xfx geoforce 260 Black Edition

28th June 2009, 18:50

Hello everybody,

Yes im a noob I know it sucks,but what can ya do? Any way, I just got a xfx geoforce 260 Black edition vid card, And i also have Nvidia system tools, I am getting bad artifacting after playing games for about 10 - 15 min. I have ramped up the gpus fan speed to 90% and still i get the darn artifacting. Nvidia sys tools reports the gpu temp at 124-127 f. So now i have underclocked the @#$*& core clock to 500 mhz mem clock to 1100 and shader to 1150. Can any body help? do I need to RMA? System specs are as follows:
Power supply: Tagan BZ 800 watt
Case:NZXT nemesis elite
MOBO: EVGA 750i FTW
Mem: 2x 2 Gig OCZ Reaper pc2 8500
CPU: Intel core 2 quad Q9650 at 3.0 ghz

jmke · 2nd July 2009, 01:26

if you underclock the GPU/MEM does the artifacts disappear?
I would opt for RMA, XFX should have a nice warranty

2nd July 2009, 19:30

jmke

Yes if i underclock the artifacts sometimes disappear,And you know what else is wierd,,,,It doesnt happen playing Microsoft FSX, I can run that game with graphics settings on high. Man I was hoping I did not have to RMA but if thats what you suggest I guess i will. Thanx for the reply dude

28th June 2009, 18:50	#1
chaddeus71 Posts: n/a	xfx geoforce 260 Black Edition Hello everybody, Yes im a noob I know it sucks,but what can ya do? Any way, I just got a xfx geoforce 260 Black edition vid card, And i also have Nvidia system tools, I am getting bad artifacting after playing games for about 10 - 15 min. I have ramped up the gpus fan speed to 90% and still i get the darn artifacting. Nvidia sys tools reports the gpu temp at 124-127 f. So now i have underclocked the @#$*& core clock to 500 mhz mem clock to 1100 and shader to 1150. Can any body help? do I need to RMA? System specs are as follows: Power supply: Tagan BZ 800 watt Case:NZXT nemesis elite MOBO: EVGA 750i FTW Mem: 2x 2 Gig OCZ Reaper pc2 8500 CPU: Intel core 2 quad Q9650 at 3.0 ghz

2nd July 2009, 01:26	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	if you underclock the GPU/MEM does the artifacts disappear? I would opt for RMA, XFX should have a nice warranty __________________

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2nd July 2009, 19:30	#3
chaddeus71 Posts: n/a	jmke Yes if i underclock the artifacts sometimes disappear,And you know what else is wierd,,,,It doesnt happen playing Microsoft FSX, I can run that game with graphics settings on high. Man I was hoping I did not have to RMA but if thats what you suggest I guess i will. Thanx for the reply dude