Hello, I really need help with this problem about my day-old radeon 9800 pro.
The main thing about the problem is that whenever it runs a 3d supported application/games like "Emperor: Battle for Dune" and "Halo" my computer crashes immediately after the game has loaded or rather the instance the main menu appears. Another problem that irritated me was that each time i clicked on the ati driver settings icon in the system tray, the screen flickers lines briefly before the driver settings dialog box loads.
I tried uninstalling the previous on-board Intel Extreme Graphics driver on my Gigabyte GA-8IG1000 Pro-G Mobo and installed the ati drivers that came with the graphics card I bought on cd as well as trying the catalyst drivers but to no avail.
Oh, another thing, I even ran a few benchmarks (MadOnion, Vulpine, etc.) and it also came up with the same problem. Upon loading of the tests, the system crashes and some unable to even load. However, in one of the tests, the video froze but the sound was still active.
So if anyone could please provide a workable solution and free me from this craziness and frustration it would be very much appreciated.
The main thing about the problem is that whenever it runs a 3d supported application/games like "Emperor: Battle for Dune" and "Halo" my computer crashes immediately after the game has loaded or rather the instance the main menu appears. Another problem that irritated me was that each time i clicked on the ati driver settings icon in the system tray, the screen flickers lines briefly before the driver settings dialog box loads.
I tried uninstalling the previous on-board Intel Extreme Graphics driver on my Gigabyte GA-8IG1000 Pro-G Mobo and installed the ati drivers that came with the graphics card I bought on cd as well as trying the catalyst drivers but to no avail.
Oh, another thing, I even ran a few benchmarks (MadOnion, Vulpine, etc.) and it also came up with the same problem. Upon loading of the tests, the system crashes and some unable to even load. However, in one of the tests, the video froze but the sound was still active.
So if anyone could please provide a workable solution and free me from this craziness and frustration it would be very much appreciated.