Hello to anyone who reads this.
I am having some major issues with running 3D applications on my system. System is exactly as in sig and has been for 1.5 years except for the cpu which was just upgraded a couple weeks ago. I went from a 3200+ Winchester to the X2 4800+. I was using the same ram being OCZ PC4000EB Platinum Edition on both cpus however due to a really weak Winchester I wasn't able to run the ram any higher than 225mhz. The X2 is much stronger and is allowing me to run the ram at its desired stock frequency of 250mhz. Here is the issue. I can Orthos all night long, dual super pi 32M, OCCT, SnM etc however anything 3D and I get very odd issues that mimic video card instablity but it isn't the video card causing it. The screen will flicker black, sometimes half the screen will be cut off only showing a portion of the screen and in worst cases and quite often the monitors will shut off showing no signal. This mimics a vpu recover caused by the video card.
I have been using the same video card, with the same clocks and the same volts to a T on both cpus and this has never happened until the new cpu/higher ram speed increase. I originally thought it was the video card acting up however lowering clocks, raising volts etc had the same results. Anywhere from 20 mins to a few hours, totally random. I decided to try to lower the ram speed to see how it did. At this point it was only at 254mhz being a measily 4mhz above stock. Upon lowering the ram speed I noticed the problem getting less and less until at a low ram speed the problem was gone. Video card was left untouched as was cpu speed as I usually put the ram on a divider to enable the cpu speed to be left high. I have no clue what is going on but something is strange with this ram and 3D applications. I can barely do stock stable without a risk of issues.
I am running Tony's 406BTA bios and it has been cleared many times with the same results. Timings/volts on the ram doing nothing either as even up to 2.75v I cannot keep the ram much above stock without issues.
If anyone can help with some info it would be really, really appreciated. These memory problems are not your typical and it is very hard to diagnose when they mimic video card issues.
I greatly appreciate the long read, any help would be awesome. If you need to know specifics on anything else please do let me know. I look forward to some favourable responses.
Andrew
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