Author Topic: ATI 9700 pro OCing (Read 1225 times)

boxboy28 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 23, 2003, 04:42:08 PM »

same thing guys .......................get in start to adjust my settings like veiws/keyboard mapping WHAM lock up hard reboot!

if i keep trying it wont even get that far (lock up on splash screen)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #31 on:** May 23, 2003, 04:45:54 PM »

Have you tested it without the overclock utility? Pesonally, I have had problems with it.

boxboy28 · « **Reply #32 on:** May 23, 2003, 04:49:50 PM »

yes skuzzy i didnt even load that yet!
I figured if im supposed to be getting all this speed i wouldnt need it.
When i did sign on i was getting 89-100 fps inthe tower till it locked up!

acetnt · « **Reply #33 on:** May 23, 2003, 05:03:13 PM »

Hello boxboy28,

What r u running AGP at? - 4x? 8x?

You could be having stability probelms due to the AGP interface - disable fast write and try AGP 4x -

Just - giving u some troubleshooting advice.

HAd the exact problem you had i.e. RUn acehighs high with highframe rate then the frame rate dropped very low and had to do hard reboot to get back windows. Unfortunately it was with different hardware. In my case it was a bios upgrade that cause the problem - had to revert to the old one. The new one had problems with the AGP and the reported temperature....

Hope this helps in some way

boxboy28 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 28, 2003, 03:56:54 PM »

well sadly enough swiching it to 4x AGP worked but still no faster than before and its the same damn equipment int the machine as before and it was set to 8xAGP.
its all screwed maybe some day ill get it right, but for now im gonna flash my bios and see what that does!

So i updated the BIOS but it only has 3 seting for AGP apature 8mg 16mg or 32mg..................lol well i selected 32
seems i might have gained a FPS or 2 but whats up with that ? and its only givin me the option for 8x apg (which is working)

singh7 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 28, 2003, 09:54:17 PM »

Strange it only gives up to 32 mb aperture size---- will not perform as good as it should....

Wish I could help more -- but am stumped now

Acetnt

Pfunk · « **Reply #36 on:** May 28, 2003, 10:03:52 PM »

Hmm only 32MB AGP Aperature size, every time I have encountered that its been a video card problem. It could be entirely possible that you have done everything you should have, reformat, driver changes etc that some of the memory on that video card is bad, maybe all but 32MBs are screwed which would explain why you have such horrid performance from the best card out on the market.

SunKing · « **Reply #37 on:** May 29, 2003, 01:16:33 AM »

Sounds like some funky bios prob. Did you flash to the most current. Alot of board are coming out with 9700pro bios updates to run these cards correctly.

Siaf__csf · « **Reply #38 on:** May 29, 2003, 01:41:36 AM »

Boxboy you never mentioned anything about running VIA 4in1 drivers to your system.. That might do the trick.

mars01 · « **Reply #39 on:** May 29, 2003, 03:36:50 AM »

Hey Ocing

I have p4 533
ATI 9700 Pro and my fps stays constantly at 59.

Not much help, but I am in the same boat. If i find any thing i'll update here.

mars01

Skuzzy · « **Reply #40 on:** May 29, 2003, 07:25:45 AM »

mars01, you sound like you are stuck at 60Hz refresh rates. XP does this by default.

If you monitor can handle higher refresh rates at the resolution you are running at, you can use the ATi control panel to change the refresh rate.

By the way, staying at 60FPS is not a bad thing at all.

boxboy28 · « **Reply #41 on:** May 29, 2003, 08:34:43 AM »

I have the latest Via drivers the Hyprion (what ever) but they are the newest.
The BIOS is the latest for the board. i was using the 1.01 version but i upped to the 1.12 (so there is a 1.11 version i could try)

I used the ASUS EZ flash bios this after i downloaded the newest Bios.
went directly into set up and change this things i know im supposed to, But the funny thing is that it wont let me change the AGP speed either! its stuck @8x (which is fine)

mars01 · « **Reply #42 on:** May 29, 2003, 10:52:47 AM »

Hey Shuzzy,

Thats good news, I am actually running win2k, I should have mentioned that, but I think win2k may have the same problem.

I have actually changed Refresh Freq in Display properties from 85hz to 100hz then 120hz with no avail. I then tried the the program RefreshForce - that is what actually bumped it up to 120.

I downloaded RageTweak and set the card up as specified in one of the above links - weird thing there I could not unlock the advanced settings. ( Maybe I have to buy RageTweak)

I know some guys that are getting 200 fps with ATI cards, I would like to be able to take full advantage of the card, but I can definately live with it the way it is.

BTW you guys don't use OpenGL your DirectX right?

Thanks for the reply, you guys do a great job!!! I love the sim and can't wait to try AH2.

mars01.

mars01 · « **Reply #43 on:** June 01, 2003, 12:44:29 AM »

Awsome!!!

I updated my monitor driver and now I can unlock windows fps settings and im ok, thanks all for the posts good luck.

mars01

MAW Blacksheep XO