brahmabull754

I just got my 9700 Pro 2 days ago, and it had been running great but so far my screen has frozen several times while running Madden 2005 and Half-Life 2. Fastwrites are off, I'm not overclocking at all, I am using the latest Omega drivers; can anyone help me?

Waffles

rma that sucker if its 2 days old and dont worry about it

sprtsplyr3189

should fastwrites be off for better performance or should it be on? and please inform me on what it means.

Waffles

turn it on

YiffyGriffy

Try using a different driver, either the ATi catalyst or DNA drivers. That's always the first place to start when you have a problem.

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Sai_Jao

had a sililar prob wit mine initially, knock the AGP speed to 4X - the rad9700 doesnt like certain chipsets.Mobo's @ 8X

brahmabull754

I tried the official ATi drivers and had the same problem, I just set my AGP to 4x so time will tell if that is the right solution.

brahmabull754

Didn't work, still getting the weird noise and the commentary cutting out.

YiffyGriffy

Unfortunately, that could be exactly it. It was the first AGP 8X card to be released afterall... so it may just be fighting your chipset.

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brahmabull754

I'm using a Syntax S746FX with an SiS 746FX North Bridge, AGP version 3.0, 128MB AGP aperture size, supported 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x, current 4x.