9600 pro help,HELP

[757200ba]

Hello this XMAS i bought my self an Athlon xp 2400+ and a Club3d ATI Radeon 9600 pro series.And with all that i thought i was going to have a nice fs9.But it was the oposite.The processor works fine but the card its another thing.
Ive tried all the drivers from we hear in the forum(all the versions and from omegacorner that they say that works) updated my motherboard bios everything.But with the 9600 i start the fs9 and after a few sec. it locks, i dont know what to do the others 9600 owners dont know what it could be,Pleas help me. :-/

GIGA-BYTE-GA-7VTXE
ATHLON XP 2400+
512 DDR
ATI RADEON 9600 pro series
WINDOWS XP PRO

[JBaymore]

Hi.

[congo]

Hello 757200ba,   ::)

The 2400 cpu is not a bad cpu, and the radeon 9600pro is certainly capable of producing reasonable frame rates etc. in FS9.

Assuming your hardware is not faulty, you really just need to set your PC up for graphics rendering.

This starts in the BIOS setup where you can set things like the "primary display adapter" - PCI or AGP, and AGP is what your after if you got an AGP video card.

Warning: Don't fiddle with the bios unless you know what you are doing.... get some help if you need it.

There is also a speed setting there in BIOS for 4x or 8x AGP. You need to set it for 8x if your motherboard  and video card support that speed.

There is also a AGP aperature, or graphics window setting in BIOS, set it to 128 or 256mb max. (half system ram maximum).

Install directX 9.0b

Reinstall your motherboard drivers, particularly your m/board AGP or GART driver. This accelerates your AGP bus.

Make sure the 9600pro is compatible with your mainboard, (It probably is), and make sure your other BIOS settings are correct for your system, for instance, your AGP voltage.... if there is a setting for that.

Pick a driver for the video card that is known to work.

Adjust your video driver properties: goto-> display properties/settings/advanced. Leave it alone if you don't know what to do.

Next..... Make sure your system is running with as little overhead as possible, get rid of as many programs as you can that autoload on bootup, some may be needed for certain hardware to function, but I assure you, most stuff can be turned off safely. It all uses precious RAM and CPU power, and the less you have running the better your fps and general computer speed will be.

If all this fails, you could try re-installing FS9.

If that fails, and if no-one else can help, you may be looking at re-installing your operating system, in case something there is screwed up or missing.

[757200ba]

Hello many thanks for the tips but my friend i

[congo]

Is overheating of the CPU a possibility?

I mean, you got the CPU at the same time as the card, maybe your other games aren't taxing the CPU as much as FS.... Just a thought.

[757200ba]

I have what we can call a "mother of all coolers" i

[swanny338]

graphics cards overheat too... usually though you will different colored "artifacts" all over the screen if your graphics card is overheating

[757200ba]

now thats an idea some time in the 2d panel it apearssome squares on the left it might be a sign ?
thanks

[Mavwin]

Make sure that your PSU (power supply unit) is big enough. I had a 300W PSU and my 9600 PRO didn't run with it. I had to buy a bigger one.

Go to this link and read all the pages
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/8596/

[757200ba]

hi!About the power suply im ok i

[757200ba]

IM BACK ON THE AIR.I