ATI 9800 pro crashing computer

[JW1976]

Hello all,

Heard this was the best place for
advice and help and I need both.
WHile playing Battlefield 2 for around
5-15 minutes the whole computer freezes.
I eventually to a hard reset or it resets it self.
I am getting no error messages except
occasionally the vpu recovery.
I tried switching from 8x to 4x but the problem still
happens it just takes it a bit longer.
I also upped the voltage from 1.5 to 1.6 my
computer did not like that at all either 4xor8x.

Thx
JW

 

[JW1976]

Bump

 

[Munky]

Hmmm... It might be that the video card is overheating, does your 9800p have a temp sensor?

 

[JW1976]

Originally posted by: munky
Hmmm... It might be that the video card is overheating, does your 9800p have a temp sensor?

Nope

 

[Greenman]

Heat would be my guess, drop the voltage to stock, make sure the fan works and isn't pluged up with dust.

 

[JW1976]

The only way I can get it to stay stable is to drop down to 800x600
and run BF2 at lowest settings.

This card should run BF2 at least medium settings.
I ran HL2 & Far Cry at High. Even Doom 3
I think the card Just took a crap.

 

[Saga]

Is it the 256 ot 128 bit version? I have two 9800 Pro's sitting here, a 128mb 256bit which refuses to work with BF2, and the 256mb 256bit which works fine with BF2.