Overclocking: Tearing - Core or Memory?

daedal · May 30, 2005, 11:22 AM

What causes images to stretch? Is that a Core or Memory issue?
Just started seeing some tearing in 3DMark05 when room temps increased several degrees yesterday.

mkk · May 30, 2005, 12:24 PM

Mostly memory for what I've seen. Try taking its overclocking back a notch. Not that 3DMark is important but if it happens there it's likely to show up in some game as well. For hot days make sure the whole system has a decent airflow by use of some case fans.

daedal · May 30, 2005, 12:25 PM

Didn't show up in CS:S or HL2, but it was pretty heavy in MOA and WoW. Thanks for the tip. Memory is OCed heavily so that's probably it.

dooT · May 31, 2005, 09:26 PM

Yeah, most artifacts and tearing occur when you overclock the memory too much. That's unfortunate since overclocking the memory gives better results than the core.

riles9262 · Jun 5, 2005, 09:50 PM

Likely memory. Core will produce flashing textures and lockups/reboots.

Meaker · Jun 6, 2005, 12:23 AM

Memory errors lead to textures appearing mis shaped or in odd directions, core artifacts usually appear as dots or checkerboarding sort of effects.

May 30, 2005, 11:22 AM	#1
daedal Uber Coffee Drinker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gatineau, Quebec Posts: 2,250 Rep Power: 0	Overclocking: Tearing - Core or Memory? What causes images to stretch? Is that a Core or Memory issue? Just started seeing some tearing in 3DMark05 when room temps increased several degrees yesterday. __________________

May 30, 2005, 12:25 PM	Thread Starter #3
daedal Uber Coffee Drinker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gatineau, Quebec Posts: 2,250 Rep Power: 0	Didn't show up in CS:S or HL2, but it was pretty heavy in MOA and WoW. Thanks for the tip. Memory is OCed heavily so that's probably it. __________________

Jun 5, 2005, 09:50 PM	#5
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Likely memory. Core will produce flashing textures and lockups/reboots. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Jun 6, 2005, 12:23 AM	#6
Meaker #1 INTEL MAINSTREAM Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 0 Rep Power: 0	Memory errors lead to textures appearing mis shaped or in odd directions, core artifacts usually appear as dots or checkerboarding sort of effects. __________________ Home: Core 2 DUO @ 2.4ghz \| 2048mb GSKILL 5400 @ 450mhz 5-5-5-12 \| ASROCK P945 A2 based mobo \| ATI Radeon x1650pro \| 17" LCD widescreen \| Hiper Type R 480W PSU \| 250gb seagate HDD \| Uni: Core i7 920 C0 @ 3.8ghz HT on (1.325v) \| 6 Gigs Corsair XMS 3 1333DDR @ 1600DDR 8-8-8-20 1.5v \| Asus P6T-SE @ 200mhz BCLK \|2x Gigabyte HD 4770 Crossfire + Accelero S1s \| 21.6" widescreen LCD \| Sharkoon Rebel 7 + 600W Coolermaster silent PRO \| 2x320GB WD raid edition III Raid 0 \| Razor diamondback G3

May 30, 2005, 12:24 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,495 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Mostly memory for what I've seen. Try taking its overclocking back a notch. Not that 3DMark is important but if it happens there it's likely to show up in some game as well. For hot days make sure the whole system has a decent airflow by use of some case fans.

May 31, 2005, 09:26 PM	#4
dooT DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Montreal, Qc, Ca Posts: 71 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, most artifacts and tearing occur when you overclock the memory too much. That's unfortunate since overclocking the memory gives better results than the core.