Help (problems) sapphire 9800 pro 128mb. !!!

locke · Feb 18, 2004, 08:20 AM

I just picked up a 9800 pro (red card) fron newegg i uninstalled my drivers for my old card installed the new card, then driver.. I booted back into windows every thing looked great.. i can watch movies ect.. but as soon as i try to play a game it looks like a pixel salad flashing black and white ... small white dots.. its bad i dont even know what to call it.. the game keep playing but everyings distorted. I ran direct x diag and it passed fine ? i tried lowering the agp to 4x... all the ati drivers... even dna drivers for 4.2 catalyst. Spell force, homeworld2, call of duty they all have these problems... I tried ice wind dale 2 and everything seamed fine. I dont know what to do can somone please help. iv tried everything i could find in the forum enableing this disabling that and nothing worked.. i dont think its running too hot either i got good air flow.
i ran 3d mark 03 and i got like a 5760 score i dont know if thats bad or not.. the only part of that program that ran with out problems was when it had a dozen or more trolls walking around a chess board.. The card ran pretty baddly doing a pixel render with the elephants...

I have a 2500xp
asus a78x d
512 geil
80gb hd
dvd-rw msi
400watt psu Thank u for any help u can offer ...

mkk · Feb 18, 2004, 11:25 AM

The most common reasons for such artefacts are overclocking and overheating. So if you got a brand new card wich you haven't overclocked yet then you might well have gotten a faulty part. See if the fan is running at all.

locke · Feb 18, 2004, 12:58 PM

No the fan is working fine it doesnt get too hot . Do u think i should trade it in for another one or go with a diffrent company. I heard good things about saphire but now iv read alot of bad things about the company and there products. Anyone else having similar problems with sapphire graphic cards.

Alcofiel · Feb 18, 2004, 01:44 PM

well i just got mine sapphire 9800 pro, i have it for a week now. i don't have any problems with it. maybe there is something wrong with the card.

Zebra · Feb 18, 2004, 03:03 PM

Get an RMA from newegg and return it. You can set this up online, and have the choice of whether you want a REFUND or REPAIR. Was this an OEM bundled card, or in a retail box? I just sent back the refurbished 9800pro card I got from them because of severe artifacting. Was even getting little black squares when I was in my system's BIOS screens.

locke · Feb 18, 2004, 06:27 PM

I ran omega drivers artifacting program and every thing checked out fine. This is an oem sapphire board. I have a ? if these cards are so fast could changing the hardware acceleration on the card change the lack of pixels and fix all the wierd stuff going on... I have a ship screen saver when i run it everything comes out fine except the sales on the ships the keep showing half triangles black and white flashing and the top of the water , you can c lines its a bit funkey too...
Some of my videos work and others its a green screen with lots of crazy scratches.

swimtech · Feb 18, 2004, 06:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zebra
Get an RMA from newegg and return it. You can set this up online, and have the choice of whether you want a REFUND or REPAIR. Was this an OEM bundled card, or in a retail box? I just sent back the refurbished 9800pro card I got from them because of severe artifacting. Was even getting little black squares when I was in my system's BIOS screens.

Yup,
The problem occurs in too many different games by your account, locke - bad cards happen from even the most reputable of manufacturers.

locke · Feb 18, 2004, 06:43 PM

I guess ill rma it. I want to run it in a friends computer to rule out some problems with nforce2 chipsets and ati cards.. I really am stumped. i ran the omega drivers artifact dector program and it ran fine 0 arts. I really think the card is fine it has to be some setting somewhere. Will changing the hardware acceleration have any effect. Iv already take it out, its sitting in a box ... sniff sniff..

swimtech · Feb 18, 2004, 08:05 PM

This thread documents a problem similar to yours:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...896#post286896

Read it all the way through to the end and maybe contact Virus2k.

Hope this helps some more...

locke · Feb 18, 2004, 11:38 PM

Here are some pictures of whats going on keep in mind everythings flashing and moving really fast

i think if i stare at longer ill go C-R-A-Z-Y. 6 photos aom and silent storm.

http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/....src=bc&.view=

any any though please feel free to post.

Thanks

RebelWolf · Feb 19, 2004, 12:16 AM

It appears to be a faulty pixel shader pipeline in my opinion (it's not important if I'm right or not).

In any case, if this is happening on a brand new stock clocked board, it's RMA time.

RebelWolf

Ev!L-aLphA · Feb 19, 2004, 01:57 AM

Yo if it keeps giving u problems RMA it to newegg im sure its a faulty card cuz my sapphire 9800 pro (red card also:P) runs super duper well so it may be faulty!

btw i got
barton 2500
asus a7n8x- deluxe rev2
1gb corsair 3200
500w

very similar system =]

locke · Feb 19, 2004, 04:37 AM

Iam going to send it back tomarrow.. If anyone got any fixs please reply maybe its not faulty ? but well find out.. Thank u everyone for helping me out.

iam going to drive by sapphire corp with bb gun and take some revenge...

Peace..

Feb 18, 2004, 08:20 AM	#1
locke DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Help (problems) sapphire 9800 pro 128mb. !!! I just picked up a 9800 pro (red card) fron newegg i uninstalled my drivers for my old card installed the new card, then driver.. I booted back into windows every thing looked great.. i can watch movies ect.. but as soon as i try to play a game it looks like a pixel salad flashing black and white ... small white dots.. its bad i dont even know what to call it.. the game keep playing but everyings distorted. I ran direct x diag and it passed fine ? i tried lowering the agp to 4x... all the ati drivers... even dna drivers for 4.2 catalyst. Spell force, homeworld2, call of duty they all have these problems... I tried ice wind dale 2 and everything seamed fine. I dont know what to do can somone please help. iv tried everything i could find in the forum enableing this disabling that and nothing worked.. i dont think its running too hot either i got good air flow. i ran 3d mark 03 and i got like a 5760 score i dont know if thats bad or not.. the only part of that program that ran with out problems was when it had a dozen or more trolls walking around a chess board.. The card ran pretty baddly doing a pixel render with the elephants... I have a 2500xp asus a78x d 512 geil 80gb hd dvd-rw msi 400watt psu Thank u for any help u can offer ...

Feb 18, 2004, 01:44 PM	#4
Alcofiel electronic fantastic Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	well i just got mine sapphire 9800 pro, i have it for a week now. i don't have any problems with it. maybe there is something wrong with the card. __________________ "i look back and i'm amazed, my thoughts were so clear and true and three words looped through my mind endlessly repeating themselves, like a broken record you're so cool, you're so cool, you're so cool...."

Feb 18, 2004, 03:03 PM	#5
Zebra DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: California,USA Posts: 198 Rep Power: 0	Get an RMA from newegg and return it. You can set this up online, and have the choice of whether you want a REFUND or REPAIR. Was this an OEM bundled card, or in a retail box? I just sent back the refurbished 9800pro card I got from them because of severe artifacting. Was even getting little black squares when I was in my system's BIOS screens. __________________ My current system as of 04/20/06: M/B: ABIT K8U Socket 754 RAM: 1024MB Corsair Select CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ (Clawhammer) VIDEO: ATI Radeon AIW X800 XT 256MB AGP8X AUDIO: SB Audigy 2 DISK: Maxtor 7200rpm 200GB 8MB cache SATA drive DVD/RW: Sony DRU-800A DL Dual Format DVD/CD Burner CD/RW : TEAC 48X CD Burner OS: WIN XP PRO w/SP2 VID DRIVERS: Latest Omega Radeon Drivers PSU: ANTEC 500W

Feb 18, 2004, 08:05 PM	#9
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	This thread documents a problem similar to yours: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...896#post286896 Read it all the way through to the end and maybe contact Virus2k. Hope this helps some more... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 19, 2004, 01:57 AM	#12
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,111 Rep Power: 0	Yo if it keeps giving u problems RMA it to newegg im sure its a faulty card cuz my sapphire 9800 pro (red card also:P) runs super duper well so it may be faulty! btw i got barton 2500 asus a7n8x- deluxe rev2 1gb corsair 3200 500w very similar system =] __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Feb 18, 2004, 11:25 AM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,481 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	The most common reasons for such artefacts are overclocking and overheating. So if you got a brand new card wich you haven't overclocked yet then you might well have gotten a faulty part. See if the fan is running at all.

Feb 18, 2004, 12:58 PM	Thread Starter #3
locke DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	No the fan is working fine it doesnt get too hot . Do u think i should trade it in for another one or go with a diffrent company. I heard good things about saphire but now iv read alot of bad things about the company and there products. Anyone else having similar problems with sapphire graphic cards.

Feb 18, 2004, 06:27 PM	Thread Starter #6
locke DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	I ran omega drivers artifacting program and every thing checked out fine. This is an oem sapphire board. I have a ? if these cards are so fast could changing the hardware acceleration on the card change the lack of pixels and fix all the wierd stuff going on... I have a ship screen saver when i run it everything comes out fine except the sales on the ships the keep showing half triangles black and white flashing and the top of the water , you can c lines its a bit funkey too... Some of my videos work and others its a green screen with lots of crazy scratches.

Feb 18, 2004, 06:43 PM	Thread Starter #8
locke DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	I guess ill rma it. I want to run it in a friends computer to rule out some problems with nforce2 chipsets and ati cards.. I really am stumped. i ran the omega drivers artifact dector program and it ran fine 0 arts. I really think the card is fine it has to be some setting somewhere. Will changing the hardware acceleration have any effect. Iv already take it out, its sitting in a box ... sniff sniff..

Feb 18, 2004, 11:38 PM	Thread Starter #10
locke DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Here are some pictures of whats going on keep in mind everythings flashing and moving really fast i think if i stare at longer ill go C-R-A-Z-Y. 6 photos aom and silent storm. http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/....src=bc&.view= any any though please feel free to post. Thanks

Feb 19, 2004, 12:16 AM	#11
RebelWolf DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 55 Rep Power: 0	It appears to be a faulty pixel shader pipeline in my opinion (it's not important if I'm right or not). In any case, if this is happening on a brand new stock clocked board, it's RMA time. RebelWolf

Feb 19, 2004, 04:37 AM	Thread Starter #13
locke DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 0	Iam going to send it back tomarrow.. If anyone got any fixs please reply maybe its not faulty ? but well find out.. Thank u everyone for helping me out. iam going to drive by sapphire corp with bb gun and take some revenge... Peace..