Hey guys :)

[814ck0u7]

hey guys, this is my first post on any sort of hardware tech-house, and boy is it a doozy. so i just bought a new system, compnents are as follows:

Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P motherboard
AMD PhenomII x3 720 Triple Core CPU
XMS3 DHX DDR3 RAM (2 x 2 Gigs)
Sapphire 100245 Radeon 4850
Rosewill RP550V2-S-SL 550W ATX12V v2.01 SLI Ready Power Supply

i am currently at stock settings, but i HAVE overclocked.

and my problems are thusly:

i get the atikmdag display error, also...

even when i dont get the actual error, sometimes the cursor will get real big and pixley, as though ONLY the resolution on the cursor were turned way down, to like 800x600, but the monitor resolution stays the same, and generally a short time after that, the screen will start to flicker and the system will get really really choppy, like unusable choppy, and i have to reboot.

any pointers?

 

[knowsitall]

check temps, download drivers from ati web site, update windows

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Uninstall and reinstall drivers for your gfx card

 

[814ck0u7]

temps are fine, im gona download and install right quick... brb

 

[814ck0u7]

ah, heres another thing, as i was posting this, my cursor did the big pixel thing i was talking about, then when i uninstalled the display driver, it went back to normal! any clue as to which compnent (or just software) is at fault here?

 

[814ck0u7]

ok well, so far so good after uninstalling then reinstalling the driver.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

It sounds like a driver issue. Hope this does it for you

 

[814ck0u7]

nope, back to the big stupid cursor thing. also, i started up wow and all the graphics are on high, but it looks like sh!t... windows update says it has one update from ATI for my card... should i download it? god, i wish i trusted any of you enough to give u remote access to my rig.

 

[814ck0u7]

now its even worse... i cant even fully log into wow without the display driver failing.... god i hate technology lol....

any and all help would be appreciated.

 

[814ck0u7]

ah, hey i ran WoW in compatibility mode with XP SP2... i actually got into teh game this time!

id sitll appreciate *any* genuine suggestions for optimizing this rig, cuz its so beautiful, makes me sad to see it not working optimally.