AIW x800 XT Problem - Help!

[jagerbomb]

So, my AIW is doing this, out of the box, most current drivers.

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/6238/errorsk9.th.jpg (http://img472.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errorsk9.jpg)

Can't play games or anything like that, or even move windows around, those damn little lines blow up everywhere.

Any idea?

[jagerbomb]

Ok a little update here.

If I drop the memory down to 333 w/ ati tool & keep core at 499.50, the problem vanishes, with maybe just a few pixellation errors in games (particularly bad in F.E.A.R compared to Far Cry or Oblivion).

Example: http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8418/farcry0001ln5.th.jpg (http://img504.imageshack.us/my.php?image=farcry0001ln5.jpg)

But still - why should I have to drop memory down at all to get this card to function (almost)properly?

[jagerbomb]

I'm not one to bump a post - but cmon, no one has ever seen issues like the aforementioned?

[infrared]

Sorry for the late reply.

Looks like the memory on the card is at fault. There's no way of fixing that :(

How old is it? Can you RMA the card?

[SlipSlice]

Yea man, it just may have a defect in it..I had a faulty card before to, sent it back and it was fine..try that if you are able to RMA.

[jagerbomb]

2 days old ;)

Already RMA'd w/ tigerdirect - just a waitin on them now.

[Bluefront]

Well was this problem ever resolved? My card had similar problems, resolved by using the latest Omega drivers. For some reason every ATI driver I tried caused all sorts of problems....just like you reported.

[jagerbomb]

It was bad memory on the card - replacement works perfectly fine.