Video Card Problem - Help !!! :)

[fd ski]

Had ATI 9800Pro working fine for last 3 years.

Last night I've put in Palit X800GTO (http://www.palit.com.tw/en/products/ati_agp_X800GTO.html).

In windows it seems to work fine, however 3d games have lots of artifacts. Tried it only on Total War games, Rome and MTW2 demo both were inreadable ( scattered graphics etc).  

I set the bios ( Asus board to AGP x8, voltage was set to 1.6v for agp). That's about as much knowledge as i have

Running benchmarking software (postmark or something like that) and gain in 3d category over 9800pro was abotu 3% !!! Something is hosed. Any ideas ?

Thanks

fd

[SkyChimp03]

Originally posted by fd ski
Had ATI 9800Pro working fine for last 3 years.

Last night I've put in Palit X800GTO (http://www.palit.com.tw/en/products/ati_agp_X800GTO.html).

In windows it seems to work fine, however 3d games have lots of artifacts. Tried it only on Total War games, Rome and MTW2 demo both were inreadable ( scattered graphics etc).  

I set the bios ( Asus board to AGP x8, voltage was set to 1.6v for agp). That's about as much knowledge as i have

Running benchmarking software (postmark or something like that) and gain in 3d category over 9800pro was abotu 3% !!! Something is hosed. Any ideas ?

Thanks

fd

Over heating.... I'm guessing your using a (store bought computer) they come with 250-280w psu TEH SUK ati 800's need atleast 350w to run decent.


If you you cant get new PSU atm goto local computer store take side of case off add a little 80mm or 120mm near vid card till you can.

[Rolex]

Try this and let us know:

Right click on desktop. Properties > Settings > Advanced > 3D, then click on Compatibility at the bottom.

Disable both "Support DXT texture formats" and "Alternate pixel center."

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Could be a driver problem also. Leftovers from the previous card installation.

But more likely it's a defective card, it should be returned to the dealership for testing.

[Rolex]

ATI drivers overwrite (no need to delete old ones) and the same driver works for both old and new cards.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

In theory, yes.

[fd ski]

http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/11/18/medieval-total-war-2-text-corruption-graphics-bug/

that fixed it. Weird.... not sure about performance, seems that it isn't quite the performance increase one could expect..