I have been having a lot of trouble getting my HIS HD X2600 XT AGP working correctly on my computer. I have tried many different things. The CD included with the video card would not even open on my computer. I downloaded various versions of the ATI drivers, various versions of the hotfix (not even sure what version I'm using now, someone just said "get this", and it's worked the best of all of them so far.)
Something newer like Spore or Perfect World runs mostly okay (but it does seem to hitch and freeze occasionally. Not freeze as in stop working, but just sit for some seconds.) Strangely, things like Spore's opening movie (that says Maxis at the end and such) runs badly. The video comes choppily and slowly, and the sound normally finishes well before the video can catch up.) Warcraft III hardly runs. Sometimes it gives a blue screen saying a problem is most likely going on with ati2dvag, something about there being an infinite loop, things like that. Other times, I can get Warcraft III to run, but it hitches worse than the other, newer games. It certainly runs nice when it moves, but it freezes for like 5-10 seconds in very short intervals.
Any idea what is wrong? Any idea, if nobody here knows, who I can talk to? It seems most 2600 XT AGP cards have trouble with DirectX, so, I'm not sure what to do. Is my power supply not enough for it? Something else possibly failing?
Specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0ghz)
Asus A7N8X-E
1gig ram (DDR-333...I believe...but I'm not 100% sure at the moment, if it matters, I can find the exact.)
200gig harddrive (main)
40gig harddrive
HIS HD X2600 XT AGP (with IceQ Turbo)
3 small extra fans
DVD burner drive
350W power supply (LC-B350ATX)
Something newer like Spore or Perfect World runs mostly okay (but it does seem to hitch and freeze occasionally. Not freeze as in stop working, but just sit for some seconds.) Strangely, things like Spore's opening movie (that says Maxis at the end and such) runs badly. The video comes choppily and slowly, and the sound normally finishes well before the video can catch up.) Warcraft III hardly runs. Sometimes it gives a blue screen saying a problem is most likely going on with ati2dvag, something about there being an infinite loop, things like that. Other times, I can get Warcraft III to run, but it hitches worse than the other, newer games. It certainly runs nice when it moves, but it freezes for like 5-10 seconds in very short intervals.
Any idea what is wrong? Any idea, if nobody here knows, who I can talk to? It seems most 2600 XT AGP cards have trouble with DirectX, so, I'm not sure what to do. Is my power supply not enough for it? Something else possibly failing?
Specs:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ (2.0ghz)
Asus A7N8X-E
1gig ram (DDR-333...I believe...but I'm not 100% sure at the moment, if it matters, I can find the exact.)
200gig harddrive (main)
40gig harddrive
HIS HD X2600 XT AGP (with IceQ Turbo)
3 small extra fans
DVD burner drive
350W power supply (LC-B350ATX)