Soldato
I've been doing a little reading via searching google in regard to the fan speed on my x1800. I'm curious to wether the same applies to the x1900 or wether it was something they tackld.
Since i received my x1800xt Sapphire a week or so ago its been amazingly fast, and had no problems with it until i started adding more onto the PC, software wise, i did however defrag after every removal or adding of any program or game using Executive Software Diskeeper 10. So as things were added, so came lag on my games once running at max settings and 1600 x 1200 res. I did however still notice the fan just wasnt really speeding up much if anything during these laggy periods. I've had to take my settings down a little for games now and i'm feeling a little fustrated. With that said i did find some very pleasing information, from what i've read the x1800 fan defaults at 13-21% speed until it feels the need to speed up, but by using ATI Tools you can override the fan control. I've yet to play a game, but i did run the artifact test in ATI Tool and found the GPU hitting 80C and hardly speeding up to compensate. So i used the fan control and set the fan to adjust when it hits 65C. So artifact test again, hits 65C in no time, this time fan speeds up and compensates, steadily sits at 65C until i abort test.
By means of assumption, i'm guessing my GPU getting hot in-games could seriously be the reason i've seen an increase in lag as the system comes under more stress.
On another note though i had a toy with my CPU last night and hit 2.2 without upping the vcore, but locked up after 30 mins, but i can see an overclock becoming an inivitable possibility.
So to summerise, whats peoples experience on the fan issue, and do the x1900 also have this same problem?
Since i received my x1800xt Sapphire a week or so ago its been amazingly fast, and had no problems with it until i started adding more onto the PC, software wise, i did however defrag after every removal or adding of any program or game using Executive Software Diskeeper 10. So as things were added, so came lag on my games once running at max settings and 1600 x 1200 res. I did however still notice the fan just wasnt really speeding up much if anything during these laggy periods. I've had to take my settings down a little for games now and i'm feeling a little fustrated. With that said i did find some very pleasing information, from what i've read the x1800 fan defaults at 13-21% speed until it feels the need to speed up, but by using ATI Tools you can override the fan control. I've yet to play a game, but i did run the artifact test in ATI Tool and found the GPU hitting 80C and hardly speeding up to compensate. So i used the fan control and set the fan to adjust when it hits 65C. So artifact test again, hits 65C in no time, this time fan speeds up and compensates, steadily sits at 65C until i abort test.
By means of assumption, i'm guessing my GPU getting hot in-games could seriously be the reason i've seen an increase in lag as the system comes under more stress.
On another note though i had a toy with my CPU last night and hit 2.2 without upping the vcore, but locked up after 30 mins, but i can see an overclock becoming an inivitable possibility.
So to summerise, whats peoples experience on the fan issue, and do the x1900 also have this same problem?
