Does ATI hate Activison??

truckless · Sep 27, 2004

I dont get this - im wondering if anybody else is having the same problem. I have a radeon 9700 Pro but ever since the dawn of time... well time concerning my pc anyway, i have been unable to play activision games. Thats right, ANY activision game. I cannot play call of duty, soldier of fortune, return to castle wolfenstein, doom 3, you name it, if its made by activision, my computer will crash whilst playing and usually kick out to the desktop. I am using windows 2000 professional. Every single activision game will play for about 5 to 10 minutes (this is very variable) and then i will be thrown out to my desktop and often the colour settings have gone beserk (very very bright - gamma up too high). Anybody have this problem, or a solution? I have spoken to ATI but the only thing they succeeded in doing was screwing up my pc enough to force me to reinstall windows.... Which i was not very happy about... I have done every single possible driver install and reinstall, update - everything. It is not due to background processes because i tried again when i reinstalled a fresh copy of win2k pro. The games will not even run in "game safe-mode", and it is not due to graphics card (ATI control panel) settings because i have fiddled with them all. I have agp8x and fastwrite off (but have tried changing these too).

Thank you!

priyajeet · Sep 27, 2004

thats really wierd, maybe your computer is possessed. Have u asked Activision abt this ? U using pirated or original versions ? Activision game(s) like Doom3 use OGL. Anything up with your OGL drivers ?

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coylter · Sep 27, 2004

Yea ati hate activision. None of their card run any activision game. Live with it.

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hunter_ace · Sep 27, 2004

ok i hate to say this but your wrong big time!!

i have everyone of those games running just fine on my system and its a ati 9800 pro. try the omega drivers but i use the ati driver myself no probs whatso ever. It maybe your 2000 i had problems with 2000 and freespace2 thats the only reason i run xp now.

Edited by hunter_ace on 09/26/04 11:06 PM.

coylter · Sep 27, 2004

HAHAHAHAHA you just missed the whole sarcasm things...ROFL

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Crashman · Sep 27, 2004

My experience? I don't know about Activision, but EA games I've gotten have needed patches to work. Turns out EA had sloppy programmers.

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hunter_ace · Sep 27, 2004

hey crash ive had the same probs with ea to except bf1942 was fine. and no i didnt miss the sarcasim part. just noticeing you being a ass to someone trying to solve a prob! i could see that if it was fugger or someone but come on!

Crashman · Sep 27, 2004

Not an ass to the poster, just a bit peeved about sloppy companies writing their code on nVidia hardware and not testing it properly with ATI hardware before releasing it. EA did the same thing to nVidia a few years ago when they were writing their code primarily for VooDoo (glide) and slopped things together for D3D.

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coylter · Sep 27, 2004

Cmon it was just a joke....

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priyajeet · Sep 27, 2004

I Blame M$....err IBM

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Crashman · Sep 27, 2004

This isn't "the other".

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cleeve · Sep 27, 2004

Running a 9700 PRO and no problems with any of those games.

You probably have a weak generic PSU or something...

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truckless · Sep 27, 2004

hmmmm. i have a 450 watt psu, but it is probably generic - have never heard of the name before. What kind of wattage would i need, and if it is the psu, why is it only activision games that does this?

cleeve · Sep 27, 2004

First off, Why only activision games? Well, chances are it's just a co-incidence that the most demanding games on your system are activision games... like Doom3. Or maybe Activision encourages developers to use more advanced code and shaders in their games in general. Who knows?

450 watts sounds good, but if it's generic there's a good chance that the rails aren't putting out voltage to spec, or that the 12v rail has a weak amp output (I believe the 12v rail is what the videocard feeds off of).

The first thing to do is to check your heat and voltages. Download the program "Motherboard monitor" (it's free) and see how it's running.

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Radeon 9700 PRO (o/c 332/345)
AthlonXP 3200+ (Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)
3dMark03: 5,354

truckless · Sep 28, 2004

So how does this equate - i dont know much about voltages but are these not a little off?

___________My Mobo

+3.3________3.3
+5__________4.92
+12_________11.92
-12_________-12.45
-5__________-5.22

Thanks

priyajeet · Sep 28, 2004

no, its ok. better the PSU more accurate the left hand column is. RHS column is theoritical, and not possible in under STP (std temp pressure). However if u cool ur comp down to -273C u ll might get those.

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cleeve · Sep 28, 2004

Voltages look good, what are your operating temperatures?

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AthlonXP 3200+ (Barton 2500+ o/c 400 FSB)
3dMark03: 5,354

truckless · Sep 28, 2004

operating temps are 25, 48 and 41 respectively (case, cpu diode, cpu socket)

sparky853 · Sep 28, 2004

What are the actual wattage ratings on your PSU?? It will be listed on the sticker on the side of the unit.

I would recommend a Antec PurePower or ThermalTake TruePower PSU somewhere in the neighbourhood of 420 watts or more.

I run a 9800 Pro with Windows 2000 Pro and can run all the games you are having problems with.

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truckless · Sep 29, 2004

all it says is "450 watts max" or did you want the voltage/ampage ratings?

bosshoss · Sep 29, 2004

Read my post on page one for your solution:
<A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=412167#412167" target="_new">http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=412167#412167</A>

Ok, ok, just as little joke, just tryin to be funny.

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truckless · Sep 29, 2004

lol - thanks, very funny

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