1 gig of ram
athalon 3400
ati x1600 pro Pci E

My pixels keep beeding out. SO bad that i can't even see after about 5 minutes of gameplay.
I just got off the phone w/ Ati, and they said it is my power supply. So my Question is, Are they just trying to pawn this problem off on something else or is this plyable?

PS my power supply is 300watts

 

300 watts...Thats it......

I would think so.

 

300 watts is kinda skimp

what kinda ram are u running?

are you runnin any OC? (cpu, vpu)

 

uh stumped me on that ?

 

Is this a home built computer? Or did you upgrade an older computer?

 

upgraded an old one

 

Get a new PS.... You dont have enough power to push all the new stuff. It worked fine on the old machine, but its only subpar to new stuff. Look for 500+

 

yep when you buy the components (cards etc) it should state the reccomended power supply level you should have in your comp before you buy, and 300 is definately not enough

 

thanks guys

 

Well i broke and went and bought a new Thermaltake case and an Antec 650 Watt power supply. And as i guessed the thing still messes up!! I reinstalled all drivers and updates, even reinstalled the games. Still Doesn't work!! So i call ATI again and now they are trying to blame it on the updates for the games, and the game drivers....??? Even though i just got dont telling them that i just got all the new ones.
If you guys have any clue what so ever, please help me out!

 

Update your BIOS. Also, check your mouse drivers. It sounds like a memory leak.

 

monitor? video card drivers?

 

You have to uninstall and install your new GPU drivers a certain way. It shouldn't just be done as you would uninstall other software. When you do it the normal way there are some things that do not get uninstalled.

-First download a program called DriverCleanerPro (free), and then download the driver version that you would like to use.
-Uninstall them as you would uninstall any other program/software. (add/remove program in control panel)
-Reboot and start windows in Safe mode (i believe the key for this is F8)
-While in safe mode uninstall the remnants of the driver using the DriverCleaner program.
-Reboot and install your new drivers.
Voila!

Just a heads up incase you didn't initially do that. There may be better online sources describing how this should be done, but summarizes the process if i remember correctly.


As far as any other possible solutions-- well, now you've got a PSU from a reputable brand, and you're not running any OC, so hmmm.... honestly dude its probably the videocard that is wacked out. Get that shit RMA'd. Check out some other forums, try and find out if other people have had troubles with those cards. Last night I saw some dude who got a bad 7950gx2-- turns out a whole batch of them were defective--so I'd check that before i spent more $

 

The 1600 pro had some problems in the earlier batches, get a 1600 XT (I have one), its a better card for about the same price.

 

I have the following setup.......

Athlon XP X2 running at 2.2Ghz
ATi X1800XL overclocked to 600/600
2GB ram
AT8
200GB WDC HDD
Audigy 2
3Com NIC
3 case fans 2 PSU fans
NEON lighting

and I am using a Thermaltake 480W PSU

RMA your card as it is most likely the culprit