I have had problems with this card from the moment I installed it.
First of all the drivers on the installation disc that came with the card would not install. When I tried I got the error message "installation cannot continue please install windows VGA drivers to continue" They were installed
So the device properties were showing an I/O conflict with no drivers installed
I solved that problem by downloading cat 5.8 from ATI witch installed fine.
Then I noticed my core and mem clocks were 500 and 500 respectively correct me if I am wrong here but on a platinum card should the mem clock not be more like 1000
Puzzled by this I thought maybe I need to install the Redline tweak utility that came with the card but that will not install either I get the message card not supported
Just to make maters worse any time I tried to uninstall the ATI driver in add remove programs my computer froze and the only thing I could do do with it was hit the power button. But then last night i uninstalled it with the ATI uninstall utility wich would never work before.
The freezing also happens randomly sometimes when opening newly installed programs like windows media or 3D Mark and PCmark More often with 3D Mark 2001
With a score of 6290 in 3Dmark 2005 and PCmark 2005 score of 4530 I would say the card runs OK
I have also fitted a new CPU more RAM and a new PSU!
Although I have eliminated the CPU and RAM by testing correct me if I am wrong but I wouldn’t of thought the PSU would cause this problem.
I have now installed the new cat 5.9 but it is still freezing
I could really do with some ideas here I am in serious danger of loosing it with this problem and in the process destroying £1500 worth of PC


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