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Totally OT / graphics card
Daughtmonsters XP3 with radeon x600 series.
Games have all hit graphics problems. Desktop, films etc all ok I reset ATI to factory settings An error message then said "recovery has reset graphics accelerator as it did not respond to driver commands" Tried redownloading driver same effect Am I looking at a new graphics card? Many thanks Peter |
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"Peter" wrote in message
... Daughtmonsters XP3 with radeon x600 series. Games have all hit graphics problems. Desktop, films etc all ok I reset ATI to factory settings An error message then said "recovery has reset graphics accelerator as it did not respond to driver commands" Tried redownloading driver same effect Am I looking at a new graphics card? Many thanks Peter Probably. The x600 is old technology as far as gaming is concerned (Under £20 on E Bay) so I doubt if it meets the minimum spec for the game you are trying to play. Fine for it's intended purpose, general work etc but gaming? that's a whole world of difference. look in the games booklet for min spec. Jb |
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In message , Jb
writes "Peter" wrote in message ... Daughtmonsters XP3 with radeon x600 series. Games have all hit graphics problems. Desktop, films etc all ok I reset ATI to factory settings An error message then said "recovery has reset graphics accelerator as it did not respond to driver commands" Tried redownloading driver same effect Am I looking at a new graphics card? Many thanks Peter Probably. The x600 is old technology as far as gaming is concerned (Under £20 on E Bay) so I doubt if it meets the minimum spec for the game you are trying to play. Fine for it's intended purpose, general work etc but gaming? that's a whole world of difference. look in the games booklet for min spec. OK then, I have a HD4870 graphics card and I installed win7 at the weekend and have a dual boot with XP since then, I have lost 2.5cm to the left and right of my 24" monitor despite having updated the drivers in both XP and Win7 The picture on the 2nd display (a 46" LED TV doesn't seem to be affected I have run out of tweaks Aunty Marge, please help -- geoff |
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since then, I have lost 2.5cm to the left and right of my 24" monitor
despite having updated the drivers in both XP and Win7 It's a long shot, but has the refresh rate changed - you might find that tweaking that might resolve the problem (I see a "shift" between the output of windows and linux using the same hardware as dual boot) |
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geoff wrote:
OK then, I have a HD4870 graphics card and I installed win7 at the weekend and have a dual boot with XP since then, I have lost 2.5cm to the left and right of my 24" monitor despite having updated the drivers in both XP and Win7 The picture on the 2nd display (a 46" LED TV doesn't seem to be affected I have run out of tweaks Aunty Marge, please help HDMI or VGA connection? What kind of monitor? What resolution is it set to? Andy |
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