Radeon 9600 and DXT

September 17th, 2005, 11:29 PM

Hi everybody,

I have a big problem with my Radeon 9600. Every game, after a few seconds or minutes, makes my computer reboot, or just a black screen. Even with games like gunbound (2D/3D)

Some problems with Directx, maybe, but what is sure, is that when I put DXT support OFF, there is no more reboot.

But the problem is that on games like HL², DXT OFF= performance issues, like big loadings etc...

Dont know what to do

Thanks !

**Regeneration** · September 17th, 2005, 11:34 PM

First of all disable "Automatic restart" in "Startup and Recovery" settings under System Properties.
now instead of restarts you will see blue screen of death, Post here what it says.

September 18th, 2005, 02:56 AM

Automatic restart is already disabled, so the problem seems to come from the Mainboard, and not from XP.

I think i have found the problem, it seems to come from the 8X mode. I put it on 4X, and I think that its a lot more stable (have to play more to confirm)

One question : Is there a lot of difference between 4x and 8X agp ? or should i take the 4x mode as the solution ?

Thanks

**Regeneration** · September 18th, 2005, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Halouf

Automatic restart is already disabled, so the problem seems to come from the Mainboard, and not from XP.

I think i have found the problem, it seems to come from the 8X mode. I put it on 4X, and I think that its a lot more stable (have to play more to confirm)

One question : Is there a lot of difference between 4x and 8X agp ? or should i take the 4x mode as the solution ?

Thanks

Have you tried to disable/enable fast writes or update the motherboard GART driver?

September 18th, 2005, 01:55 PM

Yes, but it was still unstable.

For the gart driver, what is that? where can i find this ? (no info on asrock website)

September 18th, 2005, 09:36 PM

What are agp write and agp read ?

when i put agp 4X, agp write if off, and on 8x its on. Maybe its the problem ?

Also, it seems that games are in 16 bit, even if i set them in 32bit mode.

**Regeneration** · September 18th, 2005, 09:39 PM

GART Driver is the AGP Driver.
Which motherboard do you have?

September 20th, 2005, 12:05 AM

ASrock P4VT8+ (VIA chipset)

Drivers are up to date :s

**Regeneration** · September 20th, 2005, 02:40 AM

Have you tried to install the beta infinite loop fix?

September 20th, 2005, 01:50 PM

I tried to search for it on google but can't find it for ati, just the Geforce one.