AIW 9700 Pro "Hangs"

[Ecklund1]

I am upgrading my machine from a PII-400/P2B/TNT2/Win2k to a P4-2.53Ghz/P4G8X/AIW 9700 Pro/Win 2k, but only have the P4 & 9700 so far. I could not wait to try the AIW, so I put it in my Asus P2B. Everything works fine until I run 3D apps. It will work for an variable amount of time then, without warning, hang HARD! I have 256Mb memory.
I have updated my bios and tried tweaking the chipset hoping to resolve this with no gain. I know this is a mismatch of components (like hooking up a widescreen to rabbit ears!), but can't believe they won't work together.
Any constructive suggestions (other than buy a new M/B) would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[arkus]

I've got a Radeon 9700Pro (Sapphire) in my Athlon 900 (the card was free, or I'd have got a new cpu/mobo first ) and I have similar problems.

I get mini-hangs very rarely, but mostly just a crap framrate with games, worse than my GForce32mb. Of course, a mobo that doesn't support 8xAGP doesn't help.

I'd recommend trying diferent versions of the catalyst drivers, and check which version of directX works best. I've seen a lot of posts in these forums criticising ati's drivers and a few discussing the adv/disadv of using directX 9, so mebbe it's worth investigating, tho appreciate you maye have already done this.

Alternatively I guess you just have to wait for your new components

 

[Ecklund1]

Thanks for the reply. I have dx9 and used the catalyst drivers from the box. I haven't tried other drivers, but will try that. Thanks again.
(Nice job on scoring your card for free...)

 

[edwpang]

What kind of PS are you using? Old PS?

 

[Ecklund1]

Brand new 365w Enermax EG365P-VE(FC) Whisper.
(Also one of my upgrade parts.)

 

[speeduk]

Are the drivers ur using dx9 compatible i.e catalyst 3.0+?

 

[edwpang]

Check http://www.rage3d.com. It has many useful information about ATI products.

 

[Crashman]

Actually if you look at Tom's CPU test, that card has been used on boards as old as the MVP3 chipset Socket 7 style (yes, they even tested that card with a Pentium 166 MMX). I certainly doubt it's a motherboard problem. Try backing down your memory timings.

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