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I will start with my system specs:
Motherboard - Hewlett-Packard HP d530 SFF
OS - Windows XP Professional SP3 with all updates installed
RAM - 1GB Kingston
Monitor - Samsung SyncMaster 703DF(X)/753DF(X)/783DF(X)/MagicSyncMaster CD173A(T)
Drivers installed from CD
HDD - WDC WD1600JB-00GVA0 (160GB, 15mb/sec read)
CPUID Manufacturer - GenuineIntel
CPUID CPU Name - Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
CPU Type - Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (21 x 133)
CPU Alias - Northwood
CPU Stepping - D1
Instruction Set - x86, MMX, SSE, SSE2
Fans - Only CPU
GPU:
Field Value
Graphics Processor Properties
Video Adapter ATI Radeon HD 4670 AGP (RV730)
BIOS Version 011.021.000.006.031888
BIOS Date 04/08/09 03:25
GPU Code Name RV730 Pro
Part Number 113-AAXXXXX-XXX
PCI Device 1002-9495 / 1458-0028 (Rev 00)
Transistors 514 million
Process Technology 55 nm
Die Size 146 mm2
Bus Type AGP 8x @ 8x
Memory Size 1 GB
GPU Clock 165 MHz (original: 600 MHz)
RAMDAC Clock 400 MHz
Pixel Pipelines 8
TMU Per Pipeline 1
Unified Shaders 320 (v4.1)
DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v10.1
Pixel Fillrate 1320 MPixel/s
Memory Bus Properties
Bus Type DDR2
Bus Width 128-bit
Real Clock 250 MHz (DDR) (original: 400 MHz)
Effective Clock 500 MHz
Bandwidth 8000 MB/s
I had built-in video. I wanted to upgrade my graphics card. Friend gave me an ATI Radeon HD 4650. But to do that I replaced my 300 watt PSU with 650 watt PSU (because minimum for card was 450w). And after that I pluged in this card and installed drivers from CD that came with my video card. The problem is, that sometimes while playing games (Minecraft, Euro Track simulator, Crysis etc) the screen freezes for a second and turns black (flickers). Then turns on back again but some games crashes. When screen flickers, ATI Radeon Service poops up and says that graphics card stopped to responding. I forgot that my PC is overheating. When I used built-in video card, the temps were:
AUX 40C
System 60-68C
After installing new PSU and this card:
AUX 42C
System 65C-69C
If you think that video card is overheating, well no, max video card temperature was 47,5C.
So what can be the problem?
I think i have fixed my issue. I changed 3D settings from balanced to max performance and now no flickering. I have tried to install newer driver, but the program sad that something is missing, and when i tried to reboot, blue screen appeard. :( i didn't read it, but everything seems to be working and my motherboard isnt overheating anymore :) – Little Helper – 2011-09-10T10:18:22.040