Spec:
P4 2.66
512mb DDR SDRAM
120 GIG HD
350 PSU
1DVDBURN
1DVD DRIVE
1WIRELESS G NETWORK CARD
RADEON 9700 PRO 128MB
I just got this new Radeon 9700 128 mb pro the other day - right now it's causing some major heartache. I discovered that my previous 250 PSU was too weak so I upgraded, temporarily, to a 350 just to see if it would work. It got rid of the slow slow refresh speed, but now I'm getting blue screens. Various blue screen msgs include:
DRiver_irql_not_less_or_equal in ndis.sys
Page filling in nonpage filling(? something to that effect)
Now whats happening, is that my CS is good, i'm getting good fps, but it feels not as smooth yaknow? And then also, the game quits after 10-15 minutes of playing. I've tried to update my SiS Accelerated Graphics Port driver, I've got the newest ATI driver (minus catalyst control thing), I've upgraded my network card...and now i'm down to the wire as to what else I can do. I've read so many posts on this subject, but there seems to be no distinct agreement on an answer. Should I try to go for a 450-500 PSU? Should I flash my BIOS? Should I get new RAM? Should I get a new CPU fan? Should I get an additional cooling device for my RADEON 9700 card?
Additional info:
The video card itself has an additional cable for a connect to the PSU. Apparently, it wants you to connect the cable to the PSU through the harddrive...so right now what I'm doing is I have a cable connecting between the PSU to the harddrive that has a connection to the video card. I suppose I can trying a higher PSU but the recommended PSU is only 300 Watts so I thought 350 would be enough.
I've also noticed that counterstrike (3d game on opengl) runs fine for the first 10-15 minutes, but gradually becomes more choppy until either 1)it just suddenly quits or 2)the video processing becomes so incredibly slow on my end that movement isn't registered until seconds later and then video distortions occur such as kaliedoscopic colors that fits over the normal colors of the game (walls in the game turn rainbow colored). When the 2nd happens, I'm able to minimize the game without problems but doing so doesn't correct the distortions.
I'm going to try disabling Norton next and then do memtest86 later...but straight up based on my personal experience with this, it almost seems as if my computer is gradually being overloaded? Like a eating food ya know? As you eat, you become less hungry until finally you just can't eat anymore and you stop. I know this is such a weird perception of a computer's processing, but at the same time, that's what I'm feeling from it.
Any help will be appreciated - thanks a lot!
Tian
P4 2.66
512mb DDR SDRAM
120 GIG HD
350 PSU
1DVDBURN
1DVD DRIVE
1WIRELESS G NETWORK CARD
RADEON 9700 PRO 128MB
I just got this new Radeon 9700 128 mb pro the other day - right now it's causing some major heartache. I discovered that my previous 250 PSU was too weak so I upgraded, temporarily, to a 350 just to see if it would work. It got rid of the slow slow refresh speed, but now I'm getting blue screens. Various blue screen msgs include:
DRiver_irql_not_less_or_equal in ndis.sys
Page filling in nonpage filling(? something to that effect)
Now whats happening, is that my CS is good, i'm getting good fps, but it feels not as smooth yaknow? And then also, the game quits after 10-15 minutes of playing. I've tried to update my SiS Accelerated Graphics Port driver, I've got the newest ATI driver (minus catalyst control thing), I've upgraded my network card...and now i'm down to the wire as to what else I can do. I've read so many posts on this subject, but there seems to be no distinct agreement on an answer. Should I try to go for a 450-500 PSU? Should I flash my BIOS? Should I get new RAM? Should I get a new CPU fan? Should I get an additional cooling device for my RADEON 9700 card?
Additional info:
The video card itself has an additional cable for a connect to the PSU. Apparently, it wants you to connect the cable to the PSU through the harddrive...so right now what I'm doing is I have a cable connecting between the PSU to the harddrive that has a connection to the video card. I suppose I can trying a higher PSU but the recommended PSU is only 300 Watts so I thought 350 would be enough.
I've also noticed that counterstrike (3d game on opengl) runs fine for the first 10-15 minutes, but gradually becomes more choppy until either 1)it just suddenly quits or 2)the video processing becomes so incredibly slow on my end that movement isn't registered until seconds later and then video distortions occur such as kaliedoscopic colors that fits over the normal colors of the game (walls in the game turn rainbow colored). When the 2nd happens, I'm able to minimize the game without problems but doing so doesn't correct the distortions.
I'm going to try disabling Norton next and then do memtest86 later...but straight up based on my personal experience with this, it almost seems as if my computer is gradually being overloaded? Like a eating food ya know? As you eat, you become less hungry until finally you just can't eat anymore and you stop. I know this is such a weird perception of a computer's processing, but at the same time, that's what I'm feeling from it.
Any help will be appreciated - thanks a lot!
Tian