HIS X1600XT can't overclock!! help!!!!

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help!! i can't overclocked my HIS X1600XT! is it because my power supply?it always stop working when i try to overclock it from 587/1398 to 620/1450??anybody can tell me what is the problem?i use asus A8R-MVP, athlon 64 3000+ (1,8ghz), kingston 512 PC 3200, 400W psu. thx.
 
The problem is you got not guarantee that it would do those speeds.

You took the risk and puchased a card that wasn't pre-overclocked with warranty + support.

You'll just have to deal with it.

That or modify the timings, heatsink, slot voltage, maybe some soldering changes to the card, etc

It might be PSU, it might not, Can you afford a new PSU just to find out one way or the other ? (Awful waste of money IMHO).

If you needed higher performance upgrade to a Radeon X800 XL/XT or X1800 XL/XT or 1900 XT/XTX, they have far more pipelines than the __600 series cards and perform heaps better. The Radeon X1600 is a joke of a card, the GeForce 7600 GT is like 2-3 tiems as powerful. (Look it up I am not kidding).
 
Quick look at http://www.ati.com under product comparisons shows how bad the Radeon X1600 series really is these days. (and it only just came out, so it will be cause a major customer backlash to ATI, just like Conroe might cause AMD to lose 70% of their 'new' customers).

When ATI forced that Catalyst Control Centre shit on me and x64 drivers that lack VPU Recovery I've been looking for a way out ever since.

No VPU Recovery under x64 OS (still) = Bad Idea (as x64 OS are going to take off very soon, they already have in some respects)

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I am trying to double 3D video performance of it now, using a single card, which is easy enough. GeForce 7900 GTX (XFX #1 or #2 model), or Radeon X1900 XT/XTX.

Last 6 cards have been ATI, and their drivers shit me (running x64), so thinking of moving back to nVidia now that their FSAA performance has improved significantly.

Finding such cards in Australia is difficult, even with 'guaranteeing fee's [read: bribes] :evil: , Give it some time and they'll be more available I think.
 
The psu could be the limiting factor, whats the amps on the 12v rail?
Also are your temps high? Not just the gpu but cpu and case temps. Run speedfan and then run atitools find max core.
If not using ATItools, try it.
Does it shut off when your ocing or when your running a game oced.
try upping pcie voltage if you can't up gpu votls but only if temps are ok.
It may be thats the limit on your card. Xt's are the top retail speed for that core so the head room is very low. All x1600s use the same core so most will hit xt speeds, not all. The xt's are the top speed ATI feels safe to run that gpu.
I think your being a tad harsh on the 1600 TabrisDarkPeace. Yes they get spanked in fps by older cards. the features are what sets the x1xxx line apart from the rest. At the mid $100 range the x1600 offers a lot of stuff that was only found on the high end[ sm.3, hdr, avivo and crossfire option]. If your a part time gamer who uses your system for other things[htpc] then it's a nice card on a tight buget. It's eye candy over speed. If you got the money, love high rez or go to lan partys then it's not the card for you, go for speed.
 
It's like the GeForce 6200 in so many ways.

Gamer: "May I have Shader Model 3.0 sir ?"

Sales: "You want more ?,.... 8) yeah sure kid, you can get your SM 3.0 support"

[2 days later]

Gamer: "Damn, I need to disable all Shader Model 3.0 effects, HD playback looks worse than other AVIVO cards, encoding is slow, I need to run in low res, and turn FSAA off just to get decent performance.... Was I just PWNED for my wallet ?" :cry:

Morale of the story is "Don't waste transistors on features you can't give decent performance too on mid-range GPUs"
 
I was looking into an x1600 for my new system ( holding out for x1800 now).
I looked at a bunch of different brands and none of the x1600s I scoped have a pci express connector on them. Am I mistaken in this, or could they be underpowered by design?
 
I'm just saying, it's a $109 card. At the $250 it was yah it was a rip but for $100.
If a friend wanted to make a $600 pc for the whole family and play fear I would say go for a x1600. It's not the best at anything but is ok at alot of things. In it's price range it trades blows with other cards in fps[loses alot though] at lowwer rez but they can't do all the stuff it can. When you get to the $200 mark it's the last on the list.
Most people on a buget don't play high rez and would be more impressed with the flash of effects then fps over 70. I only game on my other system so I went for a x1800xl at the cost of other things that would be more important on a family pc. It's a budget card and it shows.
 
well, it stopped when i run the game oced. i m not a hardcore gamer, because i also play console games. i just try to overclock it, but it won't. i try to overclock with riva tuner. is it better if i try with ati tools? how if it still stopped during overclocked?
 
Well ATItools will find your max OC for you and also show temps. Have you checked systems temps yet? I've had something like that happen because a fan was blowing the wrong way and my system was over heating during games. Is the card all your OCing?
 
Quick look at http://www.ati.com under product comparisons shows how bad the Radeon X1600 series really is these days.
Click to expand...

Except when you compare it to the next gen games they were targeting;
http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2006/03/31/elder_scrolls_oblivion/5.html

http://www.xbitlabs.com/images/video/powercolor-x800gto16/fear_candy.gif

Doesn't do too bad, considering the price difference between those cards and it.

The problem is in all other games it sucks because they have a far heavier texture and vertex load and lighter pixel loads than Oblivion, so it's 'fiuture-looking' design is ahead of it's time (although if you wait for it's time, then it'd be even more entry-level worthy (probably never a good mid-level card).
 
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