ATI Users

[Ai*AK47]

Re: ATI Users

Hey pplz been having freezing problems with BF2 aswell just recently built a new comp Intel Pentium 4 3.42 Ghz, 2.00 GB of RAM Radeon X1900 GT graphics card, my problem is dat i can get into the game start playing all is fine but sometimes 10 minutes into it someimes an hour into it sometimes longer the comp just freezez the sound start looping and nothing works cntl alt delete , esc etc etc the only thing that works is restart but then the weird thing is once your back in you dont get any error msg from windows or anything like usually youll get would you like to report this error to microsoft etc etc but nothing like dat .... Windows just starts up as normal as if nothing happened ...
so yeh
Help!

I uninstalled catalyst and just put drivers on didnt help i unistalled the game and reinstalled it again and then patched it upto 1.4 that didnt help either

anyone ????

[megawhompertoo]

Re: ATI Users

Hey pplz ..... ????

Those p4's are notorious for heat problems (I've got a 3.0 E). Are you sure you're getting adequate cooling? Is your PSU up to snuff? I imagine that x1900xt + that watt hog of a processor are sucking up alot of juice.

[Ai*AK47]

Re: ATI Users

hey you know u could be right coz
when i play bf2 the fans go crazy and after ive restarted
i check the temp and its about 74 75 76 degresss just above normal
on the ati temp thing when i had it installed
My psu is a 500watt one what do you reckon enough or need more ?

Also ill try putting the comp in a more aired out palce and opening the sides see if dat works
atleast ill know if its an overheating issue


so what do u recommend i do ?

thanx for your reply also

[picachux]

Re: ATI Users

Sapphire x1800 XT 256mb
Catalyst 6.7
No problems whatsoever


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Using Catalyst 6.8 or 6.9 cause problems with Black Textures and Crashes.

[Lt.Kris]

Re: ATI Users

ATI Mobility X1600 25MB

Mobility Catalyst 6.9's.

[AgentJadeD.CA]

Re: ATI Users

6.9 x64 No problems, but small performance drop from 6.8 to 6.9

specs below

[megawhompertoo]

Re: ATI Users

hey you know u could be right coz
when i play bf2 the fans go crazy and after ive restarted
i check the temp and its about 74 75 76 degresss just above normal
on the ati temp thing when i had it installed
My psu is a 500watt one what do you reckon enough or need more ?

Also ill try putting the comp in a more aired out palce and opening the sides see if dat works
atleast ill know if its an overheating issue


so what do u recommend i do ?

thanx for your reply also

500W should be plenty. You're right--taking the sides off and pointing a fan towards the innards while playing would tell you pretty soon if its a heat issue.

Other recommendations:
ww.techpowerup.com/atitool/, and download atitool. set it up to log your gpu.
also dl and install speedfan, (http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php) and set it up to log your temps.
76C AFTER you've already restarted indicates that it may--MAY--have been in the low 90's when it crashed, meaning you may need to get in there with a can of compressed air and clean out those dustbunnies a little better.

Good luck.

[Ai*AK47]

Re: ATI Users

hey found out what the problem was thanx guys for your input

it was something so mesely the place that put together my box
didnt clip down the cpu fan properly so i think it was over heating and causing freezing me and a friend opened it up his like clip and then said give it a go played for four hours striaght on the highest setting 1280 x 1024 freaking smoooooth assss luv it

[Lt.Kris]

Re: ATI Users

ATI Mobility X1600 256mb

ATI Mobility Catalyst 7.8

No problems.

[AlexIsUber]

Re: ATI Users

wow you guys suck, 1950XT...latest drivers

[*FMJ*Power]

Re: ATI Users

two HD2900XT in crossfire

7.8 cat

smooth as silk

[Chris_Redfield]

Re: ATI Users

X1600
Latest catalyst drivers

Not a single issue

[HaVeAGO76]

Re: ATI Users

I've just installed my new HiS HD2900xt and the latest catalyst drivers and guess what, BF2 doesn't load any longer.
Was previously running an x1900xtx with no trouble at all.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[HateKILLL™]

Re: ATI Users

Stupid question, but did you run a driver cleaner ? Is it getting enough power?
A minimum 550 Watt (750 for CrossFire™) or greater power supply with two 2x3-pin PCIe® power connectors is required.
For enhanced performance with ATI Overdrive™, a power supply with one 2x3-pin and one 2x4-pin PCIe® power connector is required
Certified power supplies are strongly recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/CertifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
If you have a good P.S. & thats not your problem exchange that card for a new one !

[yagor]

Re: What's the fix?

Hey, I've got a Radeon 9800 Pro and I'm running the 5.6 Cat driver. The game runs absolutely great save for the constant dumping to the desktop.

It's quite unbearable, I really would like it to work, I'm not particularily sure what the issue is. Sometimes I can't play for a minute and it will dump to the desktop sometimes I can play for twenty minutes. It's really aggravating.

On occasion I actually get error messages, I should write it down exactly but it's something along the lines of "Memory deallocating..." and it wants to know if you'd like to "Try Again" "Cancel" "Quit"... I dunno, it's driving me mad...

I was wondering what your "fix" is. I'm willing to try anything at the moment.

Cheers
gumby3d

It seems i have the same problem but my VGA is Sapphire 1650 pro 256DDR3/128bit
If u have a solution pls PM me.