You're welcome SB70, and good luck.
If you want to try some legacy Radeon drivers, here's the direct link:
http://ati.com/support/products/radeonwinxppreviousdrivers.html
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| Thanks Jimmy, I will try those steps. I did download the
| latest driver update from Asus, but when I try to install
| it, I get a message saying to many characters must be 95
| or less, something like that, and wil not install. I
| emailed Asus and have not heard anything yet. I do have
| the drivers from my old Radeon that are up to date and
| wonder if I should use them for the display and control
| panel, but a little hesitant on doing that. Wonder if
| the refresh rate needs to be fixed since someone told me
| that it is a common bug on xp setting it at 60.
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi SB70,
| >
| >Tough call, especially since you said you have tried
| many things
| >already, however if you wish to reinstall your drivers
| using the
| >method I post below, please also follow the
| troubleshooting steps
| >that I will include as well. There's a good chance that
| one of the
| >steps there will help you improve graphics with your
| 9800xt.
| >
| message | >| Does anyone know how to fix wavy graphics during games?
| >| It occurs when I turn around. I have a Radeon 9800xt
| and
| >| 550 watt power, 512 mb. 160 gb hd, 2700xp Athlon, Asus
| >| A7N8X deluxe. Everything is up to date including
| xp. I
| >| had this same problem when I was using a 9700 pro and
| 350
| >| watt power supply. My old system that had xp and had a
| >| 1.2 Thunderbird, Visontek Geforce3, 384 mb, 30 gb hd
| had
| >| the same problems with games as I run into now. Is
| this
| >| an xp thing? Never had ths when I was running 98 on
| that
| >| old Thunderbird system. there has got to be a way to
| fix
| >| it, just don't know how. I have played with game
| >| settings and desktop settings and settings on my card
| and
| >| motherboard to no avail. Thanks for any advice you
| might
| >| have.
| >
| >Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming
| issues. Here's some
| >simple abc's to always keep in mind. a. Shut off
| download accelerators,
| >firewalls and antivirus programs when downloading or
| installing updates;
| >b. Check for game patches:
|
www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
| >c. Make sure you meet the game's minimum video and
| system requirements;
| >d. Check for known issues with your video card at the
| game's web site.
| >
| >1. Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you
| install DirectX 9.0b*:
| >
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-
| 7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe
| >
| >Please look over the ATI articles about their latest
| driver on the download page.
| >They list Installation Tips, Fixes, and Release Notes
| with important information.
| >
| >2. Download the latest Catalyst driver for ATI Radeon or
| All in Wonder Card:
| >
| >Win XP/2000:
|
http://ati.com/support/drivers/winxp/radeonwdm-xp.html
| >Win 98/Me:
|
http://ati.com/support/drivers/winme/radeonwdm-me.html
| >
| >3. Save the .exe driver in My Documents\My Drivers\ATI
| >
| >4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8
| key
| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick
| Safe Mode.
| >
| >5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System /
| Hardware
| > Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right
| click on
| > the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked
| to reboot.
| >
| >6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall
| the
| > previous driver (exe)software which may have been
| installed.
| >
| >7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8
| key
| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick
| Safe Mode.
| >
| >8. If Windows prompts you to install the adapter,
| click "Cancel".
| >
| >9. Double click the ATI driver we saved to My
| Documents\ My
| > Drivers\ATI folder in step 3 to install.it. If it
| complains about
| > Windows Logo Certification just click "Continue".
| This is normal.
| >
| >10. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display /
| Settings and
| > choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 800x600 or higher
| Resolution.
| >
| >TROUBLESHOOTING:
| >
| >Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run /
| type: DXDIAG
| >Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music &
| Network Tabs;
| >If any of the Display options are Disabled and you
| cannot Enable them,
| >your most likely solution would be to update your
| Chipset Drivers as per
| >my website:
|
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
| >
| >Your program might not support dual monitors, or "dual
| head" video cards
| >You can disable the extra video output in your display
| properties control
| >panel. Click Start>Settings>Control
| Panel>Display>Settings>Advanced.
| >
| >Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard
| Chipsets,
| >and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers.
| Even your
| >motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for
| compatibility with
| >your Video card. These steps are listed at:
|
http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
| >
| >Perhaps the old ATI drivers did not completely
| uninstall. If that's the
| >case, use these utility to completely uninstall the
| drivers and go to step 7:
| >
http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/ (works for all
| cards including nvidia)
| >
| >The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a
| particular game.
| >(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in
| your game folder/CD)
| >If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver,
| and/or if you still
| >experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega
| driver instead:
| >
| > BETA Drivers:
http://download.guru3d.com/
| > OMEGA Drivers:
http://www.omegacorner.com/
| >
| >There you have it, if you have any questions feel free
| to post them!
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| >
| >.
| >
