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The Outlaw · Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: ATI Radeon 9600 XT gone bad

Hi all, I am posting after a long time here, need some help from u guys. One fine day i booted my comp and started to play Counter Strike online. The game started but the graphics were real boxy, had images with square boxes on them. I restarted my comp but still same prob. I uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers but still same prob. I even unplugged and repluggged the card but still doesnt work. If I unplug the card and use my onboard card everything works fine.

But unfortunately now its come to a point that if I plug in the AGP the system does not even startup.

djdidge · Contributor Joined: 13 Aug 2004 Posts: 40

Sounds silly, but give the AGP slot a real good "blow" (ooh err!)... if you have a can of compressed air, more the better.

Try that.

The Outlaw · Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:49 pm Post subject:

Well I even tried that, used a vaccum cleaner and cleaned out all the dust. But still the same problem. The only thing left to verify is to plugin the card on one of my friends computers.

Ravenheart · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

I had the same problem with my very old Radeon9000, white boxes in CS and rainbox screens in the sky, no drivers, reinstalls, cables or such helped Confused

only a brand new Radeon9700Pro fixed the prob then, hope you have better luck than me back then Smile

The Outlaw · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject:

Man I dont wanna buy another one right now, using my onboard card at the moment which is good for most games. Although If the card has actually gone bad I will 'have' to end up buying one, cant stick with the onboard for a long time and being a gamer I cant live without a good graphics card. But what I am thinking is which one would I buy. In India ATI has a huge market while Nvidia is not that popular. Also with PCI express now in the market I hope some prices to go down coz for the 9600 XT I had to shell out a lot.

Ravenheart · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 7:08 am Post subject:

Well my Radeon9700Pro costed me 360$ back then(2003), you can probably find a 9800pro for 100-150$ max.

The Outlaw · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:00 am Post subject:

Thats wat I was thinking of, to buy a 9800 Pro that was my choice and u r right it will cost much less now Smile

. I just prolly need some time off work and do some research. Another thing is whether I shud trust ATI again or shud I go with Nvidia this time. Anyways all the Nvidia Fan Boys will be sooo happy about ATI going bad.

12Leonardo · Contributor Joined: 12 Apr 2007 Posts: 3

Radeon 9800 isn't good replacement right now (and in 2006 y too Smile

, X1650Pro AGP looks more preferable.