Radeon 9700 pro problem with Far Cry game

[Everlasting]

When I playing far cry at High Deatils, after 5 minutes game will crashing, and i got graphic error message
I have Last update of official ati driver , and i tried OMEGA unofficial driver;
but problem still running.

Sys. Spcs.
Mobo MSI 865 Neo 2 P
CPU P4 3GHz HT
RAM 4x256 dual channel
Graphic Card Radeon 9700 pro 128MB/128Bit
PSU 480 Watt.

[Everlasting]

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[madcatmk3]

ummm.... thr gpu could just be overehating/ overlaoding. try to put it at medium and say what happens. Have you OC'ed it at all?
It might be that your GPU is stealing sytem ram since you have 1gb in a 4*256. that could be causing it to crash. I'm not sure wait for someone else to reply.

[The Leader]

As far as I know , decreasing AGP from 8X to AGP 4X should solve your problem.

This is a known issue with some ATi cards, there is no any noticeable difference between AGP 4x and AGP 8x, just decrease it from the control panel (smartgart) or from the mobo bios.

[Everlasting]

tnx
I will try

[Everlasting]

Originally Posted by The Leader

As far as I know , decreasing AGP from 8X to AGP 4X should solve your problem.

This is a known issue with some ATi cards, there is no any noticeable difference between AGP 4x and AGP 8x, just decrease it from the control panel (smartgart) or from the mobo bios.

I did that, AGP , form 8x to 4x and fast write off but problem not fix. What I can do I need another solution.
tnx

[dsio]

Which ATI calayst driver are you using?

[The Leader]

be sure it set correctly AGP 4X in the smartgart,

Also bump up the voltage to 1.60V instead of 1.50V.

is the problem only with farcry ? did you try another games ?

[dolanenwindrift]

yes, bump the AGP voltage to 1.6v - seems like this is needed on virtually all ATI AGP cards.

[Everlasting]

{bump the AGP voltage to 1.6v}
Is this method will effect at the card, at the long time? maybe damage!!! or that's safe??!! I am fear!!

Mine card

[The Leader]

1.6V should be safe, and it will not affect or damage the card.

[Everlasting]

OK tnx my system now running at, AGP 4X, FastWrite Off, AGP voltage at 1.6V
I will try FarCry game.

[dsio]

The onboard voltage regulators on the card will keep voltages at the safe maximum, feeding them more AGP voltage just gives the regulators more power to work with particularly at the bottom end of the AC ripple.

1.6V-1.65V is the sweet spot for every modern GPU nowadays, and many mobos are feeding higher voltage than spec by default.

I would suggest installing the ATI 5.7 Catalyst drivers by the way. They are better for your card.

[Everlasting]

I would suggest installing the ATI 5.7 Catalyst drivers by the way. They are better for your card.

Another solution, I will try !!

[dsio]

5.7s are designed to perform better on 128MB cards, particularly the 9700/9500/9600. You should see a performance gain of up to 20% across the board with those drivers.

May even solve some issues.

By the way, are you using the V1.31 patched far cry, or the unpatched version (clean install)?

[Everlasting]

Originally Posted by dsio

By the way, are you using the V1.31 patched far cry, or the unpatched version (clean install)?

I dunno, what way?

[dsio]

Well, have you just installed your Far Cry off the CD, or have you downloaded and applied the patches (from AOAFiles of course )

You see, Far Cry doesnt work on about 30% of computers in its normal state.

You need to patch it up to make it work.

So do you know if you did that or not?

[Everlasting]

mmmmm. actually this is illegal copy of Far Cry.

[Everlasting]

Problem still running i thought just with FarCry, I've tried 3Dmark 01se, 03, 05 Without any problem.
Maybe that's need patch.!!!

[kellamne]

Originally Posted by Everlasting

mmmmm. actually this is illegal copy of Far Cry.

Youre not going to get a good response for posting that! Did you even look at the rules?