did u increase the agp voltage 2 at least 1.6v in ur bios?
i put it up as far as it goes(some boards 1.85, some only 1.75)
solved the stability probs 4 many out there...
after that i reco. the use of radeonator 2.0/le 1.2 4 tweaks
and tuning ur system a little. these programs maybe not as
powerfull as rage3dtweak but much easier 2 use-install-deinstall..
inside u find some regions 4 ogl and dx features, after unchecking
ur fsaa and aniso, ur "score" should increase.
on 1 mashine i still use dx8.1 with the new 6228 driver 4 dx9,
and guess what? wether u use dx9rc0 or go`ol dx8.1a/b, these
drivers r fast, but much more important, very stable.
maybe u try somethin` here, gimme a shot of ur exp.
have fun
ps. 4 additional speed i did this with all of my 9700 cards some 6
weeks ago, crystal orb and 400 mghz 4 the core come`s close...
watch this :
http://www.warp2search.net/article.p...&mode=&order=0