ATi Radeon X1650 problem

[Briffy]

Hey everyone.

I recently upgraded from a Nvidia FX5200 graphics card to the ATi X1650 AGP PRO. Now, I have a few problems with this card.

Firstly, the computer now has an insanely slow boot time and sometimes, I'll log in and the screen will go completely black and will refuse to respond. Also, when I'm opening applications and switching between them, the screen will flicker black and take a few seconds to correct itself. The machine is running a lot slower than with my old card, too.

Playing games is a huge hassle, too. They will run fine with much better FPS and quality than my old card, but after around 10 minutes, the screen will go black. I can hear the game still playing but the Windows report error window will appear at some point and the game will disappear. Another thing, when I'm in the Catalyst Control Centre, the 3D preview box doesn't show anything and an error pops up saying that the Windowed Previewed Application created an error and needs to close.

I've tried reinstalling the drivers, updating, rolling back to older drivers and re-seating the card. I can't figure out what is going on, so maybe some of you can.

Computer specs:

1GB RAM. (Can't remember the brand name)
AMD Athlon 3000+ 2.1GHz.
ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard.

The card is at around 41ºC/106ºF when the system is idle.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

 

[btcomm1]

Well, did you make sure all the nvidia drivers were out of the system when you installed the new card? If so then perhaps you have another computer to test the card on. It sounds like it's an issue with the phyical card or your windows might need to be repaired or reinstalled completely.

 

[Briffy]

I uninstalled the Nvidia card and used DriverCleaner to make sure they were all gone. Should I have done anything else?

I'll try to put the card into a different PC later on and get back to you on that one.

Other than that, reinstalling Windows isn't much of a set-back for me, s'long as the card works.

Thanks.

Edit: Computer just blue-screened while watching a DVD with the file "atikvmag.dll". (I think that was the name).

This just keeps getting worse.

 

[RiBeNtRoP]

The first thing i would do, a clean install of the O.S

If the problem still goes on, try your video card in other computer.