Asus ATI Radeon HD 3650 problems

[hollowpointdude]

Hey everyone, first post.

firstly hats of to OCUK, great service.

i have had some installation problems with Asus ATI Radeon HD 3650.
after removing the drivers for the old card i fitted the new card and ran the install program for the drivers supplied, after reloading the graphics seemed to have take affect, crisp and clean.

but after signing into my profile i got a messege saying new hardware detected please install drivers.

i tought it was weird but just tried to see if the card was working, clicked the interent it was fine ran videos. but when i tried to run a game the screen went black and the flashed up the BSOD! and said to check drivers.

i removed the drivers and restalled from the disc, same thing i just want to play wow without stutters.

i spent yesterday trying every driver i could from ATI catalyst, the Asus drivers and VGA driver that came with it.

my system is about 3 years old here are specs

mother board: GA 81865GME-775-RH Intel core duo, AGP X8, SATA support, chipset 865g
1 gig or RAM
Microsoft windows xp home service pack 2

im not over techinal about pc's but can put one together, is my system just too old or do i need Vista to run card

would appriate any help
Thanks

 

[Bob Wya Jnr]

I am shooting in the dark here!! But since no one else has replied I'll try to help!!

I suspect it could be because your card will need to have a bridge chip (from the AGP bus to PCIe that the 3xxx series GPU core supports). This probably means that the card isn't supported by the official ATI drivers. I had similar problems with a Gainward AGP 7800 GS+ (512). The Nvidia 7xxx is firmly in the PCIe express camp so my card had a bridge chip. I was therefore dependent on drivers from Gainward/ the supplied CD.

I would be inclined to download a driver cleaner program and use this/ or do a fresh install (BTW you'll find all you need here: Guru of 3D : Download Page).

Then you'll have to stick to ASUS drivers specific to the 3650 AGP model - either from the CD or from their website. It's an ASUS support issue if you can't get these to work (after cleaning out your old drivers).

To be realistic it might be worth considering a MB upgrade. You could keep the CPU and RAM. Nothing wrong with sticking with Windows XP either... Running a board with an AGP GPU bus these days is getting harder and harder... You also have to pay over the odds for a "non-standard" GPU (i.e. not supported by Nvidia or ATI official drivers).

Good luck!!

Bob