9600 XT is being stupid

[NotVery[H]]

I got a BBATI 9600 XT (128mb) off the forums and its being rather stupid.
I'm running a Abit IC-7 with a 2.4C and windows xp that was freshly installed when I got the card.
The drivers that came with the darned thing run at 4x AGP and make it so that the card stops responding and I get a VPU error in games like call of duty and stuff.
So, I tried the new drivers from the ATI website, and they make the card run with AGP off, which makes games unplayable.
So, I tried the Omega drivers here in the ATI Flavor section, and it made the card run with AGP off, but Call of duty no longer stutters...
In the Bios, its set to 8x AGP.

Any help?

 

[mavalpha]

What do you mean, "AGP off"? Do you mean Fast-Writes?

 

[MasterFrmMO88]

ATI includeds software that will allow you to alter those properties, like if you wanted to set it to 8x AGP, i think. Im not at my home computer so most of this is guessing where all it is but if you: RIGHT-CLICK ON YOUR DESKTOP->PROPERTIES->SETTING?->ADVANCED and that gets you to the ATI control panel. Its worth a try.

 

[NotVery[H]]

Yeah Master, I know.
There is a slider that shows agp as OFF, 2x, 4x and 8x, and its at off, and when I slide it to 8x or even 4x, and then apply, and then restart, it slides back to off.

 

[Elios]

re install your mobo chip set drivers i had the same issues when i was running my 9600XT

 

[Jonsey]

re install your mobo chip set drivers i had the same issues when i was running my 9600XT

That's the problem. You might find an update on the Abit site. I know I did for my IS-7.

 

[HighwayAssassins]

re install your mobo chip set drivers i had the same issues when i was running my 9600XT

exactly what i PMd you.

 

[starhawk]

bingo... that's your problem. reinstall the chipset drivers and it should work right.

don't forget the driver cleaner!