Having Big Problems With New Ati Radeon 9600 256mb

[Xxx Frost xxX]

I just put in my new Ati Radeon 9600 256mb video card and I am having lots and lots of problems with it. I even went to their website and got newer drivers. Right now, when I run Final Fantasy 8 for the PC, I get a bunch of lines all over the place, on the configs it says "8-bit Paletted Textures FAIL". Also, when I try to start a game in Counter-Strike. It goes to a black screen and doesn't do anything. Kinda frustrated. Can anyone help?

[boob]

What video card did you have before this? Was it an ATI or Nvidia, etc?

Sometimes putting in a new card and new drivers may get screwy if the old drivers and such are not completly gone. Also check the games to make sure that they are fully up to date. A format/re-install of your OS may fix it, but that's up to you if you want to do that. If you think the card may be bad, I would suggest trying to put it in another system to see if it acts the same way - that would help in determining whether its the card or your system. Hope this helps!

[Xxx Frost xxX]

Originally posted by boob
What video card did you have before this? Was it an ATI or Nvidia, etc?

Sometimes putting in a new card and new drivers may get screwy if the old drivers and such are not completly gone. Also check the games to make sure that they are fully up to date. A format/re-install of your OS may fix it, but that's up to you if you want to do that. If you think the card may be bad, I would suggest trying to put it in another system to see if it acts the same way - that would help in determining whether its the card or your system. Hope this helps!

Yeah my previous card was a GeForce3. I was thinking that was the main problem also. I guess I'll format I have the time anyways. Thanks!

[Dondero]

Yeah when I made the switch from nvidia to ati the problems never stopped till i formatted.

[Xxx Frost xxX]

Originally posted by Dondero
Yeah when I made the switch from nvidia to ati the problems never stopped till i formatted.

Wow, thank god. I feel better now knowing that all my ATI problems should go away after format. I was begining to have doubts about ATI and their "new programing department".

[jagojago12]

I'm not a big fan of formatting when I don't have to. Usually a format is my last resort.

I've switched video card manufacturers in the past before and all I did to fix any problems beforehand was to uninstall my Nvidia drivers and delete any entries of "Nvidia" in my registry and then used a registry cleaner for good measure.

If you already haven't formatted, try that and see if it helps. In your case, I suggest you deleting your ATi drivers & registry entires before doing this to really "start fresh."

[bldegle2]

it is a waste of time.

go here

http://download.guru3d.com/

look in drivers section for total driver and registry removers.

lot easier, lot faster.

save the pain for another day.

enjoy!

baldy