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slow scrolling with new AIW Radeon 7500
I just purchased a new AIW Radeon 7500 ... the boxed OEM version. I
installed it and now there are several screen display characteristics that I find annoying and I'd like to change. I'm sure they are related to the new AIW card, but I can't figure out how / where to change them. Most likely, I just don't know what the settings is called that is responsible for the particular behaviour I want to change. For example, scrolling in windows is slower with my new AIW card than it was with my old card (ASUS AGP-V6600). This is evident in several applications, and is worse in some than in others. For example, in MS Outlook, if I am replying to an email message and I press and hold down the enter key (to create several blank lines at the top of the message), the screen is repainted each time the PC "reads" the enter key being pressed. But if I enter, say, six lines the PC gets behind and it takes a second or two to catch up (after I release the enter key). The resulting screen / display is not pretty -- the entire screen sort of "ripples" as each line of text is shifted down the screen, and then shifted down another line, and then another ... I KNOW this rippling was not evident before I installed this new card. I'm guessing whatever display options are available in my OS are still set the same (unless the AIW install changes them) and so they wouldn't be to blame. I'm HOPING that there IS an option in the AIW display settings that will control this ... and that the cause is not simply this card is slower than my older one. My old ASUS card was powered by an NVidea GeForce 256 and had a "built-in 32 MB frame buffer, 256-bit QuadPipe rendering, AGP4X with Fast Write, video acceleration, etc." My new AIW says "Radeon 7500, 64 MB AGP" on the box. There's no owners manual at all inside the box (it's the OEM package). What might be the cause of what seems to me to be slow updating of my screen? Are there specific settings in the ATI settings screen that I can check? I see over a dozen different tabs on this screen, but I don't see any options that look like they are obviously to blame. btw, My PC is running Windows 2000 (SP4) and I installed MMC 8.9 (display driver 7.991 / 6.14.10.6430)). Thanks. |
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"Adam White" wrote in message
... I just purchased a new AIW Radeon 7500 ... the boxed OEM version. I installed it and now there are several screen display characteristics that I find annoying and I'd like to change. I'm sure they are related to the new AIW card, but I can't figure out how / where to change them. Most likely, I just don't know what the settings is called that is responsible for the particular behaviour I want to change. snip btw, My PC is running Windows 2000 (SP4) and I installed MMC 8.9 (display driver 7.991 / 6.14.10.6430)). Thanks. Did you completely remove the previous Detenator drivers? Sounds to me like the hardware acceleration of your desktop isn't enabled... I've had it happen a couple of times in XP when the new catalysts haven't installed properly... I would remove your current video drivers completely, reboot, then reinstall the cats, let it reboot, then run dxdiag and perform all the 3d tests, and see if it reports any problems there. Hope this helps Neil |
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Neil,
You are right! I uninstalled the ATI drivers (not even the other apps, just the Display Driver) using windows control panel / remove programs, then reinstalled the same drivers I had previously installed .... and now my display seems fine. I haven't used it for all that long yet, but the two main things I had noticed (hitting enter multiple times in Outlook and also "jerky" movement of windows when dragging them to new location on my screen) now seem fine. I ran the dxdiag utility after my initial installation -- it did not report any errors, but it DID say that my 3d graphics was "unavailable." Now, after my reinstall, that message has gone away and when I ran the 3d tests they all worked fine. Finally, a note for those who may follow in my footsteps ... the first clue I had that something was amiss was actually BEFORE I installed the AIW drivers the first time! Prior to installing them, I had uninstalled my old ASUS drivers. Well, after I rebooted (using standard VGA driver) I got an error message from RUNDLL saying "error loading NvCpl.dll". I figured this was some left over component that had not been completely removed ... but I didn't worry about it. I went ahead and installed my ATI drivers. I kept getting that RUNDLL error message, though, each time I rebooted. I eventually removed the NvCPL (nVidia Control Panel?) reference (and another ASUS reference that had not been removed by either the uninstall routine or a subsequent Norton Utility Windows check-up) using Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel. Although I'm not sure WHY ... I think these components must have somehow prevented the new ATI drivers from installing correctly. What I'd like to know is: if the ATI driver installation did not complete succesfully, why didn't it produce an error message for me!?!? Anyway, thanks for your help. Adam On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:13:22 +0100, "[neil]" wrote: Sounds to me like the hardware acceleration of your desktop isn't enabled... I've had it happen a couple of times in XP when the new catalysts haven't installed properly... I would remove your current video drivers completely, reboot, then reinstall the cats, let it reboot, then run dxdiag and perform all the 3d tests, and see if it reports any problems there. |
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THE most common Transition Problem from one brand to another is
leaving any prior driver files behind. I swear manufactures do it on purpose. ;^) The files left always seem to be most subtle, but detrimental to the next card. I agree with your comment about errors while installing. Even though the install may complete, Its rarely a good one. That goes for any install, but especially with OS and hardware drivers. Glad it worked out for you. "Adam White" wrote in message ... Neil, You are right! I uninstalled the ATI drivers (not even the other apps, just the Display Driver) using windows control panel / remove programs, then reinstalled the same drivers I had previously installed ... and now my display seems fine. I haven't used it for all that long yet, but the two main things I had noticed (hitting enter multiple times in Outlook and also "jerky" movement of windows when dragging them to new location on my screen) now seem fine. I ran the dxdiag utility after my initial installation -- it did not report any errors, but it DID say that my 3d graphics was "unavailable." Now, after my reinstall, that message has gone away and when I ran the 3d tests they all worked fine. Finally, a note for those who may follow in my footsteps ... the first clue I had that something was amiss was actually BEFORE I installed the AIW drivers the first time! Prior to installing them, I had uninstalled my old ASUS drivers. Well, after I rebooted (using standard VGA driver) I got an error message from RUNDLL saying "error loading NvCpl.dll". I figured this was some left over component that had not been completely removed ... but I didn't worry about it. I went ahead and installed my ATI drivers. I kept getting that RUNDLL error message, though, each time I rebooted. I eventually removed the NvCPL (nVidia Control Panel?) reference (and another ASUS reference that had not been removed by either the uninstall routine or a subsequent Norton Utility Windows check-up) using Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel. Although I'm not sure WHY ... I think these components must have somehow prevented the new ATI drivers from installing correctly. What I'd like to know is: if the ATI driver installation did not complete succesfully, why didn't it produce an error message for me!?!? Anyway, thanks for your help. Adam On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 10:13:22 +0100, "[neil]" wrote: Sounds to me like the hardware acceleration of your desktop isn't enabled... I've had it happen a couple of times in XP when the new catalysts haven't installed properly... I would remove your current video drivers completely, reboot, then reinstall the cats, let it reboot, then run dxdiag and perform all the 3d tests, and see if it reports any problems there. |
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