvidia with Nvidia drivers need I say more!

[Drunken Cake]

ive done all of that it cant run 3dmark06 and ive reinstalled xp soo there nothing of nvidia on my hard drives other ideas thank for your replys


is my card dead let me now soo i can get the money to come back to the shop

[cheesyboofs]

cant post url's but -> review.zdnet.com/graphics-cards/ati-radeon-hd-3850/4505-8902_16-32745241.html

Shah ran all of his tests in Windows XP, so they're all DirectX 9, and at very aggressive detail and resolution settings that basically highlight where the Radeon 3850 chokes. And based on how the Radeon 3850 struggled on Crysis, you can see why it wouldn't make sense to try it with the very high DirectX 10 quality, as it's barely playable in DirectX 9

One thought, what PSU do you have? maybe it hasn't got the balls to drive the new card!

Cheers

[Drunken Cake]

ive got a thermaltake 500watt its modula cant remember the name thanks for your reply

oh and by the way my cards memory has gone down by 10 MHz

[pendulum666]

Im planning on running one of these with a 500watt psu so I hope its not that

[cheesyboofs]

url -> ATI RADEONâ„¢ HD 3850
url -> Power Supplies Certified for Single Card Operation

Mmmm looks like that's ok, you must have a Thermaltake Purepower RX 500A W0142 (500W) then.

[pendulum666]

Is it possible that you have some override setting on for vsync so its capping your fps @ 60 or refresh rate of the screen? You could try running some benchies and using fraps to show fps and see it it stays locked on 60.

[Drunken Cake]

its not lock on 60fps its on 0fps lol

anyone from yoyotech can i send it back please and can you send me a replacement can you get back to me soon as posible thanks for your time

yup thats my PSU

[cheesyboofs]

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It wouldn't hurt to update your bios, yours is dated 10/11/2005 but if my research serves me correctly a new bios for your board cam out yesterday!

[Drunken Cake]

none of them ar my motherboard is a 761gxk8mc but thanks anyway DDD

ive updated my bios thanks for the idea cheesyboofs

[cheesyboofs]

Foxconn - Support - Downloads

Sorry yes that web-site search function is a bit poo, here is the correct update dated 7/13/2006

[Drunken Cake]

lol ive already downloaded that one still the same guess the card is forked or its just my old hardware? im not sure any other suggestions anyone from yoyotech what should i do if the card is dead?