Radeon 9550 Problems.

Aristrum · 11-05-2008, 07:54 AM

I recently bought a ATI Radeon 9550 256MB. I did this because my pervious graphics card was only a nvida MX440.

Anyway, I uninstalled my previous drivers, installed the card, downloaded the latest ATI drivers, and I still have a problem.

To start with, the icons have lines across them.

After that, I noticed that some cursors (The crosshair, And the crosshair you get when hovering over text) have a single 1px thick black line to the right side of them.

Lastly, I run a game, GunZ: The Duel, which ran fine under my MX440, and there was these "lines", just like on the icons, all over the interface, and the game maps were severelay distorted, with simple rocks taking up the whole screen, texture strectching, and other problems.

Does anyone have a solution or some help?

Aristrum · 11-05-2008, 09:16 AM

If you want a screenshot of the game messing up, download 3 of them here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/hl6cpj

**emosun** · 11-05-2008, 12:32 PM

Welcome to tsf.

Your experiencing artifacts. Artifacts occur when the card is either overheated , underpowered, or has conflicting drivers. Post the make and model computer you are using.

Aristrum · 11-05-2008, 02:00 PM

Thank you. :)

Well, The motherboard is an AsRock K7VM4 ( http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7VM4 )

I'm using WIndows XP Sp3, and everything worked fine with my previous card, thanks for your quick reply.

EDIT:

I looked up a bit about artifacts, and it apparently it can just be a bad chip?

Or could there be something else which has caused the problem?

**emosun** · 11-05-2008, 06:25 PM

Try it with the drivers that came with the card and not the latest. Sometimes the best drivers are the older ones. Also , you can use speedfan , everest , or riva tuner to check the gpu temperature , make sure it does not exceed 70-75c.

dai · 11-05-2008, 08:01 PM

what are you running
video card
cpu
m/board
ram
power supply
brand
wattage

check the listings in the bios for voltages and tempretures and post them

11-05-2008, 07:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Aristrum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP3	Radeon 9550 Problems. I recently bought a ATI Radeon 9550 256MB. I did this because my pervious graphics card was only a nvida MX440. Anyway, I uninstalled my previous drivers, installed the card, downloaded the latest ATI drivers, and I still have a problem. To start with, the icons have lines across them. After that, I noticed that some cursors (The crosshair, And the crosshair you get when hovering over text) have a single 1px thick black line to the right side of them. Lastly, I run a game, GunZ: The Duel, which ran fine under my MX440, and there was these "lines", just like on the icons, all over the interface, and the game maps were severelay distorted, with simple rocks taking up the whole screen, texture strectching, and other problems. Does anyone have a solution or some help? Last edited by Aristrum; 11-05-2008 at 07:55 AM.

11-05-2008, 09:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aristrum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Radeon 9550 Problems. If you want a screenshot of the game messing up, download 3 of them here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/hl6cpj

11-05-2008, 12:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 5,534 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Radeon 9550 Problems. Welcome to tsf. Your experiencing artifacts. Artifacts occur when the card is either overheated , underpowered, or has conflicting drivers. Post the make and model computer you are using. __________________ Speedfan Everest Gpu Benchmarks How to install a power supply How to install a video card

11-05-2008, 02:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
Aristrum Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: Radeon 9550 Problems. Thank you. :) Well, The motherboard is an AsRock K7VM4 ( http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K7VM4 ) I'm using WIndows XP Sp3, and everything worked fine with my previous card, thanks for your quick reply. EDIT: I looked up a bit about artifacts, and it apparently it can just be a bad chip? Or could there be something else which has caused the problem? Last edited by Aristrum; 11-05-2008 at 02:07 PM.

11-05-2008, 06:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 5,534 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: Radeon 9550 Problems. Try it with the drivers that came with the card and not the latest. Sometimes the best drivers are the older ones. Also , you can use speedfan , everest , or riva tuner to check the gpu temperature , make sure it does not exceed 70-75c. __________________ Speedfan Everest Gpu Benchmarks How to install a power supply How to install a video card

11-05-2008, 08:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 53,587 OS: vista 32x 64x ultimate retail	Re: Radeon 9550 Problems. what are you running video card cpu m/board ram power supply brand wattage check the listings in the bios for voltages and tempretures and post them __________________