OK, I've been having quite a bit of trouble with my Radeon 9700 Pro video card, and I've tried everything and I doubt I'll be able to fix it with my current hardware. See this thread at NTFS or this thread at Rage3D.
Here are the things that I'm considering doing:
1. Buy a new motherboard, probably an Asus P4G8X, and another stick of 512 MB DDR 3200 (since it's dual channel and has to have two sticks) and then seeing if my card will work. If it does work, I'd sell my Soyo P4X400 on E-Bay. If it didn't... I'd be thoroughly pissed.
2. Sell my 9700 Pro on E-Bay and buy a GeForce 4 TI 4800 (4600 that's 8x compatible).
3. Wait for a few months, buy the Radeon 9900 (r350 or whatever) and then sell my 9700 Pro.
Right now I'm leaning towards #1, but that's nearly a $300 upgrade. Opinions please...
Here are the things that I'm considering doing:
1. Buy a new motherboard, probably an Asus P4G8X, and another stick of 512 MB DDR 3200 (since it's dual channel and has to have two sticks) and then seeing if my card will work. If it does work, I'd sell my Soyo P4X400 on E-Bay. If it didn't... I'd be thoroughly pissed.
2. Sell my 9700 Pro on E-Bay and buy a GeForce 4 TI 4800 (4600 that's 8x compatible).
3. Wait for a few months, buy the Radeon 9900 (r350 or whatever) and then sell my 9700 Pro.
Right now I'm leaning towards #1, but that's nearly a $300 upgrade. Opinions please...