ATi 9600 Pro OpenGL Issues

[Mj_Pimp]

Hi all, can someone help me?

Iv recently noticed that my 9600pro has a dislike to OpenGl Apps. Some which are effected worse than others

Firstly there is Counter Strike Condition Zero which i have recently installed. The game has very bad framerate issues under OpenGL, but not with D3D.

Secondly I have tried Call Of Duty, which seems to lockup roughly 5 to 15 mins into gameplay. Mind You this is a beta version of the game. A reset is needed but only if the 'VPU recorder' is not enabled, as it cuts in and goes to desktop saying the display adapter is no longer responding to driver commands.

And Lastly RTCW, locks up my comp completly, but doesn't happen to often, unlike with Call Of Duty.

Im using the latest Cat 3.8 drivers for my card, I tried rolling back to 3.7, but the problem still remained. Iv found that putting the texture and mipmap quality to 'High Quality' Causes Call Of Duty to hold out from locking up for about another 10 mins =S

Just to add, I did not have this problem with my Ti4200. So the problem is almost definatly some sort of conflict with OpenGL and the Radeon.

Im Running

P4C 2.4ghz
512MB ddr400
80gb HDD
Power Colour ATi 9600 Pro
P4P800 Deluxe Mobo
Qtec 550Watt PSU



[This message has been edited by Mj_Pimp (edited 10-25-2003).]

Oh man. I feel your pain. My pain stems from Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy as well as the previous Jedi Knight: Outcast. I upgraded from a Ti4200 to a 4600 Pro and never had problems before the upgrade. Interesting thing, though. Call of Duty... RTCW... Jedi Knight series... ALL Activision. I've scoured their "support" site (basically just a message board) and they have suggestions, but nothing helps. I have a hard time believing that it's ATI's fault at this point. I don't think I've had OpenGL problems with other OpenGL games, just the ones by Activision. Either it's some weird coincidence or... well, who knows. Anyway, if anyone has any MORE ideas I'm open to suggestion. Here's my specs, just in case:

Athlon 2400XP
Asus A7V333
1gig PC2700
Sound Blaster Live!
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128

VERY latest Radeon & DirectX drivers. (Latest stable, not beta.)

Let's see if someone bites who knows something about OpenGL and/or Radeon and/or Activision...

[belfast]

exactly the same thing with me
same games, jedi & call of duty
2200xp
9700 pro

[belfast]

exactly the same thing with me
same games, jedi & call of duty
2200xp
9700 pro

Ditto, only with Call of Duty so far, but my computer is new.

9600 Pro, Catalyst 3.8
Ath 2500+, NF7-S
1GB PC3200

I would like to mention it has not happened at all with Half Life or MindRover (both OpenGL), which I have played extensively since getting my new computer... so it can't be just OpenGL.

Same problem for me, my monitor goes to power saving and the game still runs, even if i disable power saving in windows and bios...

if the screen doesnt go in power saving, the game crashes after a while of gameplay, and the gaming experience becomes impossible...

this only happens with COD at the mom. counter strike 1.6 didn't get any probs yet.

P4 2800@3090 fsb 800
1024 ddr400 (dualddr)
asus p4p800
Hercules 9700 pro (@ standard clock rates)

I've had the same problem with my Radeon 9600 pro... Every time i try to connect to a server in counter-strike 1.6, i get the VPU Recover message. I've checked soo many sites and found nothing so far.

9600 Pro 256, Catalyst 3.8
Ath 3000+
512mb PC2100

I've a problem too with OpenGL vs Radeon 9600 Pro. When I run OpenGL game with my Radeon 9600 PRO, it lock up after 5 to 20 minutes (Ex : Mafia, Wolfenstein - Ennemy Territories, Counterstrike). I turn off hyper-threading in the BIOS and the games don't freeze anymore.
OpenGL seems to has a problem with hyperthreaging capability.

P4C 2.4 GHZ
512 MB DDR-400
ATI Radeon 9600 Pro Ultra

I found out that the lock-up is due to ATI's new drivers. I revert back to 3.7 "i think" and CoD works fine now. Just go to ati.com and get the older drivers. I didnt have any other glitches with any other games ( BF1942, EF2 or MOH series ) only CoD. Apprently ATI is aware of the issue with 9600 Pro and is working on resolving it