Radeon 8500 128mb card not working :\

[Wicked00]

Ok, so I shouldn't say it isn't working, because I am able to run 3Dmark on it and everything runs just fine, but as soon as I try playing a game, it just hangs and I have to restart my system. Here are the specs

Intel 1.6a
P4B533-E
Kingston 2700 ddr
80gb wd special edition

Running Win xp pro

I have no idea what could be causing this. I've tried running the games at different resolutions and it still will not work. I have all the latest drivers from ati but no go. Anyone have any ideas?

 

[Wicked00]

Someone in here must know.

 

[Markfw]

OK, I am an AMD fan, and I don't know Intel systems, but here are a few pertinant questions. Is your Bus at stock speed ? Is anything overclocked ? Is your system stable otherwise ? Is your memory at CAS 2.5 ? I have that video card and it is rock solid. Also, if you can run 3dmark, I would guess that there is some other problem, so don't give up, as the card must be good. What is your 3dmark score ?

 

[Wicked00]

FSB is set to 135, putting me at 2.1ghz, but I've been having this problem since yesterday when I hadn't oc'd yet. My 3d mark score was 8500. Its got to be a setting somewhere... I'm trying to play TFC. I don't know if you're familiar with it, but it crashes on me right when its loading up the server game.

 

[newbiepcuser]

When you lower the FSB, does it still crash, and also, are all the drivers updated?

 

[Wicked00]

I have all the latest drivers, and I'm pretty sure the over clock has nothing to do with it since it was doing this prior to the overclock

 

[Budman]

Did you install your INF Intel drivers?

 

[Wicked00]

Yep, did that

 

[TimeKeeper]

I have all the latest drivers

Perhaps you have similar problem like mine.

Currently, I am running the reference board driver in my P4 system. and it works fine.

And my AMD system using the OMEGA/PLUTONIUM DRIVERS and it has been very stable.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Do you have buddy's machine to test this video card on? If it shows the same symptoms, time for RMA.

 

[Wicked00]

It can't possibly be rma. I can play the 3dMark demo just fine, but for some reason it crashes my computer when I start TFC or Empire Earth. I downloaded and ran a demo of Starcraft, and that also ran just fine, so I'm thinking its a stupid setting somewhere. Now whenever I try to play TFC in single player mode, right as the game is starting to load, the whole game dissappears and I end up right at my desktop as if nothing had happened.