The other day I finally received my 'new' asus 4890, a big upgrade from my aging 7900GT.
i uninstall the drivers, reboot in safe mode and use driver sweeper, reboot n swap in the new card and get it all set up. the problems then begin.
every game i try to play crashes or doesn't work in one way or another (cept for crysis and cs1.6 idk why). the crashes happen various ways; from lame error messages (arma2: "cannot create 3d device..) to full on computer restarts, but always before the game even gets to a menu screen. also tried WoW, arma1, CoD4:MW, lost planet, Bioshock, FEAR2("Unable to initialize the render to a valid video mode").
i log GPU-Z to see if there is a heat issue, but in crysis w/ full settings it 'only' gets up to 68C. no artifacts, no problems at all.
i decide that there must be some problem with the card so i do another clean sweep and put back the 7900GT... onoes the problems are still there...
step1) tried different driver versions for each card. nothing.
step2) run ATITool. the graphical component doesnt even show and eventually locks up.
step3) run extensive tests with prime95 & memtest but there seems to be nothing wrong with CPU(Q6600) or ram(patriot ddr2-800 @ 533)
step4) update mobo's BIOS(abit IP35pro). no luck
step5) swap out for bigger PSU. still not working.
step6a-6f) back my stuff up, wipe my HD, fresh clean install of winxp w/ latest drivers for mobo, vc, etc. STILL NOTHING WORKS!?!
help me Obi-[H], youre my only hope
i uninstall the drivers, reboot in safe mode and use driver sweeper, reboot n swap in the new card and get it all set up. the problems then begin.
every game i try to play crashes or doesn't work in one way or another (cept for crysis and cs1.6 idk why). the crashes happen various ways; from lame error messages (arma2: "cannot create 3d device..) to full on computer restarts, but always before the game even gets to a menu screen. also tried WoW, arma1, CoD4:MW, lost planet, Bioshock, FEAR2("Unable to initialize the render to a valid video mode").
i log GPU-Z to see if there is a heat issue, but in crysis w/ full settings it 'only' gets up to 68C. no artifacts, no problems at all.
i decide that there must be some problem with the card so i do another clean sweep and put back the 7900GT... onoes the problems are still there...
step1) tried different driver versions for each card. nothing.
step2) run ATITool. the graphical component doesnt even show and eventually locks up.
step3) run extensive tests with prime95 & memtest but there seems to be nothing wrong with CPU(Q6600) or ram(patriot ddr2-800 @ 533)
step4) update mobo's BIOS(abit IP35pro). no luck
step5) swap out for bigger PSU. still not working.
step6a-6f) back my stuff up, wipe my HD, fresh clean install of winxp w/ latest drivers for mobo, vc, etc. STILL NOTHING WORKS!?!
help me Obi-[H], youre my only hope