my friend has this motherboard here:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/service/DriverDetail.aspx?id=en-us0000569&Pname=P4M800P7MB-RS2,P4M800P7MB-RS2H
The above is the manual.
The video card he is trying to use is an ATI Radeon Sapphire 128 mb Card.
He has 512 mb ram.
500 watt power supply (just bought)
It says in the manual that the board supports Agp 3.0.
However, when he tries to load any modern 3d game like bf2(512 mb ram required) or counter strike source(256 mb ram required) etc. the whole pc freezes all together.
Any ideas?
2007-05-09 11:39:38 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
BTw, i believe the card is a universal agp. It's capable of both 8x and 4x.
2007-05-09 12:01:15 · update #1
ATI 9800 Radeon Pro Atlantis
2007-05-09 12:02:56 · update #2
Thanks for your intelligent response Karz. He has tried the SuperStep software. However, as soon as he loaded it his pc froze. Hard freezing going on here man. His bios has an Agp 3.0 Mode option, so i figure his motherboard is capable of running his Ago 3.0 universal graphics card.
We have tried many different settings in the bios and played around quite abit on the graphic related options to no avail. Freezing occurs much like as if he didn't have enough power from the power supply, but he has a 500 watt power supply *which he just bought in hopes that it would solve this freezing issue). He has all the up to date drivers ATI directX etc. what could this be?
2007-05-09 13:40:44 · update #3
-Check if the graphics card's cooling fan is spinning. A cable might be obstructing the blades.
-Also try to install the latest ATI driver. Be sure to uninstall first the old driver.
-Check the power supply for stability. Use Foxconn's Superstep software, Everest, etc. to monitor voltage while running a 3D benchmark such as 3DMark 05. Voltages should not fluctuate beyond +/- 5%. Your card is quite powerful and draws about 47watts (mostly on the +12V rail). Some single +12V rail power supplies are very strong on the +3.3V and +5V rails but weak on the +12V rail.
My kid could play BF2 at low settings on just an ATI 9550.
2007-05-09 12:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, we need to know what model of graphics card... Saphire is the brand name of the card, ATI Radeon is the "technology" on the card, but here are many variants of Radeon chips...
It's a slight possibility that the card is not an AGP card, but seeing as it's installed and working to a point, that's not very likely...
More likely is that the graphics drivers are not up to date...
When you find the full model of the card, go to the ATI website and download the latest drivers... install them and then try again... This usually fixes any problems.
2007-05-09 11:52:27 · answer #2 · answered by supernicebloke2000 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He needs a vid card that supports at least 4X acceleration, 8X would be better.
2007-05-09 11:54:04 · answer #3 · answered by Ron M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋