Video Card Problem - Games Crashing to Desktop

clozepinclozepin
edited June 2005 in Hardware
I have an ATI Radeon 9100. Everytime I load a game, it crashes to the desktop. I've tried updating the drivers a few times. It seems that once I update the drivers, I can get the game to work once. Then next time I load it up, same thing, crash to desktop.

I have XP - SP2.

Any tips?

Comments

  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    Sounds like a software problem

    Is there a patch for the game ?
  • clozepinclozepin
    edited June 2005
    It's actually happening with all games. It started with Sim City 4. Then some random DL'd games. Now StarCraft.
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited June 2005
    Doesn't sound like a video card problem to me... maybe RAM, maybe even PSU. Run memtest86.

    Does it give you any errors? Are you overclocking anything?
  • mikechinymmikechinym New
    edited June 2005
    i think it just because the game didn't work fine together with the graphic cards.i have seen many ati cards that always getting problem with games.what i advice is try to pull down the hardware acceralation and try them one by one.
  • GrayFoxGrayFox /dev/urandom Member
    edited June 2005
    I haven't heard of an ati card have a problem with a game like this since the rage 128 days.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2005
    The other guys gave you good advice. You might also try reinstalling DirectX.
  • clozepinclozepin
    edited June 2005
    RAM is ok, thanks.

    I'm actually underclocking the CPU. The MB only allows upto 1.8GHZ. The CPU is a 2.4 AMD, so I have it running at 1.8.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2005
    clozepin wrote:
    ...I'm actually underclocking the CPU. The MB only allows upto 1.8GHZ. The CPU is a 2.4 AMD, so I have it running at 1.8.
    That's the correct speed for an AMD 2400. Their rating is not tied to actual clock speed, but rather to performance. :)
  • DonutDonut Maine New
    edited June 2005
    Psst, Prof-AFAIK a 2400xp is 2ghz. :hiding:

    What other programs are running in the background? Are they completely crashing or just minimizing to the taskbar? The reason I ask is on my wifes machine (2400xp), older games will randomly minimize to the taskbar or just momentarily black out. She doesn't play any video intensive games. This happens with a TNT2, Radeon 7000,7500,9250,9500pro and various different drivers.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2005
    Donut wrote:
    Psst, Prof-AFAIK a 2400xp is 2ghz. :hiding: ...
    It depends on the core, but you are correct: all 2400+ are indeed 2GHz. :o

    The complete list is here.

    A bios update might fix that, clozepin. :)

    It won't solve your crashing problem, though. :(
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