HEEELLLLLPPPP!!!!
got my 8500 two weeks ago and had been testing it for stability and compatibility. works fine except for a few artifacts in legacy games (battlezone, heavy gear) with certain drivers. Everything seems ok. Quake3, CS, RTCW, Jane's USAF, MS Combat FS2, UT, HW, Aquanox run just fine although i had to do some experimentation with which drivers to install to play ghost recon without seeing artifacts in the team member selection screen before eventually freezing.
However, no matter which drivers i install (ATI's official releases and third party betas)I can't play operation flashpoint without it freezing everytime a mission begins (like immediately to about after 30 seconds into a mission, depending on which drivers are installed). The game on the other hand doesn't freeze on the pre-mission screens, movies or mission editing screen. I've tried re-installing operation flashpoint and directx 8.1 (even 8.0a) after a scandisk and defrag but op flash still locks-up my system. I am sure that each different driver version was installed cleanly.
Just two weeks ago i was testing an OEM GF3 ti200 from MSI for my friend and it worked fine with operation flashpoint (Yes, I removed all traces of it's drivers before installing the 8500) and that was the only piece of hardware that I replaced before experiencing problems. My CPU temp remains at 44 degrees and case temp is at 29 with 100% CPU load so i know that it's not an overheating issue. The video card doesn't seem like it's even close to overheating either. I don't have anything overclocked on my system. no funny system optimizations and utilities or TSRs in the background either. everything is as default and plain as it can be. WHAT IS WRONG?
cpu: AXP 1700+
mem: 256MB corsair PC 2100 CAS2 latency
mobo: FIC AD11 (AMD 760)
3D card: retail ATI Radeon 8500
HDD: 30GB Western Digital
Thanks to anyone who comes to my aid.
got my 8500 two weeks ago and had been testing it for stability and compatibility. works fine except for a few artifacts in legacy games (battlezone, heavy gear) with certain drivers. Everything seems ok. Quake3, CS, RTCW, Jane's USAF, MS Combat FS2, UT, HW, Aquanox run just fine although i had to do some experimentation with which drivers to install to play ghost recon without seeing artifacts in the team member selection screen before eventually freezing.
However, no matter which drivers i install (ATI's official releases and third party betas)I can't play operation flashpoint without it freezing everytime a mission begins (like immediately to about after 30 seconds into a mission, depending on which drivers are installed). The game on the other hand doesn't freeze on the pre-mission screens, movies or mission editing screen. I've tried re-installing operation flashpoint and directx 8.1 (even 8.0a) after a scandisk and defrag but op flash still locks-up my system. I am sure that each different driver version was installed cleanly.
Just two weeks ago i was testing an OEM GF3 ti200 from MSI for my friend and it worked fine with operation flashpoint (Yes, I removed all traces of it's drivers before installing the 8500) and that was the only piece of hardware that I replaced before experiencing problems. My CPU temp remains at 44 degrees and case temp is at 29 with 100% CPU load so i know that it's not an overheating issue. The video card doesn't seem like it's even close to overheating either. I don't have anything overclocked on my system. no funny system optimizations and utilities or TSRs in the background either. everything is as default and plain as it can be. WHAT IS WRONG?
cpu: AXP 1700+
mem: 256MB corsair PC 2100 CAS2 latency
mobo: FIC AD11 (AMD 760)
3D card: retail ATI Radeon 8500
HDD: 30GB Western Digital
Thanks to anyone who comes to my aid.
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