FragTek
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I think I might know why this is happening but other opinions are always good so here it goes....
I got my new X1650Pro installed last night, it's an AGP version and I've got it in an AGP 4X slot on an Intel 845 mobo built for VPR Matrix (Best Buy brand).
While gaming, at any game res settings (but varies how long I can play due to the setting) the game will lock up and I will have to reopen the game, and sometimes the computer hard locks completely. If I have the gfx settings maxed in the game, usually the game will get about 1-5 seconds before locking up. At ultra-low settings I can usually play for about 5 minutes before a lockup.
At first I thought it was a power problem since this computer only has a 300w Fortron in it and I had read reviews of the card locking up in game if your PSU couldn't keep up. Well since I still haven't shipped off my 800w Tagan I hooked it up just to see. Didn't help, still locked up on me.
I tried various driver versions to see if it was a driver problem, still the same problem. So this is what I'm thinking.... Could it be that I'm bottlenecking the AGP 4X slot so bad that it just goes kaput? I am hoping that the problem will go away tonight when I get everything setup on the new mobo which has an AGP8X Pro slot on it.
Thoughts or suggestions? Thx!
I got my new X1650Pro installed last night, it's an AGP version and I've got it in an AGP 4X slot on an Intel 845 mobo built for VPR Matrix (Best Buy brand).
While gaming, at any game res settings (but varies how long I can play due to the setting) the game will lock up and I will have to reopen the game, and sometimes the computer hard locks completely. If I have the gfx settings maxed in the game, usually the game will get about 1-5 seconds before locking up. At ultra-low settings I can usually play for about 5 minutes before a lockup.
At first I thought it was a power problem since this computer only has a 300w Fortron in it and I had read reviews of the card locking up in game if your PSU couldn't keep up. Well since I still haven't shipped off my 800w Tagan I hooked it up just to see. Didn't help, still locked up on me.
I tried various driver versions to see if it was a driver problem, still the same problem. So this is what I'm thinking.... Could it be that I'm bottlenecking the AGP 4X slot so bad that it just goes kaput? I am hoping that the problem will go away tonight when I get everything setup on the new mobo which has an AGP8X Pro slot on it.
Thoughts or suggestions? Thx!
