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Old October 11th 03, 07:39 PM
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Default Finally got the 9800, but now have some issues...

Hey, just wanted to say thanks to everyone who gave me info/advice when I
posted about wanting to finally switching from nVida to ATI, as well as the
people who responded to my post about buying the 9800 and got a TNT2 m64
inside! Anyway, it looks like maybe the opposite has happened now? I was
able to get the ATI Radeon 9800 at Circuit City and they gave it to me for
the BB sale price of $239. When I installed it and checked out the advanced
settings, it says...
Adapter Type: RADEON 9800 PRO
Chip Type: RADEON 9800 AGP (0x4E48)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Memory Size: 128 MB
Adapter String: RADEON 9800 PRO
Bios Information: BK-ATI VER008.004.008.18

Is this a PRO card? Sure looks like it, but I definitely bought the non-pro
9800 (at least according to the box).

Also, I've noticed two issues so far...first issue is that I played Halo and
there is big performance loss compared to the Geforce 3 that I just switched
out. All I did was uninstall my Detonator 51.75 drivers, shut down the pc
and put in the 9800 and installed the latest catalyst drivers that I
downloaded (3.7, I believe?). I have anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering
set to the lowest setting. I didn't really mess with the driver settings
after installing them. Anyone know how a Geforce 3 would be outperforming
the 9800 in Halo? Are there any guides to what you should set the ATI
drivers to? I've been used to the Detonators for like the last 4 yrs or so.

Second issue, while I was playing Halo, the system shut down HARD. I had to
unplug the motherboard power connector and reconnect it to get it to even
come back on. Box says I should have a 300 watt PSU and I do. Here's
currently what I have in the system...

Antec 300 PSU
Epox 8KHA+ MB
Athlon XP 1.4
512MB PC2100 ram
2 Maxtor 40 gig ATA133 HDs
Sony 32X burner
LiteOn 16x DVD drive
SB Audigy sound card (have the audigy drive but it is not plugged in)
PCI ethernet card

Hey, thanks again for all the help/info/advice. You guys are awesome!




 




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