Graphics Another Radeon Prob :(

Ok I have the Radeon 8500LE 128MB Version
Any game I run that puts any kind of demand i.e. Q3A, GTA3, 3dmark crashes. Not the whole system, just the game, and goes back to the desktop.
I have updated all of my drivers, and still the same problem. I have a Crystal Orb on it, and my temp readings never get that high. No IRQ conflicts either. What voltage should it be at 1.5 right?

Here's my setup just in case:
Soyo Dragon Lite (KT333)
Athlon XP 1700
364MB DDR
SBLive X-gamer 5.1
425W PSU
40G HDD

Please help, Ive reinstalled Win2k and everything else. Dont know what to do, talked to ATI, and they just work thier way around me

 

You overclocking anything?

 

Have you checked that the refresh rate, Colour depth, resolution etc are within the parameters of you graphics card and monitor? Try some of the older drivers too.

 

No Im not overclocking, but I think I found something that fixed it, at least so far.
Turn AGP Fast Write ON in the bios, if you can find it, dont remember where it was. But I havent had any probs since I did that

 

Ok so I lied, worked fine then crashed again grrr

 

Hmm, sounds like a problem with the card. Is the GPU fan definately working?

 

Yeah I have a Crystal Orb on that puppy, and usually doesnt get above 105 degrees farenheight so I just dusnt know. Oh well Ill worry about it when I get back from my week vacation in the Gulf of Mexico Sorry Im excited I leave the 8th

 

Turn fast writes OFF - radeons dont support it.

Also check your ram timings arent too fast and if you are oc-ed it mebbe that. Also do u have the latest directx etc?

Did you own a geforce originally? did u remove the drivers and registry entires? when you install new drivers do you remove the old ones first? Is your PSU powerful enough?

 

OK I will turn fast write off.
What should my RAM timings be at?

I had a Diamond Viper II before, but I dont remember uninstalling the drivers, so that would prolly be a good idea.

I have a 425W PSU, so I know that shouldnt be the problem
Any other bios settings I should look at in Award Bios?

 

agp 4x enabled
UWSC enabled
ram - depending on state of overclocking the fsb and quality of ram you have the fastest settings is 2-5-2 then 1T ram command, however for failsafe try 3-7-3 and 2T or "1T disabled".
128meg apenture.
check direct x is installed ok
try the 6071 official ati drivers and the new cataylst 0.94 (6094) drivers.