I finally ditched my Radeon 9700 Pro and got an MSI TI 4200 128MB 8X. It's running nicely except for a couple things. First off, with my 9700 Pro I had these horizontal lines in some games whenever the 3D stuff went up or down the screen. I switched to the TI 4200 and they're still there, but not as bad.
Another thing about the lines though. I never had them on my GeForce 2 Pro. Well once when I did a format with my 9700 Pro in, the lines were still there. I stuck my GeForce 2 Pro in and then the lines were there. That means somehow the 9700 Pro left the lines for me. I'm guessing that could be the case here also... I might just have to format again :-(
Secondly, my 3D Mark score is a little low for my system I believe. I'm getting 10772 3D Marks, which seems a little low for my system and the card is overclocked to 280 Core 590 Mem. Toms hardware was getting 10600 3D Marks the same card with a 2.2 Pentium 4 system - http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/200210041/nv18_nv28-07.html. BTW, when I uninstalled my ATI drivers and rebooted, I also used Driver Cleaner to get rid of the left over stuff.
Edit: Notice Tom's Hardware only benched the 64 MB versions... I have 128, which should push my card even farther.
And last, I'm getting a little stuttering in some games. Again, could be left over problems from the 9700 Pro that only a format would fix, but I'd rather use that as a last resort.
Any ideas?
Another thing about the lines though. I never had them on my GeForce 2 Pro. Well once when I did a format with my 9700 Pro in, the lines were still there. I stuck my GeForce 2 Pro in and then the lines were there. That means somehow the 9700 Pro left the lines for me. I'm guessing that could be the case here also... I might just have to format again :-(
Secondly, my 3D Mark score is a little low for my system I believe. I'm getting 10772 3D Marks, which seems a little low for my system and the card is overclocked to 280 Core 590 Mem. Toms hardware was getting 10600 3D Marks the same card with a 2.2 Pentium 4 system - http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/200210041/nv18_nv28-07.html. BTW, when I uninstalled my ATI drivers and rebooted, I also used Driver Cleaner to get rid of the left over stuff.
Edit: Notice Tom's Hardware only benched the 64 MB versions... I have 128, which should push my card even farther.
And last, I'm getting a little stuttering in some games. Again, could be left over problems from the 9700 Pro that only a format would fix, but I'd rather use that as a last resort.
Any ideas?