Probs with 8500 and 3Dmark2001

[Ritteri&Bubbles]

K, besides having problems with 3dmark2001 I am also having problems with NFSPU. Basically upon running 3dmark I get the good ol' BSOD(blue screen of death)after a few seconds worth of benchmarking. Whats the scoop here? Running Windows XP(home) with the 3276 ATI drivers(latest official), XP 1800 processor,KG7 mobo,1.024 gigs o ECC registered memory, etc. Anyway what gives, links to good utilities etc????

[Pinky]

I haven't had the pleasure of owning one of these (I'm waiting for the All-In-Wonder version :))...

How does the card perform in games? Quake, UT, Max Payne, .. other than NFS... is this ONLY with 3dMark and NFS?

You know as well as any ATI's drivers are questionable at best... another reason I'm waiting, to see if they get their driver issues solved.

[thestramel]

You're using a Radeon 8500. What happened to Nvidia forever? :D

[Default]

well i'm not sure what is causeing your problem, but i do know that it is either winXP or Athlon XP. they booth have issues with the radeon and put together don't fair well:( when i had mine i had no such problems running under win98 first edition:D

[Ritteri&Bubbles]

I'm using a Radeon because I can, I didnt give up my ol' Ti500 thats for sure!(My family owns a computer wholesale center)I am trying to see its real strengths and weaknesses. Our demo machines do a good job, but I never have time at work to tweak them. Our customers end up doing it for us, so when Im home I can play with the hardware to my hearts content. Anyway, I am now using the 3281 beta drivers, which seem to be a bit better..........so far but 20013Dmark still doesnt want to complete(but i get a bit farther into it now at least). SO any software wiz who reads this can feel free to give suggestions etc.:D

[Kingslayer]

Are you overclocking either the card or the CPU? If so, back them down to stock and try.

[Ritteri&Bubbles]

There is no OCing whatsoever. I wouldnt even attempt it till I can get a stable pass at default settings.

[Cisco Kid]

Try the 7530 Win2K driver from Pinky's ftp maybe it will solve prob but I think it is Xp

I use the 7530 win2K driver in XP with my radeon 64 ddr vivo nada problemo, see my sig.....

Cisco Kid:D