Problem with my new ATI 1900?

[princejim]

I have just started building my new computer, and have changed my graphics card to the, . HIS ATI Radeon X1900 XT ICEQ 3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express). However, when I play Quake 4, the game stuters so much so its unplayable? This is my first ATI card in a few years and I am a bit disapointed.

Mobo lanparty sli expert
mem Geil 1gb
win xp
Tagan TG580-U15 580W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU
amd 4400 x2 cpu

Anyone with any ideas? please.

 

[princejim]

Quake is the only game i have installed. My 6600gt ran this game no problem?

 

[princejim]

Ok i have tried the card on lower settings and it still stutters? I also can only use one of the outputs from the board? Should not have gone ATI?

 

[princejim]

Ok update:
Clean install of win xp, and I have now installed Call of Duty2 which plays ok?
There is nothing else on the computer, just started to build my new system.
Loaded the new drivers from the web 6.9.
I have tried all the help info, on this forum, several times, used driver cleaner pro. Run out of ideas. I have never had this much hassle with Nvidea?

 

[princejim]

Snoops: No not installed the patches? where do you get them from, please

 

[princejim]

Snoops thanks for that fast reply. However loaded both of those patches but no luck, still stuttering??? The game seems to take forever to load, and when I hit esc to get out of the game it takes a long time to go to the exit page??? This is really begining to bug me. I have built over 1 hundred systems and this is the first time I have this much trouble.