hi all at tech spot. Basically I am having a few problems with my computer but cos this forum is for the graphics card I will start of there. I have a radeon 9800 128 MB Graphics card and I seem to be having a few probs with it. I have a p4 with 2.4 GHZ 512 mb RAM and running off of windows XP SP2.
Every thing was running fine till I went to play splinter cell pandra tommorow witch I had played b4 with no problems but now i can't get it to run. the game shows the picture of Sam fisher then itcrashes forcing me to shut it down via alt F4. I thought it was a one off but then I tried playing rollercoaster tycoon 3 witch I had played b4 with no problems and the game returns to windows but continues to play the music. I also started playing tiger woods 2004 and the game returned to windows and then i found that clicking the games icon in the taskbar and then continually clicking the mouse would return me to the game but every time the game loaded it would return to the desktop and i would have to repeat the clicking of the mouse. I set the game to 800x600 resoulution in the game and on the desktop and that seems to have stoped that but for some reason the games i have played before with no probs are now unplayable. i have installed the latest catalyst and drivers for the card but now it just gives me agro. should i consider getting a new card or can somthing be done. any advice would be great.
Her is alist of the games that don't run but all did a week or 2 ago.
Half life 2, Homworld 2, splinter cell 1&2, joint ops, farcry meed for speed underground 2,the sims 2. PLEASE HELP
Every thing was running fine till I went to play splinter cell pandra tommorow witch I had played b4 with no problems but now i can't get it to run. the game shows the picture of Sam fisher then itcrashes forcing me to shut it down via alt F4. I thought it was a one off but then I tried playing rollercoaster tycoon 3 witch I had played b4 with no problems and the game returns to windows but continues to play the music. I also started playing tiger woods 2004 and the game returned to windows and then i found that clicking the games icon in the taskbar and then continually clicking the mouse would return me to the game but every time the game loaded it would return to the desktop and i would have to repeat the clicking of the mouse. I set the game to 800x600 resoulution in the game and on the desktop and that seems to have stoped that but for some reason the games i have played before with no probs are now unplayable. i have installed the latest catalyst and drivers for the card but now it just gives me agro. should i consider getting a new card or can somthing be done. any advice would be great.
Her is alist of the games that don't run but all did a week or 2 ago.
Half life 2, Homworld 2, splinter cell 1&2, joint ops, farcry meed for speed underground 2,the sims 2. PLEASE HELP