Recent content by Bigg

OK. I played Swat 4 with settings on High for an hour yesterday and didn't get a system lock-up. I played America's Army with all settings at Highest for an hour and a half yesterday and didn't lock up. I'm convinced BF2 has some sort of memory or texture leake or something.

Nope. I have set sound to Low/Software/EAX OFF and still freezes my system.

So what's the normal temp for the 9800 PRO anyway? My CPU reads maximum of 52C on a warn day with the AC off. With my AC on, it usually stays at 47 MAX under load. I read that a good estimate of GPU temps is CPU temp +20 degrees. Is this correct? So 80-85 degrees should be normal for a...

Does the 9800 PRO built by ATI have a temperature monitor on it? I have tried to locate the GPU temp in ATI Tray Tools but they are grayed out. I assume then mine doesn't have the sensor, but I have read that the 9800 PROs have the sensor. Anyone have any idea? It would be ironic if a card...

The power supply is a brand new Thermaltake 480W. The entire system is brand new. Just built it 2 weeks ago. The only component that was old was the Audigy 1 Gamer. I yanked that out and switched to onboard sound. I think my problem was partially heat, but I've done plenty to rectify...

I have a 9800 PRO from ATI with 256MB DDR RAM. When I play Battlefield 2 at the Lowest Settings, AA OFF, 800x600 Resolution, it crashes my system. I can play America's Army or Ride of Nations with no problems. I don't see any artifcating ineither of those games. Heck, I don't even see...

My CPU Die reads around 42C when Idle and my board sensor reeads 24C when Idle. When playing a game like Battlefield 2, my temps will be rise about 5-6 degrees. When should I get worried and shut down my system to protect my components, especially my graphics card? The room temp is...

I have been having tons of problems running Battlefield 2 as documented here in the Technical Support forum. Well after every possible remedy tried, I decided to simply take the side panel off my case, and turn the PC off for a couple hours and let it sit in its ice-cold air-conditioned room...

OK, thanks. I followed everything you mentioned and every thing seems setup normal. I changed that setting from "start up" to x11 2200MHZ. The setting for CPU clock can be changed to between 200MHz and 300MHz, using 1MHz intervals. I got it up to 213MHz without a problem...opps...

I have a new Athlon 64 3500 with a Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 board and I have been getting some performance problems, I was looking in my BIOS and I noticed that CPU Ratio is set to "Start-Up". Is that normal? I set it to 2200MHz but I'm unsure if that's safe. Also, under the setting CPU...

I just ran Norton Systemwork's Windows Utility and fixed 33 Registry problems. I also defragged both hard disks. I am also going to reseat the 9800 PRO. Let's see what this does. I will also try disabling PB and hopping on a server w/out PB... scary thought...lol. As far as the Radeon...

I have this problem. I double click the Battlefield 2 icon, and the game starts fine. I login fine. I browse the server browser fine. I connect to a server fine. When on the server, I will be moving around scanning the area when the game will freeze. I cannot move at all. I also hear a...

OK. Thanks.

I have some Arctic Silver coming in the mail soon but all my components are all here and I want to build this sucker. Is there a problem if I put everything together now and just use the thermal pad for the AMD Athlon 64 3500 Venice that I ordered? Then is it still safe to remove the thermal...

I saw a link to a good Yahoo site that sold it for around $5-$6 with free shipping, but I can't find the thread it was posted in. . New Egg wants $8 plus $6 shipping. I'd like to buy somewhere that you guys have used and can be trusted. Thanks in advance.