imranj Posted April 19, 2003 Share Posted April 19, 2003 ok........hmm i have a odd situation herei got a ATI Radeon powered one 7500 from my pal and installed itafter installing the latest drivers and stuff i tried out some games........but all of the them would freeze.....say spider man, MOHAA, NFSHP2.....etc .....all of them would hang..........but my old trusty ATI radeon 7000 is fine and works just fine, no stability issue both in xp and in win2k3 server.........? u have any idea what may be causing the lock upssystem info is AMD k7 800, VIA chipset, gigabyte board KX 133 model .........direct X 9.0a , has passed all the DX test for 7, 8 and 9 interfaces......... AGP speed 4x for both 7000 and 7500.........any idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Don't have either one myself, but here are some things you might like to check out:Ratings:http://pcworld.pricegrabber.com/rating_get...01858a78cf0f936No lockups on Intel Chip:http://www.cheapgeek.net/reviews/ati_radeo...n7500_pg3.shtmlUpgrading to DirectX 9.0a - lockups disappear with an ATI card:http://www.rageunderground.com/Hope one of these will give a clue to the lockups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ComputerBob Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I've said it before, and I'm saying it again:Fran, you're a treasure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 ComputerBob --As a famous cartoon character would say: "Shanks a rot!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengeek Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 I'd go to AMD and get the latest AGP drivers, VIA for the latest 4 in 1 and also check out the temperature, with a newer card the computer may be overheating.Joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfProRM Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 ok........hmm i have a odd situation herei got a ATI Radeon powered one 7500 from my pal and installed itafter installing the latest drivers and stuff i tried out some games........but all of the them would freeze.....say spider man, MOHAA, NFSHP2.....etc .....all of them would hang..........but my old trusty ATI radeon 7000 is fine and works just fine, no stability issue both in xp and in win2k3 server.........? u have any idea what may be causing the lock upssystem info is AMD k7 800, VIA chipset, gigabyte board KX 133 model .........direct X 9.0a , has passed all the DX test for 7, 8 and 9 interfaces......... AGP speed 4x for both 7000 and 7500.........any idea?did your friend's card work when you got it? I'd be worried about that first of all... second... make sure the AGP card is seated correctly in its slot. Is your Radeon 7000 the 32mb or the 64mb? if it's the 64, I'd see no reason to mess with upgrading from the 7000 (64mb) to the 7500 (64mb)... granted the processor is a bit faster, but the performance shouldn't be that different... just a thought anyway... please give us more info/updates as to your progress!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havnblast Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Flakey sometimes? ATI would be great if they knew how to make drivers, I can't believe they have that problem, cause they could give nvidia a good run if they just could produce good drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scot Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Concur about ATI drivers. I've stopped purchasing ATI cards altogether. I just grew tired of the hassles. We have fewer and fewer choices in this category it seems.-- Scot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 Scot --You are not kidding ... very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prelude76 Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 I had problem are problem with ATI cards, usually conflict with motherboard AGP drivers, and video drivers. I've had to replace and return so many Mach series and Rage series cards, and haven't touched a single Radeon card for the simple reason that I think they are crummy video cards. Mind you ATI isn't alone in this, my Matrox G400 would give me many random blue screen of deaths too.I know it doesnt help your situation with the Radeon, but perhaps you should consider any GeForce 3 or GeForce 4 card instead. These cards are rock solid, the Detonator drivers are close to perfect, and all my games just fly on these cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imranj Posted April 29, 2003 Author Share Posted April 29, 2003 Thanks to all for the replies and helps and go their links too...........but as said..........Direct X is the latest ever available..........so is the drive for ATI 3.2 Catalysts........whatever.......system is cool .........u see i have no probs in 2d mode..........but as soon as i kick in 3d like NFSHP2 ya MOHAA 2 or Spider man the games would start locking up pretty good........and secondly why wouldnt my ATI radeon 7000 would lockup.......? which doesnt has a cool fan on the gpu..??And what should be the ideal settings for such a card ..........u know the tweaks.........;)read u soon ppl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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