BFG GeForce 9800 problem

Did you disable the onboard video in BIOS? I have this same card and it works without issue. Ironically I bought it after having tons of problems with a Radeon 4770.

Yeah, I made sure to disable the on-board video.

On an off note, I was having tons of problems with ATI cards- I switched to nvidia because most of my friends use their cards and have had little to no trouble. I'm thinking about buying a new motherboard soon anyway, I want to eventually upgrade the ram from 2gb (But that's a discussion for another area.)

EDIT: I returned the first video card I got, just to make sure I just didn't get a bad card- New card does the same thing. I'm starting to think it's a motherboard issue.

It is probably your motherboard. If you get a new one get one without on board video, but I probably don't need to tell you that.

I have the exact same problem with a GeForce 8400 and the MSI K9VGM. You cannot disable the onboard video on that mainboard. If it fails to detect a display adapter, it will revert to the onboard no matter what.

On other forums I have read that the VIA chipset used on that board doesn't conform precisely to the PCI 1.0 standard.

So what kind of display adapter can I buy?

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Wait I thought BFG didn't exist anymore...

I only see one BFG on newegg still.. and its a cheap PSU.

This thread is from last year....


I'm not sure how it got to the first page.

I'm guessing it's because someone bumped it.