Need Desperate help with my Radeon 9600

[fiy123 0]

Currently I built my own personal computer that included

 

P4 3.0 ghz

DFI motherboard with a gig of ram

dvd-rw drive

a ATI Radeon 9600

 

Shortly after I built the computer, It began to freeze when I ran high quality games. I thought it may be a case of overheating but everything seems to be running relativley cool. just to make sure I purchased a PCI slot fan and placed it right next to my video card. that helped. Now the games at time may expierence a huge drop in quality aftet a certain amount of time.

 

I have the latest drivers ect.

 

Im not sure if I should send back the video card or if there may be another solution

 

thanks in advance for the help

[Tomay 0]

Did you try the latest drivers?

 

How hot does it get?

 

If it's 9600xt it decreses the clock when it gets too hot.

 

 

[mdb83 0]

I'm not an Intel guy, but if I'm not mistaken, the P4 will start to slow down on its own once it hits a certain temperature. If by "huge drop in quality after a certain time" you mean that it's slowing down, perhaps it's just your processor overheating.

 

Just a thought

[fiy123 0]

processor seems very cool

 

and yes I have the latest drivers

 

How would I go about decresing the clock?

 

 

Thanks for the replies

[Tomay 0]

You can adjust the clock with Radeonator and there are many more tools. Try google.

[Shakedown 0]

After I bought my 9600XT I was very disappointed with the video quality and the lack of ability to pump up the graphics in games. I ended up not playing games for quite a while because I didn't have the time or money to start "testing" different scenerios. I recently bought a new heatsink and fan for my processor and it's like having a new PC. All games run great and graphics can now be turned up.

 

Just a thought, especially if you have the stock fan and heatsink for your processor.