Cat 4.9 or Radeon 9550 problems ??

I am having problems with my CFS2 game freezing. Added now to my list of games freezing is CMR4. It froze up solid during a replay. The only savings grace is it managed to generate a "send arror message" box. I clicked yes just to see and it actually told me it was ATI that was casuing the error to come up. I have tried 2 different drivers with it. 4.6 and 4.9. Any ideas what may be causing this PITA freezing? I posted more info a few posts up. I am open to any ideas. V

I am having problems with my CFS2 game freezing. Added now to my list of games freezing is CMR4. It froze up solid during a replay. The only savings grace is it managed to generate a "send arror message" box. I clicked yes just to see and it actually told me it was ATI that was casuing the error to come up. I have tried 2 different drivers with it. 4.6 and 4.9. Any ideas what may be causing this PITA freezing? I posted more info a few posts up. I am open to any ideas. V

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 04:10:34 -0400, "V \"fnugen\"" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I am having problems with my CFS2 game freezing. Added now to my list of >games freezing is CMR4. It froze up solid during a replay. The only savings >grace is it managed to generate a "send arror message" box. I clicked yes >just to see and it actually told me it was ATI that was casuing the error to >come up. I have tried 2 different drivers with it. 4.6 and 4.9. Any ideas >what may be causing this PITA freezing? I posted more info a few posts up. >I am open to any ideas. > > V >

There is nothing wrong with the 4.9 drivers. I think you may be having a problem with your power supply and it is causing the vid card to freeze. Just to make sure, go to www.guru3d.com and download the beta ATI 807 drivers. I just tested CFS2 with these drivers so know they are good. To make sure you have a clean install of the drivers go to the ATI website and get the CAT uninstaller and run that then install these beta drivers I suggested you get. But as I already said, I think the issue is due to the card not getting the power it needs. What power supply do you have?

I just picked up a new 500w supply. I'd assume the card and everything else is getting the power it deserves now. I tried the omega drivers last night with the same result as well. I then tried the 4.9s with the Catalyst CP..........it seems that it is running more stable. Was able to fly through some quick combats in both CFS2 and CFS3. Funny how only my flight sims were affected by this weirdness. thanks, I'll go grab the betas now. V "Mike Kirkland" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 04:10:34 -0400, "V \"fnugen\"" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I am having problems with my CFS2 game freezing. Added now to my list of > >games freezing is CMR4. It froze up solid during a replay. The onlysavings > >grace is it managed to generate a "send arror message" box. I clicked yes > >just to see and it actually told me it was ATI that was casuing the errorto > >come up. I have tried 2 different drivers with it. 4.6 and 4.9. Any ideas > >what may be causing this PITA freezing? I posted more info a few postsup.

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> >I am open to any ideas. > > > > V > > > > There is nothing wrong with the 4.9 drivers. I think you may be having > a problem with your power supply and it is causing the vid card to > freeze. Just to make sure, go to www.guru3d.com and download the beta > ATI 807 drivers. I just tested CFS2 with these drivers so know they > are good. To make sure you have a clean install of the drivers go to > the ATI website and get the CAT uninstaller and run that then install > these beta drivers I suggested you get. But as I already said, I think > the issue is due to the card not getting the power it needs. What > power supply do you have?

I just picked up a new 500w supply. I'd assume the card and everything else is getting the power it deserves now. I tried the omega drivers last night with the same result as well. I then tried the 4.9s with the Catalyst CP..........it seems that it is running more stable. Was able to fly through some quick combats in both CFS2 and CFS3. Funny how only my flight sims were affected by this weirdness. thanks, I'll go grab the betas now. V > >I am having problems with my CFS2 game freezing. Added now to my list of > >games freezing is CMR4. It froze up solid during a replay. The only savings > >grace is it managed to generate a "send arror message" box. I clicked yes > >just to see and it actually told me it was ATI that was casuing the error to > >come up. I have tried 2 different drivers with it. 4.6 and 4.9. Any ideas > >what may be causing this PITA freezing? I posted more info a few posts up.

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> >I am open to any ideas. > > V > There is nothing wrong with the 4.9 drivers. I think you may be having > a problem with your power supply and it is causing the vid card to > freeze. Just to make sure, go to www.guru3d.com and download the beta > ATI 807 drivers. I just tested CFS2 with these drivers so know they > are good. To make sure you have a clean install of the drivers go to > the ATI website and get the CAT uninstaller and run that then install > these beta drivers I suggested you get. But as I already said, I think > the issue is due to the card not getting the power it needs. What > power supply do you have?

On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:44:20 -0400, "V \"fnugen\"" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I just picked up a new 500w supply. I'd assume the card and everything else >is getting the power it deserves now. I tried the omega drivers last night >with the same result as well. I then tried the 4.9s with the Catalyst >CP..........it seems that it is running more stable. Was able to fly through >some quick combats in both CFS2 and CFS3. Funny how only my flight sims were >affected by this weirdness. thanks, I'll go grab the betas now. > > V

The latest Omega's are using the same drivers as the betas I pointed you too. Just stick with the Omega's. One thing that may help is to slightly increase the voltage to the AGP slot in the motherboard bios options. It should be at 1.5v now but you can push it up to 1.6v or 1.65v. It could be your card overheats with those sims, but overheating usually will give you graphics glitches before it freezes and that's why I don't think that is it. Try a different AGP aperature in the bios, try 64, 128 or even 256. These kinds of problems can be tricky to track down. Try AGP 4x if it is using 8x. Turn off fast writes, although, the Omega drivers do that for you already. I pulled my computer completely apart once to find out it was indeed my brand new (at the time) Enermax 365w that was causing screen freezes like you describe. Who is your 500w PSU made by?