Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB game severe problem?
Well one day I started up Warcraft III frozen throne like normal and all the sudden the monitor turned black and went to standby (like it was shutting off of some sorts).
So I opened the case and the card was quite hot, (about 2 months ago I had similar problem but it went away, the fan on the video card turns on and off sometimes) so i installed a fan that blows onto the video card.
Then my problems stopped.
So I restart my computer and play WoW and the screen freezes and its all distorted boxes lines and colors. I restart again and get the microsoft serious fatal device error or something.
Says my display driver "ati2dvag" has failed or stopped.
now ati sounds like radeon so its definantally a video card issue.
My comp doesnt freeze at the desktop or anything. It only crashes during games it seems, I blew out all the dust of my comp, but I dont think that helped.
Im not sure if I downgraded some drivers which might cause this... or i need new ones.
But im still unsure what the real issue is. I doubt my card is dying because wouldnt it be freezing at the desktop too?
Specs
2.44 Ghz Intel pentium 4 pro
Power supply= 450-500 watts
1gb ram, radeon 9800 pro 256mb
Please help me short media crew!!! :banghead:
So I opened the case and the card was quite hot, (about 2 months ago I had similar problem but it went away, the fan on the video card turns on and off sometimes) so i installed a fan that blows onto the video card.
Then my problems stopped.
So I restart my computer and play WoW and the screen freezes and its all distorted boxes lines and colors. I restart again and get the microsoft serious fatal device error or something.
Says my display driver "ati2dvag" has failed or stopped.
now ati sounds like radeon so its definantally a video card issue.
My comp doesnt freeze at the desktop or anything. It only crashes during games it seems, I blew out all the dust of my comp, but I dont think that helped.
Im not sure if I downgraded some drivers which might cause this... or i need new ones.
But im still unsure what the real issue is. I doubt my card is dying because wouldnt it be freezing at the desktop too?
Specs
2.44 Ghz Intel pentium 4 pro
Power supply= 450-500 watts
1gb ram, radeon 9800 pro 256mb
Please help me short media crew!!! :banghead:
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helpz
But before I do you sure its not a heating issue? I guess it was a driver issue
I'm just narrowing the possibilities, really.
rofl at leonardos post
Im installing a 6.8 version of catalyst not the 6.7 does it matter?
no crashes yet but it runs really laggish now
And it crashed the other day with low settings, so I think its another driver problem or its just a plain heat problem
ooor
I need a new card, which i think my card is the best AGP card on the market and my mobo has no PCI-X
plz help!11 :Rocker: