Radeon 9700 problem

[kpxgq]

my friend just got a 9700 today (upgrading from a ti4600)... the problem is that in the start menu.. the font is really jacked up.. heres a screenshot...



also, not much of a problem, but it was weird that we benchmarked it and got only 10k 3dmarks (system is 1600xp, iwill xp333, 512mb ddr).. we reformatted, tried different drivers, tried disabling hydravision.... everything i could think of


i personally think the problem may lie in that he has only a 300watt generic power supply and that the 9700 is drawing too much power... considering that his rig has all its expansion bays and slots just about filled.. also i checked the 5v rail with MBM5 and it came out to 6.09 !!!!!

any ideas?

[Niner]

It may be the power supply. I'm surprised he got away with it when using the ti4600. The PSU would be a good place to start since the vid cards do use alot of poer.

[solofly]

Originally posted by kpxgq
my friend just got a 9700 today (upgrading from a ti4600)... the problem is that in the start menu.. the font is really jacked up.. heres a screenshot...



also, not much of a problem, but it was weird that we benchmarked it and got only 10k 3dmarks (system is 1600xp, iwill xp333, 512mb ddr).. we reformatted, tried different drivers, tried disabling hydravision.... everything i could think of


i personally think the problem may lie in that he has only a 300watt generic power supply and that the 9700 is drawing too much power... considering that his rig has all its expansion bays and slots just about filled.. also i checked the 5v rail with MBM5 and it came out to 6.09 !!!!!

any ideas?

MBM5 and XP333 don't work together. He needs ALI's hardware monitor to see correct voltages. Maybe new ATi and ALI will have issues now but it's unlikely caused by the PSU in this situation.

[InStyLz]

Just for the sake of argument did he try the leaked 6159 set of drivers? And although I would not run it with a PSU that low as long as the rails are stable and he can game with no visible pixelation or distoration I would say he's ok. Try those drivers and see what they prove or disprove

[Mize]

I'm running an Iwill XP333-R with an R9700 and MBM5 just fine. Sure, MBM's voltages are off, but the temps are accurate. I don't have the text corruption your friend is having though. I would definitely try the 6159 (leaked) drivers as a fix. The 3dmk1 score seems low, but the XP333-R needs a high FSB to get really good 3dmk1 scores. I get 13k with my MP 1900 at 9.5x180FSB. The more impressive number is getting 9k with 4xfsaa and 16xaf enabled at 10x166 fsb...

Mize

[RADEON8500]

Hey nice to see you on here(Mize),, got a 9700 huh,, could you do me a favor there are some guys on here that are having some problems with their 9700 card. Could you please list the games you have runned with that card. The ones you know works without anyproblems.

Thanks! And nice seeing you on here, hope you stick around!

[RADEON8500]

Originally posted by kpxgq
my friend just got a 9700 today (upgrading from a ti4600)... the problem is that in the start menu.. the font is really jacked up.. heres a screenshot...



also, not much of a problem, but it was weird that we benchmarked it and got only 10k 3dmarks (system is 1600xp, iwill xp333, 512mb ddr).. we reformatted, tried different drivers, tried disabling hydravision.... everything i could think of


i personally think the problem may lie in that he has only a 300watt generic power supply and that the 9700 is drawing too much power... considering that his rig has all its expansion bays and slots just about filled.. also i checked the 5v rail with MBM5 and it came out to 6.09 !!!!!

any ideas?

This problem also occures with the 8500 in XP,, if you goto Display
>Apperance>EFFECTS>and make sure the "show shadows under menus" are UNCHECKED,,that will take care of that.

Its a real simple solution,, and yes causes havoc in XP if not done.

Later!

[cjh6386]

why did your friend upgrade from a ti4600?

[Neoguri]

Originally posted by RADEON8500



This problem also occures with the 8500 in XP,, if you goto Display
>Apperance>EFFECTS>and make sure the "show shadows under menus" are UNCHECKED,,that will take care of that.

Its a real simple solution,, and yes causes havoc in XP if not done.

Later!

I have mine checked and it looks fine.

[kpxgq]

well i brought over my system to his place and we tried swapping different parts to isolate the problem.... after putting his 9700 in my rig, putting my 350watt antec into his rig.. swapping ram, cpu... we come to the conclusion that the 9700 does note like the iwill xp333-r motherboard... he ordered a gigabyte kt400 board... hopefully ther wont be any more problems

[Mize]

The only thing my 9700 didn't like about my Iwill XP333-R was the combination of a high FSB (185 MHz) and two DIMMs. Lowering the FSB to 166 OR removing one DIMMs resolved the only issues I had (popping polygons in OpenGL games).

Radeon 8500:
The games I've run withtout issue are (all with AA and AF unless noted):

Q3A
UT
GTA3 (without AF)
Giants
Commanche 4 (looks sweet with AA and AF)
Ground Control
SS:SE

Games I have but haven't had time to try yet:

HL
CS
Dungeon Siege
Warcraft3
Falcon 4
Alice
DeusEx
...bunch of others going back as far as Longbow

All in time.

Mize

[RADEON8500]

Originally posted by Mize
The only thing my 9700 didn't like about my Iwill XP333-R was the combination of a high FSB (185 MHz) and two DIMMs. Lowering the FSB to 166 OR removing one DIMMs resolved the only issues I had (popping polygons in OpenGL games).

Radeon 8500:
The games I've run withtout issue are (all with AA and AF unless noted):

Q3A
UT
GTA3 (without AF)
Giants
Commanche 4 (looks sweet with AA and AF)
Ground Control
SS:SE

Games I have but haven't had time to try yet:

HL
CS
Dungeon Siege
Warcraft3
Falcon 4
Alice
DeusEx
...bunch of others going back as far as Longbow

All in time.

Mize

I hear there is an Issue with Warcraft III so becareful on that one bud. Thanks for the list of games! Its nice to see you on here.

Later.