Weird x800 pro clocking issue

[[XC] Lead Head]

I can get my core upto about 560MHz on stock cooling but its the ram that is acting weird.

If i bump the ram up from 450mhz to 500, no artifacts in ATI tool but i get weird blue squares in nearly every 3D Program. The amount of squares increases with mem clock. Like if I clock my mem upto 560Mhz i get some blue artifacts in Fear along with some yellow ones. I don't understand why I get artifacts at 500 in every 3d prog except Ati tool. I originally thought I had 2.0ns Ram which the max is 500Mhz at stock volts. But i looked at my ram chips and they ended in 16 so i am asuming that is 1.6ns? Input would be apreciated.

[lawrywild]

Like if I clock my mom upto 560Mhz i get some blue artifacts in Fear along with some yellow ones.

LOL that reads funny :D , you overclock your mom?? :D

anyway, have you checked the traces, things like this are usually caused by broken traces or just dodgy ram.. (what happens at stock clocks also?)

[[XC] Lead Head]

Everything is fine at stock.

Typo fixed ;)

[[XC] Lead Head]

anyone?

[Jarrod1937]

well isn't it obvious? you're pushing your ram further than it can go. ati tool is a good tool fo overclocking but its artifact tester is no where near real-world at all. this could be from your ram not getting enoughm voltage to run at the higher speeds, your ram overheating, or your rams limits.
if you're looking for a performance boost try unlocking the extra pipes, if you get wierd errors then relock them but if not then you'll geta very fast performance boost.