Dead Graphics Card

gmcdoug1 · 02-28-2006, 04:34 PM

Hi everyone,

About 6 months ago I fitted an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb graphics card to my PC. My motherboard and processor is quite old (P4 1.7Ghz processor). Everything had been working great until a few days ago when I was playing a Pro Evolution Soccer 5...

lines started to appear all over the screen to the point where I could not see any of the game. Ever since then lines appear randomly all over my screen no matter what im doing with the PC.

I have since replaced my graphics card with the original one from my system (a pathetic Geforce 2) but am now unable to play and modern games. So my questions to anyone who can help are...

Is my ATI Radeon card dead or would it work on another PC?
Has it died due to the lack of power in the system or the fact that the card didnt have its own power supply?
Would replacing this card with another fairly high end one result in it too blowing up?

skidude · 02-28-2006, 04:39 PM

I dont think you've ever overclocked your graphics card, but I think the card was overheating.

gmcdoug1 · 02-28-2006, 04:43 PM

is that due to it not coming with its own power supply and therefore having to use the one in the case?

helmie · 02-28-2006, 07:14 PM

Its only a very high end Asus Dual GPU card that has an external PSU. There should be no problems using a normal interior PSU.

I agree, thae card has most likely overheated. Is there a fan on it, or just a heatsink?

Charles_Lee · 02-28-2006, 07:46 PM

how good is that video card? ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb
my cousin has one, so i wondered the quality of it,

compared to mine,
also what do they get on 3d mark?

Charles_Lee · 02-28-2006, 07:50 PM

nvm
http://www.barefeats.com/rad4x.html

i guess its bit old data, but good enough for me to compare these 2 video cards.

gmcdoug1 · 02-28-2006, 10:10 PM

There is a fan on it, would it still overhead since it has one?

02-28-2006, 04:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
gmcdoug1 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5	Dead Graphics Card Hi everyone, About 6 months ago I fitted an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb graphics card to my PC. My motherboard and processor is quite old (P4 1.7Ghz processor). Everything had been working great until a few days ago when I was playing a Pro Evolution Soccer 5... lines started to appear all over the screen to the point where I could not see any of the game. Ever since then lines appear randomly all over my screen no matter what im doing with the PC. I have since replaced my graphics card with the original one from my system (a pathetic Geforce 2) but am now unable to play and modern games. So my questions to anyone who can help are... Is my ATI Radeon card dead or would it work on another PC? Has it died due to the lack of power in the system or the fact that the card didnt have its own power supply? Would replacing this card with another fairly high end one result in it too blowing up?

02-28-2006, 04:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
skidude Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orono, Maine Age: 18 Posts: 4,870	I dont think you've ever overclocked your graphics card, but I think the card was overheating. __________________ Desktop / Laptop CPU- AMD Athlon X2 6000+ 3.0 GHz / Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.8 GHz Video- ATI X1900XTX / 2x 8800M GTX SLI Memory- 2 GB A-Data DDR2800 / 4GB DDR2800 Hard Drives- 3x 160GB 7200RPM / 2x 320GB 5400RPM (RAID 0) Mobo- Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 Motherboard / Sager NP9262 "In These Lowly Halls / No Moon Will Beam, No Sun Will Shine / In These Narrow Rooms / No Tears Are Seen, No Laughter Heard" --- Insomnium ---

02-28-2006, 07:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
helmie Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Highlands, Scotland Age: 17 Posts: 1,208	Its only a very high end Asus Dual GPU card that has an external PSU. There should be no problems using a normal interior PSU. I agree, thae card has most likely overheated. Is there a fan on it, or just a heatsink? __________________ For sale: http://www.computerforum.com/111463-...tml#post893380

02-28-2006, 07:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Charles_Lee Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 703	how good is that video card? ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256Mb my cousin has one, so i wondered the quality of it, compared to mine, also what do they get on 3d mark? __________________ Opteron 165 Dual Core Cpu 1.8Ghz (oc'ed to 2.4Ghz) Asus A8R-MVP Socket 939 Motherboard Radeon X850 XT Platinum / 256MB GDDR3 / PCI Express Video Card Antec Neo He 500 power supply Western Digital / Raptor / 74GB / 10K / 8MB / SATA-150 Hard Drive OCZ PC-3200 DDR400 Platinum Edition 2GB(2X1024MB) Dual Channel Memory Samsung 19' lcd monitor with DIV support

02-28-2006, 07:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
Charles_Lee Platinum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 703	nvm http://www.barefeats.com/rad4x.html i guess its bit old data, but good enough for me to compare these 2 video cards. __________________ Opteron 165 Dual Core Cpu 1.8Ghz (oc'ed to 2.4Ghz) Asus A8R-MVP Socket 939 Motherboard Radeon X850 XT Platinum / 256MB GDDR3 / PCI Express Video Card Antec Neo He 500 power supply Western Digital / Raptor / 74GB / 10K / 8MB / SATA-150 Hard Drive OCZ PC-3200 DDR400 Platinum Edition 2GB(2X1024MB) Dual Channel Memory Samsung 19' lcd monitor with DIV support

02-28-2006, 04:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
gmcdoug1 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5	is that due to it not coming with its own power supply and therefore having to use the one in the case?

02-28-2006, 10:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
gmcdoug1 New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5	There is a fan on it, would it still overhead since it has one?

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