Is my card defective or is this a driver thing?

joecow678 · Feb 27, 2008, 01:45 PM

I ordered a ATI radeon hd 2600 agp from newegg.com and i have been having all kinds of problems first thing i did was update the video card drivers and the newest driver didnt support my card(Catalyst 8.2) but the 2nd newest did so i went with the 8.1 so i launch one of my favorite games Guild wars and when it loads i get what looks like a bunch of stars in a black sky, like about 80% just black and 20% randomly scattered very small squares about the size of this "[ ]" so i am like whatever i will just play something else so i launch BF2 and most of text is unreadable its really weird like the text is half gone on some letters, completely gone on others and perfectly fine on some. on top of that the grass has random squares sticking out of it and if i scope my gun i see 3 guns. i also tried wow it was really bad too and i tried to watch a tv show on VLC media player, there was just a big green box. i tried the 8.1 hotfix it did not help, i tried omega drivers but they crash my system on startup after the welcome screen. Is my card faulty or is it the drivers or possibly something else?
Edit added screen:i can atleast run it with the drivers on the disc but still horrible http://joecow6780.tripod.com/gw001.jpg

Vikingod · Feb 27, 2008, 02:07 PM

Welcome to DH.

We need some more information about your system. Give your hardware details and what operating system you are running.

Also, did you do a clean format of your computer after installing the new card? Did you run drivercleaner? First guess is that there may be a driver conflict. Often when updatign major hardware components, it is advised to reformat and reinstall windows. If you can't/don't want to do that, you should at least run drivercleaner to get rid of all the old traces of the old drivers.

joecow678 · Feb 27, 2008, 03:29 PM

After running driver cleaner which driver would you recommend i install? the omega or the 8.1 or the 8.1 hotfix or the ones on the cd? also will add my hardware to my profile now

Vikingod · Feb 27, 2008, 07:57 PM

Either really. I'd maybe take a look at the officially supported ones, to ensure the best compatibility. You will also want to reinstall the chipset drivers.

I'd try DriverCleaner first, but it is highly suggested that you reformat and reinstall after adding/changing major hardware (CPU/Mobo/GPU/etc).

kn00tcn · Feb 28, 2008, 04:29 AM

um what was the previous card??

8.1 hotfix is for agp users, but i'd just use omega 7.12, though i think there are a lot of 2600 agp threads in the forum

Feb 27, 2008, 01:45 PM	#1
joecow678 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Is my card defective or is this a driver thing? I ordered a ATI radeon hd 2600 agp from newegg.com and i have been having all kinds of problems first thing i did was update the video card drivers and the newest driver didnt support my card(Catalyst 8.2) but the 2nd newest did so i went with the 8.1 so i launch one of my favorite games Guild wars and when it loads i get what looks like a bunch of stars in a black sky, like about 80% just black and 20% randomly scattered very small squares about the size of this "[ ]" so i am like whatever i will just play something else so i launch BF2 and most of text is unreadable its really weird like the text is half gone on some letters, completely gone on others and perfectly fine on some. on top of that the grass has random squares sticking out of it and if i scope my gun i see 3 guns. i also tried wow it was really bad too and i tried to watch a tv show on VLC media player, there was just a big green box. i tried the 8.1 hotfix it did not help, i tried omega drivers but they crash my system on startup after the welcome screen. Is my card faulty or is it the drivers or possibly something else? Edit added screen:i can atleast run it with the drivers on the disc but still horrible http://joecow6780.tripod.com/gw001.jpg Last edited by joecow678; Feb 27, 2008 at 03:24 PM. Reason: added screen shot

Feb 28, 2008, 04:29 AM	#5
kn00tcn DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 649 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	um what was the previous card?? 8.1 hotfix is for agp users, but i'd just use omega 7.12, though i think there are a lot of 2600 agp threads in the forum __________________ http://www.kn00tcn.net/site/ati-catalyst-profiles/ http://www.kn00tcn.net/FPSLimiter.rar

Feb 27, 2008, 02:07 PM	#2
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Welcome to DH. We need some more information about your system. Give your hardware details and what operating system you are running. Also, did you do a clean format of your computer after installing the new card? Did you run drivercleaner? First guess is that there may be a driver conflict. Often when updatign major hardware components, it is advised to reformat and reinstall windows. If you can't/don't want to do that, you should at least run drivercleaner to get rid of all the old traces of the old drivers.

Feb 27, 2008, 03:29 PM	Thread Starter #3
joecow678 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	After running driver cleaner which driver would you recommend i install? the omega or the 8.1 or the 8.1 hotfix or the ones on the cd? also will add my hardware to my profile now

Feb 27, 2008, 07:57 PM	#4
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Either really. I'd maybe take a look at the officially supported ones, to ensure the best compatibility. You will also want to reinstall the chipset drivers. I'd try DriverCleaner first, but it is highly suggested that you reformat and reinstall after adding/changing major hardware (CPU/Mobo/GPU/etc).