HIS 9800pro artifacts help

[pg666]

I'm getting artifacts at default settings with most games.
If I o/c my ASUS m/b by more than 10% the boot fails unless I unplug everything. Could the artifacts be caused by a struggling power supply?

 

[cleeve]

Struggling power supplies usually just plain crash. More likely it's a heat problem, which would also affect your general stability and CPU overclocking.

What are your temps?

And what is your PSU?

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[Spether]

Have you tried downclocking your memory? I had similar problems on the HIS I bought; finally tried d/c'ing the memory and the problems went away at 300. Just got unlucky with the memory on that card, so I RMA'd it.

 

[pg666]

Temperatures of max 55 on the CPU and 40 on the mb. The PSU is 350. I suspect the psu because there are times when I go beyond +10% on the cpu that the system fails to boot unless I disconect all USB devices

 

[cleeve]

55 seems a bit high for a CPU running at stock, what kind of CPU do you have?

If you know your PSU is that iffy then you should indeed replace it with at *least* a good name-brand 350 watt job, preferably 450 watt. If you can't afford name-brand then go at least a generic 500 watt PSU.

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>

 

[pg666]

it's reached 55 running at +10%. It's a P4 2.8. It runs at about 47 in Windows (XP)

 

[cleeve]

Seems high to me, but I'm an AthlonXP guy. Any P4 overclockers can tell this guy if he's running hot?

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<b>Radeon <font color=red>9700 PRO</b></font color=red> <i>(o/c 332/345)</i>
<b>AthlonXP <font color=red>3200+</b></font color=red> <i>(Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)</i>
<b>3dMark03: <font color=red>5,354</b>