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Again, fanks to everybody who helped in the other thread.
I use a Ares Radeon x600 PRO 256mb PCI-E
For those who don't want to read a long story, cut to the bottom of my post.
After the format, and getting basic stuff done (Anti-Virus, Firewall, WIndows XP, Office XP etc), I decided to go play WC3. I reinstalled it btw.
So, I start the game, started to make a base, went out for a drink, and when I come back mah screen is all pixellated. I knew what this was as it happened before the format, and I thought it was a system problem.
To cut a long story, I installed drivers from the gfx card CD (im on 56k so I can't d/l the drivers), tried again and still no effect. I messed with some settings in the BIOS (changed the Video Settings from 'PCI-E Graphics' to 'Auto' [PCI-E Graphics may be wrong, I'm not sure]).
Failed again. So I played a different game, (WH40K Dawn of War DEMO), and it worked so well that it let me finish a skirmish. Played the sp campaign, still didn't work.
It wasn't only 3D Games. It is also 3ds max and Milkshape. When the gfx card does crash, it comes up with a VPU Error. Always. In the background, I have ewido Security Suite and BitDefender Professional Plus v8. I also set ati2evxx.exe in the Task Manager to High Priority.
I'm now sitting with the computer fan turned to the window.
For the people who don't want to read a lot:
GFX Card crashes frequently, havn't got latest drivers due to 56k (30mb for drivers >=o ) . Crashes randomly (with intense action on the screen or not). Straight after format.
I'm not sure if its my PC, my GFX card, or anything else. I would really like to play a game without having to reboot every 5 minutes.
I use a Ares Radeon x600 PRO 256mb PCI-E
For those who don't want to read a long story, cut to the bottom of my post.
After the format, and getting basic stuff done (Anti-Virus, Firewall, WIndows XP, Office XP etc), I decided to go play WC3. I reinstalled it btw.
So, I start the game, started to make a base, went out for a drink, and when I come back mah screen is all pixellated. I knew what this was as it happened before the format, and I thought it was a system problem.
To cut a long story, I installed drivers from the gfx card CD (im on 56k so I can't d/l the drivers), tried again and still no effect. I messed with some settings in the BIOS (changed the Video Settings from 'PCI-E Graphics' to 'Auto' [PCI-E Graphics may be wrong, I'm not sure]).
Failed again. So I played a different game, (WH40K Dawn of War DEMO), and it worked so well that it let me finish a skirmish. Played the sp campaign, still didn't work.
It wasn't only 3D Games. It is also 3ds max and Milkshape. When the gfx card does crash, it comes up with a VPU Error. Always. In the background, I have ewido Security Suite and BitDefender Professional Plus v8. I also set ati2evxx.exe in the Task Manager to High Priority.
I'm now sitting with the computer fan turned to the window.
For the people who don't want to read a lot:
GFX Card crashes frequently, havn't got latest drivers due to 56k (30mb for drivers >=o ) . Crashes randomly (with intense action on the screen or not). Straight after format.
I'm not sure if its my PC, my GFX card, or anything else. I would really like to play a game without having to reboot every 5 minutes.