G4 Horror!

[Jason425]

I just got a chaintech g4 ti 4200 64 mb and right when i put it in a nice 3dmark score.. http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4384740 .. then i go to play counter-strike.. froze first 2 times then the rest of the times 60fps max.. i tried many things but that was as high as i could get.. then in army ops *just an example... all games of mine are like that* in the training.. as soon as i move the mouse everything gets all blotchy and messed up.. :o i tried riva tuner and other things but nothing seems to make a diff.. i got the detonator 40 drivers and it made things worse.. help! :confused:

[accurateimage]

Take it back and get the 9700 for $329 *LOL* j/k probably a chip prob, what mobo are ya running..?

[BobyJo]

The Ti4200 is a good card. Usually these problems come up because the owner or installer does not completely remove all the old vid drivers form the system and registry before installing the new vid card. If you have the detenator destroyer files, they pretty well give instructiions as to the removal of all the driver files. If you do not have these files. Reformat and install the OS fresh and then install the vid card last.
Since yours is less than 30 days old. I you may return it for a refund, or exchange for another vid card.
You could get the Ti4600. Or you could do as accurateimage says and get the best of the best with the Radeon 9700 Pro.
The place you purchased the Ti4200 may not have the 9700 is stock. If you decided on this route. You should get a refund, place your old vid card in your system, and wait a couple weeks for the 9700's to be more available.
I really think this is a driver problem. If you do a fresh install of Windows, and install the video card with the latest drivers, you shurely will have no problems.

[Jason425]

I bet you're right about that driver idea.. i got this card as a bargain card.. dont have the $ for the radeon 9700 or ti4600 :( i'll try the detonator destroyer .. i'll see how things turn out.

[Jason425]

oh i forgot btw its an asus p4t533-c

[BobyJo]

The asus P4T533 helps, are you running Rambus or do you have the DDR model? How much memory do you have installed in the system. Please post the remaining components, something like my signature. Thanks BJ

[accurateimage]

Also note that the detonator 40 drivers are beta, and I have notice a few anomolies after installing them, I would get rid of them and go to the wqrl certified 30.82 drivers, they are rock solid.

[Jason425]

:/ I tried detonator destroyer.. didnt work, turns out it doesnt work right on XP.. i was preparing to reformat when i decided to check the bios.. turns out i went overboard tweaking it out and messed up.. everything SEEMS to be as it should.. we'll see how long this holds 8)

[BobyJo]

If you wish to visit www.rage3d.com and go to thier forum. You can find instructions as to the best way to remove vid card drivers from XP. If this is of any help, try it. Anyway hope the system is running great now.