HD4870 doesnt like cs 1.6?

[The Jaded Raver]

Hello.

I have had my current gfx card (Sapphire HD 4870 512gb) for about 6 months now and runs all the modern games fine, tf2, l4d, css, cod4 and 5, FEAR etc.

However, even though I don't play cs 1.6 any more some old friends wanted me as a merc, so I quickly downloaded the game and started playing.

Between 2-10 mins on average in game, it crashes, screen goes grey with vertical lines and looping sounds. No bsod at the end either and I cant ctrl-alt-del out also.

I have teh latest drivers ect, and i have tried reinstalling CS including deleting the folder as is recommended.

Is this a known problem? I have heard others have a similar problem, though no clear result. It just worries me that my gfx card cant handle this 10year old game.

Any help at all would be much appreciated.



Setup

Windows Vista Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 2 (build 6002)

# 3.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core

# Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 (nForce 570 SLI)

# ATI Sapphire 4870, 512mb, core 750Mhz, memory 900Mhz

# Ram - Corsair 4096 Mb (4 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM)

 

[psychas]

well i have 4870 1 gig play cs:s and tf 2 and it never crashes. stress test the card see if it has any artifacts

 

[The Jaded Raver]

well i have 4870 1 gig play cs:s and tf 2 and it never crashes. stress test the card see if it has any artifacts

Yeh neither does mine. Just on 1.6! Im confused!

 

[Yamahahahahaha]

If you can, change the renderer from OGL -> D3D. Or vice versa, depending which is selected.

 

[The Jaded Raver]

If you can, change the renderer from OGL -> D3D. Or vice versa, depending which is selected.

Yeh, this doesn't work either. I think im going to have to update my rig tbh.......