Old (nVidia-XFX) GPU loads at 50%

[K404]

I have a random XFX 3rd party PCB and BIOS here... scores are terrible and GPU-Z tells me that the GPU core and memory controller are both loading at 50%, which kinda makes sense, given the scores i'm getting.

 

It's just this card, so I think BIOS. Platform, OS and drivers make no difference.

 

Has anyone got experience of this and/or ideas on how to solve it? Nibitor doesn't have a "disable bollocks" option

 

Oh... card also has "Turbocache", which i'm not used to and I can't see any obvious options for messing with that.

[ObscureParadox]

"XFX"

[K404]

Well, XFX have no record of the card ("somewhere between end-of-life," files deleted and "WTF even was this?")

 

So... time for the enthusiast community

[Aleslammer]

Have the same problem with a Nvidia reference 9800 GT, nothing I’ve tried has helped.

[K404]

Hmmmmm

 

How is load assigned? 50% is very "neat"

 

Could the PCB or some components be damaged? Reballing needed on the die?

[TerraRaptor]

I would check memory first - I have fx5200 with damaged circuit of one memory chip - and it is still operational except being 32mb/32bit instead of 64/64. Probably RivaTuner diagnostic report should be a start point for checking if all specs meet factory settings.

[ObscureParadox]

Worth seeing if it can allocate to all of the memory when at 50% load, good shout. If not then time to bake some GFX?

[nickolp1974]

Seen a problem like this before and it ended up being a conflict with audio drivers and was fixed by disabling any audio device.