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ati radeon mobility x600 in HP zd8000; what are your problems?
ATI doesn't support this card in my HP notebook other than say to go to the
HP site to get latest driver, which I have: http://tinyurl.com/mez44 Now I get game crashes. They are not constant, but they sure are annoying even if they happen only a two or three times a night. I also seem to have some kind of cache problem now, because when the new sounds in any game first comes on (like a gun or rocket being shot for the first time or the game character talking for the first time) I get a complete skip in the game. What I mean by "skip" is that it is almost like a pause in the game play and it only happens when a sound is played the first time. For the rest of the game, if the same sound is played again, there is no problem. So it makes me think it is some kind of cache problem. However, this also only happens when I play the online multiplayer games. I can't use the default driver that came with XP because the display won't set at its best resolution and the screen does not scroll smoothly. Any ideas? What problems have any of you had with this card and your computer or gaming? |
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ati radeon mobility x600 in HP zd8000; what are your problems?
So is it a display problem or a game problem?
Is your display causing any problems in something other than this game? Is it just one game, or several? (which game(s)?) If you have a problem that only uccurs in online multiplayer gaming, it could be a number of things from issues in your local PC, to issues with the game server or your ISP connection, to issues synchronizing you with other players possibly due to their local hardware or their ISP connection. Pauses may just be your PC or internet connection running faster than other players and waiting for them to catch up. "Joel" wrote in message ... ATI doesn't support this card in my HP notebook other than say to go to the HP site to get latest driver, which I have: http://tinyurl.com/mez44 Now I get game crashes. They are not constant, but they sure are annoying even if they happen only a two or three times a night. I also seem to have some kind of cache problem now, because when the new sounds in any game first comes on (like a gun or rocket being shot for the first time or the game character talking for the first time) I get a complete skip in the game. What I mean by "skip" is that it is almost like a pause in the game play and it only happens when a sound is played the first time. For the rest of the game, if the same sound is played again, there is no problem. So it makes me think it is some kind of cache problem. However, this also only happens when I play the online multiplayer games. I can't use the default driver that came with XP because the display won't set at its best resolution and the screen does not scroll smoothly. Any ideas? What problems have any of you had with this card and your computer or gaming? |
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ati radeon mobility x600 in HP zd8000; what are your problems?
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ati radeon mobility x600 in HP zd8000; what are your problems?
I did read in the HP updates to the video driver that the very last update
was to fix a "sound synchronization" problem. I am assuming it was not completely fixed. |
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ati radeon mobility x600 in HP zd8000; what are your problems?
Hi, I have a x600 in my Acer and I aways use this file from here
http://www.ati.com/online/mobilecatalyst/ and it works fine. Have you tried it? ChrisC "Joel" wrote in message ... ATI doesn't support this card in my HP notebook other than say to go to the HP site to get latest driver, which I have: http://tinyurl.com/mez44 Now I get game crashes. They are not constant, but they sure are annoying even if they happen only a two or three times a night. I also seem to have some kind of cache problem now, because when the new sounds in any game first comes on (like a gun or rocket being shot for the first time or the game character talking for the first time) I get a complete skip in the game. What I mean by "skip" is that it is almost like a pause in the game play and it only happens when a sound is played the first time. For the rest of the game, if the same sound is played again, there is no problem. So it makes me think it is some kind of cache problem. However, this also only happens when I play the online multiplayer games. I can't use the default driver that came with XP because the display won't set at its best resolution and the screen does not scroll smoothly. Any ideas? What problems have any of you had with this card and your computer or gaming? |
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ati radeon mobility x600 in HP zd8000; what are your problems?
Just to update this thread. . . . I have installed my games on my desktop
that has a geforce 6600 video card and sound blaster audigy sound card. The games run fine without any problem at all. So I don't think my problems are internet connection problems. "Joel" wrote in message ... ATI doesn't support this card in my HP notebook other than say to go to the HP site to get latest driver, which I have: http://tinyurl.com/mez44 Now I get game crashes. They are not constant, but they sure are annoying even if they happen only a two or three times a night. I also seem to have some kind of cache problem now, because when the new sounds in any game first comes on (like a gun or rocket being shot for the first time or the game character talking for the first time) I get a complete skip in the game. What I mean by "skip" is that it is almost like a pause in the game play and it only happens when a sound is played the first time. For the rest of the game, if the same sound is played again, there is no problem. So it makes me think it is some kind of cache problem. However, this also only happens when I play the online multiplayer games. I can't use the default driver that came with XP because the display won't set at its best resolution and the screen does not scroll smoothly. Any ideas? What problems have any of you had with this card and your computer or gaming? |
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