Good Afternoon.
I recently purchased an ATI Radeon X1650 (AGP 256MB) to replace a failing Radeon 9800 Pro in my computer. Its a decent card, and I am happy with my purchase, except I have a few issues.
First off, the card runs like the sun. From stock, my temperatures are 69C idle, and as much as, 88C under load. Somehow 190.4 degrees Fahrenheit doesn't seem like a safe temperature, so I tweaked the fan speeds some, and got it down to 64C idle and 81C under load. If I crank the fan to 100%, it dives no lower than 57C idle. Is this normal?
My other issues include having trouble keeping underclocked settings. I use ATI Tray Tool and somehow my card likes to crank its GPU & Memory speed back to stock. I am having Vista driver issues, along with some qwerkyness with XP video (like long delays opening video files).
Oh and is there a way to offload all video processing to the card when watching video files? I see my CPU maxing at 100% when trying to play high-def content, but my video card sits there bored.
Thanks.
-Cool-