I have four AGP video cards that I tested out, a Radeon 9800pro, Geforce 2 MX200, Geforce 5200, and Geforce 5900XT.
During the testing, I noticed some strange behavior from two of the video cards during games.
The 5200 and the 5900 both hang during games. It's not even the normal hang that I experience when I crash... about 15 minutes into gaming, the video will completely stop for a good 20 seconds. Audio will play just fine as if nothing is wrong, and the game will resume exactly where it locked up. That's not that bad for the 5900XT, because everything is fine after it resumes, but the 5200... it has very strange graphical glitches after it resumes. It's almost like an old MSDOS ray casting game. From a center point on the screen, a whole bunch of different color lines shoot out and extent to the edges of my monitor. Crazy thing is, only half the screen does it, leaving the other half to go on gaming like normal. Even stranger... moving around in the game changes the color strips. It's got me completely stumped...
Another thing is... the 5900 only seems to lock up on my machine, but the 5200 seems to do that on any machine I test it in. The 9800 and the Geforce2 I've never had any trouble like that...
Like I said, I'm stumped... I don't think it's drivers, because the Geforce 2 works fine. It could be hardware related... but why would the 5900 work in the other machine flawlessly?
Oh, and for those who may ask:
First, Primary, Machine
Pentium 4, 3.0GHz w/HT
D865PERL motherboard
2x512MB DDR PC3200
Second machine
Athlon XP 2400+
Some junk Abit board that has died numerous times
1x512 DDR PC2700
During the testing, I noticed some strange behavior from two of the video cards during games.
The 5200 and the 5900 both hang during games. It's not even the normal hang that I experience when I crash... about 15 minutes into gaming, the video will completely stop for a good 20 seconds. Audio will play just fine as if nothing is wrong, and the game will resume exactly where it locked up. That's not that bad for the 5900XT, because everything is fine after it resumes, but the 5200... it has very strange graphical glitches after it resumes. It's almost like an old MSDOS ray casting game. From a center point on the screen, a whole bunch of different color lines shoot out and extent to the edges of my monitor. Crazy thing is, only half the screen does it, leaving the other half to go on gaming like normal. Even stranger... moving around in the game changes the color strips. It's got me completely stumped...
Another thing is... the 5900 only seems to lock up on my machine, but the 5200 seems to do that on any machine I test it in. The 9800 and the Geforce2 I've never had any trouble like that...
Like I said, I'm stumped... I don't think it's drivers, because the Geforce 2 works fine. It could be hardware related... but why would the 5900 work in the other machine flawlessly?
Oh, and for those who may ask:
First, Primary, Machine
Pentium 4, 3.0GHz w/HT
D865PERL motherboard
2x512MB DDR PC3200
Second machine
Athlon XP 2400+
Some junk Abit board that has died numerous times
1x512 DDR PC2700