what card to get... since my radeon 64ddr wont work on my pc?

[aUt0eXebat]

im thinking v5 5500, but ive heard 3dfx is going out of business or something... any other recomendations? the geforce2 gts is a power hog and my ps isnt that big (230)... so what do you recommend?

 

[oldfart]

Why wont the Radeon work?

 

[aUt0eXebat]

well, i took off my old 3dfx drivers, put in my radeon, formatted my HD, installed 98, put the radeon drivers in, (newest ones) and the openGL settings tab in the display, it froze whenever i tried to go into it, and it froze when i got into outlook express. all this started happening when i put the drivers in, it even did this with the older drivers. and in safe mode........

 

[oldfart]

Humph. Pretty bizzare stuff. Did you try the forums over at Rage3D?

 

[BW]

He really shouldnt have to though.I mean give me a break the radeon should work fine without all the reg tweaks and hacks.WTF.Go with the 5500 and play everything with no problems.

 

[pdo]

which driver are you using. That's a great card man. Get the driver from Rage3D or something..

 

[BW]

Paldo thats cool for not dogging me on what i said.I didnt relize it was the 64 meg version.It should be faster than thee 5500 in 32 bit. That itself is a card ide like to have.I have the 32 meg ddr.The truth is though if he cant get it to work the 5500 will give him less problems of all the cards.Laterz.

 

[oldfart]

BTW, the V5 needs WAY more power than a Geforce or Radeon.

 

[BW]

Your p3 733 is more than enough.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

so i should go with the V5 then?

 

[Taz4158]

You should work on getting the Radeon to work properly.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

i have been for 2 days, and it keeps doing the same things over no matter what I do. the card works, but when i get the drivers put on for it, then it starts screwing up

 

[BW]

The radeon should work on your system. Rage3d forums should help you. That is a sweet card i hear.

 

[Taz4158]

<< i have been for 2 days, and it keeps doing the same things over no matter what I do. the card works, but when i get the drivers put on for it, then it starts screwing up >>



Any IRQ conflicts at all? Also important to run MSCONFIG and remove all ATI references from the startup tab. Do a find for ATIGART.EXE and rename it or delete the folder. This should solve it for you.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

i did go into msconfig, unchecked all ati stuff. and i got rid of the atigart too. didnt help, deleted ddhelp, still didnt help. i mainly had problems with outlook express, when it loads, it freezes there. it started once i put my ati drivers on. and the openGL setting tab, locks up when i click it too....

 

[Taz4158]

Formatting not an option? Also which drivers did you install first?

 

[aUt0eXebat]

i formatted 3 times, still did not help any. i installed the drivers from the CD first then the latest ones from ati's site

 

[Taz4158]

Not overly familiar with the Dells. What AGP and video options does the BIOS have?

 

[aUt0eXebat]

well the mobo is 815e, and in the BIOS it says 64mb (for the vid) and 4x for the AGP
whats weird is, when i got my Dell, it came with an ati rage 128 card in the agp, and it worked fine, then i replaced it with a voodoo3. that works great, now i want my radeon to work... but its not....

 

[Taz4158]

Reduce the AGP to 2X and see what happens. No fastwrite option? If so the Rad doesn't support it.

 

[aUt0eXebat]

i dont think theres a fast write option, if there isnt, the radeon wont work right?? i dont think i can change it to 2x, ill try later though.

 

[oldfart]

Remember, he has a Dell. A Dell bios has very few options, no tweaking options like an aftermarket mobo.

 

[Taz4158]

Very true but you never know. Doesn't make sense we can't get it to work.

 

[Workin']

<< i installed the drivers from the CD first then the latest ones from ati's site >>

That's possibly the problem. Don't install the drivers from the CD at all - just install the latest ones you have.

You might also look around and post this question at the forums on Rage Underground.

It would be absurd if the card didn't work with your machine, esp. since it came with an ATi card.......

 

[aUt0eXebat]

hmm..... well, i tried the rage3d boards, but they said there not taking anymore members right now.....