Crysis Artifacting, Help me out...

Computer_Freak

Computer_Freak

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Hey guys

Ive been playing Crysis (again) lately, and i have been getting some bad artifacting.

It is summer here in South Africa, and i have an ambient temp of 26 Degrees Celsius (im idling at 54/52 degrees celsius).

i have a Gigabyte GTX295

Now during the game, My temps average at about 67 - 69, but i get peaks at certain levels that reach 78 degrees celsius

All this, while the GPU fan speed is at 100%...!!!

Now, i do have enough cooling (all available fan slots on the Coolermaster 590 are occupied), with one of my front intake fans blowing cold air directly to the GFX card (the HDD's are cooled by the 2nd front intake fan below the 1st intake fan...)

Now, is there any way to prevent this, besides replacing the HSF?

I saw on a thread somewhere, that a guy took his card apart, and replaced all the old Thermal paste wth AS5, and he applied it properly. He experienced a 5 degree drop in load temps.

Is this the only thing that i can do??? Cause i know this will void my warranty...

thanks for the help guys

My Settings in game are:

2 x AA, 16 x AF, all settings on Very High (I did the tweak that unlocks very high on DX9...)

I dont get any lag, and the frames you see there are the lowest i go.

Here is a pic...

CrysisArtifacting.jpg
 
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When was the last time you blew out the inside of the case with compressed air?

Heatsinks have to be clean to work properly.
 
Those artifacts mean something is faulty. my 4850 has similar artifacts. I'm getting an RMA for it.
 
I had the problem before the very high setting as well...

And i did blow it out about 2 weeks ago. I did a full clean. Pulled the GFX card out, blew down the HSF, through the fan, down the sides, and through the fan again.

I think maybe cause the rest of my components are ok (check sig), it draws too much GPU power to compensate... (if thats even possible...)

I dont know, ill have to see.
 
well for one wouldnt the 6300 severely bottleneck that card.. but yea does it run fine before the card temps go up or is it even when they are lower if so seems like it might be a bad card
 
no, its when the temps are high.

but i also get some slight artifacting at 67 degrees. Must i ask to get a new card???

I have had it for less than a year...
 
when i was clocking my 4890's and testing them on 3dmark06 they started to get artifacts on the screen!

i am sure its temp related, i put my fans up to 55% and it got rid of the problem!

is your gpu overclocked by you or manufacturer?
 
Have you tried removing the side cover off your case?

If it's temp related, maybe you should consider a different case?
 
Bodaggit23 said:
Have you tried removing the side cover off your case?

If it's temp related, maybe you should consider a different case?
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I have

the same

I have a Coolermaster Centurion 590

I have 2 CM Sickleflow fans in front (they damn strong for 120mm's) and the rest are red LED CM fans

positive pressure in case. I have tried negative, this drops tems by 11 degrees...

my case is fine. 2 intake, 4 exhaust fans. 1 side fan is exhasitng just the hot air from the gfx card.

so yeah...
 
Sounds like overheating memory onboard that 295 mate. Open the side of the case and point a standard room fan at it. If that fixes it, you will need some 3rd party memory heatsinks or cooling options.
 
bigfellla said:
800 posts whoo hoo! - edit sorry, couldn't resist!
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im nearly on 1000 posts

the thing is, i bought a 4 in 3 module, and put that to blow ait directly to the GPU.

And the fan is pretty strong, so it is giving fresh air. (its a Coolermaster Sickleflow, moves quite alot of air, but its a little noisy)

what worries me is that the fan is at 100% and it still maxes out at 78 degrees (avg at 68 degrees)

ill try the fan, and see if it works...
 
Some GPU's have a heatsink and fan arrangement over the processor, but not the ram. I would test my idea. If that helps, i would get an after-market memory heatsink kit or mount with cable ties an additional 120mm fan on top of the card. Also make sure there is not dust in the PSU.
 
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no dust in the PSU

How would that affect the GPU heat?

My PC is dust free, and i clean it every month (especially in winter, here our winters are very dry)

Ithink it might be the memory or maybe the PCB.

cause the PCB gets very hot during gaming (i cant touch it for too long...)

EDIT: With the Fan, my idle temps are the same.

My CPU actually went up 1 degree...

I must try playing today, as today its colder than normal
 
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It definately sounds like your 295 is faulty. if it's under a year old i'm guessing it's still under warranty. what brand is it?
 
Gigabyte

i dont have a problem in CoD4

just Crysis

I tried re-installing the Drivers, and it didnt help

I think it is a faulty card. will try get a new one
 
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