I'm trying to get my brothers computer working with a Radeon 9800 Pro. We're playing Battlefield 2 and on high settings, after 30 seconds of gameplay, the screen freezes, turns black and restarts the computer. Same thing happens on medium settings, only it takes about two minutes instead of 30 seconds before it happens. Here is his setup:
1.8 Ghz Pentium 4
some ASUS mobo (decent)
1 gig of RAM
and then the 256MB 9800 Pro (upgraded from a Rosewill Radeon 9600)
So far, I've tried the latest drivers from ATI and turned off Fast Write (I heard that might fix the problem but it didn't). I don't think it's a heat issue, there is plenty of room in the case for the fan on the card to work, and the computer is in a cold basement. Could it be a power issue? I didn't check, but the PSU in this thing can't be over 400 watts. I don't know.
1.8 Ghz Pentium 4
some ASUS mobo (decent)
1 gig of RAM
and then the 256MB 9800 Pro (upgraded from a Rosewill Radeon 9600)
So far, I've tried the latest drivers from ATI and turned off Fast Write (I heard that might fix the problem but it didn't). I don't think it's a heat issue, there is plenty of room in the case for the fan on the card to work, and the computer is in a cold basement. Could it be a power issue? I didn't check, but the PSU in this thing can't be over 400 watts. I don't know.