mdchap Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Hey guys. Wanted to know if anyone can help. I just bought a new ATI X850XT vid card. I'm playing MVP and wanted the graphics to be a little less jagged. So I went into the control panel under display to advance settings and turned AA to 4X and AF to 4X. Started the game and the begining scenes looked great! However right when it cut to my batter setting up to the plate, my screen went black and my CPU restarted. So I decided to change the settings to AA2X and AF 2X. This was better but could see every time a cutscene happened the screen would flicker. Then when quiting a game the screen just froze black. Anyone know the cause or fix for this?? I'd like to leave the game with AA and AF on cuz you can tell the difference. My card should support this. Specs of PC are below. Pent 4 3.0 GHZ 120 gig HD 2 gig ram X850XT ATI Card Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastasports1 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 2 gig ram :drools: As far as your problem, that's interesting. I hope somebody can help! Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kccitystar Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Update your drivers.... -KC Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Ok I just tried the driver update.. I already had the latest and it's doing the same thing every time I turn on AA or AF. Could it be a temp thing? 1. How do you know your PC's temp? 2. What should be the temp? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 It could be overheating, but it could be a few other things as well. To check the temperature of any sensors you have, download Motherboard Monitor. Just do a Google search for it and you should be taken to the official site. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152313 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Ok I downloaded Motherboard monitor Case= 105 degrees F CPU= 131 degrees F Sensor 3= 32 degrees F It's funny cuz on the outside of my CPU case I have a temp gauge and it reads 83.8 degrees. So what is this telling me? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars777 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Try runnin aquamark....its a benchmarking tool....you can get it at 3dguru.com....Ive seen many people that go out and get the latest and greatest graphics cards only to see it bottleneck there system....p4 3gig chip is not that great a chip....depending on what model...like Northwood ....prescott....and so on......You have 2 gig of ram which is good but what speed is your ram.....pc2700...pc3200....what speed is your front side bus runnin at?......run aquamark and at the end it will give you a GFX score....and a CPU score......see if your graphics card score which is the GFX IS HIGHER THAT YOUR CPU SCORE...if it is...then you are bottlenecking.....the CPU score should be at least as fast if not faster. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152327 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 ok.. I will try now and report back Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Can I just say that Aquamark program is the coolest thing I've seen for a computer's graphic's card in a long time! Ok here is what it found: Settings it ran under: 1024X768X32 AA OFF Aniso 4X Details: VERY HIGH Triangles/sec: 14,855,351 TPS 49.35 fps GFX SCORE: 6,696 CPU SCORE: 9,375 TOTAL GAMING SCORE: 49,351 Gaming Reality Check: 3,000 or higher with low detail 7,000 or higher with med detail 20,000 or higher with high detail So I guess I'm more than okay in regards "bottlenecking" my system correct? What else could the cause be? FYI_ Thanks for showing me that program. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars777 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 well my GFX score is 6,899 with a old Gforce Fx5900xt....I would think you should be gettin higher scores than me in that area.....question.....are you overclocking your card at all........also check to see if AGP Fastwrites is turned on.....if it is.....turn it off !.....you can find that setting in your graphics card control panel....and or you can turn it off in your bios.....also what resloution are you runnin the game at.....1024x768....or 1280x1024......and also check to see if your vertical sync is turned on in the game and the same is set to application controlled in your cards control panel. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Ok I just checked teh AGP Fastwrite and it was turned on. I turned it off and restarted my PC. I'm also running the game in 1280X1024X32 Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars777 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Make sure you save the setting or as soon as you reboot it will be turned on again. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars777 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Also check your moniters refresh rate......make sure its at 60hz....you should be able to do this in your cards control panel....its called refresh rate overide or something similar Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Ok Monitor refresh rate is 60. I also got new results from doing that aquamark after I turned the AGP Fastwrite off. 51.58 FPS GFX SCORE: 7,116 CPU SCORE: 9,366 Gaming SCORE: 51,577 Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars777 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 try runnin your game again and see what happens Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 What settings should I try? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars777 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 the same you were runnin at before Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152361 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusti Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I'm trying some settings with mine. I noticed with Overdrive enabled in the settings I lost 1,000 on the GFX and 700 CPU. FPS dropped by 10 too. Gonna mess with it some more, see if anything might help. My specs for comparison. x800xt 512MB AGP 8x P4 HT 2.6GHz 800Mhz FSB 1GB PC 3200 DDR SDRAM My first test (didn't write down the exact numbers) GFX: 8,900 w/OD 7,900 CPU: 8,700 w/OD 8,000 Under the 3D tab, try turning the slider more toward performance. Also I noticed each time I run it, it gets a little slower. Try restarting and closing anything running in the background (ie Anti-Virus, Printer Programs, ect.). Seee if that helps any. I think something running in the background may be the problem, as you should have a higher score than I do! Also if you installed new drivers, did you remove the old ones first? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Now why would Dusti get better results when I have a better graphics card and better CPU chip and more ram??? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Game ran well with AA Off Aniso 4X I haven't pushed it beyond that Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars777 Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Well he has fast ram..I dont know what speed you have....also he runnin at 800fsb. Many people will turn off AA and AF....turn vertical sync off and set performance slider off....this will result in much higher scores rather than run it at your current settings Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Thanks for all your help... I think I got it figured out.. It came down to that settings I had to turn off. What does AGP Fastwriting do anyway? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Well my problem still happens whenever I turn AA to any setting. If I leave it off and turn AF on, it's fine. Anyone know of a fix? Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152595 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpinard Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 I have the SAME EXACT PROBLEM! Radeon X800 XT. Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdchap Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Weird.... jpinard, please post your system specs Link to comment https://www.mvpmods.com/forums/topic/12652-video-problems/#findComment-152698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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