ATI 9800 Video Display Problems as described by a n00b

werewolf1999

Greetings:

I just purchased the 9800 Pro 128mb and have not got it to work right, from the get go.

I have 2 main issues. First and foremost there is a display glitch in windows no programs or games running. See example below. goes from bottom left corner to upper right screen in blocks like a staircase, fills the whole screen.


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Second is when in any games, i.e. Call of Duty, Wolfenstein etc.. I have poles sticking out of people and objects and they seem to get worse as the game goes on. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I have done a clean install of Win XP Pro loaded the latest drivers etc etc but still nothing.

Systems is as follows:

Win XP Pro 512mb DDR SP1 not SP2
ASUS AV7800 Mobo
Amd Sempron 2800+
Direct X 9.0c
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb
Mad Dog 550 Watt PS

refraction

what drivers are you using? and did you buy it brand new or second hand?

cos that could either be a softmod causing it by unlocking non existant pipes causing the errors, or the memory on the card is faulty.

werewolf1999

Card was defective. Went out and got another one and it works great!

Jalle64

That´s fine for you.:-)

And BTW welcome to DH :-))

werewolf1999

To be quite hinest I am surprised that a Brand New ATI 9800 would be *@& right out of the box. I hope this is not a indication of them being bad cards....