Goosemaster

Lifer
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I have had my sn41g2 running well for a couple of months, but decided to upgrade my Radeon 9700 (non-pro) to a passively cooled Gigabyte GF 6800 (GV-N68128DH). The first thing I had to do was pull out my Creative Labs soundcard as the new GFX card blocks the PCI slot. Not a big issue other than crappy onboard stuttering sound.

Can anyone help with any of the following issues?
1. The system won't run in with 1GB of RAM (2 x Crucial 512MB DDR400). I now have to remove one stick
2. The card is only showing as AGP 4x - it should be 8x
3. The performance does not seem to be any better than the old card I pulled out.

I have removed all the ATI drivers and even tried a clean install on another formatted hard drive. I am running W98SE with 77.71 Forceware drivers. CPU is an AMD Athlon XP 3000+

Power supply is Shuttles 250W. Surely if it was a power problem the card wouldn't run at all, not just slowly?

Grateful for any thoughts/help


I spy..:p
 

BigJ

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Windows 98 SE eh?

He can afford a fvcking Shuttle, but he's still using W98SE....jeebus.
 

tami

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Originally posted by: BigJ
Windows 98 SE eh?

He can afford a fvcking Shuttle, but he's still using W98SE....jeebus.

his system reeks of FLAWS. :D
 

Mrvile

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Oct 16, 2004
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WTF?

6800's don't fit in PCI slots? WTF?? But I...I...but.....

.....

...WTF??
 

BigJ

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Originally posted by: Mrvile
WTF?

6800's don't fit in PCI slots? WTF?? But I...I...but.....

.....

...WTF??

Read, boy! The 6800 blocks the PCI slot, not goes into it.
 

Mrvile

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Oct 16, 2004
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Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: Mrvile
WTF?

6800's don't fit in PCI slots? WTF?? But I...I...but.....

.....

...WTF??

Read, boy! The 6800 blocks the PCI slot, not goes into it.

DOH!

I guess I'm not nerd enough for this one...:confused: I can't figure it out.
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: tami
Originally posted by: BigJ
Windows 98 SE eh?

He can afford a fvcking Shuttle, but he's still using W98SE....jeebus.

his system reeks of FLAWS. :D

word

Just enought knowledge to make him dangerous... I think... stay far away from support for this person...
 

spunkz

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i'm running the comp in my sig all on the shuttle 250w, overclocked and all, plus a second hard drive. no slowdown, no graphical errors, no power issues whatsoever. worked on the 200w also, only upgraded to make it softer. so don't mess with shuttle PSUs!
 

Goosemaster

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Originally posted by: spunkz
i'm running the comp in my sig all on the shuttle 250w, overclocked and all, plus a second hard drive. no slowdown, no graphical errors, no power issues whatsoever. worked on the 200w also, only upgraded to make it softer. so don't mess with shuttle PSUs!

aye...they are beasts
 

KidViciou$

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i was reading waiting for the joke, and once i saw the 98se i started laughing, hahahaha

i pass the test
 

So

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Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: spunkz
i'm running the comp in my sig all on the shuttle 250w, overclocked and all, plus a second hard drive. no slowdown, no graphical errors, no power issues whatsoever. worked on the 200w also, only upgraded to make it softer. so don't mess with shuttle PSUs!

aye...they are beasts

to a passively cooled Gigabyte GF 6800

WTF?
 

Goosemaster

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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: Goosemaster
Originally posted by: spunkz
i'm running the comp in my sig all on the shuttle 250w, overclocked and all, plus a second hard drive. no slowdown, no graphical errors, no power issues whatsoever. worked on the 200w also, only upgraded to make it softer. so don't mess with shuttle PSUs!

aye...they are beasts

to a passively cooled Gigabyte GF 6800

WTF?

it can be done..there is even a passive x800xl:Q