known issues with XFX 6600GT and HL2?

[WA261]

Put the card in today and now HL2 will not run, as in you click on play game...it loads..select load game or new game.. then the system reboots. I had a 9800pro here at work and had no problems. I ran drivercleaner, etc...before install.

Work rig is not oc'd at all. Sempron 2400, 8K3AE, 512 Kingston pc4000
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[Fenuxx]

I had this problem when I upgraded from my GeForce FX 5700U to my current 6800GT. The only thing I did, and I am pretty sure this will work for you, is to go into the

"SteamApps\Half-Life 2\hl2\config" (I don't know if thats exactly right, but it should be close) directory within the place you have HL2 installed, and delete the config.cfg file. This will force the game to redetect all of your hardware, and this should work. If not, you may just have to reinstall the game. You can do this with all of the other games (CS:Source, HL:Source) to get them to work as well.

If you DO have to end up reinstalling the game, get your savegames from:

"SteamApps\Half-Life 2\hl2\SAVE" directory, and copy everything to a safe location on your hard drive. Then, after reinstalling, you can just copy everything back over into this same directory.

Sure hope this helps.

 

[WA261]

Turns out I am to use to ATI.....when it comes to letting you know if the card is plugged into a molex...ATI gives you the error, this card did not and I did not even notice it had the connector... what a :tard: I am at times.

Thanks for the info though bro =)

 

[Fenuxx]

Originally posted by: WA261
Turns out I am to use to ATI.....when it comes to letting you know if the card is plugged into a molex...ATI gives you the error, this card did not and I did not even notice it had the connector... what a :tard: I am at times.

Thanks for the info though bro =)

OOPS! 😛 No prob, glad to help 😉

 

[WA261]

I am amazed at the performance of the XFX6600Gt over the 9800Pro...seeing they are the same price it seems they would performn close...the 6600 just stopms the 9800Pro into the ground. Nice pick up for the work rig. 🙂

 

[Gentle]

By the way, for XFX users, don't stay with the 66.81 driver set.

Minimum I recommend (based on the news page at XFX's website) is the 67.03's.

Gentle

 

[WA261]

I am not sure what I have now, but why the warning?

 

[rocketbubba]

Better performance. I use 67.66. I had a few minor issues with 66.81 (included w/ my card) and also with 66.93. Everything is smooth with 67.66 (Forceware - got it from guru3d.com).

 

[Yossairian]

Originally posted by: WA261
Turns out I am to use to ATI.....when it comes to letting you know if the card is plugged into a molex...ATI gives you the error, this card did not and I did not even notice it had the connector... what a :tard: I am at times.

Thanks for the info though bro =)

Haha I was going to suggust that. Don't feel bad, I did the exact same thing on the exact same card..

 

[PrayForDeath]

Originally posted by: Yossairian

Originally posted by: WA261
Turns out I am to use to ATI.....when it comes to letting you know if the card is plugged into a molex...ATI gives you the error, this card did not and I did not even notice it had the connector... what a :tard: I am at times.

Thanks for the info though bro =)

Haha I was going to suggust that. Don't feel bad, I did the exact same thing on the exact same card..

lol, so many people are doing the same mistake. They should sticky this information for a while 😉
And yes, there's a big performance jump between a 9800Pro and a 6600GT, especially with Doom 3. I can tell that from my own experience since I have been through this transition too. The only thing I dislike about the 6600GT is its 128bit bus. I am used to 256bit and now I hate the effect of AA and AF on my performance. With the 9800Pro, it was unnoticable.

 

[Gentle]

Originally posted by: Gentle
By the way, for XFX users, don't stay with the 66.81 driver set.

Minimum I recommend (based on the news page at XFX's website) is the 67.03's.

Originally posted by: WA261
I am not sure what I have now, but why the warning?

O.k. Here's the reason I recommend the 67.03's as the minimum (based on the news page at XFX's website).

http://www.xfxforce.com/news_view.php?newsId=104
12.01.2004

The issues that some users have reported seeing when using the GeForce 6600 GT AGP are due to a driver bug which causes 3D corruption when this GPU is used with certain motherboards, most notably SIS motherboards.
NVIDIA has verified a fix for this bug and have posted a new driver, 67.03, which can be downloaded from nZone http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_winxp_2k_67.03.html

That's the reason I recommend them as a basic starting point. Most of the cards are shipping with the 66.81's or similar.

Gentle