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#72839 3-Dec-2010 09:30

I used to be a strict Intel/Nvidia motherboard/graphics card person, but after 10 years I bought the 9800x2 and was getting 15fps even 6 month after I bought it, and massive stability issues. I switched to ATI reluctantly and bought their equivalent and never looked back.

I now run a ati 5970x2 and whilst it's pretty quick, the problem is I have ongoing problems with cursor corruption even after a complete reinstall of Windows. I am told it's a common problem with these dual gpu cards and I should look at the nvidia top end single gpu cards or perhaps even the new ati single gpu top end cards.

What's peoples opinions on nvidia/ati these days?

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#412489 3-Dec-2010 13:31

Weren't the cursor issues with those cards related to a conflict with some motherboards bios that was fixed by mobo firmware updates in combination with drivers updated from AMD/ATI?

What motherboard make/model do you have? Are you running the latest firmware on it?

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#412494 3-Dec-2010 13:37

I got a 5770 not too long ago and have had nothing but troubles since.
I have to run the card over clocked or dual screen just to keep it from going into
ultra low power mode or whatever they call it when they under clock it to 157mhz as once it does that the display goes a solid color of the cards choice (usually the color that was most predominant on the screen prior) and eventually comes back with a speech bubble on the bottom right of the screen saying the display drivers had crashed but recovered.

Then another time i managed to get it stuck in a low power mode (400mhz) and could not get it out no matter what i did...most gaming was reduced to ~10 fps.

I never had any problems with my 8800gts or my old skool FX5200 that still runs to this very day....

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#412495 3-Dec-2010 13:37

Hi There!

Not sure. I run an asus p6t deluxe, I'll check bios version. I think I updated it a few months back.

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#412496 3-Dec-2010 13:40

halfbaked: I got a 5770 not too long ago and have had nothing but troubles since.
I have to run the card over clocked or dual screen just to keep it from going into
ultra low power mode or whatever they call it when they under clock it to 157mhz as once it does that the display goes a solid color of the cards choice (usually the color that was most predominant on the screen prior) and eventually comes back with a speech bubble on the bottom right of the screen saying the display drivers had crashed but recovered.

Then another time i managed to get it stuck in a low power mode (400mhz) and could not get it out no matter what i did...most gaming was reduced to ~10 fps.

I never had any problems with my 8800gts or my old skool FX5200 that still runs to this very day....

Sounds faulty you should RMA it.

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#412951 5-Dec-2010 09:15

I've had 0 issues with my ATI 5850. Works with everything I throw at it.

Blackops runs great with everything turned up as far as it can go

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#413202 5-Dec-2010 22:37

you really shouldn't blame the chip manufacturer, both have strengths and weaknesses. ATI is more physical graphics grunt and Nvidia is more fancy stuff Physx and what not. 9/10 any Graphics card flaws would be down to the board manufacturer, Rather than the chip maker itself though wouldn't rule it out completely. Personally i have an MSI 5770 hawk which run like a charm, very cool temps 50 at load (playing wow mind you). At medium detail and the least terrain fade possible pumps out 100+ fps which is great too.

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#413219 5-Dec-2010 23:08

This is getting off topic, can someone add something to the original request?

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#413436 6-Dec-2010 13:34

So you're double checked you're running the latest mobo bios?

Is this cursor corruption evident in windows or only certain games?

What brand/make was the card?

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#413449 6-Dec-2010 13:47

Hi There!

Ok well I am running the second to latest bios from only 2 months ago, and the only changes listed are new CPU's supported. The corruption doesn't occur during gaming, only on the desktop and only on one or two screens at a time (weird).

I had been previously told by CL that this was a common issue with ATI drivers, and that it was specific to SLI or similar setups (Such as dual gpu cards).

I had decided I was going to replace this card with the highest end single cpu card, since honestly I don't think the extra gpu add's as much as the hassle it creates.

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#413460 6-Dec-2010 13:59

I've just sold my 4870, running a 6850 currently with a 5650 powered Laptop

have no troubles, did have overheating issues on my older Nvidia 8800GT and once switching, haven't looked back...

I have moved across the ditch. Now residing in Melbourne as a VOIP/Video Technical Trainer/Engineer.

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#413464 6-Dec-2010 14:01

yah I have had a 9800GX2, a 4870x2 and a 5970x2. Both ATI Cards have done the same thing. Across probably 30 driver versions

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#419286 20-Dec-2010 03:43

networkin what ATI Catalyst driver version are you using , I've used and heard good things about Catalyst 10.10e hotfix drivers

for better help I'd go looking in www.guru3d.com or www.techpowerup.com both sites have an large and active ATI community use the search and your bound to find good answers

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#419694 20-Dec-2010 21:06

halfbaked: I got a 5770 not too long ago and have had nothing but troubles since.

must be ur settings, got this card, no problems. runs every game on max settings. even on 2 screens