Help Required with a Powercolor X850XT

Lee_1075 · Nov 23, 2005, 08:22 PM

Hi to all,
I have just bought and installed a Powercolor ATI X850XT, after reading all the tests on it i thought i couldnt go wrong with this card. I have just downloaded the new omega drivers and run the benchmark test in the overclocking menu. To my amazment i have got the slowest results on the graph with a total of 1379.

I then downloaded 3Dmark05 and on the 2D tests im getting 0 FPS or maybe 1 FPS if im lucky.

On Performance test v 4.0 from Passmark im getting over 2300 FPS on the 3D Tests and over 3500 on the 2D tests.

My system is as follows:

AMD XP 64 3000+ (@1.98Ghz) Winchester
Asus AV8 Deluxe board, latest Bios version.
1 Gig Dual channel ram PC3200 (Kingston)
200gig Samsung drive 7200rpm
Win XP home edition service pack 1
Temp from the CPU never goes over 35°C
MB temp 20°C (total of 5 Artic cooling fans).

Ive uploaded a pic to my website from the ATI Benchmark results, just press the link below:

http://www.team-srs.com/memberfiles/Undertaker/ATT.jpg
I have also reinstalled the card now 3 times but nothing helps.

Any advice would be helpful.

Thankyou.

Randomletters · Nov 23, 2005, 08:27 PM

Uninstall the drivers for the video card, boot into safe mode and run driver cleaner, boot back into windows and reinstall drivers.

Lee_1075 · Nov 24, 2005, 02:19 PM

Thankyou for your quick awnser, unfortunalty the results are still the same. On 3DMARK05 first game i get 20-30 fps, one the 2nd game i get 5-14 fps and on the last one 25-40fps. On the 2d versions of the game i still get a complete 0-1 fps. Im taking the whole computer to the shop were i bought the card.

Earthsiege · Nov 24, 2005, 03:32 PM

Well, I would say try the official ATI drivers, because I'm not sure if omegadrivers support the X1x00 series.

Randomletters · Nov 24, 2005, 04:02 PM

he doesnt have an x1k series he has an x800 series, Did you have another video card before this and you were able to play games at decent framerates? If you havent done it in a while id reccomend backing up any data you may want to save and reformatting the hd

Partizan · Nov 24, 2005, 04:48 PM

I have the same card (Powercolor X850XT ViVo PciE) and have over 7000 points. I bet it is a driver problem.

Check out if you have TV-Out enabled.

Regards, Partizan

Lee_1075 · Nov 26, 2005, 07:16 PM

Thankyou all for your awnsers. Yes i had a Nivida card before the ATI. The Problem has now been sorted out and this card is extreamly fast.

The problem was Windows XP not recognising the card properly. This was noticed by the shop i bought the card from as it was showing up in the hardware manager as a "VGA Source". Also the AGP wasnt on at all, it was a 1 and if you moved it up to 8 the PC would reboot but nothing would actually change.

HD Format was the only way around this. Everything works fine now.

Nov 23, 2005, 08:22 PM	#1
Lee_1075 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Help Required with a Powercolor X850XT Hi to all, I have just bought and installed a Powercolor ATI X850XT, after reading all the tests on it i thought i couldnt go wrong with this card. I have just downloaded the new omega drivers and run the benchmark test in the overclocking menu. To my amazment i have got the slowest results on the graph with a total of 1379. I then downloaded 3Dmark05 and on the 2D tests im getting 0 FPS or maybe 1 FPS if im lucky. On Performance test v 4.0 from Passmark im getting over 2300 FPS on the 3D Tests and over 3500 on the 2D tests. My system is as follows: AMD XP 64 3000+ (@1.98Ghz) Winchester Asus AV8 Deluxe board, latest Bios version. 1 Gig Dual channel ram PC3200 (Kingston) 200gig Samsung drive 7200rpm Win XP home edition service pack 1 Temp from the CPU never goes over 35°C MB temp 20°C (total of 5 Artic cooling fans). Ive uploaded a pic to my website from the ATI Benchmark results, just press the link below: http://www.team-srs.com/memberfiles/Undertaker/ATT.jpg I have also reinstalled the card now 3 times but nothing helps. Any advice would be helpful. Thankyou.

Nov 23, 2005, 08:27 PM	#2
Randomletters ))<>(( Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,418 Rep Power: 54	Uninstall the drivers for the video card, boot into safe mode and run driver cleaner, boot back into windows and reinstall drivers. __________________ <----------- Sexy Budget Rig stats to the left.

Nov 24, 2005, 04:02 PM	#5
Randomletters ))<>(( Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,418 Rep Power: 54	he doesnt have an x1k series he has an x800 series, Did you have another video card before this and you were able to play games at decent framerates? If you havent done it in a while id reccomend backing up any data you may want to save and reformatting the hd __________________ <----------- Sexy Budget Rig stats to the left.

Nov 24, 2005, 04:48 PM	#6
Partizan Fun loving criminal Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,182 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	I have the same card (Powercolor X850XT ViVo PciE) and have over 7000 points. I bet it is a driver problem. Check out if you have TV-Out enabled. Regards, Partizan __________________ Live and let live! Last edited by Partizan; Nov 24, 2005 at 04:54 PM.

Nov 24, 2005, 02:19 PM	Thread Starter #3
Lee_1075 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thankyou for your quick awnser, unfortunalty the results are still the same. On 3DMARK05 first game i get 20-30 fps, one the 2nd game i get 5-14 fps and on the last one 25-40fps. On the 2d versions of the game i still get a complete 0-1 fps. Im taking the whole computer to the shop were i bought the card.

Nov 24, 2005, 03:32 PM	#4
Earthsiege DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 25 Rep Power: 0	Well, I would say try the official ATI drivers, because I'm not sure if omegadrivers support the X1x00 series.

Nov 26, 2005, 07:16 PM	Thread Starter #7
Lee_1075 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	Thankyou all for your awnsers. Yes i had a Nivida card before the ATI. The Problem has now been sorted out and this card is extreamly fast. The problem was Windows XP not recognising the card properly. This was noticed by the shop i bought the card from as it was showing up in the hardware manager as a "VGA Source". Also the AGP wasnt on at all, it was a 1 and if you moved it up to 8 the PC would reboot but nothing would actually change. HD Format was the only way around this. Everything works fine now.