OpenGL games run fine while Direct3D games lock up

[ivtran]

The same situation is in all OSes: in WinMe, Win2K and WinXP.

My system:

Athlon XP 1800+
ECS EliteGroup K7S5A v3.1
ATI Rage 128 Pro 16Mb AGP 4x
192Mb PC133
Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value PCI

All latest video & AGP drivers, BIOSes, DXes and patches were tried with no success. Memory timings are safe. PSU is good. CPU cooling is very good.

OpenGL games that run:
American McGee?s Alice
Return To Castle Wolfenstein
Anachronox

Direct3D games that lock up after 5 to 15 min playing:
Max Payne
DeusEx
Evil Islands

With AGP texturing disabled D3D games fail even sooner.

Had anybody a problem like this? I would rather suspect ATI?s card as a fault, but still afraid to risk by upgrading to a Geforce3?

Thanks.

 

[TiatYoungUk]

hello,
ive got the same problem too, again with an ati card, my radeon 7000.

opengl games that work
quake 3
unreal t in opengl mode
rtcw

d3d games that dont
world championship snooker
unreal t in d3d mode
populous
tiger woods 2001

i have the 4.13.7189 drivers but have also tried a few others with no luck. any ideas anyone??

 

[zsouthboy]

Hmmm.... i remember when my radeon would lock up in D3D Unreal Tournament...... then I got the Omega drivers.... and they fixed everything..... Go to rage3d.com and try those...

zs

 

[TiatYoungUk]

yeah ill give them a try, unfortunetly rage3d is refusing to load at the mo............blasted 56k modems

 

[Drifter]

Got the same problem to but running Geforce 2 MX. Anyone find out what the problem is. Let me know to.