OK, I recently purchased an 8800GTX to replace my ATI x1900xtx. My systems is an Opteron processor, an a8r32-mvp deluxe motherboard, 2 gigs of ram, and a 620w power supply.
When I first pulled the 1900xtx, and put in the 8800gtx, everything went fine, removed the ati drivers, put the nvidia drivers on, and booted up the game that I bought the card for "Age of Conan"
I was getting much better FPS than I was used to, so I decided to upgrade some of the video settings in the game, one of these, was on accident changing it to DX10, (I have XP). Immediately after I did that, the game locked up and got all sorts of funky colors on the screen. Not only did the game lock up, but my whole PC locked up, and I had to manually reboot by hitting the button.
Since that time, I tried booting into the game about 5 more times, every time the same thing, it would lock up my whole PC causing me to reboot manually. I went into the settings and changed it back to DX9, put everything on the lowest setting but it continued to happen.
Then, on the last reboot, I noticed that I got no signal at all. The machine booted up just fine, no errors, no beeps, just no signal in my monitor. I tried unplugging and replugging all the cables to my monitor but still no signal.
So I pulled out the 8800GTX, put back in my X1900xtx, and everything is working fine again. Did I screw something up by switching it to DX10, or is this just a coincidence?
Do you guys think the card itself is faulty?
Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
When I first pulled the 1900xtx, and put in the 8800gtx, everything went fine, removed the ati drivers, put the nvidia drivers on, and booted up the game that I bought the card for "Age of Conan"
I was getting much better FPS than I was used to, so I decided to upgrade some of the video settings in the game, one of these, was on accident changing it to DX10, (I have XP). Immediately after I did that, the game locked up and got all sorts of funky colors on the screen. Not only did the game lock up, but my whole PC locked up, and I had to manually reboot by hitting the button.
Since that time, I tried booting into the game about 5 more times, every time the same thing, it would lock up my whole PC causing me to reboot manually. I went into the settings and changed it back to DX9, put everything on the lowest setting but it continued to happen.
Then, on the last reboot, I noticed that I got no signal at all. The machine booted up just fine, no errors, no beeps, just no signal in my monitor. I tried unplugging and replugging all the cables to my monitor but still no signal.
So I pulled out the 8800GTX, put back in my X1900xtx, and everything is working fine again. Did I screw something up by switching it to DX10, or is this just a coincidence?
Do you guys think the card itself is faulty?
Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks!