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Cat 4.4 have broken my 9600XT

 
 
@ndrew
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      10th Apr 2004
Interesting when I installed the Cat 4.4s on my 9800 Pro no problems
.... they bench a little slower than the 4.2 or 4.3s but they are solid.

Installed the new drivers on my second machine with a 9600XT same
settings as the 9800 except with fast writes turned on ... the card
locked the screen in my favourite game Everquest ... Hmmm. Tried it
again .. locked the screen again .. could not even alt tab out or even
give the three fingered salute (control-alt-delete). Tried turning
fast writes off and backing off the AAs ... locked tight again.

Re-installed the 4.2s (isn't system recover marvellous sometimes in
Windows XP). No lockups back to my full on settings work fine.

Strange that the 4.4s work on the 9800 and not the 9600 ... hmmm.
Anyone else having similar problems?

regards

@ndrew
 
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      10th Apr 2004
Sometime on, or about 11 Apr 2004 01:26:59 +0950, @ndrew scribbled:

> Interesting when I installed the Cat 4.4s on my 9800 Pro no problems
> ... they bench a little slower than the 4.2 or 4.3s but they are solid.
>
> Installed the new drivers on my second machine with a 9600XT same
> settings as the 9800 except with fast writes turned on ... the card
> locked the screen in my favourite game Everquest ... Hmmm. Tried it
> again .. locked the screen again .. could not even alt tab out or even
> give the three fingered salute (control-alt-delete). Tried turning
> fast writes off and backing off the AAs ... locked tight again.
>
> Re-installed the 4.2s (isn't system recover marvellous sometimes in
> Windows XP). No lockups back to my full on settings work fine.
>
> Strange that the 4.4s work on the 9800 and not the 9600 ... hmmm.
> Anyone else having similar problems?
>
> regards
>
> @ndrew


I've heard that FastWrites don't work with the ATI 9xxx cards. Turn it off
in the BIOS. It's not supposed to make any difference in speed if you do.

Sam
 
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      10th Apr 2004
Andrew wrote:

> On 11 Apr 2004 01:26:59 +0950, "@ndrew"
> <andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote:
>
> > Re-installed the 4.2s (isn't system recover marvellous sometimes in
> > Windows XP). No lockups back to my full on settings work fine.

>
> So the title of your post was completely misleading then.



No, not at all my card is broken (ie not working) with the 4.4s.

regards

@ndrew

 
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      10th Apr 2004
Sam wrote:


>
> I've heard that FastWrites don't work with the ATI 9xxx cards. Turn
> it off in the BIOS. It's not supposed to make any difference in speed
> if you do.
>
>


Thanks Sam .. the 9600s are actually the exception to the rule .. fast
writes are meant to be turned on with these cards. Regardless I did
the switch off and on in bios and within the 4.4s ... did not work o(

regards

@ndrew

 
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      10th Apr 2004
On 11 Apr 2004 01:26:59 +0950, "@ndrew"
<andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote:

>Re-installed the 4.2s (isn't system recover marvellous sometimes in
>Windows XP). No lockups back to my full on settings work fine.


So the title of your post was completely misleading then.
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      10th Apr 2004

"@ndrew" <andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote in message
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> Andrew wrote:
>
> > On 11 Apr 2004 01:26:59 +0950, "@ndrew"
> > <andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote:
> >
> > > Re-installed the 4.2s (isn't system recover marvellous sometimes in
> > > Windows XP). No lockups back to my full on settings work fine.

> >
> > So the title of your post was completely misleading then.

>
>
> No, not at all my card is broken (ie not working) with the 4.4s.
>
> regards
>
> @ndrew
>


4.4's are working fine with my Sapphire 9600Pro with fast-writes on (tested
only on Far Cry so far tho) - sorry no solution to your prob I'm afraid just
FYI. Shaun


 
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      10th Apr 2004
On 11 Apr 2004 01:57:32 +0950, "@ndrew"
<andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote:

>No, not at all my card is broken (ie not working) with the 4.4s.


Then there is an incompatibility. Nothing is "broken".
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      10th Apr 2004

"Sam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sometime on, or about 11 Apr 2004 01:26:59 +0950, @ndrew scribbled:
>
> > Interesting when I installed the Cat 4.4s on my 9800 Pro no problems
> > ... they bench a little slower than the 4.2 or 4.3s but they are solid.
> >
> > Installed the new drivers on my second machine with a 9600XT same
> > settings as the 9800 except with fast writes turned on ... the card
> > locked the screen in my favourite game Everquest ... Hmmm. Tried it
> > again .. locked the screen again .. could not even alt tab out or even
> > give the three fingered salute (control-alt-delete). Tried turning
> > fast writes off and backing off the AAs ... locked tight again.
> >
> > Re-installed the 4.2s (isn't system recover marvellous sometimes in
> > Windows XP). No lockups back to my full on settings work fine.
> >
> > Strange that the 4.4s work on the 9800 and not the 9600 ... hmmm.
> > Anyone else having similar problems?
> >
> > regards
> >
> > @ndrew

>
> I've heard that FastWrites don't work with the ATI 9xxx cards. Turn it off
> in the BIOS. It's not supposed to make any difference in speed if you do.


You heard wrong.

>
> Sam



 
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      10th Apr 2004
On 11 Apr 2004 01:59:26 +0950, "@ndrew"
<andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote:

>Sam wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I've heard that FastWrites don't work with the ATI 9xxx cards. Turn
>> it off in the BIOS. It's not supposed to make any difference in speed
>> if you do.
>>
>>

>
>Thanks Sam .. the 9600s are actually the exception to the rule .. fast
>writes are meant to be turned on with these cards. Regardless I did
>the switch off and on in bios and within the 4.4s ... did not work o(
>
>regards
>
>@ndrew


What "rule"? Ive got the ATI 9800XT 256 with fast writes on and
never a prob. I think its more of an issue with some m/b chipsets than
the vid card themselves.

 
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      10th Apr 2004

"@ndrew" <andrewratinternodedotondotnet> wrote in message
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> Interesting when I installed the Cat 4.4s on my 9800 Pro no problems
> ... they bench a little slower than the 4.2 or 4.3s but they are solid.
>
> Installed the new drivers on my second machine with a 9600XT same
> settings as the 9800 except with fast writes turned on ... the card
> locked the screen in my favourite game Everquest ... Hmmm. Tried it
> again .. locked the screen again .. could not even alt tab out or even
> give the three fingered salute (control-alt-delete). Tried turning
> fast writes off and backing off the AAs ... locked tight again.
>
> Re-installed the 4.2s (isn't system recover marvellous sometimes in
> Windows XP). No lockups back to my full on settings work fine.
>
> Strange that the 4.4s work on the 9800 and not the 9600 ... hmmm.
> Anyone else having similar problems?
>
> regards
>
> @ndrew


4.4s working fine here with 9600XT and FW disabled even though I thought
with the newer Omegas you COULD have FW enabled. At least that's what the
info on them has reported on the website.


 
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