I am not happy, is this true that ati cards can permaently artifact

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Originally posted by Farmer_BOB


It happens when people try to push the core/mem to 300/300 and some push it further. I still have mine OCed at 285/300, on 24/7, retail fan, used bios flash. For the 8500s the bios flash is the way to go.

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Yup... which is exactly what I'm trying to say. :).


8500 stock is 275/275.... you push it to 300/300+ you run high risks. And many poeple refrain from running this 24/7 because, of course, you could damage your card. However... a TI4600... 300/650 stock speeds. I ran it 335/735 24/7 for 95% of the time I owned it...and still no problems.

well i keep my overclocked video card 24/7 its not as fast as my max overclock (470/350) but right now its at 460/340 all the time, because its stable, why overclock? just for bunchies? i mean the reasons i overclock is to have highest preformance out of my system ALL the time.. so i get the highest overclock i possibaly can

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Originally posted by lostlilchild6



Yup... which is exactly what I'm trying to say. :).


8500 stock is 275/275.... you push it to 300/300+ you run high risks. And many poeple refrain from running this 24/7 because, of course, you could damage your card. However... a TI4600... 300/650 stock speeds. I ran it 335/735 24/7 for 95% of the time I owned it...and still no problems.

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I was pointing out that the bios flash is the way to go, 'cause most of the people who fried there 8500s didn't flash the bios to OC. I'm not too sure about the limits with Nvidia cards, but I'm sure that there's a level where if you keep it clocked that high, it will eventually fry. That goes for any card. I guess we both got lucky with our purchases. :D

Well, to add to this li'l "discussion"...

My FIC A97 (Radeon 9700 non-pro) started to develop 2D artifacts. It has been one of the worst overclocking experience ever!! It doesn't want to overclock at all!! Just stock speeds... I am in the process of RMA'ing the card and it's sooooooo slow as I think there's only one person working that department here in US!! My previous Radeon 8500LE wasn't a good overclocker either... but it never crapped out on me like this FIC card!! All I can hope is that this RMA will go smoothly...

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Originally posted by sharkypinoy
.. i ripped the core right off of the video card..

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Holy ****, what do you say when you do something like that? I keep imagining that I am doing that to a 5900U or a 9800Pro, and I keep gritting my teeth...Scary :|

The only time I benchmark is when I get new hardware. I run my 9800 Pro at stock speeds because I can't tell the difference in games. My processor runs at 12x198 or 12.5x198 for benchmarking, and 13x180 for stability every day.

I think that ATIs "hate" overclocking is a bit strong, T-bird.

when I had my 8500le I overclocked it to 275/275 and it artifacted...I put it down to stock speeds and no more artifacts...my brother now has that card and it's been fine for him...haven't touched my 9500 pro thoguh